2023 MLB Draft: Bonus Pools, Slot Values For Each Team

MLB sent teams slot values and bonus pool information for the 2023 draft Tuesday evening, and after winning the first overall pick in the first-ever draft lottery the Pirates have the largest bonus pool at $16,185,700.

Below are the full bonus pool amounts for each team:

• Pirates — $16,185,700.00
• Tigers — $15,747,200.00
• Nationals — $14,502,400.00
• Twins — $14,345,600.00
• A’s — $14,255,600.00
• Reds — $13,785,200.00
• Mariners — $13,170,900.00
• Marlins — $12,829,600.00
• Royals — $12,313,500.00
• Rockies — $11,909,800.00
• D-backs — $11,084,300.00
• Brewers — $10,950,600.00
• Rays — $10,872,100.00
• Orioles — $10,534,800.00
• Red Sox — $10,295,100.00
• Rangers — $9,925,300.00
• Giants — $9,916,900.00
• White Sox — $9,072,800.00
• Cubs — $8,962,000.00
• Guardians — $8,736,700.00
• Mets — $8,440,400.00
• Braves — $8,341,700.00
• Angels — $8,328,900.00
• Dodgers — $7,274,600.00
• Astros — $6,747,900.00
• Blue Jays — $6,529,700.00
• Cardinals — $6,375,100.00
• Padres — $5,416,000.00
• Yankees — $5,299,400.00
• Phillies — $5,185,500.00

Slot values for the draft have risen 9.88% from the 2022 draft. Each year the slot values are determined by matching the growth in revenues in baseball.

The first overall pick in 2023 comes with a slot value of $9,721,000 compared to $8,846,900 in the 2022 draft. That’s a significant increase, though it is worth noting no player has ever signed for more than $9 million in the draft.

Spencer Torkelson’s $8,416,300 bonus stands as the largest ever, as the first overall pick in 2020, while the top two picks from the 2022 class, Jackson Holliday and Drew Jones, checked in just under him for the second and third all-time bonuses with $8,190,000 and $8,189,400, respectively.

The top three teams in the first round order each have the top three bonus pools, though the Tigers have a larger pool picking at No. 3 than the Nationals picking at No. 2 thanks to a supplemental first-round pick at No. 37 overall that comes with a $2,309,500 slot value.

The Rangers are picking No. 4 overall, but like a year ago, have significantly less bonus pool money to work with than their counterparts at the top of the draft. The Rangers don’t have their second- or third-round picks after signing Jacob deGrom and Nathan Eovaldi and will work with the 16th-largest bonus pool despite picking at the top of the first round.

At the other end of the spectrum is the Mariners, who don’t make their first selection until the 22nd pick, but have the sixth-largest bonus pool thanks to a prospect promotion incentive pick at No. 29 overall that came from Julio Rodriguez winning AL Rookie of the Year. That pick carries a $2,800,700 slot value and the Mariners also have the first supplemental pick after the first round at No. 30, which carries a $2,732,500 slot value.

Each pick among the top 10 rounds carries a slot value and the individual amounts added together get each team’s total bonus pool. Teams are able to use that money however they like in the draft—i.e. each pick doesn’t automatically sign for the assigned slot value—with penalties incurring if teams go over their total bonus pools. 

Many teams will go over their total bonus pools and incur a tax, though no team has ever gone over the 5% threshold that triggers pick loss penalties in the bonus pool era. 

The 11-20 round selections don’t come with assigned slot values, though any money spent over $150,000* for those players will come out of the bonus pool. These dynamics are why you will often see college seniors with little leverage sign for significantly less than slot value in rounds 5-10, and high school players with more leverage sign for larger amounts after the 10th round. For example, in 2022 the Angels signed Michigan outfielder Joe Stewart—who was 24 years old—for just $7,500 and then signed high school righthander Caden Dana—who had a commitment to Kentucky—for $1,497,500.

