Archive · 2 Aug 2026
MLP Teams Spend Millions on Players and Draft Picks
Major League Pickleball teams are spending a lot of money to get good players.
Some teams paid almost $400,000 to add two players from another team.
Another team spent more than $100,000 to bring in one player from far away.
One team even paid over $1 million just to pick first in the draft.
These big payments show how serious teams are about winning.
MLP teams are investing heavily in player acquisitions.
One team paid close to $400,000 for two players from another squad.
Another team spent over $100,000 for a single player from across the country.
A franchise paid more than $1 million for the right to pick first in the draft.
These moves happen before the trade deadline and before the season starts.
- Who
- Major League Pickleball owners and teams
- What
- Large financial transactions for player acquisitions and draft picks
- When
- Before this year's trade deadline and before the season began
- Where
- Major League Pickleball
- Why
- To secure talent and draft position for competitive advantage
- League
- Major League Pickleball
- Total Spending on Draft Pick
- over $1 million
- Largest Player Acquisition
- $400,000 for two players
- Largest Single Player Acquisition
- $100,000
- Trade Deadline
- this year's