2024 MLB Draft: May's Mock Draft
May 1, 2024
Prep Baseball’s Draft HQ last published mock drafts in December and March, and its third mock comes as the calendar flips to May and the 2024 MLB Draft fast approaches. This has been a fascinating group of prospects to follow, considering how uncertain the top of the board looked in the preseason, and what's happened since.
Among the first four players we have mocked below, they've crushed a combined 100 home runs exactly so far this season. College baseball's exhilarating home run race has generated much more interest in this draft than there appeared to be six months ago.
With that said, it'll be interesting to see how it all shakes out in the end. The Cleveland Guardians own the first pick, and they're the exact kind of organization that would get creative with pool money if they don't think there's a franchise-altering choice pick No. 1 among those budding college sluggers, which would allow them to save some money for their next two picks, at Nos. 36 and 48 overall.
The top-10 of this May's mock draft doesn't look drastically different than March's, but it's after those first 10 picks that reflect all that's changed in between then and now.
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 edition of 'The War Room' podcast with Shooter Hunt and D.J. Svhilik.
DRAFT HQ HEADLINES
+ Seifert’s College Crosscheck: Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10
+ College's Historic Home Run Race: What'd these sluggers look like in HS?
+ Shooter’s ‘On The Hunt’ series: SoCal Swing | Northeast Impact
2024 MLB DRAFT: May's Update
(1) | Cleveland Guardians | Travis Bazzana | 2B | Oregon State (Turramurra HS, Australia, 2021) | |
(2) | Cincinnati Reds | Jac Caglianone | 1B/LHP | Florida (Plant HS, FL, 2021) | |
(3) | Colorado Rockies | Charlie Condon | OF | Georgia (The Walker School HS, GA, 2021) | |
(4) | Oakland Athletics | Braden Montgomery | OF | Texas A&M (Madison Central HS, MS, 2021) | |
(5) | Chicago White Sox | Hagen Smith | LHP | Arkansas (Bullard HS, TX, 2021) | |
(6) | Kansas City Royals | Chase Burns | RHP | Wake Forest (Beech HS, TN, 2021) | |
(7) | St. Louis Cardinals | Bryce Rainer | SS | Harvard-Westlake HS, CA (Texas commit) | |
(8) | Los Angeles Angels | Nick Kurtz | 1B | Wake Forest (Baylor School HS, TN, 2021) | |
(9) | Pittsburgh Pirates | JJ Wetherholt | SS | West Virginia (Mars Area HS, PA, 2021) | |
(10) | Washington Nationals | Konnor Griffin | OF | Jackson Prep HS, MS (LSU commit) | |
(11) | Detroit Tigers | Billy Amick | 3B/1B | Tennessee (P27 Academy HS, SC, 2021) | |
(12) | Boston Red Sox | Seaver King | OF | Wake Forest (Athens Christian HS, GA, 2021) | |
(13) | San Francisco Giants | Trey Yesavage | RHP | East Carolina (Boyertown HS, PA, 2021) | |
(14) | Chicago Cubs | Vance Honeycutt | OF | North Carolina (Salisbury HS, NC, 2021) | |
(15) | Seattle Mariners | Carter Johnson | SS | Oxford HS, AL (Alabama commit) | |
(16) | Miami Marlins | James Tibbs | 1B | Florida State (Pope HS, GA, 2021) | |
(17) | Milwaukee Brewers | Carson Benge | OF | Oklahoma State (Yukon HS, OK, 2021) | |
(18) | Tampa Bay Rays | Cameron Caminiti | LHP | Saguaro HS, AZ (LSU commit) | |
(19) | New York Mets | Wyatt Sanford | SS | Independence HS, TX (Texas A&M commit) | |
(20) | Toronto Blue Jays | Caleb Lomavita | C | Cal (St. Louis HS, HI, 2021) | |
(21) | Minnesota Twins | Malcolm Moore* | C | Stanford (CK McClatchy HS, CA, 2022) | |
(22) | Baltimore Orioles | Theo Gillen | OF/SS | Austin Westlake HS, TX (Texas commit) | |
(23) | Los Angeles Dodgers | Brody Brecht | RHP | Iowa (Ankeny HS, IA, 2021) | |
(24) |
Atlanta Braves |
Ryan Sloan | RHP | York HS, IL (Wake Forest commit) | |
(25) | San Diego Pades | William Schmidt | RHP | Catholic B.R. HS, LA (LSU commit) | |
(26) | New York Yankees | Christian Moore | INF | Tennessee (Suffield Academy HS, CT, 2021) | |
(27) | Philadelphia Phillies | Jonathan Santucci | LHP | Duke (Phillips Academy HS, MA, 2021) | |
(28) | Houston Astros | Walker Janek | C | Sam Houston State (Gregory-Portland HS, TX, 2021) | |
(29) | Arizona D-backs |
Kaelen Culpepper | SS/3B | Kansas State (St. Benedict HS, TN, 2021) | |
(30) | Texas Rangers | Kash Mayfield | LHP | Elk City HS, OK (Oklahoma State commit) | |
*Notes draft-eligible college sophomore |