This 12 months’s beginner draft is formally underway. Extra particulars and scouting studies on all these younger gamers can be found in pre-draft rankings from Baseball America, Fangraphs, MLB Pipeline, The Athletic’s Keith Regulation and ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel.
As effectively, Pipeline has the breakdown of the slot values assigned to every decide within the first 10 rounds, in addition to the bonus pool cash out there to all 30 groups.
The primary-round picks:
- Cleveland Guardians: Travis Bazzana, 2B, Oregon State
- Cincinnati Reds: Chase Burns, RHP, Wake Forest
- Colorado Rockies: Charlie Condon, OF/3B, Georgia
- Oakland Athletics: Nick Kurtz, 1B, Wake Forest
- Chicago White Sox: Hagen Smith, LHP, Arkansas
- Kansas Metropolis Royals: Jac Caglianone, 1B/LHP, Florida
- St. Louis Cardinals: JJ Wetherholt, 2B/SS, West Virginia
- Los Angeles Angels: Christian Moore, 2B, Tennessee
- Pittsburgh Pirates: Konnor Griffin, SS/OF, Jackson Prep Excessive Faculty (MS)
- Washington Nationals: Seaver King, SS/3B/OF, Wake Forest
- Detroit Tigers: Bryce Rainer, SS, Harvard-Westlake Excessive Faculty (CA)
- Boston Purple Sox: Braden Montgomery, OF, Texas A&M
- San Francisco Giants: James Tibbs III, OF, Florida State
- Chicago Cubs: Cam Smith, 3B, Florida State
- Seattle Mariners: Jurrangelo Cijntje, LHP/RHP, Mississippi State
- Miami Marlins: PJ Morlando, OF, Summerville Excessive Faculty (SC)
- Milwaukee Brewers: Braylon Payne, OF, Elkins Excessive Faculty (TX)
- Tampa Bay Rays: Theo Gillen, OF/MI, Westlake Excessive Faculty (TX)
- New York Mets: Carson Benge, OF, Oklahoma State
- Toronto Blue Jays: Trey Yesavage, RHP, East Carolina
- Minnesota Twins: Kaelen Culpepper, SS, Kansas State
- Baltimore Orioles: Vance Honeycutt, OF, North Carolina
- Los Angeles Dodgers: Kellon Lindsey, SS, Hardee Excessive Faculty (FL)
- Atlanta Braves: Cam Caminiti, LHP, Saguero Excessive Faculty (AZ)
- San Diego Padres: Kash Mayfield, LHP, Elk Metropolis Excessive Faculty (OK)
- New York Yankees: Ben Hess, RHP, Alabama
- Philadelphia Phillies: Dante Nori, OF, Northville Excessive Faculty (MI)
- Houston Astros: Walker Janek, C, Sam Houston
- Arizona Diamondbacks: Slade Caldwell, OF, Valley View Excessive Faculty (AR)
- Texas Rangers: Malcolm Moore, C, Stanford
All 30 groups had picks within the first spherical this 12 months, although the Mets, Padres, and Yankees all had their first-round picks dropped again by 10 slots. These three groups surpassed the third luxurious tax tier ($273M) in 2023, and thus their punishment included a 10-space drop of their opening draft alternative.
The 2024 draft will happen over three days, consisting of 20 rounds of picks. Rounds 3-10 will happen on Monday, Rounds 11-20 will happen on Tuesday. The draft’s first 74 picks got here off the board Sunday.
These 74 picks encompass the primary two correct rounds, the 2 Aggressive Stability Rounds, two units of compensatory rounds (giving picks to groups who misplaced qualifying offer-rejecting free brokers), and two Prospect Promotion Incentive picks.
