Teams looking for high-end talent in the 2024 Draft are going to have to go back to college.
That’s especially true of those teams picking at the top of the first round. MLB Pipeline’s new 2024 Draft Top 100 is extremely college-heavy at the top, with only one high schooler cracking the top 10. There are only four prepsters in the top 20, well below the average (9.2) since MLB.com started ranking Draft prospects.
• 2024 Draft | Order
Here’s the Top 10:
1. JJ Wetherholt, 2B/SS, West Virginia
2. Nick Kurtz, 1B, Wake Forest
3. Travis Bazzana, 2B, Oregon State
4. Charlie Condon, OF/1B, Georgia
5. Jac Caglianone, 1B/LHP, Forida
6. Vance Honeycutt, OF, North Carolina
7. Tommy White, 3B, Louisiana State
8. Konnor Griffin, OF, Jackson Prep (Florence, Miss.)
9. Seaver King, OF/SS, Wake Forest
10. Braden Montgomery, OF/RHP, Texas A&M
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This isn’t so dissimilar to last year’s Top 100, which featured eight college guys in the top 10. That list, however, had three advanced arms on it. It might be an unfair comparison, as the top five selections from 2023 may end up being one of the best quintets in Draft history, though this year’s top has a pretty good collective hitting resume.
