2024 Major League Baseball draft

The 2024 Major League Baseball draft took place on July 14–16, 2024, in Fort Worth, Texas. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to Major League Baseball (MLB) teams. The first six selections were set via a lottery, with first round picks belonging to the remaining lottery participants set in reverse order of regular season winning percentage. To complete the first round, playoff teams selected in an order that combined postseason finish, revenue sharing status, and reverse order of winning percentage. Reverse order of regular season winning percentage and postseason finish was used to set the draft order for rounds two through 20.^[1]

2024 Major League Baseball draft
General information
Date(s)	July 14–16, 2024
Location	Cowtown Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Network(s)	MLB Network ESPN, ESPN+ (first round)
Overview
615 total selections in 20 rounds
First selection	Travis Bazzana Cleveland Guardians
First round selections	39
← 2023 2025 →

The Arizona Diamondbacks were awarded a Prospect Promotion Incentive Pick after Corbin Carroll won the 2023 National League Rookie of the Year Award. The Baltimore Orioles also received a Prospect Promotion Incentive Pick after Gunnar Henderson won the 2023 American League Rookie of the Year Award.^[2]

The Cleveland Guardians won the 2024 MLB Draft Lottery and selected Travis Bazzana with the first pick. It was the first time that the Guardians had the first overall pick in the MLB Draft, the first time an Australian was drafted with the 1st overall pick, as well as the first time a second baseman was selected first overall.^[3]

Draft lottery

The 2024 MLB Draft Lottery took place on December 5, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee during the Winter Meetings.^[4] The Washington Nationals were ineligible to participate in the lottery, as per a rule in the collective bargaining agreement between Major League Baseball and MLBPA that limits teams in larger markets from winning draft lottery picks in consecutive seasons.^[5] The following table lists the percentage chances for each seed to receive lottery picks as a result of the draft lottery.

	Denotes lottery winner
	Denotes team that did not win lottery
	Ineligible to receive lottery pick

Seed	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
1	Oakland Athletics	18.3%	17.4%	16.2%	14.8%	13.0%	10.9%
2	Kansas City Royals	18.3%	17.4%	16.2%	14.8%	13.0%	10.9%
3	Colorado Rockies	18.3%	17.4%	16.2%	14.8%	13.0%	10.9%
4	Chicago White Sox	14.7%	14.6%	14.4%	13.9%	13.1%	11.9%
5	St. Louis Cardinals	8.3%	8.9%	9.5%	10.2%	11.0%	11.7%
6	Los Angeles Angels	6.1%	6.7%	7.3%	8.1%	9.0%	10.2%
7	New York Mets	4.3%	4.8%	5.4%	6.0%	7.0%	8.2%
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	3.0%	3.3%	3.8%	4.4%	5.2%	6.2%
9	Cleveland Guardians	2.0%	2.2%	2.6%	3.0%	3.6%	4.4%
N/A	Washington Nationals	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	Detroit Tigers	1.6%	1.8%	2.0%	2.3%	2.8%	3.5%
11	Boston Red Sox	1.2%	1.3%	1.6%	1.9%	2.2%	2.8%
12	San Francisco Giants	1.0%	1.1%	1.3%	1.6%	1.9%	2.2%
13	Cincinnati Reds	0.9%	1.0%	1.1%	1.3%	1.6%	1.9%
14	San Diego Padres	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%	1.1%	1.3%	1.6%
15	New York Yankees	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%	1.0%	1.2%
16	Chicago Cubs	0.4%	0.4%	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%
17	Seattle Mariners	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.6%

Draft selections

The Mets, Yankees, and Padres exceeded the surcharge tax threshold in 2023 and did not win lottery picks, meaning that each had their first round draft pick moved back ten slots.^[6]

