2024 MLB Draft: Final Mock Draft
July 12, 2024
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Prep Baseball’s Draft HQ is publishing its final mock draft ahead of Sunday's first round, which begins at 7 p.m. ET. We'll be producing a special edition of 'The War Room: Live', and you can find that broadcast schedule below:
- 6:45 p.m. ET: Pre-Draft Rundown
- Post-Round One: Rapid Reactions from Shooter & D.J.
- Post-Draft Show: Full Breakdown of Day One; Outlook on Day Two and Day Three
Throughout this week we've been covering this upcoming Draft comprehensively, and at all angles. Though one of the toughest perspectives to analyze this Draft is from within the mock. The Cleveland Guardians are on unofficially on the clock and have been since December's lottery, though we aren't really any closer to knowing who they'll take first overall than we did then. The organization plays their cards very tightly to their chest, and without a unanimous 1:1 talent, they could go a variety of routes here that include cost-saving strategies.
Even so, the talent at the top of this year's draft pool is close enough to each other that the Guardians' draft plans might not even necessarily affect the next few teams behind them – the Reds, the Rockies, the Athletics, and the White Sox might even get their top choice at picks Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5, depending on how things play out and how they've evaluated this group.
As turbulent as this draft cycle was, there's still a familiar collection of names at the top of this final mock draft as there was in our first December mock: Jac Caglianone, J.J. Wetherholt, Travis Bazzana, Nick Kurtz, Hagen Smith, each of whom were mocked inside the top-13 six months ago, including Caglianone at No. 1 overall. Charlie Condon erupted into a player vying for the top pick for much of this spring, it appeared, but he seems more likely to fall closer to No. 5 than become the first overall pick. A hamstring injury looked like was going to keep Wetherholt away from the very top of the first, considering how much time it cost him at West Virginia this spring, but he looked like a genuine 1:1 candidate upon his return and we also forecasted it in our last mock prior to Sunday's reveal.
Stay up-to-date on the 2024 MLB Draft by following our visits coast to coast on Draft HQ; here are some of our latest headlines, as well as the latest editions of 'The War Room' podcast with Shooter Hunt and D.J. Svhilik.
THE WAR ROOM PODCAST
+ EP. 14: Orgs' Potential Draft Plans
+ EP. 13: High School Draft Board
+ EP. 12: College Draft Board
DRAFT HQ HEADLINES
+ Draft HQ: Top-150 Draft Board
+ From David Seifert: Top-150 College Prospects | Top-50 College Hitters | Top-50 College Pitchers
+ High School Lists: Top-100 Prep Prospects | Top Prep Players, By Position
2024 MLB DRAFT: Final Update
| (1) | Cleveland Guardians |  |
JJ Wetherholt | SS | West Virginia (Mars Area HS, PA, 2021) |
| (2) | Cincinnati Reds |  |
Travis Bazzana | 2B | Oregon State (Turramurra HS, Australia, 2021) |
| (3) | Colorado Rockies |  |
Chase Burns | RHP | Wake Forest (Beech HS, TN, 2021) |
| (4) | Oakland Athletics |  |
Charlie Condon | OF | Georgia (The Walker School HS, GA, 2021) |
| (5) | Chicago White Sox |  |
Jac Caglianone | 1B/LHP | Florida (Plant HS, FL, 2021) |
| (6) | Kansas City Royals |  |
Hagen Smith | LHP | Arkansas (Bullard HS, TX, 2021) |
| (7) | St. Louis Cardinals |  |
Bryce Rainer | SS | Harvard-Westlake HS, CA (Texas commit) |
| (8) | Los Angeles Angels |  |
Konnor Griffin | OF | Jackson Prep HS, MS (LSU commit) |
| (9) | Pittsburgh Pirates |  |
Nick Kurtz | 1B | Wake Forest (Baylor School HS, TN, 2021) |
| (10) | Washington Nationals |  |
Braden Montgomery | OF | Texas A&M (Madison Central HS, MS, 2021) |
| (11) | Detroit Tigers |  |
Christian Moore | 2B | Tennessee (Suffield Academy HS, CT, 2021) |
| (12) | Boston Red Sox |  |
James Tibbs | OF | Florida State (Pope HS, GA, 2021) |
| (13) | San Francisco Giants |  |
Trey Yesavage | RHP | East Carolina (Boyertown HS, PA, 2021) |
| (14) | Chicago Cubs |  |
Carson Benge | OF/RHP | Oklahoma State (Yukon HS, OK, 2021) |
| (15) | Seattle Mariners |  |
Theo Gillen | OF | Austin Westlake HS, TX (Texas commit) |
| (16) | Miami Marlins |  |
Seaver King | OF | Wake Forest (Athens Christian HS, GA, 2021) |
| (17) | Milwaukee Brewers |  |
Cam Smith* | 3B | Florida State (Palm Beach Central HS, FL, 2022) |
| (18) | Tampa Bay Rays |  |
Cam Caminiti | LHP | Saguaro HS, AZ (LSU commit) |
| (19) | New York Mets |  |
Malcolm Moore* | C | Stanford (CK McClatchy HS, CA, 2022) |
| (20) | Toronto Blue Jays |  |
Jurrangelo Cijntje* | BHP | Mississippi State (Champagnat Catholic HS, FL, 2022) |
| (21) | Minnesota Twins |  |
Brody Brecht | RHP | Iowa (Ankeny HS, IA, 2021) |
| (22) | Baltimore Orioles |  |
Tommy White | 3B | LSU (IMG Academy HS, FL, 2021) |
| (23) | Los Angeles Dodgers |  |
Braylon Payne | OF | Elkins HS, TX (Houston commit) |
| (24) |
Atlanta Braves |
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Billy Amick | 3B | Tennessee (P27 Academy HS, SC, 2021) |
| (25) | San Diego Pades |  |
Kash Mayfield | LHP | Elk City HS, OK (Oklahoma State commit) |
| (26) | New York Yankees |  |
Ryan Sloan | RHP | York HS, IL (Wake Forest commit) |
| (27) | Philadelphia Phillies |  |
William Schmidt | RHP | Catholic B.R. HS, LA (LSU commit) |
| (28) | Houston Astros |  |
Wyatt Sanford | SS | Independence HS, TX (Texas A&M commit) |
| (29) | Arizona D-backs |
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Vance Honeycutt | OF | North Carolina (Salisbury HS, NC, 2021) |
| (30) | Texas Rangers |  |
Walker Janek | C | Sam Houston State (Gregory-Portland HS, TX, 2021) |
| *Notes draft-eligible college sophomore | |||||