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Draft History: 2026 Red Sox Draft
 
 
Tags Rd Pick Player
Position, School
Class Slot $ Bonus $
Cap #
College
Commitment
MLB BA ESPN
                     
1 20 Jake Schaffner
SS, North Carolina
JR $4,373,900 $2,000,000 --- 70 98 51
                     
CBB 67 Owen Hull
OF, North Carolina
JR $1,317,300 $1,200,000 --- 67 60 62
                     
3 96 Jace Mataczynski
SS, Hudson (WI)
HS $815,700 $2,000,000 Auburn 131 102 77
                     
5 156 Lucas Davenport
RHP, Baylor
JR $454,100 $350,000 --- --- --- ---
                     
6 185 Brett Lanman
LHP, Abilene Christian
JR $352,900 $240,000 --- --- 307 ---
                     
7 214 Kide Adetuyi
LHP, Florida Atlantic
SO $278,700 $175,000 --- --- 442 ---
                     
8 244 Josh Volmerding
LHP, Cal Poly
JR $227,200 $155,000 --- --- --- ---
                     
9 274 Martin Shelar
OF, Marist School (GA)
HS $205,400 $1,500,000 Mississippi
State
175 125 80
                     
10 304 Kaleb LaFavor
RHP, Bishop Heelan (IA)
HS $194,000 $847,500 Iowa --- 461 171
                     
11 334 Wills Maginnis
SS, Georgia St.
SO $150,000 $250,000
$100,000
Arkansas --- --- ---
                     
12 364 Jacob Webster
SS, Oak Hills (CA)
HS $150,000 $160,000
$10,000
Loyola
Marymount
--- --- ---
                     
13 394 Mason Lei
RHP, Illinois-Chicago
JR $150,000 $155,000
$5,000
--- --- --- ---
                     
14 424 Jase Evangelista
RHP, UNLV
JR $150,000 $190,000
$40,000
Texas
A&M
--- --- ---
                     
  15 454 Chase Frey
LHP, Grand Canyon
JR $150,000 --- Oregon --- --- ---
                     
16 484 Colton Coates
SS, Louisiana Tech
JR $150,000 $150,000 --- --- --- ---
                     
17 514 Alex Kranzler
RHP, Vanderbilt
JR $150,000 $150,000 --- --- --- ---
                     
  18 544 Ethan Offing
OF, Dutch Fork (SC)
HS $150,000 --- Clemson --- 377 ---
                     
19 574 Luis Calderon
RHP, El Shaddai Christian (PR)
HS $150,000 $150,000 Alabama
State
--- --- ---
                     
20 604 Aiden VanDeHatert
LHP, Dallas Baptist
JR $150,000 $150,000 Virginia
Tech
--- --- ---
                     
 
Undrafted Free Agents
Tags Rd Pick Player
Position, School
Class Slot $ Bonus $
Cap #
College
Commitment
MLB BA PG
                     
- - Carson Revay
LHP, Pacific
JR $150,000 --- --- --- --- ---
                     
- - Jorhan Castro
C, San Angel David (PR)
HS $150,000 --- Western Kentucky --- --- ---
                     
 
 
 
2026 Draft Notes

Dates: July 11-13, 2026
Chief Baseball Officer: Craig Breslow
Director of Amateur Scouting: Jake Bruml
Signing Deadline: July 27, 2026 at 5:00 pm ET, except for JuCo players drated after the 10th round. Those players, called DFEs, may sign up until the "dead period" 10 days before the following year's draft. Any amount over $225,000 to a DFE counts against the cap.
Players selected: 14 College, 0 JuCo, 5 High School

Draft Pick Movement: Acquired pick #67 along with Caleb Durbin, Andruw Monasterio, and Anthony Seigler from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Kyle Harrison, Shane Drohan, and David Hamilton. Forfeited second and fourth round selections, along with $1 million in international signing bonus pool space, as a result of signing Ranger Suarez.

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Bonus Pool Cap
: $8,219,200
Cap + 5%: $8,630,160
Cap $ Spent: $8,622,500
Remainder: $7,660


Bonus Pool Cap Rules: If a club exceeds its Bonus Pool Cap: (1) by 0-5%, it will be charged a 75% tax on the excess; (2) by 5-10%, it will pay the same tax and will also lose its first round pick next season; (3) by 10-15%, it will be charged a 100% tax on the excess and lose its first and second round picks next season; and (4) by more than 15%, 100% tax on the excess and lose its next two first round picks. Teams can spend up to $150,000 on rounds 11-20 without it counting towards the bonus cap. Any bonus above $150,000 does count towards the cap.

2026 Draft Legend
 
Tags
: Player currently in Red Sox organization
: Player on Restricted List
: Player did not sign with Red Sox
: Player is a Draft & Follow

: Played has MLB experience with Red Sox
: Player has MLB experience, not with Red Sox
: Player released by Red Sox
: Player traded by Red Sox
: Player waived by Red Sox
: Player selected from Red Sox in Rule 5 Draft
: Player retired from Red Sox
: Player left Red Sox as an MLB free agent
: Player left Red Sox as a minor league free agent


Red Italics:
Reported, not yet official
Bold Player Name:
Currently in Red Sox organization
Slot $: MLB's slot allotment for the given draft slot
Bonus $: Signing Bonus
Cap #
: Amount of Bonus $ counted towards Bonus Pool Cap. If just one number is listed, the Bonus $ and the Cap # are the same. If two numbers are listed, the Bonus $ is listed on top and the Cap # is listed on the bottom.

JC1:
Junior College, 1st year
JC2:
Junior College, 2nd year
GS: Graduate Student
MLB: MLB Pipeline Ranking
BA: Baseball America Ranking
ESPN: ESPN Ranking
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7.5-8: Franchise Player
6.5-7: Regular All-Star
6: Impact Everyday Player
5.5: Above-Average Regular
5: Average Regular
4.5: Bench/Utility Player
4: Up & Down Player
3: "Org" High Minors Contributor
2: Non-Prospect
 
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Grades listed for each player are MLB projection; Floor-Ceiling