The Rangers signed righthander Blake Beavan, the 17th overall pick in the June draft. The 6-7, 210-pound Beavan went 8-2 with a 0.21 ERA and had 124 strikeouts in 66.0 innings for Irving High School in 2007. He struck out 18 in a perfect game against Irving MacArthur High School on March 6. Beavan was named youth player of the year by Baseball America.