MILWAUKEE, WI – The Minnesota Twins announced today the signing of their 2022 first round pick, shortstop Brooks Lee from California Polytechnic State University, whom they selected eighth overall in the 2022 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

The 6-foot-2, 205-pound infielder hit .357/.462/.664 (84-for-235) with 25 doubles, one triple, 15 home runs, 55 RBI, 46 walks and 56 runs scored in 58 games as a sophomore for the Mustangs in 2022. That season, he was named a D1Baseball.com Preseason and Midseason First-Team All-American, and a First-Team Preseason All-American by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and Perfect Game. After being a finalist last season, Lee also won the Brooks Wallace Award, given to the nation's top college shortstop.

The San Luis Obispo, California native was ranked as the second-best overall prospect entering the 2022 draft by Baseball America and the fifth best by MLB.com. Lee, 21, is the highest overall pick out of Cal Poly as well as the fourth player from the school taken in the first round (including supplemental picks). His father, Larry Lee, is the head baseball coach at Cal Poly and played one season of professional baseball in 1983 with the Utica Blue Sox of the New York-Penn League. Two of Brooks’ uncles, Terry Lee and Mike Lee, also played in the minors; Terry was a first-round selection (19th overall) by the San Francisco Giants in 1974 out of San Luis Obispo High School, while Mike spent 1974-75 in the Giants’ system. Brooks is also named after Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson.

Lee will report to Lee County Sports Complex in Fort Myers, Florida.

The Twins have signed 17 of their 20 selections from the 2022 First-Year Player Draft.