The 2024 First Year Player Draft will be the 60th Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. It will be held starting on July 14, 2024, in or near Arlington, TX as part of the 2024 All-Star Game festivities.
As had been the case in 2023, the first overall pick was determined through a lottery held at the winter meetings on December 5, 2023; while the three teams with the worst record the previous season - the Oakland Athletics, Colorado Rockies and Kansas City Royals, had the best odds of securing the top pick, it was an outsider who snuck through: the Cleveland Guardians won the pick in spite of having only 2% odds. It can be argued that the Cincinnati Reds, who barely missed out on the 2023 Postseason, did even better, turning odds of 0.9% into the second overall pick. The lottery only affected the top nine picks, and teams who were not eligible made up the rest of the first round in reverse order of finish. The Washington Nationals were ineligible for the lottery for being a high-revenue club that had benefited from the lottery the previous year, dropping them to 10th in spite of having the fifth worst record, and the New York Yankees, New York Mets and San Diego Padres all dropped ten spots for exceeding luxury tax thresholds. Reverse order of finish was then strictly applied for rounds 2 to 20.
For the Guardians, it was a first time picking first in franchise history; they had previously picked second on five separate occasions. The top prospects in the draft all seemed to be college players, largely hitters, with Charlie Condon of the University of Georgia, Travis Bazzana of Oregon State University and Jac Caglianone of the University of Florida leading discussions about the potential first overall pick. Bazzana was almost certain to be the highest-drafted Australian-born player ever.
Draft Order[edit]
First Round[edit]
Prospect Promotion Incentive Picks[edit]
Compensation Picks[edit]
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
School (Type) |
Hometown |
Notes
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| 33 |
Minnesota Twins |
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Compensation for Sonny Gray leaving as a free agent
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Competitive Balance Round A[edit]
Other Sports Selections[edit]
Further Reading[edit]
- Jim Callis: "New Draft Top 150 list: BIG changes at the top", mlb.com, April 24, 2024. [1]
- Jonathan Mayo: "Guardians win Draft Lottery, securing next year's top pick", mlb.com, December 5, 2023. [2]
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