Where UK baseball draftees are now, how much they got paid and who's coming back next season.

A record 13 University of Kentucky baseball players were selected in this month's MLB amateur draft and, of those picked, 11 have signed with their respective major league teams and will not be returning to campus next season.

Most of the 11 who have signed have already been assigned to minor league teams and have begun play in rookie ball or in Class A.

In total, the Wildcats are losing four pitchers, and seven position players. The four pitchers combined for 224 2/3 of the 489 1/3 innings pitched by UK last season, so the team will be effectively losing 46 percent of their innings pitched. The seven position players heading to the majors accounted for 299 runs on the season — about 75 percent of the runs scored last season.

Pitchers

▪ Sean Hjelle, the Wildcats' junior ace, heard his name called the earliest at 45th overall. The Giants selected Hjelle in the second round and, according to BaseballAmerica, signed him to a $1,500,000 bonus. He's been assigned to rookie ball with the Arizona League Giants, and as of Wednesday was yet to make his first professional appearance.

Should Hjelle make the majors, the 6-foot-11 right-hander whose Twitter bio reads "Giraffe by profession, Minnesotan by nature," will become the tallest player in the league and will be tied for the tallest player of all time. In 2017 he was named the SEC Pitcher of the Year, and in 2018 led all Wildcats starters with 99 1/3 innings pitched and a 3.44 ERA.

▪ Zach Haake, a 6-foot-4 junior righty who both started and relieved last season, was selected in the sixth round by Kansas City. Haake signed with a $297,500 bonus and reported to the Arizona League Royals but has yet to throw his first pro pitch. He came to UK last year as one of the top junior college pitchers in the nation. Haake, pronounced "hockey," struck out 36 through 34.0 innings in 2018.

▪ In the 12th round, Arizona picked UK's other workhorse starter, junior Justin Lewis. He signed for $125,000 and joined his fellow Wildcat pitchers in the Arizona League where he has also yet to debut. This is the third time Lewis has been drafted, as he was picked by San Diego when he graduated high school and last year was picked by Tampa Bay, but decided to return to school.

▪ Right-handed senior reliever Alec Maley was picked in the 32nd round by Washington, and signed for an unknown amount. Maley has already pitched 2 1/3 innings for the Gulf Coast League Nationals, where he's struck out one and allowed three runs.

Outfielders

▪ The Miami Marlins announced Tuesday that they signed their third-round pick, UK switch-hitter Tristan Pompey, to a $645,000 signing bonus. He batted .335 this spring and led UK with 20 doubles. According to the MLB Draft website, scouts have doubted his ability to hit with wood after a subpar summer in the Cape Cod League in 2017, but his numbers this year have established him as a strong hitter.

▪ Los Angeles Dodgers eighth-rounder Luke Heyer signed for $47,500 and has already been promoted once. After five games in rookie ball, Heyer was promoted to the Class A Great Lakes Loons where he scored as a pinch runner in his debut, and mustered two hits Tuesday night.

▪ Ben Aklinski, who signed with the Philadelphia Phillies for $100,000 after being selected in the 32nd round, has six hits and six runs through six games in the Gulf Coast League.

Infielders

▪ Kole Cottam, one half of the Wildcats' hard-hitting catching duo, heard his name called in the fourth round by Boston and signed for $375,000. Cottam has spent all his time thus far with the short-season Class A Lowell Spinners where he's posted eight RBI and a homer through eight games. In the spring, Cottam led UK with a .352 average and 19 home runs.

▪ Troy Squires, who handled the majority of the Wildcats' catching duties, has three hits and two walks through his first nine at-bats for the Toronto Blue Jays' rookie ball affiliate in the Gulf Coast League. Squires, a Central Hardin graduate, was drafted in the 23rd round and signed for a $1,000 bonus.

▪ San Diego Padres ninth-rounder Luke Becker signed a $5,000 bonus and was assigned to the Class A Tri-City Dust Devils in Pasco, Wash., where he's posted six hits and five runs in nine games as a second baseman.

▪ Shortstop Trey Dawson signed with Houston for $125,000 after being selected in the 15th round. In his pro debut Tuesday night for the Class A Tri-City ValleyCats (Troy, N.Y.) of the New York-Penn League, Dawson had a two hits, one of which was a double.

Who's left?

Even with the successful draft, Kentucky is not even close to being bankrupt of talent. Next year's returning pitchers and a talented recruiting class hope to buoy the Cats.

Of those drafted this month, only hard-throwing closer Chris Machamer and reliever Andrew Miller — a Maryland transfer who didn't play in 2018 because of NCAA rules and Tommy John surgery — return next season. Both Machamer and Miller did not sign with an MLB team and instead opted to play in the Cape Cod League this summer.

Machamer, who was drafted by Boston in the 16th round, has a 1.12 ERA through two starts this summer for the Brewster (Mass.) Whitecaps. The righty had 10 saves and a 3.06 ERA for the Wildcats in the spring.

Miller, who was drafted in the 40th round by Miami, pitched his first two innings since his surgery on Monday night, striking out one and allowing a run for the Chatham (Mass.) Anglers.

Zack Thompson, who was too young for this year's draft, will probably be the staff ace next year. The lefty is playing on the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team this summer and is already being projected as a top-10 pick in next year's draft.

According to CatsPause.com, UK's 2018 recruiting class features three draft picks — none of which signed — and five junior-college commitments, including Lexington native Jaren Shelby.