The Mets' 2026 draft class isn't going to generate a ton of headlines outside of Queens, but their 11th-round pick comes with a built-in storyline. Kuhio Aloy, an outfielder out of Arkansas, agreed to a $220,000 signing bonus with New York, according to Jim Callis. That's a solid overslot number for a pick that far down the board, with $70,000 of it counting against the Mets' bonus pool.
Jim Callis broke the signing news, including the bonus figure and the family connection to Baltimore.
11th-rder Kuhio Aloy signs w/@Mets for $220k, of which $70k counts vs bonus pool. @RazorbackBSB OF, batted .293/.352/.486 as a junior. Brother of Wehiwa, @Orioles supplemental 1st-rder & @USAGoldenSpikes winner in 2025. @MLBDraft
The name should ring a bell for anyone who followed last year's draft. Kuhio's older brother Wehiwa Aloy went to the Orioles with the 31st overall pick in the 2025 draft, a supplemental first-rounder, and he's already grinding through the minors as one of Baltimore's better prospects. The brothers were actually teammates at Arkansas before Wehiwa turned pro, and Wehiwa capped his amateur career by winning the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award as the sport's top college player in 2025.
Kuhio stuck around Fayetteville for one more year and turned in a strong junior season, hitting .293/.352/.486 for the Razorbacks. He was good enough to earn first-team All-SEC honors and, over the summer, won the Cape Cod League's Home Run Derby, a nice showcase moment against other top prospects using wood bats. He still had two years of college eligibility left on the table, but the Mets' offer was apparently enough to get him to forgo it and turn pro instead.
$220,000 isn't a massive bonus in the grand scheme of the draft, but for an 11th-round senior-eligible bat, it's a real vote of confidence. Teams don't hand out overslot money to org-filler outfielders — they do it when they think there's a chance they stole a player who slid for reasons that had nothing to do with talent. Given how his brother's stock has already played out in Baltimore's system, the Mets are clearly betting there's more baseball bloodline left to tap into.
For now, Kuhio Aloy heads off to begin his pro career in the Mets' system while Wehiwa keeps developing as an Orioles prospect, giving two AL/NL East rivals their own version of the same last name to track. It's a fun subplot buried in the back half of the draft, and it's the kind of thing that becomes a much bigger story fast if either brother starts climbing prospect boards.