Teams will sign players for less than slot values and put those “savings” toward other, more expensive players.

Below are the slot values for the first 10 rounds. The draft order could still change based on additional supplemental picks being assigned, though we will update this order if that happens.

*Editor’s note: We previously cited a $125,000 figure. That is incorrect and was the figure under the previous CBA. It has since been increased to a $150,000 limit in the most recent CBA. We apologize for the error.

 

Pick	Round	Team	Slot Value
1	1	Pirates	$9,721,000
2	1	Nationals	$8,998,500
3	1	Tigers	$8,341,700
4	1	Rangers	$7,698,000
5	1	Twins	$7,139,700
6	1	A’s	$6,634,000
7	1	Reds	$6,275,200
8	1	Royals	$5,980,100
9	1	Rockies	$5,716,900
10	1	Marlins	$5,475,300
11	1	Angels	$5,253,000
12	1	D-backs	$5,043,800
13	1	Cubs	$4,848,500
14	1	Red Sox	$4,663,100
15	1	White Sox	$4,488,600
16	1	Giants	$4,326,600
17	1	Orioles	$4,169,700
18	1	Brewers	$4,021,400
19	1	Rays	$3,880,100
20	1	Blue Jays	$3,746,000
21	1	Cardinals	$3,618,200
22	1	Mariners	$3,496,600
23	1	Guardians	$3,380,900
24	1	Braves	$3,270,500
25	1	Padres	$3,165,400
26	1	Yankees	$3,065,000
27	1	Phillies	$2,968,800
28	1	Astros	$2,880,700
29	PPI	Mariners	$2,800,700
30	1s	Mariners	$2,732,500
31	1s	Rays	$2,670,600
32	1	Mets	$2,607,500
33	1s	Brewers	$2,543,800
34	1s	Twins	$2,481,400
35	1s	Marlins	$2,420,900
36	1	Dodgers	$2,362,700
37	1s	Tigers	$2,309,500
38	1s	Reds	$2,255,100
39	1s	A’s	$2,202,500
40	2	Nationals	$2,144,700
41	2	A’s	$2,094,900
42	2	Pirates	$2,045,900
43	2	Reds	$1,998,200
44	2	Royals	$1,951,600
45	2	Tigers	$1,906,200
46	2	Rockies	$1,868,400
47	2	Marlins	$1,825,300
48	2	D-backs	$1,783,000
49	2	Twins	$1,741,500
50	2	Red Sox	$1,698,000
51	2	White Sox	$1,659,800
52	2	Giants	$1,620,800
53	2	Orioles	$1,582,900
54	2	Brewers	$1,546,100
55	2	Rays	$1,509,800
56	2	Mets	$1,474,500
57	2	Mariners	$1,436,500
58	2	Guardians	$1,402,600
59	2	Braves	$1,369,300
60	2	Dodgers	$1,336,900
61	2	Astros	$1,304,900
62	2s	Guardians	$1,273,700
63	2s	Orioles	$1,243,300
64	2s	D-backs	$1,213,200
65	2s	Rockies	$1,184,100
66	2s	Royals	$1,158,900
67	2s	Pirates	$1,128,200
68	2c	Cubs	$1,101,000
69	2c	Giants	$1,074,100
70	2c	Braves	$1,047,500
71	3	Nationals	$1,021,300
72	3	A’s	$1,005,700
73	3	Pirates	$990,300
74	3	Reds	$975,100
75	3	Royals	$960,000
76	3	Tigers	$945,100
77	3	Rockies	$930,600
78	3	Marlins	$916,000
79	3	Angels	$901,500
80	3	D-backs	$887,000
81	3	Cubs	$872,400
82	3	Twins	$859,700
83	3	Red Sox	$846,800
84	3	White Sox	$833,900
85	3	Giants	$820,900
86	3	Orioles	$808,200
87	3	Brewers	$796,200
