This year’s 20-round MLB draft has concluded. MLB organizations will continue to add collegiate talent in the coming days as nondrafted free agents. Many HBCU baseball players still have a chance to sign as free agents.
All 30 MLB teams have the option to sign an unlimited amount of undrafted free agents. In 2020, signing bonuses were capped at $20,000. During the 2021 MLB Draft using the same format, the league removed the $20,000 cap on signing bonuses for undrafted players in 2022.
Signing bonuses for undrafted players will no longer be capped at $20,000. An undrafted player can receive up to $125,000. Any amount over $125,000 will count against a team’s bonus pool.
On March 26, 2020, MLB, and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) reached a deal that included the option to shorten the draft to five rounds, and then to include the 2021 and 2022 draft to 20 rounds which sits current. With the reduction in the draft which many professional baseball organizations sign players as free agents.
At Black College Nines (BCN) we’re tracking all the latest undrafted HBCU free agent signings and contracts after the 2023 MLB Draft. 2023 MLB undrafted free agent contracts.
We will track any of these MLB clubs that sign an undrafted HBCU free agent:
Arizona Diamondbacks
Atlanta Braves
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Guardians
Colorado Rockies
Detroit Tigers
Houston Astros
Kansas City Royals
Los Angeles Angels
Los Angeles Dodgers
Miami Marlins
Milwaukee Brewers
Minnesota Twins
New York Mets
New York Yankees
Oakland Athletics
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
Seattle Mariners
St. Louis Cardinals
Tampa Bay Rays
Texas Rangers
Toronto Blue Jays
Washington Nationals
List of potential HBCU Free Agent Signees:
Jordan Hamburg – Coppin State
Mike Dorcean – Coppin State
Phillip Bryant – Grambling State
Cameron Bufford – Grambling State
Trevor Hatton – Grambling State
Keanu Jacobs-Guishard – Grambling State
Keylon Mack – Grambling State
Lorenzo Petersen – Grambling State
Kyle Walker – Grambling State
Omar Melendez – Alabama State
Jamal George – Alabama State
Randy Flores – Alabama State
Ian Matos – Alabama State
Luis Rodriguez – Alabama State
Ali Lapread – Alabama State
Corey King – Alabama State
Ricardo Rivera – Alabama State
Kewan Braziel – Alcorn State
Hunter Viets – Florida A&M
Ty Hanchey – Florida A&M
Janmikell Bastardo – Florida A&M
Jalen Niles – Florida A&M
Ty Hill – Jackson State
Erick Gonzalez – Jackson State
Jesse Caver – Jackson State
Jatavis Melton – Jackson State
Victor Figueroa – Mississippi Valley State
Dreylin Holmes – Mississippi Valley State
Jaylen Armstrong – Southern
O’Neill Burgos – Southern
Gustavo Nava Sanchez – Southern
Khyle Radcliffe – Southern
Nicholas Wilson – Southern
Manny Jackson – Norfolk state
Hylan Hall – Bethune Cookman
Irvin Escobar – Bethune Cookman
Joan Gonzalez – Bethune Cookman
Roderick Coffee – Texas Southern
Daalen Adderly – Texas Southern
Abraham DeLeon – Texas Southern
C.J. Castillo – Texas Southern
Alexander Olivo – Texas Southern
Michael Dews – Prairie View A&M
Brantley Cutler – University Maryland Eastern Shore
Tommy Easley – Alabama A&M
Potential Draft/Free-Agent Signee:
Joe Esparza – Kentucky State
Tahir Meulens – Bluefield State
Joseph Smith – Savannah State
Enrico Peele – Savannah State
Jared Showalter – Savannah State
Lavoisier Fisher – Albany State
Jeremiah Reddell – Albany State
Jalen Young – Florida Memorial
Jordan Varela- Payne – Bluefield State
Jalin Thomas – Rust College
Payton Shubert – Edward Waters
Conner Fizer – West Virginia State