First round

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
1	Travis Bazzana	Cleveland Guardians	Second baseman	Oregon State
2	Chase Burns	Cincinnati Reds	Pitcher	Wake Forest
3	Charlie Condon	Colorado Rockies	Outfielder	Georgia
4	Nick Kurtz	Oakland Athletics	First baseman	Wake Forest
5	Hagen Smith	Chicago White Sox	Pitcher	Arkansas
6	Jac Caglianone	Kansas City Royals	Two-way player	Florida
7	JJ Wetherholt	St. Louis Cardinals	Shortstop	West Virginia
8	Christian Moore	Los Angeles Angels	Second baseman	Tennessee
9	Konnor Griffin	Pittsburgh Pirates	Shortstop	Jackson Preparatory School (MS)
10	Seaver King	Washington Nationals	Shortstop	Wake Forest
11	Bryce Rainer	Detroit Tigers	Shortstop	Harvard-Westlake School (CA)
12	Braden Montgomery	Boston Red Sox	Outfielder	Texas A&M
13	James Tibbs III	San Francisco Giants	Outfielder	Florida State
14	Cam Smith	Chicago Cubs	Third baseman	Florida State
15	Jurrangelo Cijntje	Seattle Mariners	Pitcher	Mississippi State
16	PJ Morlando	Miami Marlins	Outfielder	Summerville High School (SC)
17	Braylon Payne	Milwaukee Brewers	Outfielder	Elkins High School (TX)
18	Theo Gillen	Tampa Bay Rays	Outfielder	Westlake High School (TX)
19	Carson Benge	New York Mets	Outfielder	Oklahoma State
20	Trey Yesavage	Toronto Blue Jays	Pitcher	East Carolina
21	Kaelen Culpepper	Minnesota Twins	Shortstop	Kansas State
22	Vance Honeycutt	Baltimore Orioles	Outfielder	North Carolina
23	Kellon Lindsey	Los Angeles Dodgers	Shortstop	Hardee High School (FL)
24	Cam Caminiti	Atlanta Braves	Pitcher	Saguaro High School (AZ)
25	Kash Mayfield	San Diego Padres	Pitcher	Elk City High School (OK)
26	Ben Hess	New York Yankees	Pitcher	Alabama
27	Dante Nori	Philadelphia Phillies	Outfielder	Northville High School (MI)
28	Walker Janek	Houston Astros	Catcher	Sam Houston
29	Slade Caldwell	Arizona Diamondbacks	Outfielder	Valley View High School (AR)
30	Malcolm Moore	Texas Rangers	Catcher	Stanford

Prospect Promotion Incentive Picks

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
31	Ryan Waldschmidt	Arizona Diamondbacks[Incentive 1]	Outfielder	Kentucky
32	Griff O'Ferrall	Baltimore Orioles[Incentive 2]	Shortstop	Virginia

Compensatory round

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
33	Kyle DeBarge	Minnesota Twins[Compensation 1]	Shortstop	Louisiana

Competitive Balance Round A

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
34	Blake Burke	Milwaukee Brewers[Trades 1]	First baseman	Tennessee
35	J. D. Dix	Arizona Diamondbacks	Shortstop	Whitefish Bay High School (WI)
36	Braylon Doughty	Cleveland Guardians	Pitcher	Chaparral High School (CA)
37	Levi Sterling	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pitcher	Notre Dame High School (CA)
38	Brody Brecht	Colorado Rockies	Pitcher	Iowa
39	Caleb Lomavita	Washington Nationals[Trades 2]	Catcher	California