88	3	Rays	$783,800
89	3	Blue Jays	$771,500
90	3	Cardinals	$759,600
91	3	Mets	$747,600
92	3	Mariners	$736,400
93	3	Guardians	$725,300
94	3	Braves	$714,100
95	3	Dodgers	$705,500
96	3	Padres	$698,600
97	3	Yankees	$692,000
98	3	Phillies	$685,100
99	3	Astros	$678,500
100	3c	Orioles	$671,800
101	3c	Mets	$666,500
102	4	Nationals	$660,000
103	4	A’s	$653,300
104	4	Pirates	$646,900
105	4	Reds	$640,300
106	4	Royals	$634,200
107	4	Tigers	$627,900
108	4	Rangers	$621,700
109	4	Rockies	$615,500
110	4	Marlins	$609,600
111	4	Angels	$603,600
112	4	D-backs	$597,500
113	4	Cubs	$591,800
114	4	Twins	$586,000
115	4	Red Sox	$580,200
116	4	White Sox	$574,600
117	4	Giants	$569,100
118	4	Orioles	$563,600
119	4	Brewers	$557,900
120	4	Rays	$552,500
121	4	Blue Jays	$547,100
122	4	Cardinals	$541,700
123	4	Mets	$536,500
124	4	Mariners	$531,300
125	4	Guardians	$526,200
126	4	Braves	$521,800
127	4	Dodgers	$516,800
128	4	Padres	$511,600
129	4	Yankees	$506,800
130	4	Phillies	$501,600
131	4	Astros	$497,600
132	4c	Red Sox	$492,700
133	4c	Red Sox	$487,800
134	4c	Mets	$483,000
135	4c	Mets	$478,200
136	4c	Dodgers	$473,700
137	4c	Dodgers	$469,000
138	5	Nationals	$464,400
139	5	A’s	$459,800
140	5	Pirates	$455,600
141	5	Reds	$451,100
142	5	Royals	$446,700
143	5	Tigers	$442,200
144	5	Rangers	$437,900
145	5	Rockies	$433,500
146	5	Marlins	$429,400
147	5	Angels	$425,100
148	5	D-backs	$421,100
149	5	Cubs	$416,900
150	5	Twins	$412,600
151	5	Red Sox	$408,500
152	5	White Sox	$404,700
153	5	Giants	$400,600
154	5	Orioles	$396,700
155	5	Brewers	$392,700
156	5	Rays	$388,900
157	5	Blue Jays	$385,000
158	5	Cardinals	$381,300
159	5	Mets	$378,000
160	5	Mariners	$374,400
161	5	Guardians	$371,000
162	5	Braves	$367,500
163	5	Dodgers	$364,400
164	5	Astros	$360,800
165	6	Nationals	$357,500
166	6	A’s	$354,500
167	6	Pirates	$351,400
168	6	Reds	$348,400
169	6	Royals	$345,500
170	6	Tigers	$342,400
171	6	Rangers	$339,400
172	6	Rockies	$336,700
173	6	Marlins	$333,900
174	6	Angels	$331,000
175	6	D-backs	$328,300
176	6	Cubs	$325,600
177	6	Twins	$322,900
178	6	Red Sox	$320,200
179	6	White Sox	$317,400
180	6	Giants	$314,800
181	6	Orioles	$312,300
182	6	Brewers	$309,900
183	6	Rays	$307,300
184	6	Blue Jays	$304,700
185	6	Cardinals	$302,300
186	6	Mets	$299,800
187	6	Mariners	$297,400
188	6	Guardians	$295,000
189	6	Braves	$292,700
190	6	Dodgers	$290,100
191	6	Padres	$287,700
192	6	Yankees	$285,400
193	6	Phillies	$282,900
194	6	Astros	$280,700
195	7	Nationals	$278,400
196	7	A’s	$276,100
197	7	Pirates	$273,800
198	7	Reds	$271,600
199	7	Royals	$269,200
200	7	Tigers	$267,000
201	7	Rangers	$265,500
202	7	Rockies	$263,200
