Texas A&M commit Gavin Grahovac pulls name from 2023 MLB Draft

Texas A&M baseball commit Gavin Grahovac has pulled his name out of the 2023 MLB Draft, he announced via Twitter. He will make his way to College Station for his freshman season in 2024.

“I have officially pulled my name out of the 2023 MLB Draft and am excited for the next chapter of my life with @AggieBaseball,” Grahovac tweeted Monday. “Thank you to everyone who helped me get to this point and Go Aggies.”

Grahovac was the No. 146 overall prospect in this year’s draft, according to MLB.com, and brings plenty of hype with him to Texas A&M. A Villa Park (CA) product, he played both catcher and outfield in high school as he became one of the top prospects in the country.

His addition will be a big one for Texas A&M, which is coming off a 38-27 overall record and a 14-16 mark in SEC play in 2023.

More on the 2023 MLB Draft

The 2023 Major League Baseball Draft will begin during All-Star week, with the first two rounds getting underway at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 9. Rounds 3-10 will then begin at 2 p.m. ET on Monday, July 10, with rounds 11-20 starting at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, July 11.

This year’s MLB Draft is a historic one, as a draft lottery was used to determine the order for the first time. The Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates and Oakland Athletics each had a 16.5% chance to receive the No. 1 overall pick. Ultimately, Pittsburgh won the right to have the first selection, with Washington finishing right behind them at No. 2. Oakland, however, fell all the way down to No. 6 overall.

While the MLB Draft is always unpredictable, the consensus is that this year’s top prospects both hail from LSU, who won the 2023 College World Series. Pitcher Paul Skenes and outfielder Dylan Crews headline this year’s class, which is considered a deep one.

Within the first ten rounds of the draft, each slot is assigned a certain value. Each team has a bonus pool that they are able to spend on these picks, and players will sign at, above or below their assigned slot value.

In rounds 11-20, there is no assigned slot value and MLB teams are free to spend up to $150,000 to sign their picks from the second half of the draft. If they exceed the $150,000 mark, that added amount will be deducted from their bonus pool.

Following the final day of the 2023 MLB Draft, selected players will have until August 1 to sign a contract.