2024 - Mock - Baseball America - 3-18-24

 

1. Guardians — Charlie Condon, INF/OF, Georgia

 

 

2. Reds — Jac Caglianone, LHP/1B, Florida

 

3. Rockies — Travis Bazzana, 2B, Oregon State

 

4. Athletics — Chase Burns, RHP, Wake Forest

 

5. White Sox — Hagen Smith, LHP, Arkansas

 

6. Royals — Braden Montgomery, OF, Texas A&M

 

7. Cardinals — Nick Kurtz, 1B, Wake Forest

 

8. Angels — JJ Wetherholt, 2B, West Virginia

 

9. Pirates — Konnor Griffin, OF/SS, Jackson Prep, Flowood, Miss.

 

10. Nationals — Seaver King, SS/OF, Wake Forest

 

11. Tigers — Caleb Lomavita, C, California

 

12. Red Sox — Jonathan Santucci, LHP, Duke

 

13. Giants — Vance Honeycutt, OF, North Carolina

 

14. Cubs — Jacob Cozart, C, NC State

 

15. Mariners — Brody Brecht, RHP, Iowa

 

16. Marlins — Cam Smith, 3B, Florida State

 

17. Brewers — William Schmidt, RHP, Catholic HS, Baton Rouge, La.

 

18. Rays — Kaelen Culpepper, SS, Kansas State

 

19. Mets — Tommy White, 3B, LSU 

White is off to the worst start of his tremendous college career this season and because of that he’s falling down draft boards relative to a No. 10 ranking entering the year. Like Kurtz, he’s much more of a focal point in the offense this year. He’s hit just .313/.404/.500 with four home runs, a 9.6% walk rate and 9.6% strikeout rate through just one weekend of SEC play. Some scouts are already pushing him out of the first round entirely since he has such a bat-first profile. This placement is more with the expectation that he’ll turn things around and that some team will bet on his overall college production in the back of the first. Is Seth Beer (2018, 28th) really a first rounder but Tommy White isn’t?

 

20. Blue Jays — Mike Sirota, OF, Northeastern