The 2024 Major League Baseball Draft will take place from Sunday, July 14 to Tuesday, July 16. It used to be held several weeks earlier in the year, but MLB is trying to make the draft a major event, similar to the NBA or NFL, and timing it to 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: 7:00 p.m. ET
TV: MLB Network, ESPN
Flow: fubo (try for free)
Unlike those other drafts, players rarely pay immediate dividends. Last season’s first overall pick, for example, was Paul Skenes of the Pirates. He didn’t make his debut until May 11 of this year. He’s an All-Star, but he’s a rare one: He was promoted incredibly quickly and is the first No. 1 pick to make the All-Star team the following year. Skenes, in many ways, is an outlier. We won’t see most of those draft picks again for several years at best.
There will be players who make a difference, though. Take a look at the first round in 2019. Of the first six picks, four are All-Stars that season: Adley Rutschman, Bobby Witt Jr., Riley Greene and CJ Abrams. Corbin Carroll, George Kirby, Bryson Stott and Anthony Volpe were also first-round picks that year.
The Guardians have the first overall pick in the draft even though they went 76-86 last season, thanks to winning the draft lottery in December. They had a 2% chance of winning and they did. This will be the first time the Cleveland franchise has had the first overall pick.
Here is the order of the whole project:
First round
1. Guardians
2. The reds
3. The Rockies
4. Athletics
5. The White Sox
6. The Royal Family
7. Cardinals
8. The Angels
9. Pirates
10. Nationals
11. Tigers
12. Red Sox
13. Giants
14. Cubs
15. Sailors
16. Marlins
17. Brewers
18. Rays
19. Put
20. Blue Jays
21. Twins
22. Orioles
23. The Dodgers
24. Braves
25. Fathers
26. Yankees
27. Phillies
28. Astros
29. The Diamondbacks
30. Rangers
Choosing incentives for promoting prospects
31. Diamondbacks (for Corbin Carroll’s Rookie of the Year Award)
32. Orioles (for Gunnar Henderson’s Rookie of the Year Award)
Compensation Choice
33. Minnesota Twins (for losing Sonny Gray after making him a qualifying offer)
Competitive Balance, Round A
All teams in one of the 10 smallest markets or with one of the 10 smallest revenue pools are awarded an additional pick at the end of the first or second round. Teams alternate between the two rounds each year. These picks can be traded.
34. Milwaukee Brewers (part of Corbin Burnes trade return from Orioles)
35. Arizona Diamondbacks
36. Cleveland Guardians
37. Pittsburgh Pirates
38. The Colorado Rockies
39. Washington Nationals (part of Royals’ Hunter Harvey trade return)
Second turn
The Astros, Cardinals, Dodgers and Giants lost their second-round picks to sign eligible 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 Foods
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 Gregory Santos’ return from the Mariners)
69. Minnesota Twins
70. Miami Marlins
71. Cincinnati Reds
72. Detroit Tigers
73. Oakland Athletics
Compensation Choice
74. Los Angeles Angels (As a non-revenue sharing team and not over the luxury tax, the Angels received the Dodgers’ second and fifth round picks when the Dodgers signed Shohei Ohtani, named QO)
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. The 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 Choice
Teams that do not benefit from revenue sharing but are above the luxury tax threshold receive 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 signing of Blake Snell from the Giants)
136. Toronto Blue Jays (for the signing of Matt Chapman by the Giants)
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. The 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
- Oakland Athletics
- Kansas City Royals
- Colorado Rockies
- The Chicago White Sox
- Washington Nationals
- St. Louis Cardinals
- Los Angeles Angels
- New York Mets
- Pittsburgh Pirates
- Cleveland Goalies
- Detroit Tigers
- Boston Red Sox
- San Francisco Giants
- The Cincinnati Reds
- San Diego Padres
- New York Yankees
- The Chicago Cubs
- Seattle Mariners
- Miami Marlins
- Milwaukee Brewers
- The Tampa Bay Rays
- Toronto Blue Jays
- Minnesota Twins
- Baltimore Orioles
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- Atlanta Braves
- Philadelphia Phillies
- Houston Astros
- Arizona Diamondbacks
- Texas Rangers
