Former TCU and Plano East pitcher Jake Arrieta was one of the surprise of the baseball draft when he fell to fifth round. Well, Jake got first round money with a $1.1 million bonus with the Orioles. He was part of a record round of last-day signings around the major leagues.

Texas A&M lost a great baseball player and potential All-big 12 punter when the Red Sox signed Liberty-Eylau's Will Middlebrooks for $925,000.

Some record bonuses paid on the last day according to Baseball America magazine:

 New bonus records were set Wednesday for the fourth round (Brad Suttle, Yankees, $1.3 million), fifth round (Jake Arrieta, Orioles, $1.1 million) and sixth round (Jack McGeary, Nationals, $1.8 million). McGeary broke the record set by Cale Iorg (Tigers, $1.4975 million) on Tuesday. Carmen Angelini (Yankees) got the largest 10th-round bonus ever given to a non-draft-and-follow at $1 million, and the second-highest ever behind Luis Cota’s $1.05 million from the Royals.

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