Second round

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
40	Tommy White	Oakland Athletics	Third baseman	LSU
41	David Shields	Kansas City Royals	Pitcher	Mt. Lebanon High School (PA)
42	Jared Thomas	Colorado Rockies	Outfielder	Texas
43	Caleb Bonemer	Chicago White Sox	Shortstop	Okemos High School (MI)
44	Luke Dickerson	Washington Nationals	Shortstop	Morris Knolls High School (NJ)
45	Chris Cortez	Los Angeles Angels	Pitcher	Texas A&M
46	Jonathan Santucci	New York Mets	Pitcher	Duke
47	Wyatt Sanford	Pittsburgh Pirates	Shortstop	Independence High School (TX)
48	Jacob Cozart	Cleveland Guardians	Catcher	NC State
49	Owen Hall	Detroit Tigers	Pitcher	Edmond North High School (OK)
50	Payton Tolle	Boston Red Sox	Pitcher	TCU
51	Tyson Lewis	Cincinnati Reds	Shortstop	Millard West High School (NE)
52	Boston Bateman	San Diego Padres	Pitcher	Adolfo Camarillo High School (CA)
53	Bryce Cunningham	New York Yankees	Pitcher	Vanderbilt
54	Cole Mathis	Chicago Cubs	Third baseman	Charleston
55	Ryan Sloan	Seattle Mariners	Pitcher	York Community High School (IL)
56	Carter Johnson	Miami Marlins	Shortstop	Oxford High School (AL)
57	Bryce Meccage	Milwaukee Brewers	Pitcher	The Pennington School (NJ)
58	Emilien Pitre	Tampa Bay Rays	Second baseman	Kentucky
59	Khal Stephen	Toronto Blue Jays	Pitcher	Mississippi State
60	Billy Amick	Minnesota Twins	Third baseman	Tennessee
61	Ethan Anderson	Baltimore Orioles	Catcher	Virginia
62	Carter Holton	Atlanta Braves	Pitcher	Vanderbilt
63	Griffin Burkholder	Philadelphia Phillies	Outfielder	Freedom High School (VA)
64	Ivan Luciano	Arizona Diamondbacks	Catcher	El Shaddai Christian Academy (PR)
65	Dylan Dreiling	Texas Rangers	Outfielder	Tennessee

Competitive Balance Round B

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
66	Tyler Bell	Tampa Bay Rays	Shortstop	Lincoln-Way East High School (IL)
67	Chris Levonas	Milwaukee Brewers	Pitcher	Christian Brothers Academy (NJ)
68	Blake Larson	Chicago White Sox[Trades 3]	Pitcher	IMG Academy (FL)
69	Dasan Hill	Minnesota Twins	Pitcher	Grapevine High School (TX)
70	Aiden May	Miami Marlins	Pitcher	Oregon State
71	Luke Holman	Cincinnati Reds	Pitcher	LSU
72	Ethan Schiefelbein	Detroit Tigers	Pitcher	Corona High School (CA)
73	Gage Jump	Oakland Athletics	Pitcher	LSU

Compensatory round

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
74	Ryan Johnson	Los Angeles Angels[Compensation 2]	Pitcher	Dallas Baptist

Other notable selections

Round	Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
3	75	Joshua Kuroda-Grauer	Oakland Athletics	Shortstop	Rutgers
3	76	Drew Beam	Kansas City Royals	Pitcher	Tennessee
3	79	Kevin Bazzell	Washington Nationals	Catcher	Texas Tech
3	83	Josh Hartle	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pitcher	Wake Forest
3	87	Mike Sirota	Cincinnati Reds	Outfielder	Northeastern
4	116	Dakota Jordan	San Francisco Giants	Outfielder	Mississippi State
5	143	Dylan Jordan	Los Angeles Angels	Pitcher	Viera High School (FL)
5	145	Will Taylor	Pittsburgh Pirates	Outfielder	Clemson
5	173	Corey Collins	New York Mets	First baseman	Georgia
11	322	Trey Gregory-Alford	Los Angeles Angels	Pitcher	Coronado High School (CO)
11	333	Christian Little	Seattle Mariners	Pitcher	LSU
13	403	Bryce Boettcher	Houston Astros	Outfielder	Oregon
14	413	Tanner Witt	New York Mets	Pitcher	Texas

Notes

Incentive picks

1. Received for Corbin Carroll winning the 2023 National League Rookie of the Year Award
2. Received for Gunnar Henderson winning the 2023 American League Rookie of the Year Award

Compensation picks

1. Compensation pick for the St. Louis Cardinals signing Sonny Gray
2. Compensation pick for the Los Angeles Dodgers signing Shohei Ohtani

Trades

1. Brewers acquired the 34th pick, DL Hall, and Joey Ortiz from the Baltimore Orioles for Corbin Burnes
2. Nationals acquired the 39th pick and Cayden Wallace from the Kansas City Royals for Hunter Harvey
3. White Sox acquired the 68th pick, Prelander Berroa, and Zach DeLoach from the Seattle Mariners for Gregory Santos