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Kelly McDaniel
Colorado Rockies Shortstop Ethan HolidayThe fourth overall selection in the MLB draft, signed for $ 9 million bonuses on Tuesday, the biggest bonus received by a high school player in draft history.
Holiday, ranked as top high school players in the draft and second place by ESPN, is the son of former Rockies veteran Matt Holiday and the younger brother is the younger brother Baltimore Oriols Unnatural Jackson HolidayWhich was the first overall pick in the draft of 2022.
The $ 9 million bonus of Ethan Holiday is tied for the fourth largest bonus ever.
The top three high school bonus figures are now from all Oklahoma High School Shortstop.
Jackson Holiday held All-Time High School Bonus Record ($ 8.19 million) till first Ellie Wilits ($ 8.2 million) and then Ethan Holiday crossed it this year. The first overall pick by the Willits was Washington National And was ranked as the third best player in the draft by ESPN.
The MLB draft is unique that teams get a certain bonus pool based on the pics that they have, but are free to spend those bonuses, although they want between their pics. Citizens did the same work with their top picks in 2024 and 2025 drafts, taking a player, which was considered a little less unanimous talent and then would later take a little less bonus to spread savings in the pics.
