2024 MLB Draft Board: Spring Edition
March 18, 2024
Prep Baseballโs Draft HQ took the time to publish its latest Mock Draft this week, and with that, we're also updating our top-200 draft board. While Thursday's mock was an attempt to predict where the picks will land in July, the Prep Baseball Draft HQ Top-200 is our pound-for-pound rankings of these prospects as we evaluate them and project on their big league outlook.
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:
+ Last week's Mock Draft: Spring Update
+ย Shooter finds 10 'buzzy' prep names: 'From the Hip: Early Helium'
+ Seifertโs College Crosscheck: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4
+ 2024 Super 60 Pro Showcase: 11 Impact Bats | 9 Arms to Know
+ Latest โOn The Huntโ pieces: Spring Break in Texas | Early Georgia Takeaways | Floridaโs Perennial Preseason Classic
THE STATE OF '24 CLASS
Since late Januaryโs last Draft HQ Top-200 release, thereโs been plenty of shake-up inside this uncertain 2024 draft class โ although despite the sliding around, the top-10 contains many of the same names, just in a scattered order.
College baseball has featured several scorching hot starts and those starts are reflected in the movement up and down the board, as well as Thursdayโs latest Mock Draft. Whatโs immediately apparent is the lack of prep talent inside the top-15. Thereโs a bunch of high school players in the same tier, spanning the ranks Nos. 20-45 or so, and itโll take this spring to parse out which belong inside the first round, and which are more likely Day Two types.
Shooter Hunt was on the ground in Los Angeles this week for first-hand looks at some of the countryโs best MLB Draft talent within its high schools ranks, and it reaffirmed the label weโve put on Bryce Rainer (Harvard-Westlake HS, CA, 2024; Texas commit) as the top prep senior in the nation, ranked No. 4 on the Draft HQ Top-200 below.
โ24 SS Bryce Rainer (CA) wastes no time announcing his presence & jumps all over this MISSILE for a leadoff double.
โ Shooter Hunt (@ShooterHunt) March 13, 2024
Great 2K stroke driving a ball to the wall that hardly got 8 feet off the ground. Bat stays in zone.
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You figured to expect rises in Arkansas LHP Hagen Smith and Wake Forestโs RHP Chase Burns, but donโt forget about RHP Trey Yesavage from East Carolina either. Yesavageโs fastball is a data darling, and he gets whiffs on it, but even more with the slider and change. He came into the spring with plenty of preseason accolades, so heโs far from an out-of-nowhere โriserโ on this list, but his dominance thus far โย with 39 Ks in 24 innings, all while allowing just three runs on 10 hits, seven walks so far this season โย has boosted him straight into the mid-first-round conversation.
Tennesseeโs 3B Billy Amick is on a torrid start as a transfer in from Clemson, hitting .369 with nine homers already this spring, and he climbed into the top-15 in this update, up over 60 spots.
These three prep players were boosted up big time in this update: SS Wyatt Sanford (Independence HS, TX; Texas A&M) , OF Theo Gillen (Austin Westlake HS, TX; Texas), and LHP Johnny King (Naples HS, FL; Miami). Sanfordโs trending up as one of the top prep shortstops in the nation, and at the right time, while Gillenโs been equally interesting this spring, combining his physical tools with an uptick in game power. On the mound, Floridaโs King has started to amass some serious buzz as a young prep lefty whoโs been up to 94 mph this spring all while wielding premium spin over a biting breaking ball.
