Houston Astros 2024 Draft Picks Signing Tracker: bonuses, deadline

The Houston Astros entered the 2024 MLB Draft in a tough position. Not only were they picking near the bottom of each round due to where they finished in 2023, but signing Josh Hader cost them a draft pick and resulted in the Astros having the smallest draft bonus pool in all of MLB this year. For a team that desperately needs an injection of talent in their minor league system, that is not an ideal spot to be in.

We'll know soon enough as to whether or not the Astros were able to navigate those troubled waters as the 2024 MLB Draft is now over. As expected, Houston did go the college route in the first round when they selected college catcher Walker Janek with their first round pick. With the rest of their draft class now set, the only question that remains is whether or not the Astros will be able to sign all of their picks and for how much.

Which Houston Astros 2024 draft picks have signed and for how much?

MLB uses a draft bonus pool that is calculated using a slot system. The short version is that all of a given team's picks in rounds 1-10 have a pre-assigned slot value. You add all of those slots up and you get the team's bonus pool that can be spent however they want in rounds 1-10 as well as on any bonuses over $150,000 given to players in rounds 11-20.

In the Astros' case, they have a measly $5,914,700 in their 2024 draft bonus pool mainly because they did not have a second-round pick. They can go up to 5% over their draft bonus pool without incurring significant penalties, but any more than that means losing future draft picks and that would be very, very bad.

Given their bonus pool situation, the Astros played things safe on Days 1 and 2 of the draft by picking college players with limited-to-no leverage when it comes to signing. Not signing any of those draft picks by the August 1 draft signing deadline would be an absolute disaster, as not only would Houston lose out on the player himself, but that pick's bonus pool money as well. Here is a look at the Astros' 2024 draft class, as well as whether they have signed yet or not, followed by the amount they signed for as that information becomes available.

*Updated 7/27*

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