2024 MLB Draft Thread

[CaliforniaRaisin]

BA's Way Too Early Mock Draft: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2024-mlb-mock-draft-way-too-early-top-10-picks/

1. A's: Nick Kurtz, 1B, Wake Forest
2. Royals: 2B Travis Bazzana, Oregon St
3. Rockies: OF Vance Honeycutt, UNC
4. Nationals*: RHP Brody Brecht, Iowa
5. White Sox: 2B JJ Wetherholt, West Virginia
6. Cardinals: 3B Tommy White, LSU
7. Tigers: SS/OF/RHP Konnor Griffin, Jackson Prep (Flowood, MS)
8. Pirates: LHP/1B Jac Caglianone, Florida
9. Mets**: OF Derek Curiel, Orange Lutheran HS (Orange, CA)
10. Cubs: RHP Chase Burns, Wake Forest

*Nationals can't pick top 10 next year because they're a big market team that was in the top 10 this year
**Mets are currently in line to fall 10 spots from where they should pick since they’re on track to exceed the luxury tax by $40 million

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Here’s a full 30 pick first round from one of the best, Joe Doyle: 

 

[Tryptamine]

19 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

BA's Way Too Early Mock Draft: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2024-mlb-mock-draft-way-too-early-top-10-picks/

1. A's: Nick Kurtz, 1B, Wake Forest
2. Royals: 2B Travis Bazzana, Oregon St
3. Rockies: OF Vance Honeycutt, UNC
4. Nationals*: RHP Brody Brecht, Iowa
5. White Sox: 2B JJ Wetherholt, West Virginia
6. Cardinals: 3B Tommy White, LSU
7. Tigers: SS/OF/RHP Konnor Griffin, Jackson Prep (Flowood, MS)
8. Pirates: LHP/1B Jac Caglianone, Florida
9. Mets**: OF Derek Curiel, Orange Lutheran HS (Orange, CA)
10. Cubs: RHP Chase Burns, Transfer Portal (formerly Tennessee)

*Nationals can't pick top 10 next year because they're a big market team that was in the top 10 this year
**Mets are currently in line to fall 10 spots from where they should pick since they’re on track to exceed the luxury tax by $40 million

Nationals a big market team, meanwhile in St. Louis they get a free annual pick and they have Goldschmidt, Arenado and Contreras under contract while they talk about bringing in a front of the rotation starter in the offseason.  I truly hate competitive balance picks.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

39 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

Nationals a big market team, meanwhile in St. Louis they get a free annual pick and they have Goldschmidt, Arenado and Contreras under contract while they talk about bringing in a front of the rotation starter in the offseason.  I truly hate competitive balance picks.

The Cardinals haven't gotten a free pick since 2021 and might no longer qualify.

[Hrubes20]

On 7/12/2023 at 4:33 PM, CaliforniaRaisin said:

BA's Way Too Early Mock Draft: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2024-mlb-mock-draft-way-too-early-top-10-picks/

1. A's: Nick Kurtz, 1B, Wake Forest
2. Royals: 2B Travis Bazzana, Oregon St
3. Rockies: OF Vance Honeycutt, UNC
4. Nationals*: RHP Brody Brecht, Iowa
5. White Sox: 2B JJ Wetherholt, West Virginia
6. Cardinals: 3B Tommy White, LSU
7. Tigers: SS/OF/RHP Konnor Griffin, Jackson Prep (Flowood, MS)
8. Pirates: LHP/1B Jac Caglianone, Florida
9. Mets**: OF Derek Curiel, Orange Lutheran HS (Orange, CA)
10. Cubs: RHP Chase Burns, Wake Forest

*Nationals can't pick top 10 next year because they're a big market team that was in the top 10 this year
**Mets are currently in line to fall 10 spots from where they should pick since they’re on track to exceed the luxury tax by $40 million

Haven't had a BA subscription in years, but do they detail how the Nationals pick would work?  Do they get placed in the lottery and then automatically get pushed to pick 11 if their pick was in the top 10, with all the other teams moving up a spot?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I want Brody Brecht to learn to throw strikes after he falls to the Cubs pick. The arm and athleticism is a crazy good combo.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

5 hours ago, Hrubes20 said:

Haven't had a BA subscription in years, but do they detail how the Nationals pick would work?  Do they get placed in the lottery and then automatically get pushed to pick 11 if their pick was in the top 10, with all the other teams moving up a spot?

