{"id":763303,"date":"2026-07-28T02:33:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T02:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/763303\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T02:33:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T02:33:43","slug":"pitchers-logan-schmidt-and-aidan-knaak-only-players-in-top-10-rounds-of-mlb-draft-not-to-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/763303\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitchers Logan Schmidt and Aidan Knaak only players in top-10 rounds of MLB draft not to sign"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Pitchers Logan Schmidt and Aidan Knaak were the only two players among those picked in the first 10 rounds of baseball\u2019s amateur draft<\/a> who didn\u2019t sign by Monday\u2019s deadline to agree to deals.<\/p>\n

Schmidt, an 18-year-old left-hander from Ganesha High School in California, was selected 59th overall by Cleveland on the second round, and is likely to attend LSU or a junior college. Because he didn\u2019t sign, the Guardians get an extra selection next year at No. 60.<\/p>\n

Knaak, a 21-year-old right-hander selected 163rd by Milwaukee on the fifth round, appears to be staying for a fourth season at Clemson.<\/p>\n

Right-hander Gavin Giese, taken 85th by Tampa Bay on the third round, signed on the final day for a $997,500 bonus. His father Dan pitched in the major leagues from 2007-09 with San Francisco, the New York Yankees and Oakland.<\/p>\n

Signing bonuses have totaled $409.3 million up from $401.8 million last year. UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky, selected first by the Chicago White Sox, agreed to an amateur draft record signing bonus of $10,347,500<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Major League Baseball last month proposed shortening the draft from 20 rounds to 12 in 2027<\/a>, eliminating eligibility players from high school and junior college, and establishing hard slots totaling $200 million.<\/p>\n

Just two picks from the top-10 rounds didn\u2019t sign in 2025: right-hander Angel Cervantes, selected 50th overall by Pittsburgh on the second round, and outfielder Mason Ligenza, taken by the Los Angeles Dodgers 195th on the sixth round.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh got an extra pick at 51 this year.<\/p>\n

The signing deadline does not apply to players who have exhausted college eligibility, a group that can sign until until a week before next year\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n

Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado, Detroit, Houston, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee, the New York Yankees, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa Bay and the Athletics all spent exactly 5% over their signing bonus pool, the maximum allowed before incurring the loss of a first-round pick in next year\u2019s draft. No team has ever exceeded its signing bonus pool by more than 5%.<\/p>\n

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