DRAFT HQ: TOP-200
1 | Jac Caglianone | 1B/LHP | Florida |
2 | Travis Bazzana | 2B | Oregon State |
3 | Charlie Condon ๐บ | OF | Georgia |
4 | Bryce Rainer | SS/RHP | Harvard-Westlake HS (CA) |
5 | Chase Burns ๐บ | RHP | Wake Forest |
6 | Hagen Smith ๐บ | LHP | Arkansas |
7 | J.J. Wetherholt | SS | West Virginia |
8 | Braden Montgomery ๐บ | OF | Texas A&M |
9 | Konnor Griffin ๐บ | OF | Jackson Prep HS (MS) |
10 | Nick Kurtz | 1B | Wake Forest |
11 | Jonathan Santucci | LHP | Duke |
12 | Trey Yesavage | RHP | East Carolina |
13 | Vance Honeycutt | OF | North Carolina |
14 | Billy Amick | 3B | Tennessee |
15 | Brody Brecht | RHP | Iowa |
16 | Cam Caminiti | LHP | Saguaro HS (AZ) |
17 | PJ Morlando | OF | Summerville HS (SC) |
18 | Jacob Cozart | C | NC State |
19 | Caleb Lomavita ๐บ | C | Cal |
20 | Wyatt Sanford ๐บ๐บ | SS | Independence HS (TX) |
21 | Theo Gillen | SS/OF | Austin Westlake HS (TX) |
22 | Ryan Sloan | RHP | York HS (IL) |
23 | William Schmidt ๐บ | RHP | Catholic (LA) |
24 | Kale Fountain | 3B | Norris HS (NE) |
25 | Johnny King ๐บ๐บ | LHP | Naples HS (FL) |
26 | Tommy White | 3B | LSU |
27 | Dakota Jordan* | OF | Mississippi State |
28 | Tyler Bell ๐บ | SS | Lincoln-Way East HS (IL) |
29 | Kash Mayfield ๐บ๐บ | LHP | Elk City HS (OK) |
30 | Carter Johnson | SS | Oxford HS (AL) |
31 | Malcolm Moore* | C | Stanford |
32 | Bryce Cunningham ๐ | RHP | Vanderbilt |
33 | Ben Hess | RHP | Alabama |
34 | Josh Hartle | LHP | Wake Forest |
35 | Seaver King | OF | Wake Forest |
36 | Griff O'Ferrall | SS | Virginia |
37 | Caleb Bonemer | SS | Okemos HS (MI) |
38 | Charlie Bates | SS | Palo Alto HS (CA) |
39 | Slade Caldwell ๐บ | OF | Valley View HS (AR) |
40 | David Shields | LHP | Mt. Lebanon HS (PA) |
41 | Garrett Shull | OF | Enid HS (OK) |
42 | Boston Bateman | LHP | Adolfo Camarillo HS (CA) |
43 | Luke Holman | RHP | LSU |
44 | Ryan Forcucci ๐บ๐บ | RHP | UC San Diego |
45 | Tegan Kuhns | RHP | Gettysburg HS (PA) |
46 | Trey Gregory-Alford | RHP | Coronado HS (CO) |
47 | Joey Oakie | RHP | Ankeny Centennial HS (IA) |
48 | Connor Gatwood | RHP | Baker HS (AL) |
49 | Walker Janek | C | Sam Houston State |
50 | Colby Shelton* ๐บ | SS | Florida |
51 | Cam Smith* | 3B | Florida State |
52 | Brayden Krenzel | RHP | Dublin Jerome HS (OH) |
53 | Tyson Lewis ๐บ๐บ | SS | Millard West HS (NE) |
54 | Ty Head ๐บ | OF | Windermere HS (FL) |
55 | Dante Nori ๐บ | OF | Northville HS (MI) |
56 | Braylon Payne | OF | Elkin HS (TX) |
57 | Dasan Hill ๐บ๐บ | LHP | Grapevine HS (TX) |
58 | James Tibbs ๐บ | 1B | Florida State |
59 | Christian Moore ๐บ๐บ | 2B | Tennessee |
60 | Kaelen Culpepper | SS/3B | Kansas State |
61 | Dylan Dreiling* | OF | Tennessee |
62 | Noah Franco | OF/LHP | IMG Academy HS (FL) |
63 | Ethan Schiefelbein | LHP | Corona HS (CA) |
64 | Ethan Anderson | C | Virginia |
65 | Anthony Silva* | SS | TCU |
66 | Thatcher Hurd | RHP | LSU |
67 | Brady Tygart | RHP | Arkansas |
68 | Drew Beam | RHP | Tennessee |
69 | Michael Massey | RHP | Wake Forest |
