2004 MLB Draft: Top 20 Bonuses Ever

(For players signing with the team that drafted them)

# Signed major league contract

(For players signed to major league contracts, the amount is only the stated bonus in the contract. For players signed to standard minor league contracts, the amount is the full compensation to be paid out over the life of the contract).

Rank	Club, Year. Player, Pos., School	Bonus
1.	White Sox, 2000. Joe Borchard, of, Stanford	$5,300,000
2.	Twins, 2001. Joe Mauer, c, HS–St. Paul	5,150,000
3.	Devil Rays, 2002. B.J. Upton, ss, HS–Chesapeake, Va.	4,600,000
4.	Rangers, 2001. #Mark Teixeira, 3b, Georgia Tech	4,500,000
5.	Devil Rays, 2001. #Dewon Brazelton, rhp, Middle Tennessee State	4,200,000
	Phillies, 2001. Gavin Floyd, rhp, HS–Severna Park, Md.	4,200,000
7.	Cubs, 2001. #Mark Prior, rhp, Southern California	4,000,000
	Pirates, 2002. Bryan Bullington, rhp, Ball State U.	4,000,000
9.	Devil Rays, 1999. Josh Hamilton, of, HS–Raleigh, N.C.	3,960,000
10.	Cubs, 1998. Corey Patterson, of, HS–Kennesaw, Ga.	3,700,000
11.	Devil Rays, 2003. #Delmon Young, of, HS–Camarillo, Calif.	3,700,000
12.	Marlins, 1999. #Josh Beckett, rhp, HS–Spring, Texas	3,625,000
13.	Brewers, 2003. #Rickie Weeks, 2b, Southern	3,600,000
14.	Tigers, 1999. #Eric Munson, c, Southern California	3,500,000
15.	Tigers, 2003. Kyle Sleeth, rhp, Wake Forest	3,350,000
16.	Athletics, 1998. Mark Mulder, lhp, Michigan State	3,200,000
17.	Orioles, 2003. #Adam Loewen, lhp, HS–Surrey, B.C.	3,200,000
18.	Phillies, 1998. #Pat Burrell, 1b, Miami	3,150,000
19.	Cardinals, 1998. #J.D. Drew, of, St. Paul/Northern	3,000,000
	Marlins, 2000. Adrian Gonzalez, 1b, HS–Chula Vista, Calif.	3,000,000
	Indians, 2002. Jeremy Guthrie, rhp, Stanford	3,000,000