July 3, 2013
Tapia, a 16-year old from the Dominican Republic, signed a contract with Minnesota that included a $555,000 signing bonus, the
Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
ANALYSIS
Tapia was a DPL All-Star and was selected to the DPL Elite Travel team in 2013. He's got good size (6-3, 170 pounds) at a young age. It will be several years, however, before we know if he'll turn those assets into elite baseball skills.