70 | Manny Marin ๐ | SS | Westminster Christian HS (FL) |
71 | Derek Curiel | OF | Orange Lutheran HS (CA) |
72 | Anderson French ๐บ๐บ | C | Red Land HS (PA) |
73 | Griffin Burkholder ๐บ๐บ | OF | Freedom (VA) |
74 | Myles Bailey | 1B | Lincoln HS (FL) |
75 | Hunter Carns ๐บ | C | First Coast HS (FL) |
76 | Chase Mobley ๐บ๐บ | RHP | Durant HS (FL) |
77 | Cade Arrambide | C | Tomball HS (TX) |
78 | Levi Sterling | RHP | Notre Dame HS (CA) |
79 | Jared Thomas* ๐บ | 1B | Texas |
80 | Carson Benge | OF | Oklahoma State |
81 | Carter Holton | LHP | Vanderbilt |
82 | Kevin Bazzell | C | Texas Tech |
83 | Sam Antonacci ๐บ | 3B/SS | Coastal Carolina |
84 | Kyle DeBarge | SS | Louisiana |
85 | Duncan Marsten | RHP | Harvard-Westlake HS (CA) |
86 | Derek Bender | C/1B | Coastal Carolina |
87 | Braylon Doughty ๐บ๐บ | RHP | Chaparral HS (CA) |
88 | William Kirk ๐บ | LHP | Ramsey HS (NJ) |
89 | Eli Serrano* | OF | NC State |
90 | Wylan Moss ๐บ | RHP | Mater Dei HS (CA) |
91 | Owen Paino | SS | Roy C. Ketcham HS (NY) |
92 | Sawyer Strosnider ๐บ๐บ | OF | Brock HS (TX) |
93 | Ty Southisene | SS | Basic Academy (NV) |
94 | Nicholas Montgomery | C | Cypress HS (CA) |
95 | Tytus Cissell ๐ | OF | Francis Howell HS (MO) |
96 | Joshua Whritenour ๐ | RHP | A3 Academy HS (FL) |
97 | T.P. Wentworth ๐บ | OF/LHP | Central Catholic (CA) |
98 | Ryan Prager ๐บ๐บ | LHP | Texas A&M |
99 | Carson DeMartini | 3B | Virginia Tech |
100 | Luke Heyman* ๐บ | C | Florida |
101 | Jurrangelo Cijntje* ๐บ | RHP | Mississippi State |
102 | Zack Stewart ๐ | OF | Missouri State |
103 | Ryan Johnson | RHP | Dallas Baptist |
104 | Mason Molina | LHP | Arkansas |
105 | Cody Schrier | SS | UCLA |
106 | Chris Cortez ๐บ | RHP | Texas A&M |
107 | Mike Sirota | OF | Northeastern |
108 | Austin Overn* | OF | USC |
109 | Nick McLain | OF | Arizona State |
110 | Tyson Neighbors | RHP | Kansas State |
111 | Joey Broughton ๐ | LHP | Northville HS (MI) |
112 | Dylan Jordan | RHP | Viera HS (FL) |
113 | Chris Levonas ๐ | RHP | Christian Brothers HS (NJ) |
114 | Owen Hall ๐บ | RHP | Edmond North HS (OK) |
115 | Anson Seibert | RHP | Blue Valley Southwest HS (KS) |
116 | Nate Dohm | RHP | Mississippi State |
117 | Casan Evans | RHP | St. Pius X HS (TX) |
118 | Devin Fitz-Gerald | SS | Stoneman Douglas HS (FL) |
119 | Fabio Peralta | OF | Miami Christian (FL) |
120 | Michael Ryan | SS | Archbishop Rummel (LA) |
121 | Sawyer Farr ๐บ๐บ | SS | Boswell HS (TX) |
122 | Travis Smith ๐บ | RHP | Kentucky |
123 | Connor Foley* ๐ | RHP | Indiana |
124 | Jonathan Vastine | SS | Vanderbilt |
125 | Arnold Abernathy | SS | North Cobb HS (GA) |
126 | Landon Victorian | RHP | Barbe (LA) |
127 | Chase Harlan ๐บ | 3B | Central Bucks East HS (PA) |
128 | Aiden May ๐ | RHP | Sandia HS (NM) |
129 | Matt Ager | RHP | UC Santa Barbara |
130 | Jace Souza ๐ | OF | KS Kapฤlama HS (HI) |
131 | Michael Mullinax | OF | North Cobb Christian (GA) |
132 | Rustan Rigdon | SS | Metter HS (GA) |
