Royals sign 18 from draft

? The Kansas City Royals have signed their sixth-round pick and 17 other players from this year’s draft, as well as three undrafted free agents.

The Royals on Wednesday announced they signed sixth-round pick Mathiew White, a pitcher from New Mexico, and seventh-round lefty pitcher George Baumann from Missouri State University.

Undrafted pickups were three pitchers: Jack Adams, of San Jose State; Bryan Roberts, from Loyola Marymount; and Jose Sanchez, of Montgomery College.

Other signings: Dusty Odenbach, RHP, Connecticut; Benjamin Theriot, C, Texas St.; Geoffrey Baldwin, 1B, Grand Junction HS; Ryan Wood, SS, East Carolina; Nicholas Wooley, RHP, William Woods; Eric Diaz, LHP, New Mexico; Brendan Lafferty, LHP, UCLA; Ryan Stovall, 3B, Thomas; Patrick Keating, RHP, Florida; Marvin Cooper, CF, Belhaven; Ryan Dennick, LHP, Tennessee Tech; Scott Kelley, RHP, Penn St.; Richard Folmer, RHP, Stephen F. Austin St.; Gabriel MacDougall, LF, Lynn; Josh Worrell, RHP, Indiana Wesleyan; Claudio Bavera, LHP, Cochise.