6/23/24

MACK - FSS Plus - 2024 MLB Draft: Mock Draft 5.0


 

FSS Plus - 2024 MLB Draft: Mock Draft 5.0 - LINK 

 

1. Cleveland Guardians

Chase Burns, RHP — Wake Forest

HOMETOWN: Gallatin, TN

HEIGHT: 6-4

WEIGHT: 215

BAT/THROW: R-R

 

2. Cincinnati Reds

Charlie Condon, OF — Georgia

HOMETOWN: Marietta, GA

HEIGHT: 6-6

WEIGHT: 218

BAT/THROW: R-R

 

3. Colorado Rockies

Jac Caglianone, 1B/LHP — Florida

HOMETOWN: Tampa, FL

HEIGHT: 6-5

WEIGHT: 210

BAT/THROW: L-L

 

4. Oakland Athletics

Travis Bazzana, 2B — Oregon State

HOMETOWN: Sydney, Australia

HEIGHT: 6-0

WEIGHT: 199

BAT/THROW: L-R

 

5. Chicago White Sox

Konnor Griffin, SS/OF — Jackson Prep HS

HOMETOWN: Florence, MS

HEIGHT: 6-4

WEIGHT: 205

BAT/THROW: R-R

 

6. Kansas City Royals

Nick Kurtz, 1B — Wake Forest

HOMETOWN: Lancaster, PA

HEIGHT: 6-6

WEIGHT: 230

BAT/THROW: L-L

 

7. St. Louis Cardinals

Bryce Rainer, SS/RHP — Harvard-Westlake

HOMETOWN: Simi Valley, CA

HEIGHT: 6-3

WEIGHT: 199

BAT/THROW: L-R

 

8. Los Angeles Angels

Trey Yesavage, RHP — East Carolina

HOMETOWN: Boyertown, PA

HEIGHT: 6-4

WEIGHT: 230

BAT/THROW: R-R

 

9. Pittsburgh Pirates

Braden Montgomery, OF/RHP — Texas A&M

HOMETOWN: Madison, MS

HEIGHT: 6-2

WEIGHT: 220

BAT/THROW: B-R

 

10. Washington Nationals

JJ Wetherholt, 2B/3B — West Virginia

HOMETOWN: Mars, PA

HEIGHT: 5-11

WEIGHT: 190

BAT/THROW: L-R

 

11. Detroit Tigers

Cam Caminiti, LHP — Saguaro HS

HOMETOWN: Scottsdale, AZ

HEIGHT: 6-2

WEIGHT: 205

BAT/THROW: L-L

 

12. Boston Red Sox

Hagen Smith, LHP — Arkansas

HOMETOWN: King, NC

HEIGHT: 6-3

WEIGHT: 222

BAT/THROW: L-L

 

13. San Francisco Giants

Cam Smith, 3B — Florida State

HOMETOWN: Lake Worth, FL

HEIGHT: 6-3

WEIGHT: 222

BAT/THROW: R-R

 

14. Chicago Cubs

James Tibbs III, OF — Florida State

HOMETOWN: Marietta, GA

HEIGHT: 6-0

WEIGHT: 195

BAT/THROW: L-R

 

15. Seattle Mariners

Kash Mayfield, LHP — Elk City

HOMETOWN: Elk City, OK

HEIGHT: 6-4

WEIGHT: 200

BAT/THROW: L-L.

 

16. Miami Marlins

Tyson Lewis, SS — Millard West

HOMETOWN: Yutan, NE

HEIGHT: 6-2

WEIGHT: 205

BAT/THROW: L-R

 

17. Milwaukee Brewers

Seaver King, SS/OF — Wake Forest

HOMETOWN: Athens, GA

HEIGHT: 6-0

WEIGHT: 190

BAT/THROW: R-R

 

18. Tampa Bay Rays

Wyatt Sanford, SS — Independence

HOMETOWN: Frisco, TX

HEIGHT: 6-1

WEIGHT: 185

BAT/THROW: L-R

 

19. New York Mets

Vance Honeycutt, OF — North Carolina

HOMETOWN: Salisbury, NC

HEIGHT: 6-3

WEIGHT: 185

BAT/THROW: R-R

 

The Mets seem like the perfect organization to get the most out of Honeycutt’s raw, unpolished tools, and they like him. It’s plus raw power, double-plus defense in centerfield, plus speed, and a solid-average arm.