133 | Alex Hernandez ๐ | 3B | Forsyth Central HS (GA) |
134 | Brendan Tunink ๐ | OF | Newman Central Catholic HS (IL) |
135 | LeBarron Johnson | RHP | Texas |
136 | Jake Hanley ๐ | 1B | Mason HS (OH) |
137 | Andrew Dutkanych* | RHP | Vanderbilt |
138 | Kyle Robinson | RHP | Texas Tech |
139 | Burke Mabeus ๐ | C | Bishop Gorman HS (NV) |
140 | Levi Clark | C | Walton HS (GA) |
141 | Trey Snyder | SS | Liberty North HS (MO) |
142 | Drew Dickerson ๐ | SS | Lee's Summit West HS (MO) |
143 | Carson Messina ๐ | RHP | Summerville HS (SC) |
144 | Cole Gibler ๐ | LHP | Blue Springs HS (MO) |
145 | Jackson Barberi ๐ | RHP | Brookwood HS (GA) |
146 | Blake Burke | 1B | Tennessee |
147 | Rodney Green Jr. | OF | Cal |
148 | Jared Jones* ๐ | 1B | LSU |
149 | Greysen Carter | RHP | Vanderbilt |
150 | Josh Randall | RHP | San Diego |
151 | Jared Spencer | LHP | Indiana State |
152 | Schuyler Sanford | RHP | St. Johns Country Day HS (FL) |
153 | Nic Abraham ๐บ | RHP | Franklin HS (CA) |
154 | Jason Flores ๐บ | RHP | Naaman Forest HS (TX) |
155 | Cam Clayton | SS | Washington |
156 | Jacob Jenkins-Cowart ๐ | OF | East Carolina |
157 | Devin Futrell | LHP | Vanderbilt |
158 | Gage Jump | LHP | LSU |
159 | Conner Ware | LHP | Pearl River JC (MS) |
160 | Will Turner | OF | South Alabama |
161 | Dom Fritton* | LHP | NC State |
162 | Cole Messina | C | South Carolina |
163 | John Spikerman ๐ | OF | Oklahoma |
164 | Paxton Kling* | OF | LSU |
165 | Aidan Major ๐ | RHP | West Virginia |
166 | Zach Swanson | RHP | Toutle Lake HS (WA) |
167 | Niko Mazza ๐ | RHP | Southern Miss |
168 | Marcus Morgan ๐บ | RHP | Iowa |
169 | Sean Keys ๐ | 3B | Bucknell |
170 | Zander Darby ๐ | 3B | UC Santa Barbara |
171 | Sam Peterson ๐ | OF | Iowa |
172 | Luke Heefner ๐ | SS | Dallas Baptist |
173 | Brandon Neely | RHP | Florida |
174 | Fran Oschell III | RHP | Duke |
175 | Drew Pestka ๐บ | RHP | John A. Logan JC (IL) |
176 | Ryan Campos ๐บ | C | Arizona State |
177 | Joseph Sullivan ๐ | INF | South Alabama |
178 | Matt Halbach ๐ | 3B | San Diego |
179 | Cole Mathis | 1B | College of Charleston |
180 | Blake Larson ๐ | LHP | IMG Academy HS (FL) |
181 | Josiah Romero ๐บ | RHP | Mayfield HS (ON, Canada) |
182 | Casey Saucke ๐ | OF | Virginia |
183 | Ethan Gourson | 2B | UCLA |
184 | Tristan Smith* | LHP | Clemson |
185 | Payton Tolle | LHP | TCU |
186 | Jaxon Jelkin ๐ | RHP | Houston |
187 | Camron Hill | LHP | Georgia Tech |
188 | Tanner Wiggins ๐ | RHP | Weatherford JC (TX) |
189 | Daniel Eagen | RHP | Presbyterian |
190 | Payton Green | SS | Georgia Tech |
191 | Greg Farone ๐ | LHP | Alabama |
192 | Kyle Ayers ๐ | RHP | TCU |
193 | Kendall Diggs ๐ | OF | Arkansas |
194 | Jack DeTienne | RHP | Verona Area HS (WI) |
195 | Parker Smith | RHP | Rice |
196 | Grant Knipp ๐ | C/RHP | Campbell |
197 | Davis Diaz | SS | Vanderbilt |
198 | Hudson White ๐ | C | Arkansas |
199 | Colby Holcombe | RHP | Mississippi State |
200 | Cade Obermueller* | LHP | Iowa |
*Notes draft-eligible college sophomore |