2024 Top MLB Draft Prospects — College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects

By Carlos Collazo

Baseball America’s draft rankings are an attempt to capture the industry’s consensus on the talent of the 2024 draft class. The list was compiled in consultation with MLB scouts, front office executives, scouting directors, college coaches and other professional evaluators.

After five weeks of the college season we’re updating our 2024 draft list and expanding to the top 300 players in the class.

This class has been defined by its wide open nature at the very top for some time now, and that remains the case with significant movement in all areas of the list below. There’s a new No. 1 prospect on the board as Georgia’s Charlie Condon has used an exceptional offensive start to the season to make his 1-1 case while former Nos. 1 & 2 JJ Wetherholt and Nick Kurtz have both dealt with injuries and fallen back.

While Condon is in the No. 1 spot for now, there’s still plenty of competition at the top of the draft. Oregon State second baseman Travis Bazzana has continued mashing and is showing a bit more power, Florida two-way star Jac Caglianone has shined on both sides of the ball and both Wake Forest righthander Chase Burns and Arkansas lefthander Hagen Smith are making sure teams keep an open mind about selecting a pitcher up top as well.

Ultimately the 1-1 decision for the Guardians could come down to who continues performing (and remains healthy) throughout conference play.

While there are plenty of college players in the mix at the top of the board and throughout the first round, there’s a shocking lack of high school prospects in the mix. Only five prep prospects rank inside the top 30 in this update. A demographic that was perceived as below-average entering the year hasn’t been helped by a number of slow starts for many Southern state prepsters who are sliding.

Perhaps that will change as players up north get started in the coming weeks. As of now, the first round is shaping up as extremely college-heavy.

Below BA subscribers can see the full top 300 with scouting reports for each player.

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