2024 Major League Baseball draft

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2024 Major League Baseball draft
General information
Date(s)July 14–16, 2024
LocationCowtown Coliseum
Fort Worth, Texas
Network(s)MLB Network
ESPN (first round)
Overview
615 total selections in 20 rounds
First selectionTBD
Cleveland Guardians
First round selections39
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The 2024 Major League Baseball draft will take place on July 14–16, 2024, in Fort Worth, Texas. The draft will assign amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The first six selections will be set via a lottery, with first round picks belonging to the remaining lottery participants set in reverse order of regular season winning percentage. To complete the first round, playoff teams will select in an order that combines postseason finish, revenue sharing status, and reverse order of winning percentage. Reverse order of regular season winning percentage and postseason finish will be used to set the draft order for rounds two through 20.[1]

The Arizona Diamondbacks were awarded a Prospect Promotion Incentive Pick after Corbin Carroll won the 2023 National League Rookie of the Year Award. The Baltimore Orioles also received a Prospect Promotion Incentive Pick after Gunnar Henderson won the 2023 American League Rookie of the Year Award.[2]

The Cleveland Guardians were awarded the first overall pick after winning the 2024 MLB Draft Lottery. It will be the first time that the Guardians have the first overall pick in the MLB Draft.[3]

Draft lottery

The 2024 MLB Draft Lottery took place on December 5, 2023, in

MLBPA that limits teams in larger markets from winning draft lottery picks in consecutive seasons.[5]
The following table lists the percentage chances for each seed to receive lottery picks as a result of the draft lottery.

Denotes lottery winner
Denotes team that did not win lottery
Ineligible to receive lottery pick
Seed Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
1 Oakland Athletics 18.3% 17.4% 16.2% 14.8% 13.0% 10.9%
2 Kansas City Royals 18.3% 17.4% 16.2% 14.8% 13.0% 10.9%
3 Colorado Rockies 18.3% 17.4% 16.2% 14.8% 13.0% 10.9%
4 Chicago White Sox 14.7% 14.6% 14.4% 13.9% 13.1% 11.9%
5 St. Louis Cardinals 8.3% 8.9% 9.5% 10.2% 11.0% 11.7%
6 Los Angeles Angels 6.1% 6.7 % 7.3% 8.1% 9.0% 10.2%
7 New York Mets 4.3% 4.8% 5.4% 6.0% 7.0% 8.2%
8 Pittsburgh Pirates 3.0% 3.3% 3.8% 4.4% 5.2% 6.2%
9 Cleveland Guardians 2.0% 2.2% 2.6% 3.0% 3.6% 4.4%
N/A Washington Nationals - - - - - -
10 Detroit Tigers 1.6% 1.8% 2.0% 2.3% 2.8% 3.5%
11 Boston Red Sox 1.2% 1.3% 1.6% 1.9% 2.2% 2.8%
12 San Francisco Giants 1.0% 1.1% 1.3% 1.6% 1.9% 2.2%
13 Cincinnati Reds 0.9% 1.0% 1.1% 1.3% 1.6% 1.9%
14 San Diego Padres 0.7% 0.8% 0.9% 1.1% 1.3% 1.6%
15 New York Yankees 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% 1.0% 1.2%
16 Chicago Cubs 0.4% 0.4% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% 0.9%
17 Seattle Mariners 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 0.6%

Top prospects

Source: MLB.com Top Baseball Draft Prospects 2024[6]
Ranking Player Position School
1 Charlie Condon Outfielder / Third baseman Georgia
2 Travis Bazzana Second baseman Oregon State
3 Jac Caglianone First baseman / Pitcher Florida
4 Nick Kurtz First baseman Wake Forest
5 Braden Montgomery Outfielder Texas A&M
6 Hagen Smith Pitcher Arkansas
7 Chase Burns Pitcher Wake Forest
8 JJ Wetherholt Shortstop / Second baseman West Virginia
9 Konnor Griffin Shortstop / Outfielder Jackson Preparatory School (MS)
10 Bryce Rainer Shortstop Harvard-Westlake School (CA)
11 Trey Yesavage Pitcher East Carolina
12 William Schmidt Pitcher
Catholic High School (LA)
13 Seaver King Third baseman / Outfielder Wake Forest
14 Caleb Lomavita Catcher California
15 Billy Amick Third baseman Tennessee
16 Tommy White Third baseman LSU
17 Cam Caminiti Pitcher Saguaro High School (AZ)
18 Ryan Sloan Pitcher York Community High School (IL)
19 Slade Caldwell Outfielder Valley View High School (AR)
20 Carson Benge Outfielder Oklahoma State
21 Cam Smith Third baseman Florida State
22 James Tibbs Outfielder Florida State
23 Vance Honeycutt Outfielder North Carolina
24 Dakota Jordan Outfielder Mississippi State
25 Walker Janek Catcher Sam Houston
26 Theo Gillen Shortstop / Second baseman Westlake High School (TX)
27 Kash Mayfield Pitcher Elk City High School (OK)
28 Brody Brecht Pitcher Iowa
29 Jonathan Santucci Pitcher Duke
30 Kellon Lindsey Shortstop Hardee High School (FL)

