The 2024 Major League Baseball draft will take place from Sunday, July 14, through Tuesday, July 16. It used to happen several weeks earlier in the year, but MLB is trying to make the draft a major event, similar to the NBA or NFL , and having it coincide with the All-Star break is part of that plan. Here's how you can watch the first round of the 2024 MLB Draft.
2024 MLB Draft details, where to watch Location: Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas Date: Sunday, July 14 | Time: 5 p.m. ET TV: MLB Network, ESPN Stream: fubo ( try for free ) Unlike those other drafts, the players rarely pay immediate dividends.
The first overall pick last season, for example, was Paul Skenes of the Pirates . He didn't debut until May 11 of this year. He's an All-Star, but he is a rare case: he was promoted incredibly fast and is the first ever No.
1 pick to make the All-Star team the next year. Skenes, in so many ways, is an outlier. We won't see most of these draft picks for several years at best.
Still, difference-makers will be selected. Take a look at the first round in 2019. Of the top six picks, four are All-Stars this season: Adley Rutschman , Bobby Witt Jr.
, Riley Greene and CJ Abrams . Corbin Carroll , George Kirby , Bryson Stott and Anthony Volpe were also first-rounders that year. The Guardians have the top pick in the draft even though they had a 76-86 record last season, thanks to winning the draft lottery in December.
They had a 2% chance to win it and it worked out. This will be the first time the Cleveland franchise has ever had the top overall pick. Here is the order for the entire draft: 1.
Guardians 2. Reds 3. Rockies 4.
Athletics 5. White Sox 6. Royals 7.
Cardinals 8. Angels 9. Pirates 10.
Nationals 11. Tigers 12. Red Sox 13.
Giants 14. Cubs 15. Mariners 16.
Marlins 17. Brewers 18. Rays 19.
Mets 20. Blue Jays 21. Twins 22.
Orioles 23. Dodgers 24. Braves 25.
Padres 26. Yankees 27. Phillies 28.
Astros 29. Diamondbacks 30. Rangers Prospect Promotion Incentive picks 31.
Diamondbacks (for Corbin Carroll's Rookie of the Year award) 32. Orioles (for Gunnar Henderson's Rookie of the Year award) Compensation picks 33. Minnesota Twins (for losing Sonny Gray after tagging him with a qualifying offer) Competitive Balance Round A All teams either in one of the 10 smallest markets or with one of the 10 smallest revenue pools are awarded an extra pick at the end of the first or second round.
The teams alternate between the two rounds each year. These picks can be traded. 34.
Milwaukee Brewers (part of the Corbin Burnes trade return from the Orioles) 35. Arizona Diamondbacks 36. Cleveland Guardians 37.
Pittsburgh Pirates 38. Colorado Rockies 39. Kansas City Royals Second round The Astros, Cardinals, Dodgers and Giants forfeited their second-round selections by signing qualified free agents.
40. Oakland Athletics 41. Kansas City Royals 42.
Colorado Rockies 43. Chicago White Sox 44. Washington Nationals 45.
Los Angeles Angels 46. New York Mets 47. Pittsburgh Pirates 48.
Cleveland Guardians 49. Detroit Tigers 50. Boston Red Sox 51.
Cincinnati Reds 52. San Diego Padres 53. New York Yankees 54.
Chicago Cubs 55. Seattle Mariners 56. Miami Marlins 57.
Milwaukee Brewers 58. Tampa Bay Rays 59. Toronto Blue Jays 60.
Minnesota Twins 61. Baltimore Orioles 62. Atlanta Braves 63.
Philadelphia Phillies 64. Arizona Diamondbacks 65. Texas Rangers Competitive Balance Round B 66.
Tampa Bay Rays 67. Milwaukee Brewers 68. Chicago White Sox (part of the Gregory Santos trade return from the Mariners) 69.
Minnesota Twins 70. Miami Marlins 71. Cincinnati Reds 72.
