Eli Willits didn’t want to waste time before signing his first pro contract. The 17-year-old shortstop is on a tight schedule.

MLB Draft in the books, the St. Louis Cardinals front office now turns its attention to the next phase: signing their picks. So I’ve created what will hopefully be a helpful Signing Tracker with two columns— slot value and signing bonus —to help us follow the money and monitor who’s officially joining the organization!

Now that the 2025 MLB Draft has concluded and all 21 picks have been made, it is time for the hard part — signing everyone. In the MLB Draft, teams are assigned a set amount of money to spend on signing bonuses for every player in their draft;