203	7	Marlins	$261,000
204	7	Angels	$258,900
205	7	D-backs	$256,700
206	7	Cubs	$254,500
207	7	Twins	$252,500
208	7	Red Sox	$250,300
209	7	White Sox	$248,300
210	7	Giants	$246,500
211	7	Orioles	$244,400
212	7	Brewers	$242,400
213	7	Rays	$240,600
214	7	Blue Jays	$238,700
215	7	Cardinals	$236,700
216	7	Mets	$235,000
217	7	Mariners	$232,900
218	7	Guardians	$231,300
219	7	Braves	$229,400
220	7	Dodgers	$228,000
221	7	Padres	$226,100
222	7	Yankees	$224,700
223	7	Phillies	$222,900
224	7	Astros	$221,300
225	8	Nationals	$219,700
226	8	A’s	$218,300
227	8	Pirates	$216,900
228	8	Reds	$215,400
229	8	Royals	$213,500
230	8	Tigers	$212,300
231	8	Rangers	$210,600
232	8	Rockies	$209,400
233	8	Marlins	$207,800
234	8	Angels	$206,500
235	8	D-backs	$204,900
236	8	Cubs	$203,600
237	8	Twins	$202,200
238	8	Red Sox	$201,000
239	8	White Sox	$199,900
240	8	Giants	$198,800
241	8	Orioles	$197,800
242	8	Brewers	$196,700
243	8	Rays	$195,800
244	8	Blue Jays	$194,600
245	8	Cardinals	$193,800
246	8	Mets	$192,900
247	8	Mariners	$191,900
248	8	Guardians	$191,100
249	8	Braves	$190,300
250	8	Dodgers	$189,300
251	8	Padres	$188,800
252	8	Yankees	$188,000
253	8	Phillies	$187,100
254	8	Astros	$186,500
255	9	Nationals	$185,800
256	9	A’s	$185,100
257	9	Pirates	$184,500
258	9	Reds	$183,900
259	9	Royals	$183,200
260	9	Tigers	$182,600
261	9	Rangers	$182,100
262	9	Rockies	$181,600
263	9	Marlins	$180,900
264	9	Angels	$180,300
265	9	D-backs	$180,000
266	9	Cubs	$179,400
267	9	Twins	$179,000
268	9	Red Sox	$178,600
269	9	White Sox	$178,000
270	9	Giants	$177,500
271	9	Orioles	$177,100
272	9	Brewers	$176,700
273	9	Rays	$176,200
274	9	Blue Jays	$175,900
275	9	Cardinals	$175,600
276	9	Mets	$175,100
277	9	Mariners	$174,800
278	9	Guardians	$174,300
279	9	Braves	$173,800
280	9	Dodgers	$173,600
281	9	Padres	$173,400
282	9	Yankees	$173,100
283	9	Phillies	$172,700
284	9	Astros	$172,500
285	10	Nationals	$172,100
286	10	A’s	$171,400
287	10	Pirates	$171,200
288	10	Reds	$170,900
289	10	Royals	$170,600
290	10	Tigers	$170,300
291	10	Rangers	$170,100
292	10	Rockies	$169,900
293	10	Marlins	$169,500
294	10	Angels	$169,000
295	10	D-backs	$168,800
296	10	Cubs	$168,300
297	10	Twins	$168,100
298	10	Red Sox	$167,900
299	10	White Sox	$167,600
300	10	Giants	$167,200
301	10	Orioles	$167,000
302	10	Brewers	$166,800
303	10	Rays	$166,500
304	10	Blue Jays	$166,200
305	10	Cardinals	$165,900
306	10	Mets	$165,800
307	10	Mariners	$165,500
308	10	Guardians	$165,300
309	10	Braves	$164,800
310	10	Dodgers	$164,600
311	10	Padres	$164,400
312	10	Yankees	$164,400
313	10	Phillies	$164,400
314	10	Astros	$164,400