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Draft deadline passes with all 1st-rounders signed

August 1, 2024

The Draft signing deadline came and went at 5 p.m. ET on Thursday with very little drama. The final two unsigned first-rounders came to terms in the morning. East Carolina right-hander Trey Yesavage (No. 20 overall) agreed to a $4,177,500 deal with the Blue Jays and North Carolina outfielder Vance

2024 Draft first-round signings tracker

August 1, 2024

Below is a list of every player drafted in the first round of the 2024 MLB Draft. Each club had until 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, Aug. 1, to come to terms with its Draft selections. If a player has exhausted his collegiate eligibility, he can sign at any time

Draft Day 3: Most interesting picks from each round

@SamDykstraMiLB
July 16, 2024

After 315 players were selected over the first two days of the 2024 MLB Draft, 300 more players heard their names on Tuesday as the Draft concluded with Rounds 11-20. As a reminder, the late rounds can be more than just opportunities to fill out a farm system. This year’s

'24 Draftees who could be on the fast track to the bigs

July 16, 2024

The 2023 Draft class wasted no time getting players to the Majors. Nolan Schanuel joined the Angels last August, just 37 days after turning pro. Wyatt Langford became the third-fastest drafted position player to make an Opening Day roster, claiming a starting role with the defending World Series champion Rangers.

Next generation: Sox draft Big Papi's son, Angels take Ramirez's kid

@mollyburkhardt
July 17, 2024

BOSTON -- Could you imagine? It’s the question Baseball Hall of Famer and Boston legend David Ortiz asked three years ago when presented with the idea that one day his son D’Angelo might also end up wearing a Red Sox uniform. That once seemingly far-fetched dream took a big step

How Lyle Miller-Green became the 'Siberian Sultan of Swat'

July 16, 2024

BURKE, Va. -- When Stephanie Miller saw the baby boy, her heart melted. In an instant, all the pain and frustration Stephanie and her husband, Richard Green, had endured in their inability to conceive a child went away. Because there, on a VHS cassette sent along by an adoption agency,

The top 7 storylines from Day 1 of 2024 MLB Draft

July 14, 2024

FORT WORTH, Texas -- At the Stockyards historic district, where the 2024 MLB Draft took place Sunday night, you could test your rodeo skills and ride a mechanical bull. And odds are, you would have had much better luck staying on that bucking, spinning, twisting steer for a full minute

Mariners take switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje with 15th pick

@Theo_DeRosa and @DKramer_
July 14, 2024

SEATTLE -- The Mariners went bold with the first-round selection in the 2024 MLB Draft on Sunday, taking switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje out of Mississippi State University with their top pick at No. 15 overall. Yes, you read that right. And with their second-round pick, they selected high-school right-hander Ryan Sloan,

These 2024 Draft picks could become their team's No. 1 prospect

@SamDykstraMiLB
July 16, 2024

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Burgeoning baseball factory Wake Forest has trio of Top 10 picks

July 14, 2024

The Demons were out on Sunday night during the first round of the 2024 MLB Draft. Demon Deacons, that is. Three players from Wake Forest University were selected among the top 10 picks in Sunday’s Draft, making the Atlantic Coast Conference school only the second in history to have three

Guardians make Aussie star Bazzana No. 1 overall pick

@MandyBell02
July 15, 2024

If you’re trying to describe the type of hitter the Guardians prefer to have in their organization, you’ll probably think of a gritty, versatile player with elite contact ability, off-the-charts plate discipline and some potential for power. That’s why Travis Bazzana and Cleveland are a match made in heaven.

Ortiz, Ramirez, Caminiti among 2024 Draft picks with famous family ties

July 16, 2024

Baseball is certainly a family affair for some. That was especially evident during the 2024 MLB Draft, which saw a slew of relatives of former big-leaguers selected to begin professional careers that could someday result in a place on an MLB roster. Relatives of All-Stars, an MVP and even one

The top Crew Draft pick from every season

October 11, 2024

Going all the way back to the 1969 Seattle Pilots, here is every top pick by the Brewers franchise in MLB Draft history. • Complete Draft coverage

Here are the top 20 high school prospects for the '25 Draft

September 24, 2024

In last year’s Draft, a total of 10 high school players were taken in the first round. Only one, Konnor Griffin, went in the top 10 and he was joined by Bryce Rainer as the only prepsters in the top 15 picks. Just two of those 10 first-rounders were pitchers,

Here are the top 20 college prospects for the '25 Draft

September 18, 2024

After the Atlantic Coast and Southeastern Conferences combined to grab all eight Men's College World Series berths and provide 11 of the first 15 picks in the Draft this year, they're positioned to dominate again in 2025. The SEC and ACC feature 12 of the 20 players on our top

Get to know Nationals' No. 1 prospect Dylan Crews

@HarriganMLB
August 26, 2024

Dylan Crews was selected No. 2 overall by the Nationals in the 2023 MLB Draft. A little more than a year later, he is set to make his big league debut. Here’s everything you need to know about MLB Pipeline's No. 3 overall prospect.

These were the '24 High School All-American Game standouts

August 15, 2024

SAN DIEGO – The fifth High School All-American Game hosted by Major League Baseball is in the books, and as has been the case since its inception in Cleveland in 2019, the prep class of 2025 showed off a whole lot of tools and stuff. Don’t worry if you missed

Top '25 Draft prospects square off during HS All-American Game

August 14, 2024

The time of year may have changed, but the excitement hasn’t. Since 2019, Major League Baseball has been putting on a show for the future with the High School All-American Game. It started in 2019 in Cleveland and continued post-pandemic in the All-Star host city through the 2023 season. The

First-rounder Wetherholt swats first pro homer

August 7, 2024

With another game to play, JJ Wetherholt didn’t have a lot of time to savor a milestone moment. But he’ll never forget it. The Cardinals’ first-round pick (No. 7 overall) in last month’s Draft, Wetherholt cranked his first professional home run in his sixth career game for Single-A Palm Beach

How 2024 Draft can move Toronto's farm forward

@KeeganMatheson
August 4, 2024

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Inside the Brewers' pivot at MLB Draft signing deadline

August 3, 2024

This story was excerpted from Adam McCalvy’s Brewers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. MILWAUKEE -- Last weekend, the Brewers made one last in-person pitch to Chris Levonas, the 18-year-old right-hander from New Jersey whom they selected 67th

Orioles sign 1st-round Draft pick Honeycutt

@JakeDRill
August 1, 2024

BALTIMORE -- General manager Mike Elias stated earlier this week that he was optimistic the Orioles would sign outfielder Vance Honeycutt -- the club’s first-round pick in the 2024 MLB Draft -- before Thursday’s 5 p.m. ET deadline to do so. With a little more than six hours to go,

Blue Jays sign No. 20 overall pick Yesavage

August 1, 2024

The Blue Jays signed the 20th overall pick of the 2024 MLB Draft, right-hander Trey Yesavage, the club announced Thursday.

'It worked out great': Pirates sign top Draft pick Konnor Griffin

@AlexJStumpf
July 31, 2024

During one summer night in 2019, Brent Heavener and his wife went to watch a summer league game after hearing Konnor Griffin was on the team. Heavener is the baseball coach at Jackson Prep in Mississippi, and Griffin was set to join the team. It didn’t take long for Heavener

D-backs sign first-round pick Caldwell

July 27, 2024

PHOENIX -- It was a whirlwind day for Slade Caldwell, the high school outfielder who the D-backs selected with their first-round pick (No. 29 overall) two weeks ago in the 2024 MLB Draft. Caldwell officially signed his contract, which is worth $3,087,000 per MLB Pipeline’s Jim Callis, and got a