Updated live as signings are announced
The Texas Rangers entered the 2026 MLB Draft with a bonus pool of $10,219,200 which is the combined value they can use to sign all of their picks across the first 10 rounds.
Every dollar mattered here, since going over the pool total comes with penalties. The bonus pool itself is set entirely by the assigned slot values across the first 10 rounds, but it isn't fully isolated from the rest of the draft as picks in rounds 11 through 20 can sign for up to $150,000 without counting against the pool at all, but any amount beyond that $150,000 threshold does count against it. That makes over/under-slot decisions in the first 10 rounds, plus later-round bonus decisions, important pieces of how much money the Rangers ultimately have to work with, including for undrafted free agents.
Below, we'll track every signing as it happens.
Signings So Far
Round 1 — LHP Gio Rojas (Pick No. 16) Signing Bonus: $4.6 million
Round 2 — SS Connor Comeau
Signing Bonus: $2.5 million
Round 3 — LHP Brody Bumila
Signing Bonus: $2.75 million
Round 4 — RHP Hudson Calhoun
Signing Bonus: $498,375
Round 5 — TWP Michael Anderson (Pick No. 149)
Signing Bonus: $172,500
Slot Value: $486,800
Result: $314,300 under slot
Round 6 — RHP Aidan Brainard
Signing Bonus: $2,500
Round 7 — RHP Caden Aoki Signing Bonus: $2,500
Round 8 — SS Kolby Branch Signing Bonus: $7,500
Round 9 — OF Kaden Carpenter
Signing Bonus: $2,500
Round 10 — SS Evan Morrison
Signing Bonus: $2,500
Round 11 — OF Jordan Hawkins Signing Bonus: $200,000
Round 12 — RHP Jackson Nash Signing Bonus: $170k ($20k counts vs bonus pool)
Round 13 — LHP Will Whelan
Signing Bonus: $150,000
Round 14 — RHP Alfredo Capacete Signing Bonus: $95,000
Round 15 — RHP Landon Brewer
Signing Bonus: $197,500
Round 16 — 3B Brandon Crabtree
Signing Bonus: $150,000
Round 17 — RHP Collin Cobb
Signing Bonus: $177,500
Round 18 — C Max Kaufer Signing Bonus: $50,000
Round 19 — RHP Selden Kolkebeck
Signing Bonus: remains to be seen if he signs with the Rangers.
Round 20 — RHP Cody Airington (Pick No. 597) Airington decided not to sign and instead head back to Austin Peay State University.
Cody Airington, who the Texas Rangers selected in the 20th round of the 2026 draft has decide to return to Austin Peay State University per his Instagram. pic.twitter.com/SWOh8esBDq
— The Prospect Times (@ProspectTimes) July 14, 2026
Undrafted Free agent signings
Catcher Mito Perez has signed with the Texas Rangers. He played four years at Tarleton State University.
Catcher Karson Bowen has signed with the Texas Rangers as an undrafted free agent. He started his college career at TCU and finished in Florida.
Catcher Wailele Kane-Yates has signed with Texas Rangers as a undrafted free agent, C/INF. Kane-Yates batted .315 with 7 HR and 41 RBI for the Golden Eagles (Oral Roberts) in 2026.
RHP Brandon Jaenke has signed as an undrafted free agent.
This article will be updated as additional picks and undrafted free agents sign with the organization. Check back for the latest signings and bonus tracker updates.