Detroit Tigers 73. Oakland Athletics Compensation picks 74. Los Angeles Angels (as a non-revenue sharing team that did not exceed the luxury tax, the Angels received the Dodgers' second- and fifth-round picks when the latter signed the QO-ed Shohei Ohtani) Third round 75.
Oakland Athletics 76. Kansas City Royals 77. Colorado Rockies 78.
Chicago White Sox 79. Washington Nationals 80. St.
Louis Cardinals 81. Los Angeles Angels 82. New York Mets 83.
Pittsburgh Pirates 84. Cleveland Guardians 85. Detroit Tigers 86.
Boston Red Sox 87. Cincinnati Reds 88. San Diego Padres 89.
New York Yankees 90. Chicago Cubs 91. Seattle Mariners 92.
Miami Marlins 93. Milwaukee Brewers 94. Tampa Bay Rays 95.
Toronto Blue Jays 96. Minnesota Twins 97. Baltimore Orioles 98.
Los Angeles Dodgers 99. Atlanta Braves 100. Philadelphia Phillies 101.
Houston Astros 102. Arizona Diamondbacks 103. Texas Rangers Fourth round 104.
Oakland Athletics 105. Kansas City Royals 106. Colorado Rockies 107.
Chicago White Sox 108. Washington Nationals 109. St.
Louis Cardinals 110. Los Angeles Angels 111. New York Mets 112.
Pittsburgh Pirates 113. Cleveland Guardians 114. Detroit Tigers 115.
Boston Red Sox 116. San Francisco Giants 117. Cincinnati Reds 118.
San Diego Padres 119. New York Yankees 120. Chicago Cubs 121.
Seattle Mariners 122. Miami Marlins 123. Milwaukee Brewers 124.
Tampa Bay Rays 125. Toronto Blue Jays 126. Minnesota Twins 127.
Baltimore Orioles 128. Los Angeles Dodgers 129. Atlanta Braves 130.
Philadelphia Phillies 131. Houston Astros 132. Arizona Diamondbacks 133.
Texas Rangers Compensation picks Teams that do not receive revenue sharing but exceed the luxury tax threshold are awarded a compensatory pick after the fourth round for losing a qualified free agent. 134. San Diego Padres (for the Astros signing Josh Hader) 135.
San Diego Padres (for the Giants signing Blake Snell) 136. Toronto Blue Jays (for the Giants signing Matt Chapman) Fifth round 137. Oakland Athletics 138.
Kansas City Royals 139. Colorado Rockies 140. Chicago White Sox 141.
Washington Nationals 142. St. Louis Cardinals 143.
Los Angeles Angels 144. New York Mets 145. Pittsburgh Pirates 146.
Cleveland Guardians 147. Detroit Tigers 148. Boston Red Sox 149.
San Francisco Giants 150. Cincinnati Reds 151. San Diego Padres 152.
New York Yankees 153. Chicago Cubs 154. Seattle Mariners 155.
Miami Marlins 156. Milwaukee Brewers 157. Tampa Bay Rays 158.
Toronto Blue Jays 159. Minnesota Twins 160. Baltimore Orioles 161.
Atlanta Braves 162. Philadelphia Phillies 163. Houston Astros 164.
Arizona Diamondbacks 165. Texas Rangers Remaining rounds 166. Oakland Athletics 167.
Kansas City Royals 168. Colorado Rockies 169. Chicago White Sox 170.
Washington Nationals 171. St. Louis Cardinals 172.
Los Angeles Angels 173. New York Mets 174. Pittsburgh Pirates 175.
Cleveland Guardians 176. Detroit Tigers 177. Boston Red Sox 178.
San Francisco Giants 179. Cincinnati Reds 180. San Diego Padres 181.
New York Yankees 182. Chicago Cubs 183. Seattle Mariners 184.
Miami Marlins 185. Milwaukee Brewers 186.Tampa Bay Rays 187.
Toronto Blue Jays 188. Minnesota Twins 189. Baltimore Orioles 190.
Los Angeles Dodgers 191. Atlanta Braves 192. Philadelphia Phillies 193.
Houston Astros 194. Arizona Diamondbacks 195. Texas Rangers.
