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Pirates Have the Highest Draft Bonus Pool in 2023

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By winning the first overall pick in the 2023 MLB draft, the Pittsburgh Pirates ended up with the highest draft bonus pool this year. According to numbers posted by Jim Callis from MLB Pipeline, the Pirates will have a $16,185,700 bonus pool for the first ten rounds of this year’s draft.

Callis notes that the Pirates bonus pool is the third highest since the bonus pool system went into place in 2012. The value of the first overall pick is the highest ever, valued at $9,721,000. The Pirates also have a competitive balance pick after the second round, along with the third overall picks in rounds 2-10.

Here are the values for each of the 11 picks of the Pirates that are covered by the draft bonus pool. Picks after the tenth round 

1st – $9,721,000

2nd – $2,045,900

Comp Balance – $1,128,200

3rd – $990,300

4th – $646,900

5th – $455,600

6th – $351,400

7th – $273,800

8th – $216,900

9th – $184,500

10th – $171,200

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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