The MLB Draft is mostly back to normal, other than taking place at a later date on the annual calendar. It’s a new normal that the entire industry is dealing with together. The draft will total 20 rounds once again but bonuses have risen significantly. Night one of the draft will start on Sunday September 9th, 2023 and conclude with rounds 11-20 on Tuesday September 11th, 2023 in congruence with Major League Baseball’s All Star Week festivities.
We’ll have you covered here at FutureSox and SoxMachine with the updated Draft Tracker. This will be a one-stop shop for info on each White Sox selection. This tracker will be updated with signing bonus information as we get it. Here is the draft tracker from 2022 as an example.
The White Sox have $9,072,800 in bonus pool money to work with. The full list of slot values courtesy of MLB.com is here. With the 5% overage explained in James Fox’s draft preview, the White Sox can spend $9,526,440. Players on day three can sign for $150,000 before counting against a club’s bonus pool.
Spending total on the 2023 Draft: $11,301,550
Total Spent in top 10 rounds: $9,517,800 ($445,000 over the bonus pool)
Overage: $445,000
Overage Tax: $333,750
Day Three (not against bonus pools): $1,450,000
1 (15): Jacob Gonzalez, SS, Mississippi
Slot value: $4,488,600
- Status: Signed
- Bonus: $3,900,000
- Assigned:
- Signing Scout: Warren Hughes
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2 (51): Grant Taylor, RHP, LSU
Slot value: $1,659,800
- Status: Signed
- Bonus: $1,659,800 (full slot)
- Assigned:
- Signing Scout: Warren Hughes
3 (84): Seth Keener, RHP, Wake Forest
Slot value: $833,900
- Status: Signed per White Sox
- Bonus: $800,000
- Assigned:
- Signing Scout: John Stott
4 (116): Calvin Harris, catcher, Mississippi
Slot value: $574,600
- Status: Signing according to Iowa Telegraph Herald
- Assigned:
- Bonus: $600,000
- Signing Scout: Warren Hughes
5 (152): Christian Oppor, LHP, Gulf Coast Community College (FL)
Slot value: $404,700
- Status: Signed
- Bonus: $550,000
- Assigned:
- Signing Scout: Warren Hughes
6 (179): Lucas Gordon, LHP, Texas
Slot value: $317,400
- Status: Signed per White Sox
- Bonus: $300,000
- Assigned:
- Signing Scout: Tyler Wilt
7 (209): George Wolkow, 1B/OF, Downers Grove North High School (IL)
Slot value: $248,300
- Status: Signing according to Josh Welge of Shaw Local
- Bonus: $1,000,000
- Assigned: ACL White Sox
- Signing Scout: JJ Lally
8 (239): Eddie Park, OF, Stanford
Slot value: $199,900
- Status: Signed
- Bonus: $200,000
- Assigned:
- Signing Scout: Adam Virchis
9 (269): Jake Peppers, RHP, Jacksonville State University
Slot value: $178,000
- Status: Signed
- Bonus: $178,000 (full slot)
- Assigned:
- Signing Scout: Warren Hughes
10 (299): Zach Franklin, RHP, Missouri
Slot value: $167,600
- Status: Signed per White Sox
- Bonus: $10,000
- Assigned:
- Signing Scout: JJ Lally
11 (329): Rikuu Nishida, 2B, Oregon
- Status: Told FutureSox that he’s signing
- Bonus: $170,000 ($20K counts against pool)
- Assigned:
- Signing Scout: Josh Krstulovich
12 (359): Mathias LaCombe, RHP, Cochise Junior College (Arizona)
- Status: Told FutureSox that he’s signing
- Bonus: $450,000 ($300K against pool)
- Assigned:
- Signing Scout: John Kazanas
13 (389): Ryan Galanie, 3B, Wofford
- Status: Signed per White Sox
- Bonus: $150,000
- Assigned:
- Signing Scout: Kevin Burrell
14 (419): Edrick Felix, SS, Florida Gulf Coast University
- Status: Signed per White Sox
- Bonus: $150,000
- Assigned:
- Signing Scout: Abe Fernandez
15 (449): Carlton Perkins, RHP, Cowley County Community College (KS)
- Status: Signed per White Sox
- Bonus: $150,000
- Assigned:
- Signing Scout: Dan Budreika
16 (479): Weston Eberly, catcher, Columbia
- Status: Signed per White Sox
- Bonus: $150,000
- Assigned:
- Signing Scout: Stephen Octave
17 (509): Mikey Kane, INF, Oregon State
- Status: Signed per White Sox
- Bonus: $150,000
- Assigned:
- Signing Scout: Josh Krstulovich
18 (539): Anthony Imhoff, LHP, Pima Community College (Arizona)
- Status: Signed per White Sox
- Bonus: $150,000
- Assigned:
- Signing Scout: John Kazanas
19 (569): Caden Connor, OF, Cal State Fullerton
- Status: Signed per White Sox
- Bonus: $100,000
- Assigned:
- Signing Scout:
20 (599): Garrett Wright, RHP, TCU
- Status: Signed per White Sox
- Bonus: $150,000
- Assigned:
- Signing Scout: Torreon Woods
Reported Undrafted Signings