How Much They Spent

Bonus totals for each team's top 10 picks

Staff Report
August 18, 2008

Here's a list of how much each team spent on signing bonuses for its players selected in the top 10 rounds. Now this is not a complete list of each team's signing budget—later we'll add the numbers for players selected after the first 10 rounds, but this is a pretty good illustration of how much each team spent in the draft this year.

SIGNING BONUSES
TEAM	BONUS TOTAL (ROUNDS 1-10)
Kansas City Royals	$10,165,000
Tampa Bay Rays	$9,357,000
Boston Red Sox	$8,990,000
San Francisco Giants	$8,703,000
Pittsburgh Pirates	$8,256,000
Milwaukee Brewers	$7,408,500
Texas Rangers	$6,992,300
Minnesota Twins	$6,708,000
Baltimore Orioles	$6,077,000
Houston Astros	$5,892,000
Philadelphia Phillies	$5,851,000
New York Mets	$5,778,500
Oakland Athletics	$5,473,000
San Diego Padres	$5,064,000
St. Louis Cardinals	$4,893,000
Cleveland Indians	$4,662,000
Florida Marlins	$4,653,000
Chicago Cubs	$4,587,000
Atlanta Braves	$4,371,000
Chicago White Sox	$4,362,500
Arizona Diamondbacks	$4,058,000
Los Angeles Dodgers	$3,828,500
Toronto Blue Jays	$3,589,500
New York Yankees	$3,473,000
Cincinnati Reds	$3,310,000
Detroit Tigers	$3,284,500
Washington Nationals	$3,001,000
Colorado Rockies	$2,998,000
Seattle Mariners	$1,769,000
Los Angeles Angels	$1,743,000