Draft selections

The Mets, Yankees, and Padres exceeded the surcharge tax threshold in 2023 and did not win lottery picks, meaning that each will have their first round draft pick moved back ten slots.[7]

First round

Pick Player Team Position School
1 Cleveland Guardians
2 Cincinnati Reds
3 Colorado Rockies
4 Oakland Athletics
5 Chicago White Sox
6 Kansas City Royals
7 St. Louis Cardinals
8 Los Angeles Angels
9 Pittsburgh Pirates
10 Washington Nationals
11 Detroit Tigers
12 Boston Red Sox
13 San Francisco Giants
14 Chicago Cubs
15 Seattle Mariners
16 Miami Marlins
17 Milwaukee Brewers
18 Tampa Bay Rays
19 New York Mets
20 Toronto Blue Jays
21 Minnesota Twins
22 Baltimore Orioles
23 Los Angeles Dodgers
24 Atlanta Braves
25 San Diego Padres
26 New York Yankees
27 Philadelphia Phillies
28 Houston Astros
29 Arizona Diamondbacks
30 Texas Rangers

Prospect Promotion Incentive Picks

Pick Player Team Position School
31 Arizona Diamondbacks[Incentive 1]
32 Baltimore Orioles[Incentive 2]

Compensatory round

Pick Player Team Position School
33 Minnesota Twins[Compensation 1]

Competitive Balance Round A

Pick Player Team Position School
34 Milwaukee Brewers[Trades 1]
35 Arizona Diamondbacks
36 Cleveland Guardians
37 Pittsburgh Pirates
38 Colorado Rockies
39 Kansas City Royals

Second round

Pick Player Team Position School
40 Oakland Athletics
41 Kansas City Royals
42 Colorado Rockies
43 Chicago White Sox
44 Washington Nationals
45 Los Angeles Angels
46 New York Mets
47 Pittsburgh Pirates
48 Cleveland Guardians
49 Detroit Tigers
50 Boston Red Sox
51 Cincinnati Reds
52 San Diego Padres
53 New York Yankees
54 Chicago Cubs
55 Seattle Mariners
56 Miami Marlins
57 Milwaukee Brewers
58 Tampa Bay Rays
59 Toronto Blue Jays
60 Minnesota Twins
61 Baltimore Orioles
62 Atlanta Braves
63 Philadelphia Phillies
64 Arizona Diamondbacks
65 Texas Rangers

Competitive Balance Round B

Pick Player Team Position School
66 Tampa Bay Rays
67 Milwaukee Brewers
68 Chicago White Sox[Trades 2]
69 Minnesota Twins
70 Miami Marlins
71 Cincinnati Reds
72 Detroit Tigers
73 Oakland Athletics

Compensatory round

Pick Player Team Position School
74 Los Angeles Angels[Compensation 2]

Notes

Incentive picks
  1. ^ Received for Corbin Carroll winning the 2023 National League Rookie of the Year Award
  2. ^ Received for Gunnar Henderson winning the 2023 American League Rookie of the Year Award
Compensation picks
  1. ^ Compensation pick for the St. Louis Cardinals signing Sonny Gray
  2. ^ Compensation pick for the Los Angeles Dodgers signing Shohei Ohtani
Trades
  1. ^ Brewers acquired the 34th pick, DL Hall, and Joey Ortiz from the Baltimore Orioles for Corbin Burnes
  2. Zach DeLoach from the Seattle Mariners for Gregory Santos

References

  1. ^ Glaser, Kyle (March 11, 2022). "Guide To The New CBA: Draft Lottery, Expanded Playoffs And More". Baseball America. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  2. ^ Passan, Jeff (November 13, 2023). "Corbin Carroll, Gunnar Henderson win NL, AL ROY unanimously". ABC News. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  3. ^ Mayo, Jonathan (December 5, 2023). "Guardians win Draft Lottery, securing next year's top pick". MLB.com. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  4. ^ "MLB Calendar". Associated Press. May 24, 2023. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  5. ^ Carothers, Tom (July 12, 2023). "Washington Nationals fans react to team being ineligible to land a top-9 pick in 2024 MLB Draft Lottery under new CBA rules: "MLB can be so dumb"". Sportskeeda. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  6. ^ "Top Baseball Draft Prospects". MLB. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  7. ^ Mayo, Jonathan (October 25, 2023). "2024 Draft lottery odds set, order taking shape". MLB.com. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
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