There isn’t much of a consensus opinion surrounding the 2024 MLB Draft, particularly with this year’s grouping of collegiate talent. I’ve seen North Carolina’s Vance Honeycutt, West Virginia’s JJ Weatherholt, Tennessee’s Chase Burns, and Florida’s Jac Caglianone, among other players, all ranked as the No. 1 prospect by various publications. I have to agree because there are a lot of standout tools at the top of this draft but also a lot of high-ceiling players with unrefined aspects of their game or question marks in one or more areas. The fall practice season is going to go a long way in determining the 2024 preseason draft board, with the campaign to follow undoubtedly shaking the trees clean. Who knows, a bald-headed Jonathan Mayo even might come tumbling out of the timber after all of the information we uncover in this year’s crop. Anywho, here are my way-too-early rankings for the 2024 college draft class, with thorough insight to be provided on each player throughout the months ahead.
1. Jac Caglianone | 1B/LHP | Florida
2. Brody Brecht | RHP | Iowa
3. JJ Weatherholt | INF | West Virginia
4. Chase Burns | RHP | Tennessee
5. Charlie Condon | 1B/OF | Georgia
6. Vance Honeycutt | OF | North Carolina
7. Nick Kurtz | 1B | Wake Forest
8. Tommy White | 1B/3B | LSU
9. Travis Bazzana | 2B | Oregon State
10. Hagen Smith | LHP | Arkansas
11. Braden Montgomery | OF/RHP | Stanford
12. Carter Holton | LHP | Vanderbilt
13. Michael Massey | RHP | Wake Forest
14. Drew Beam | RHP | Tennessee
15. Ben Hess | RHP | Alabama
16. Pierce Coppola | LHP | Florida
17. Casey Sauke II | 3B | Virginia
18. Thatcher Hurd | RHP | LSU
19. Blake Burke | 1B | Tennessee
20. Cody Schrier | INF | UCLA
Outside Looking In: Brandon Neely, RHP, Florida; Griff O’Ferrall, INF, Virginia; Andrew Dutkanych IV, RHP, Vanderbilt; Carson DeMartini, INF, Virginia Tech
That’s all for this week, Razzball fam! As always, I’m happy to take this conversation into the comments section or on Twitter, where you can find me @WorldOfHobbs.
