2026 Major League Baseball Draft Signing Bonuses

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Signing bonuses for the selections through competitive balance round A in the 2026 Major League Baseball amateur draft:

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Signing bonuses for the selections through competitive balance round A in the 2026 Major League Baseball amateur draft:

1, Chicago White Sox, Roch Cholowsky, ss, UCLA, $10,347,500

2, Tampa Bay Rays, Grady Emerson, ss, Fort Worth Christian HS, Texas, $9,747,500

3, Minnesota Twins, Vahn Lackey, c, Georgia Tech, $9,497,500

4, San Francisco Giants, Jackson Flora, rhp, UC Santa Barbara, $7,997,500

5, Pittsburgh Pirates, Derek Curiel, of, LSU, $6.2 million

6, Kansas City Royals, Zion Rose, of, Louisville, $5,809,575

7, Baltimore Orioles, Eric Booth Jr., of, Oak Grove HS, Miss., $7,324,700

8, Athletics, Drew Burress, of, Georgia Tech, $7.5 million

9, Atlanta Braves, AJ Gracia, of, Virginia, $3,997,500

10, Colorado Rockies, Tyler Bell, ss, Kentucky, $5,997,500

11, Washington Nationals, Chris Hacopian, 2b, Texas A&M, $5.7 million

12, Los Angeles Angels, Jared Grindlinger, of, Huntington Beach HS, Calif., $5,886,800

13, St. Louis Cardinals, Trevor Condon, of, Etowah HS, Ga., $5,161,300

14, Miami Marlins, Jacob Lombard, ss, Gulliver Prep HS, Fla., $5 million

15, Arizona Diamondbacks, Ryder Helfrick, c, Arkansas, $5,241,000

16, Texas Rangers, Gio Rojas, lhp, Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS, Fla., $4.6 million

17, Houston Astros, Logan Hughes, of, Texas Tech, $3,411,409

18, Cincinnati Reds, Justin Lebron, ss, Alabama, $4,997,500

19, Cleveland Guardians, Liam Peterson, rhp, Florida, $4,530,500

20, Boston Red Sox, Jake Schaffner, ss, North Carolina, $2 million

21, San Diego Padres, Coleman Borthwick, 3b, South Walton HS, Fla., $3.8 million

22, Detroit Tigers, Cameron Flukey, rhp, Coastal Carolina, $3,797,500

23, Chicago Cubs, Cade Townsend, rhp, Mississippi, $3.1 million

24, Seattle Mariners, Ace Reese, 3b, Mississippi State, $3.5 million

25, Milwaukee Brewers, Trey Ebel, ss, Corona HS, Calif., $2.8 million

26, Atlanta Braves, Carter Beck, of, Indiana State, $2,684,100

27, New York Mets, Carson Wiggins, rhp, Arkansas, $3,464,000

28, Houston Astros, Jack Radel, rhp, Notre Dame, $2,997,500

29, San Francisco Giants, Carson Bolemon, lhp, Southside Christian HS, S.C., $3,382,500

30, Kansas City Royals, Taylor Rabe, rhp, Mississippi, $3,197,500

31, Arizona Diamondbacks, Blake Bryant, rhp, Citizens Christian HS, Ga., $2.75 million

32, St. Louis Cardinals, Tegan Kuhns, rhp, Tennessee, $3,044,600

33, Tampa Bay Rays, Taj Marchand, ss, James Island HS, S.C., $2,547,500

34, Chicago White Sox, Landon Thome, ss, Nazareth Academy, Ill., $2,497,500

35, New York Yankees, Hunter Dietz, lhp, Arkansas, $2,497,500

36, Philadelphia Phillies, Tyler Spangler, ss, De La Salle HS, Calif., $3,247,500

37, Colorado Rockies, Daniel Jackson, c, Georgia, $2,297,500

38, Colorado Rockies, Logan Reddemann, rhp, UCLA, $2,630,600

39, Toronto Blue Jays, Cole Carlon, lhp, Arizona State, $2.4 million

40, Los Angeles Dodgers, Bo Lawrence, ss, Christ Church Episcopal HS, S.C., $2,997,500

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