Confessions of a baseball nerd.......

The NW Arkansas Naturals we saw..... (feel free to delete, go to sleep, whatever)

Leadoff.....  Rudy Martin.. centerfield.. a 25th round pick in 2014!  $160K bonus, Made it to AAA in 2019 and 2021,,  was released, signed by a Mexican team in 2024... brought back to NW Ark this year, released again to a Mexican team.. brought back again this year.

Javier Vaz.. 15th round, 2022.. $125K signing bonus..  Highest level AA

Carter Jensen........ DH... Catcher as well.. drafted out of Park Hill High School in  3rd round, 2021..  $1.1 million signing bonus.  AA highest.

Gavin Cross..  RF...  9th overall pick in 2022... signing bonus $5,202,900.   Highest, AA

Brett Squires.. 1B.. undrafted free agent outta OU, signed for $75K in 2022.   Highest level AA

Dustin Dickerson.... SS..  8th round in 2023 out of Southern Miss, $197,500 bonus... 11 games with Omaha this year, actually his .316 but, sent back to Arkansas.

Sam Ruta.. 3B, homered in the game we saw... undrafted, 2025.. bonus estimated at $25

Justin Johnson 8th round 2023..  $57L bonus..

Kyle Hayes.. C..  was not drafted..  signed in 2022 from an Independent team in Montana...

BYE~