2024 MLB Mock Draft: Breaking Down Top Prospects and Predictions
Erik BeastonJuly 11, 20242024 MLB Mock Draft: Breaking Down Top Prospects and Predictions

The MLB Draft has become a staple of the league's All Star Week, highlighting the top prospects and future stars in professional baseball.
This year, the top player selected is anything but a given, with two standouts potentially headed to the Cleveland Guardians organization barring a trade.
Will Oregon State's Travis Bazzana or Georgia's Charlie Condon take the top spot and who else may hear their names called in the first round of this year's event?
Find out with this mock draft and preview ahead of the July 14 extravaganza.
Mock Draft
- Cleveland Guardians: Travis Bazzana, 2B, Oregon State
- Cincinnati Reds: Charlie Condon, OF, Georgia
- Colorado Rockies: Chase Burns, RHP, Wake Forest
- Oakland Athletics: Jac Caglianone, 1B/LHP, Florida
- Chicago White Sox: JJ Wetherholt, 2B/SS, West Virginia
- Kansas City Royals: Bryce Rainer, SS, Harvard-Westlake High School (CA)
- St. Louis Cardinals: Hagen Smith, LHP, Arkansas
- Los Angeles Angels: Konnor Griffin, SS/OF, Jackson Prep (MS)
- Pittsburgh Pirates: Braden Montgomery, OF, Texas A&M
- Washington Nationals: Ryan Sloan, RHP, York High School (IL)
- Detroit Tigers: Trey Yesavage, RHP, East Carolina
- Boston Red Sox: Christian Moore, 2B, Tennessee
- San Francisco Giants: Nick Kurtz, 1B, Wake Forest
- Chicago Cubs: James Tibbs, 1B/OF, Florida State
- Seattle Mariners: Cam Caminiti, Saguaro High School (AZ)
- Miami Marlins: Vance Honeycutt, OF, North Carolina
- Milwaukee Brewers: Carson Benge, OF, Oklahoma State
- Tampa Bay Rays: Cam Smith, 3B, Florida State
- New York Mets: Seaver King, IF/OF, Wake Forest
- Toronto Blue Jays: Caleb Lomavita, C, California
- Minnesota Twins: Walker Janek, C, Sam Houston
- Baltimore Orioles: Brody Brecht, RHP, Iowa
- Los Angeles Dodgers: Jurrangelo Cijntje, SHP, Mississippi State
- Atlanta Braves: William Schmidt, RHP, Catholic High School (LA)
- San Diego Padres: Kash Mayfield, LHP, Elk City High School (OK)
- New York Yankees: Theo Gillen, SS, Westlake High School (TX)
- Philadelphia Phillies: David Shields, LHP, Mount Lebanon High School (PA)
- Houston Astros: Jacob Cozart, C, North Carolina State
- Arizona Diamondbacks: Billy Amick, 3B, Tennessee
- Texas Rangers: Dakota Jordan, OF, Mississippi State

Ahead of Sunday's MLB Draft, this mock draft examines who could wind up with which organization, based on team need and player potential.
Top Prospect: Travis Bazzana, 2B, Oregon State

Travis Bazzana is the top-ranked draft prospect according to MLB.com and for good reason.
The second baseman tallied 87 hits, 28 home runs, 66 RBI, 16 stolen bases while compiling a slash line of .407/.568/.911 and an OPS of 1.479.
The Australian-born player thrived in the Cape Cod League, winning the MVP, and has proven an ability to hit both left- and right-handed pitchers. He can steal bags, too.
MLB's scouting report raises questions about his defense, but ultimately states, "His athleticism helps him have good range, he has enough arm for the spot and he can turn the double play effectively."
Bazzana would make history if he goes at the top of the draft, becoming the first second baseman to ever be drafted at the No. 1 position. It is a testament to what he has accomplished with the bat that he would rise to a pre-Draft position that no other player at his position ever has before.
Cleveland's only other prospect at second base is Khalil Watson, who is currently playing AA ball and is targeted for a 2025 call-up.
Top Prospect: Charlie Condon, 3B/OF, Georgia

If Bazzana is not the No. 1 pick in this year's draft, Condon will be.
The right-handed Georgia walk-on should be the highest-drafted Bulldog in the school's history. A raw, powerful hitter who produced 100 hits, 37 home runs, 78 RBI, and a slash line of .433/.556/1.009.
He is not going to beat anyone in a foot race, so he is unlikely to be synonymous with stolen bases, but he is a big, athletic player whose size occasionally makes up for it.
MLB's scouting report said of the 21-year-old's defensive play, "after splitting time between first base and the outfield corners as a freshman, he has played all three outfield spots and third base this spring. He's not quick enough for third or center but he does have solid-to-plus arm strength and can provide average defense in left or right field."
The power he has demonstrated in his college career, coupled with his ability to play at multiple positions on the field, make him an asset to any team looking for a potential game-changing prospect.
If Condon does go second overall, he would be part a Cincinnati Reds organization with a third baseman in Cam Collier that currently ranks 84th overall in MLB Prospect Rankings and Sal Stewart, who rounds out the top 100.
Based on his development, he could realistically eclipse both of those players fairly early on, especially if his power translates from college to the minors.
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