Clayton Holmes
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Clayton Holmes
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 4", Weight 225 lb.
- High School Slocomb High School
[edit] Biographical Information
Clayton Holmes was drafted in 2011.
With a fastball timed as high as 93 mph in high school, Holmes was 11-5 with 126 K in 89 IP as a junior and 6-2 with a 2.06 ERA and 84 K in 54 1/3 IP as a senior. He was rated as the #140 prospect in the country by Baseball America, a late 4th-round pick. He fell to the 9th round due to a commitment to Auburn University. The Pittsburgh Pirates selected him and signed him right before the signing deadline, with a bonus of $1.2 million. It was easily a record for a 9th-round pick, breaking Jason Middlebrook's $750,000 mark from 1996.
