2024 Major League Baseball draft
General information
Date(s)July 2024
LocationArlington, Texas
Network(s)MLB Network
ESPN (first round)
Overview
TBD total selections in 20 rounds
First selectionTBD
Cleveland Guardians
First round selections39

The 2024 Major League Baseball draft will take place in July 2024 in Arlington, 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 Nashville, Tennessee during the Winter Meetings.[4] The Washington Nationals were ineligible to participate in the lottery, as per a rule in the collective bargaining agreement between Major League Baseball and 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
1Oakland Athletics 18.3%17.4%16.2%14.8%13.0%10.9%
2Kansas City Royals 18.3%17.4%16.2%14.8%13.0%10.9%
3Colorado Rockies 18.3%17.4%16.2%14.8%13.0%10.9%
4Chicago White Sox 14.7%14.6%14.4%13.9%13.1%11.9%
5St. Louis Cardinals 8.3%8.9%9.5%10.2%11.0%11.7%
6Los Angeles Angels 6.1%6.7 %7.3%8.1%9.0%10.2%
7New York Mets 4.3%4.8%5.4%6.0%7.0%8.2%
8Pittsburgh Pirates 3.0%3.3%3.8%4.4%5.2%6.2%
9Cleveland Guardians 2.0%2.2%2.6%3.0%3.6%4.4%
N/AWashington Nationals ------
10Detroit Tigers 1.6%1.8%2.0%2.3%2.8%3.5%
11Boston Red Sox 1.2%1.3%1.6%1.9%2.2%2.8%
12San Francisco Giants 1.0%1.1%1.3%1.6%1.9%2.2%
13Cincinnati Reds 0.9%1.0%1.1%1.3%1.6%1.9%
14San Diego Padres 0.7%0.8%0.9%1.1%1.3%1.6%
15New York Yankees 0.6%0.6%0.7%0.8%1.0%1.2%
16Chicago Cubs 0.4%0.4%0.6%0.7%0.8%0.9%
17Seattle 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 JJ Wetherholt Shortstop / Second baseman West Virginia
2 Nick Kurtz First baseman Wake Forest
3 Travis Bazzana Second baseman Oregon State
4 Charlie Condon Outfielder / First baseman Georgia
5 Jac Caglianone First baseman / Pitcher Florida
6 Vance Honeycutt Outfielder North Carolina
7 Tommy White Third baseman LSU
8 Konnor Griffin Outfielder Jackson Preparatory School (MS)
9 Seaver King Outfielder / Shortstop Wake Forest
10 Braden Montgomery Outfielder / Pitcher Texas A&M
11 Mike Sirota Outfielder Northeastern
12 Malcolm Moore Catcher Stanford
13 Josh Hartle Pitcher Wake Forest
14 PJ Morlando Outfielder Summerville High School (SC)
15 Hagen Smith Pitcher Arkansas
16 Chase Burns Pitcher Wake Forest
17 Brody Brecht Pitcher Iowa
18 Thatcher Hurd Pitcher LSU
19 Cam Caminiti Pitcher Saguaro High School (AZ)
20 Slade Caldwell Outfielder Valley View High School (AR)
21 Caleb Lomavita Catcher California
22 Drew Beam Pitcher Tennessee
23 Noah Franco Outfielder / Pitcher IMG Academy (FL)
24 Caleb Bonemer Shortstop / Third baseman Okemos High School (MI)
25 Cam Smith Third baseman Florida State
26 Carson Benge Outfielder / Pitcher Oklahoma State
27 Dakota Jordan Outfielder Mississippi State
28 Kaelen Culpepper Shortstop Kansas State
29 Jonathan Santucci Pitcher Duke
30 Ryan Sloan Pitcher York Community High School (IL)

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 Baltimore Orioles
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 San Francisco Giants
52 Cincinnati Reds
53 San Diego Padres
54 New York Yankees
55 Chicago Cubs
56 Seattle Mariners
57 Miami Marlins
58 Milwaukee Brewers
59 Tampa Bay Rays
60 Toronto Blue Jays
61 Minnesota Twins
62 Baltimore Orioles
63 Atlanta Braves
64 Philadelphia Phillies
65 Houston Astros
66 Arizona Diamondbacks
67 Texas Rangers

Competitive Balance Round B

Pick Player Team Position School
68 Tampa Bay Rays
69 Milwaukee Brewers
70 Seattle Mariners
71 Minnesota Twins
72 Miami Marlins
73 Cincinnati Reds
74 Detroit Tigers
75 Oakland Athletics

Compensatory round

Pick Player Team Position School
76 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

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". APNews.com. 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 December 14, 2023.
  7. ↑ Mayo, Jonathan (October 25, 2023). "2024 Draft lottery odds set, order taking shape". MLB.com. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
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