Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com reports that the Tampa Bay Rays have signed 16-year-old left-hander Stepan Havlicek to a Minor League contract. Havlicek is a member of the Czech junior national team.

Havliceck, who is  6-foot-1, 160 pounds, had 13 strikeouts in 11 1/3 scoreless innings at the European Juniors Championships in August.

Rays scout John Gilmore said that Havliceck, “has a loose, quick arm with good follow through. For a young player, he has great control and goes right after hitters.”