The draft concluded on Thursday, but that doesn’t mean teams are done adding amateur talent. Since the draft was limited to just five rounds this year, that leaves a larger pool of undrafted free agents for teams to sign. This year, they are limited to offering bonuses of just $20,000 to undrafted free agents, leaving players to choose their organization on things other than the amount of their bonus.
The Royals received a lot of praise around the league for agreeing to pay their minor leaguers the entire year, without mass releases. At the time, many speculated that could reap benefits when it came time to sign players.