As we start April, the 2024 MLB Amateur draft is just three months away and there’s a new number one prospect. Charlie Condon replaced JJ Wetherholt as the consensus best player and likely top selection by Cleveland in July. Wetherhold dropped to five. In addition, Jac Caglianone stepped up to the second spot with Nick Kurtz dropping to seven. Kurtz has struggled to drive the ball with his average dipping near 0.200. Travis Bazzana holds at three and Chase Burns move up three to the fourth position based on several strong performances in the first month of the season (before facing UNC). For more information on the top prospects, order BA’s 2024 Prospect Handbook.
This composite list is now based on Baseball America, FSS, PBR, The Athletic, Prospect Journal and MyMLBDraft. Perfect Game, CBS, ESPN, MLB.com and Bleacher Report were dropped because they haven’t updated their draft list in the past six weeks. In addition, I tweaked the methodology to have require the players to be on four of the six lists and dropped the lowest ranking.
It continues to be an odd draft overall with weak high school talent and few up-the-middle players in the top 15. For prep players, currently just Konnor Griffen and Bryce Rainer, who jumped on several lists this past month, make the top half. Rainer is the only shortstop to crack the top 15. The only new high school athlete to the list is right-handed pitcher William Schmidt who’s popped into the first round on several mock draft lists. In addition, top pitching is limited to Burns, Smith, Brecht and Santucci.
Charlie Condon
Jac Caglianone
Travis Bazzana
Chase Burns
JJ Wetherholt
Hagen Smith
Nick Kurtz
Braden Montgomery
Konnor Griffin
Vance Honeycutt
Seaver King
Brody Brecht
Bryce Rainer
Jonathan Santucci
Caleb Lomavita
PJ Morlando
Cam Caminiti
Trey Yesavage
Kaelen Culpepper
Tommy White
Slade Caldwell
Jacob Cozart
Caleb Bonemer
Billy Amick
Malcolm Moore
Cam Smith
William Schmidt
Michael Sirota
Benn Hess
Carson Benge
You can view the May 2024 MLB draft update here
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