The 2023 MLB First-Year Player Draft concluded last week, with seven TCU baseball players being selected while another Horned Frog inked a contract as an undrafted free agent. First-rounder Brayden Taylor went 19th overall to the Tampa Bay Rays and will take home a lucrative signing bonus reportedly worth about $3.88 million. Seventh-rounder and breakout performer Cole Fontenelle also signed his contract with the Los Angeles Angels, earning a signing bonus reportedly worth $256,400. Taylor was the lone Horned Frog taken on the first day of the draft, while Fontenelle was the first of three TCU baseball players who were selected on the second day of the draft, which began on July 9 and concluded July 11.
Baseball: Eight TCU players sign contracts with MLB teams
