2024 MLB Draft: Top Prep Prospects, By Position
July 9, 2024
It is the week of the 2024 MLB Draft, and Draft HQ has you comprehensively covered. We're breaking down this year's draft class in a variety of ways – which will of course include the fun ways, like mock drafts and big boards – but we're also outlining these players in ways that more closely resemble the ways in which decision-makers assess how they value them, broken into positional groups, separated by college and prep lists, split even further by position.
- Prep Baseball Draft HQ Draft Board: Top-150
- High School: Top-100 Overall
- College: Top-150 Overall
- College: Top-50 Hitters
- College: Top-50 Pitchers
Below is our take on the top prep prospects at each of the following positions: shortstop, catcher, outfield, right-handed pitcher, left-handed pitcher.
Top Prep Prospects, By Position
SHORTSTOP
| 1 | Bryce Rainer | Harvard-Westlake (CA) | Texas |
| 2 | Wyatt Sanford | Independence (TX) | Texas A&M |
| 3 | Carter Johnson | Oxford (AL) | Alabama |
| 4 | Tyler Bell | Lincoln-Way East (IL) | Kentucky |
| 5 | Tyson Lewis | Millard West (NE) | Arkansas |
| 6 | Charlie Bates | Palo Alto (CA) | Stanford |
| 7 | Devin Fitz-Gerald | Stoneman Douglas (FL) | NC State |
| 8 | Kellon Lindsey | Hardee (FL) | Florida |
| 9 | Trey Snyder | Liberty North (MO) | Tennessee |
| 10 | J.D. Dix | Whitefish Bay (WI) | Wake Forest |
| 11 | Caleb Bonemer | Okemos (MI) | Virginia |
| 12 | Owen Paino | Roy C. Ketcham (NY) | Ole Miss |
| 13 | Sawyer Farr | Boswell (TX) | Texas A&M |
| 14 | Manny Marin | Westminster Christian (FL) | Tennessee |
| 15 | Michael Ryan | Archbishop Rummel (LA) | LSU |
Catcher
| 1 | Anderson French | Red Land (PA) | Virginia Tech |
| 2 | Hunter Carns | First Coast (FL) | Florida State |
| 3 | Cade Arrambide | Tomball (TX) | LSU |
| 4 | Nick Montgomery | Cypress (CA) | Arizona State |
| 5 | Chase Fralick | McIntosh (GA) | Auburn |
| 6 | Levi Clark | Walton (GA) | Tennessee |
| 7 | Burke Mabeus | Bishop Gorman (NV) | Oregon |
| 8 | James Nunnallee | Lightbridge (VA) | Virginia |
| 9 | Nolan Traeger | Concordia Lutheran (TX) | TCU |
| 10 | Jimmy Janicki | Downers Grove North (IL) | Troy |
| 11 | Dylan Fien | Great Oak (CA) | UCLA |
| 12 | Caleb Daniel | Cartersville (GA) | Georgia |
| 13 | LT Taylor | Olympus (UT) | USC |
| 14 | Augie Lopez | Loyola (CA) | USC |
| 15 | Matthew Conte | Dexter Southfield (MA) | Wake Forest |
Outfield
| 1 | Konnor Griffin | Jackson Prep (MS) | LSU |
| 2 | Theo Gillen | Austin Westlake (TX) | Texas |
| 3 | PJ Morlando | Summerville (SC) | South Carolina |
| 4 | Braylon Payne | Elkins (TX) | Houston |
| 5 | Luke Dickerson | Morris Knolls (NJ) | Virginia |
| 6 | Slade Caldwell | Valley View (AR) | Ole Miss |
| 7 | Dante Nori | Northville (MI) | Mississippi State |
