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The Cleveland Guardians have won the top slot in the 2024 Major League Baseball draft.
The Guardians, won the No. 1 pick in the draft, based on a lottery held December 5 at the MLB Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Guardians have never had the No. 1 draft pick in the team’s storied history.
The complete MLB draft order is as follows:
1- Cleveland Guardians
2- Cincinnati Reds
3- Colorado Rockies
4- Oakland Athletics
5- Chicago White Sox
6- Kansas City Royals
7- St. Louis Cardinals
8- Los Angeles Angels
9- Pittsburgh Pirates
10- Washington Nationals
11- Detroit Tigers
12- Boston Red Sox
13- San Francisco Giants
14- Chicago Cubs
15- Seattle Mariners
16- Miami Marlins
17- Milwaukee Brewers
18- Tampa Bay Rays
The MLB draft will take place in July during All Star Week in Arlington, Texas.
Some of the top rated prospects being discussed by MLB.com for the 2024 draft include:
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JJ Wetherholt, INF-West Virginia
Nick Kurtz, 1B-Wake Forest
Travis Bazzana-, 2B-Oregon State
Chase Burns, RHP-Wake Forest
Jac Caglianone, 1B-Florida
Charlie Condon, 1B/OF-Georgia
Brody Brecht, RHP-Iowa
Vance Honeycutt, OF-North Carolina
PJ Morlando, OF, Summerville North Carolina High School
Tommy White, 3B-LSU
After learning of their top draft slot, Guardians President of Baseball Operations Chris Antonetti told MLB TV, “Hard to describe. Not something I was expecting. An extraordinary opportunity for us.”