Billy Amick signs contract with Minnesota Twins after second round selection

Tennessee third baseman Billy Amick is officially a member of the Minnesota Twins organization as he put pen to paper Wednesday evening after being selected No. 60 overall in the second round of last week’s 2024 Major League Baseball Draft.

According to MLB.com’s Jim Callis, Amick signed for $1,453,700, which is the full-slot value for that draft selection. With the third baseman’s signing, all eight of Tennessee’s 2024 draft picks have officially signed with the professional organizations who drafted them.   

2nd-rder Billy Amick signs with @Twins for $1,453,700 (full slot 60 value). @Vol_Baseball 3B, CWS champion, hitting ability & plus raw power, improved at hot corner this spring. Son of former NASCAR driver Lyndon Amick. @MLBDraft pic.twitter.com/GYsHVIp4mA

— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) July 24, 2024

Amick was ranked 32^nd overall in the final rendition of MLB.com’s Draft Prospects for the 2024 showcase and 29^th overall by Baseball America. His lone season at Tennessee was a major success after coming over via the transfer portal last summer from Clemson. The third baseman logged 23 homers, drove in 65 runs and hit for a .306 batting average. He did miss eight games midway through the season.

The Batesburg, South Carolina, native was tabbed a first-team midseason All-American by Perfect Game and was named the SEC Player of the Week on March 4. At Clemson, he was an All-American and All-ACC selection as a sophomore in 2023.

Amick was the third of Tennessee’s eight draft selections overall. Christian Moore was selected eighth overall by the Los Angeles Angels and Blake Burke was grabbed later in the first round at No. 34 by the Milwaukee Brewers. Dylan Dreiling was picked up by the Texas Rangers five slots after Amick in the second round while Drew Beam was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the third round.

Kavares Tears – who officially signed with the San Diego Padres on Wednesday as well – was taken in the fourth round while AJ Causey (Kansa City Royals) and Aaron Combs (Chicago White Sox) were selected in the fifth and eighth rounds, respectively. Zander Sechrist (Minnesota Twins) and Cal Stark (Texas Rangers) signed undrafted free agent deals.

Wednesday, Tennessee signee Ty Southisene officially signed with the Chicago Cubs after being drafted with the No. 120 pick in the fourth round. The bonus was for $1,000,000 for the slot that was valued at $600,800. Fellow drafted signees Ethan Wagner and Lucas Ramirez also signed profession deals. Trey Snyder, who was drafted by the Mets in the fifth round with pick No. 144, has not signed but is expected to while Anson Seibert – who was drafted by the Tigers in the 16th round – is expected to come to campus.

Tennessee in the 2024 MLB Draft

INF Christian Moore: 8th overall, Round 1 (Angels)
1B Blake Burke: 34th overall, Round 1 (Brewers)
INF Billy Amick: 60th overall, Round 2 (Twins)
OF Dylan Dreiling: 65th overall, Round 2 (Rangers)
RHP Drew Beam: 76th overall, Round 3 (Royals)
INF Ty Southisene: 120th overall, Round 4 (Cubs) — high school signee
OF Kavares Tears: 134th overall, Round 4 (Padres)
RHP AJ Causey: 138th overall, Round 5 (Royals)
SS Trey Snyder: 144th overall, Round 5 (Mets) — high school signee
RHP Aaron Combs: 229th overall pick, Round 8 (White Sox)
RHP Anson Seibert: 476th overall, Round 16 (Tigers) — high school signee
1B Eric Rataczak: 484th overall, Round 16 (Marlins) — transfer portal commit
OF Lucas Ramirez: 502nd overall, Round 17 (Angels) — high school commit
OF Ethan Wagner: 523rd overall, Round 17 (Astros) — high school commit
LHP Zander Sechrist: UDFA with Twins
C Cal Stark: UDFA with Rangers