{"id":388851,"date":"2026-07-28T09:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/388851\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T09:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:31:19","slug":"houston-astros-sign-20-of-22-picks-in-mlb-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/388851\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Astros sign 20 of 22 picks in MLB draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANAHEIM, Calif.\u00a0\u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/sports\/astros\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Houston\u00a0Astros<\/a> signed 20 of 22 players they selected in this month\u2019s MLB draft, the club announced Monday, the deadline for teams to sign their picks.<\/p>\n<p>Houston previously announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/sports\/astros\/article\/logan-hughes-jack-radel-houston-draft-22356477.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">the signings of its top two picks<\/a>, outfielder Logan Hughes (No. 17 overall) and pitcher Jack Radel (No. 28). Both players signed for slightly under-slot bonuses. Hughes received an approximate $3.41 million bonus and Radel a $3 million bonus, according to a person with knowledge of the terms. Slot value was $4,868,600 for the No. 17 pick and $3,363,600 for the No. 28 pick this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Astros redirected some of those savings to sign two of their high school selections. Third-round pick Keon Johnson, an infielder from Macon (Ga.) First Presbyterian, signed for $2 million, per MLB.com\u2019s Jim Callis. Slot value for the No. 93 pick was $846,900. No. 133 overall pick Beau Peterson, an infielder from Mill Valley (Kan.) HS, signed for $3 million, per MLB.com. Slot value for the No. 133 pick was $569,600.<\/p>\n<p>The two draft picks Houston did not sign were its other two prep selections: Jack Beck, an infielder out of Columbia Central (Tenn.) HS drafted in the 13th round, and James Tronstein, an infielder from Harvard-Westlake (Calif.) HS taken in the 15th round. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/sports\/college\/vanderbilt\/baseball\/2026\/07\/24\/james-tronstein-vanderbilt-baseball-freshman-mlb-draft-houston-astros\/90905305007\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Tronstein told The Tennessean<\/a> last week that he would forgo signing and attend Vanderbilt. Beck had a commitment to Georgia Southern.<\/p>\n<p>Other day-one draft picks whose signings were announced Monday were second-rounder Wes Mendes, the left-handed pitcher from Florida State selected at No. 57 overall by Houston, and fourth-rounder Kam Durnin, a shortstop from University of Missouri drafted at No. 121 overall. Peterson was drafted after the fourth round with a compensation pick for Framber Valdez signing elsewhere in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to their 20 draft picks, the Astros announced the signings of three non-drafted free agents\u00a0\u2014 right-handed pitchers John Carver (Adelphi University) and Carson Estridge (West Virginia) and infielder Drew Wyers (Mississippi State).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANAHEIM, Calif.\u00a0\u2014 The Houston\u00a0Astros signed 20 of 22 players they selected in this month\u2019s MLB draft, the club&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-388851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}