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The 2024 MLB Rule 4 Draft, better known as the First-Year Player Draft or Amateur Draft, has concluded. The Draft began on Sunday night and continued on Monday and Tuesday. Coming off of a year that saw two Virginia prep players selected in the first round, the first Virginia prep First Rounders since 2005, we expected a slight tick back off of that going into the draft. That being said, it was yet again a strong draft year for the Commonwealth and DC. For the fourth year in a row, we had a Virginia high school player selected in the first two rounds, as well as numerous college players that graduated from Virginia and DC high schools getting selected.

The first player off the board was Virginia shortstop and St. Christopher's alum, Griffin O'Ferrall, to the Orioles with the 32nd overall pick in the Prospect Promotion Incentive round. O'Ferrall is the third member of the 2019 Prep Baseball Future Games Team Mid-Atlantic to be drafted, with former teammates James Wood (Nationals) and Jackson Merrill (Padres, 2024 MLB All-Star) having already reached the Major Leauges this season.

O'Ferrall's Virginia teammate and Frank W. Cox HS alum Ethan Anderson was also selected on opening night by the Orioles with their 2nd Round pick. The first Virginia prep player of 2024 went off the board two picks after Anderson as Freedom (South Riding) outfielder Griffin Burkholder was selected by the Phillies with their 2nd Round pick. Burkholder is a Prep Baseball Super 60 alum, was a standout at the 2023 Prep Baseball All-American Game, and the number 1 ranked player in the VA/DC Class of 2024 Rankings.

Day Two of the Draft was a busy day as well as a slew of players were taken in the 3rd through 10th Rounds. A highlight of that group was William & Mary RHP and Yorktown 2021 alum, Nathan Knowles, who was the fourth member of the 2019 Future Games Team Mid-Atlantic roster to be selected. Also, Freedom (South Riding) picked up their second drafted alum as North Carolina outfielder Casey Cook was taken in the 3rd Round. Frank W. Cox matched Freedom with their second 2021 alum to be drafted, James Madison outfielder Fenwick Trimble.

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When the draft concluded late Tuesday afternoon, three VA/DC Prep players had been drafted and 28 total players that are graduates of Virginia or DC high schools were selected. Here are the players that are alums of Virginia or DC high schools that were drafted this year:

***Two players that would also have been listed below if not for the circumstances of 2020 and 2021 leading to them leaving Virginia were drafted as well, and they are NC State outfielder Eli Serrano (Patriot, 4th Round, Mets) and Florida State catcher Marco Dinges (Riverside, 4th Round, Brewers).

 

Round	Name	High School	Draft Pos	Grad Year	College (Commitment)	MLB Team
PPI	Griffin O'Ferrall	St. Christopher's	SS	2021	Virginia	Orioles
2nd	Ethan Anderson	Frank W. Cox	C	2021	Virginia	Orioles
2nd	Griffin Burkholder	Freedom (South Riding)	OF	2024	West Virginia	Phillies
3rd	Casey Cook	Freedom (South Riding)	OF	2021	North Carolina	Rangers
4th	Fenwick Trimble	Frank W. Cox	OF	2021	James Madison	Marlins
4th	Nathan Knowles	Yorktown	RHP	2021	William & Mary	Rays
4th	Carson DeMartini	Ocean Lakes	SS	2021	Virginia Tech	Phillies
5th	Brandon Clarke	Independence	LHP	2021	St. College of Florida-Manatee	Red Sox
6th	Konner Eaton	Prince George	LHP	2021	George Mason	Rockies
6th	Jacob Friend	Yorktown	C	2021	Davidson	Reds
8th	Will Riley	James Madison	RHP	2020	Virginia Military Institute	Mariners
8th	Colin Tuft	James Madison	C	2021	Tulane	Orioles
10th	Carter Cunningham	Battlefield	OF	2019	East Carolina	Blue Jays
11th	Kyle Robinson	George C. Marshall	RHP	2021	Texas Tech	Athletics
11th	Jason Schiavone	St. John's College	C	2021	James Madison	Astros
12th	Everett Catlett	Colgan	LHP	2020	Georgetown	Rockies
12th	Cayman Goode	Douglas Freeman	RHP	2024	Virginia Commonwealth	Braves
13th	Brandon Eike	Powhatan	3B	2020	Virginia Commonwealth	Mariners
14th	James Nunnallee	Lightridge	C	2024	Virginia	Brewers
15th	Tyler Davis	Menchville	LHP	2020	Mississippi State	Royals
16th	Brian Curley	Trinity Episcopal	RHP	2022	Virginia Commonwealth	Pirates
16th	Christian Gordon	Liberty Christian	LHP	2019	Liberty	Cubs
16th	Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman	Riverside	RHP	2021	Virginia Commonwealth	Mariners
17th	Lyle Miller-Green	Lake Braddock	2-Way	2019	Austin Peay	White Sox
18th	Christian Martin	Amherst County	SS	2021	Virginia Tech	Cardinals
18th	Holden Wilkerson	Cave Spring	RHP	2021	Virginia Military Institute	Blue Jays
18th	Kevin Warunek	Patriot	LHP	2021	Longwood	Phillies
19th	Joe Vogatsky	Kettle Run	RHP	2020	James Madison	Pirates