3/10/24

2024 Draft - Mock - Just Baseball 2-15-2024



1. 2B JJ Wetherholt West Virginia

 

2. 1B Nick Kurtz Wake Forest

 

3. OF Vance Honeycutt North Carolina

 

4. 2B Travis Bazzana Oregon State

 

5. RHP Chase Burns Wake Forest

 

6. OF Mike Sirota Northeastern

 

7. OF/RHP Konnor Griffin Jackson Prep HS

 

8. 1B/OF Charlie Condon Georgia

 

9. OF/SS Seaver King Wake Forest

 

10. OF/1B PJ Morlando Summerville HS

 

11. OF/LHP Jac Caglianone Florida

 

12. RHP Brody Brecht Iowa

 

13. 3B Tommy White LSU

 

14. OF Braden Monygomery TAMU

 

15. LHP Josh Hartle Wake Forest

 

16. SS Carter Johnson Oxford HS

 

17. LHP Hagen Smith Arkansas

 

18. LHP Cam Caminiti Saguargo HS

 

 

19.  METS PICK 

                                    1B/LHP         Noah Franco         IMG Academy HS 


Baseball Prospect Journal  

On the mound, Franco is a 6-foot-3, 207-pound left-handed pitcher who throws a four-seam fastball, two-seamer, slider, cutter and changeup from a three-quarters arm slot and clean, athletic delivery. 

Franco’s best pitches are his fastballs. They have touched 93 mph in the past and regularly miss bats. His slider is a swing-and-miss pitch. His changeup flashes potential and projects to be a reliable pitch in the future. He attacks the strike zone with all four pitches while mixing in the cutter occasionally as a setup pitch for his slider. 

Franco is a left-handed hitter with a short, compact swing and notable bat speed. He has quality contact skills, plenty of power potential and uses all parts of the field. He has the potential to be a special hitter in pro ball. 

Defensively, Franco has unique position versatility. He has played center field and right field in his first two years at IMG Academy. After performing well at first base on the showcase circuit last summer, Franco will play first base in his final prep season this spring, he said. 

 

20. OF Slade Caldwell Valley View HS

 

4 comments:

Shawn B said...

How do you feel about this draft? Last year it seemed like the top 4 guys could be considered number 1 overall. Are there definite divisions in the first round of ability and future abilities? I know it's very difficult to guess how a player will be in 4 years.


Shawn

Mack Ade said...

I see it as a very talented draft deep into the 2nd round

Past that is a toss up

Only one ++ starter in Chase Burns

All sorts of + Bats with the possibility of 5 first basemen taken in the fist 15 picks

Shawn B said...

Thank you for the information. Looking forward to seeing how much a change is from now till the draft.

Shawn

Mack Ade said...

Watch for Chase Burns to go into the top 3 and Charlie Condon in the top 10