| 8 | Griffin Burkholder | Freedom (VA) | West Virginia |
| 9 | Ty Head | Windermere (FL) | NC State |
| 10 | Tytus Cissell | Francis Howell (MO) | Mizzou |
| 11 | Garrett Shull | Enid (OK) | Oklahoma State |
| 12 | Sawyer Strosnider | Brock (TX) | TCU |
| 13 | Derek Curiel | Orange Lutheran (CA) | LSU |
| 14 | Jace Souza | KS Kapalama (HI) | Texas Tech |
| 15 | Fabio Peralta | Miami Christian (FL) | Miami |
Right-Handed Pitcher
| 1 | Ryan Sloan | York (IL) | Wake Forest |
| 2 | Bryce Rainer | Harvard-Westlake (CA) | Texas |
| 3 | William Schmidt | Catholic B.R. (LA) | LSU |
| 4 | Joey Oakie | Ankeny Centennial (IA) | Iowa |
| 5 | Teagan Kuhns | Gettysburg (PA) | Tennessee |
| 6 | Trey Gregory-Alford | Coronado (CO) | Virginia |
| 7 | Chris Levonas | Christian Brothers Academy (NJ) | Wake Forest |
| 8 | Braylon Doughty | Chaparral (CA) | Oklahoma State |
| 9 | Bryce Meccage | The Pennington School (NJ) | Virginia |
| 10 | Connor Gatwood | Baker (AL) | Auburn |
| 11 | Levi Sterling | Notre Dame (CA) | Texas |
| 12 | Brayden Krenzel | Dublin Jerome (OH) | Tennessee |
| 13 | Chase Mobley | Durant (FL) | Florida State |
| 14 | Jackson Barberi | Brookwood (GA) | Florida |
| 15 | Owen Hall | Edmond North (OK) | Vanderbilt |
| 16 | Dax Whitney | Blackfoot (ID) | Oregon State |
| 17 | Wylan Moss | Mater Dei (CA) | UCLA |
| 18 | Konnor Griffin | Jackson Prep (MS) | LSU |
| 19 | Anson Seibert | Blue Valley Southwest (KS) | Tennessee |
| 20 | Joshua Whritenour | A3 Academy (FL) | Florida |
| 21 | Duncan Marsten | Harvard-Westlake (CA) | Wake Forest |
| 22 | Casan Evans | St. Pius X (TX) | LSU |
| 23 | Mavrick Rizy | Worcester Academy (MA) | LSU |
| 24 | Josiah Romeo | Mayfield (ON) | Florida State |
| 25 | Dylan Jordan | Viera (FL) | Florida State |
Left-Handed Pitcher
| 1 | Cameron Caminiti | Saguaro (AZ) | LSU |
| 2 | Kash Mayfield | Elk City (OK) | Oklahoma State |
| 3 | Johnny King | Naples (FL) | Miami |
| 4 | Boston Bateman | Adolfo Camarillo (CA) | LSU |
| 5 | Dasan Hill | Grapevine (TX) | Dallas Baptist |
| 6 | David Shields | Mt. Lebanon (PA) | Miami |
| 7 | Blake Larson | IMG Academy (FL) | TCU |
| 8 | Ethan Schiefelbein | Corona (CA) | UCLA |
| 9 | William Kirk | Ramsey (NJ) | Virginia |
| 10 | Mason Brassfield | Bakersfield Christian (CA) | TCU |
| 11 | Joey Broughton | Northville (MI) | Pitt |
| 12 | Cole Gibler | Blue Springs (MO) | Arkansas |
| 13 | Mason Russell | Casteel (AZ) | Arizona |
| 14 | Dylan Volantis | Westlake (CA) | USC |
| 15 | Tomas Valincius | Baylor School (TN) | Virginia |
| 16 | Brayton Thomas | Bishop Dwenger (IN) | Indiana |
| 17 | Talan Bell | Hagerty (FL) | Clemson |
| 18 | Tague Davis | Malvern Prep (PA) | Louisville |
| 19 | Bryce Navarre | Montgomery (TX) | Texas A&M |
| 20 | Charlie Foster | Brookwood (GA) | Georgia |
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