Not sure how it would work. Actually, Joe Doyle was the one to mention it, not BA. Here's what he had to do in his simulation:

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Full disclosure, we had to run this simulator several times before the Washington Nationals were not among the teams rewarded a lottery pick. New CBA rules states they cannot have a pick in the Top-10 in consecutive years.

 

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[Rob]

Draft lottery is tonight. Cubs could theoretically get a lottery pick in the top 6, though the odds are extremely low.

https://www.mlb.com/news/2024-mlb-draft-lottery-odds

[Rob]

Cleveland got the first pick, and Cincinnati second. So some teams got lucky, it just wasn't us...

[Bertz]

A's and Royals got kind of boned.  Plus this (which I believe also applies to tbe Royals)

 

The anti-tanking portions of the new CBA looking like they might have a little teeth.

[Tryptamine]

An 82-80 team getting #2 is really gross.

[Cubs420psd]

F****** reds getting the second pick is nauseating. At least the Cubs got a slightly better pick than what their record would indicate.

 

White Sox and Cardinals kind of got screwed so I'm fine with that. 

[Tryptamine]

They need to limit the lottery to like 10 teams. A team that finishes 1 game out of the playoffs should not have a chance at picking #1.

[Bertz]

1 hour ago, Tryptamine said:

They need to limit the lottery to like 10 teams. A team that finishes 1 game out of the playoffs should not have a chance at picking #1.

Nah it sucks that it was the Reds but teams trying and still getting rewarded in the draft is a good thing

[CaliforniaRaisin]

On 12/5/2023 at 4:19 PM, Bertz said:

Nah it sucks that it was the Reds but teams trying and still getting rewarded in the draft is a good thing

Absolutely.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

FYI, the Cubs moved up 3 spots because the Mets, Padres and Yankees fell 10 slots each for CBT reasons.

[Tim]

I'm just glad it wasn't the Cards that moved up. The Reds will find a way to Red it all up.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

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14. Chicago Cubs

Mike Sirota, OF — Northeastern

HOMETOWN: Queens, NY

HEIGHT: 6-2

WEIGHT: 185

BAT/THROW: R-R

DRAFT SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW: Watch video

The amount of times Sirota has come “runner-up” in this model is fairly fascinating, and unfortunate for him at the same time. He’s arguably a Top-5 talent who should cement himself higher than this with a loud showing this spring. Sirota barely edged out Duke LHP Jonathan Santucci for this spot. His blend of polish and upside at the plate closely mirror 2023 draftees Matt Shaw and Josh Rivera.

 

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14. Cubs — Charlie Condon, OF, Georgia

Condon’s .800 slugging percentage was good for seventh among all Division I hitters and was the best mark among freshmen in the country in 2023. Baseball America’s 2023 freshman of the year, Condon is now a draft-eligible sophomore and provides huge raw power that stacks up with the top sluggers in the country. While Condon’s long levers create some swing-and-miss concerns, he did show solid plate skills with a 17.7% strikeout rate and 13% walk rate. His strikeout rate was the second-lowest among all players with 25 or more homers, behind only Maryland’s Nick Lorusso.

Sirota went 5th in BA’s mock and Condon went 7th in Doyle’s mock.

[Outshined_One]

On 12/14/2023 at 9:39 PM, TomtheBombadil said:

https://www.mlb.com/news/first-full-2024-mlb-mock-draft?t=mlb-draft-coverage

Fun name:

I’d prefer Braden Montgomery from a pick later, 20 YO LHH C Malcolm Moore a couple picks later, or Noah Franco (mocked to Dodgers here), but Becht’s one of the marquee names in this draft so :confetticannon:

 

As I slowly get up to speed on this class, it's nice to see Brecht isn't quite a Samardzija "less miles on the arm, but more work to do" type since he's apparently given up football to focus solely on baseball. Plus I tend to be a sucker for cold weather college pitchers, so he's right up my alley.

Sold!

[Ding Dong Johnson]

3 hours ago, Outshined_One said:

As I slowly get up to speed on this class, it's nice to see Brecht isn't quite a Samardzija "less miles on the arm, but more work to do" type since he's apparently given up football to focus solely on baseball. Plus I tend to be a sucker for cold weather college pitchers, so he's right up my alley.

Sold!

Yes, he gave up football a while ago, but he still has work to do. His command is lacking, but that's likely because he has a few less miles. His stuff is electric. I'm excited to see where he's at this spring.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

College baseball season starts tomorrow.

[CaliforniaRaisin]