 

Honeycutt struggles to make consistent contact, resulting in a strikeout rate that might be unsavory to most organizations. But the Mets have been a solid organization in terms of developing hitters of late. They’ve also added a lot of brain power to the front office in recent years and should have that ship firing on all cylinders soon.

 

20. Toronto Blue Jays

Tommy White, 1B/3B — LSU

HOMETOWN: St. Pete Beach, FL

HEIGHT: 6-2

WEIGHT: 235

BAT/THROW: R-R

 

21. Minnesota Twins

Slade Caldwell, OF — Valley View HS

HOMETOWN: Jonesboro, AR

HEIGHT: 5-6

WEIGHT: 183

BAT/THROW: L-L

 

22. Baltimore Orioles

Carson Benge, OF — Oklahoma State

HOMETOWN: Yukon, OK

HEIGHT: 6-2

WEIGHT: 185

BAT/THROW: L-R

 

23. Los Angeles Dodgers

Theodore Gillen, INF/OF — Westlake HS

HOMETOWN: Austin, TX

HEIGHT: 6-3

WEIGHT: 200

BAT/THROW: L-R

 

24. Atlanta Braves

William Schmidt, RHP — Catholic HS

HOMETOWN: Baton Rouge, LA

HEIGHT: 6-3

WEIGHT: 185

 

25. San Diego Padres

Kellon Lindsey, SS — Hardee HS

HOMETOWN: Wauchula, FL

HEIGHT: 6-0

WEIGHT: 175

BAT/THROW: R-R

 

26. New York Yankees

Griffin Burkholder, OF — Freedom

HOMETOWN: South Riding, VA

HEIGHT: 6-2

WEIGHT: 195

BAT/THROW: R-R

 

27. Philadelphia Phillies

Brody Brecht, RHP — Iowa

HOMETOWN: Ankeny, IA

HEIGHT: 6-4

WEIGHT: 205

BAT/THROW: R-R

 

Brecht is a name that is tough to pin down. Toronto seems to like him and he’s been mentioned in conversation inside of that pick too. But in this scenario, he falls to Philadelphia, an organization never too shy about selecting pitching.

 

Brecht seems like a good value with the 27th pick in this draft. It’s clearly the floor of a dominant closer who could shut down games as early as 2025, but Brecht still has top-of-the-rotation upside if Philadelphia can straighten out the strikes. This is a crapshoot guess as there are plenty of exciting players still on the board here.

 

28. Houston Astros

Caleb Bonemer, SS/3B — Okemos

HS HOMETOWN: Okemos, MI

HEIGHT: 6-1

WEIGHT: 200

BAT/THROW: R-R

 

29. Arizona Diamondbacks

Ryan Sloan, RHP — York Comm

HOMETOWN: Elmhurst, IL

HEIGHT: 6-4

WEIGHT: 220

BAT/THROW: R-R

 

30. Texas Rangers

Payton Tolle, LHP — TCU

HOMETOWN: Yukon, OK

HEIGHT: 6-6

WEIGHT: 225

BAT/THROW: L-L

5 comments:

TexasGusCC said...

Here’s the thing with Honeycutt:

The year the Mets took Gavin Cecchini, the White Sox had the next pick and took Courtney Hawkins. I didn’t follow anything other than the Mets and knew nothing about their minors or even the MLB draft. So, I read Cecchini’s writeup and Hawkins’ writeup and I was upset they didn’t take Hawkins. I didn’t know anything but just the writeups. Time goes on, and I follow Hawkins’ stats but nothing more. He can’t hit the ball! One day, I finally read that the White Sox released him. Oh well.

A few years later, working at the restaurant, an overweight guy comes in to get a Chicken Parmesan. I run his debit card and as I wait for the receipt to print, took a look at the name: Courtney Hawkins. Hmmm, how cute I say to myself. As he is leaving, I get my phone out to look at his bio and see that he is from… CORPUS CHRISTI! Oh shit!!! That was THE Courtney Hawkins!!!! LOL, he did notice I was looking kind of intently at his name and while he didn’t say anything, I don’t remember seeing him again.

Honeycutt’s writeup sounds like Hawkins.

Mack Ade said...

I loved Hawkins in school

Should have had a hero with him

TexasGusCC said...

I really didn’t want to know anything about players that weren’t in the majors. In NYC, we don’t do college, high school or minor leagues… until the Cyclones. The attention to Hawkins was a complete irony.

TexasGusCC said...

Wish I realized two minutes earlier

Eddie from Corona said...

I would want a arm
Brody Brecht, RHP — Iowa Sounds like the stuff a first rounder should profile