Ranking The Top 500 Draft Prospects In The 2024 Class

Our final BA 500 update of the cycle is here. After a year of updates, fresh reports and ranking movement, Carlos Collazo has his final big board, complete with scouting reports for every player, plus BA grades and tool grades for each player ranked in the top 200.

Today’s update features the same consistent cluster of names at the top, and Charlie Condon remains entrenched No. 1 overall on our list. Still, there was some significant movement for late risers today, headlined by Nate Knowles, Austin Overn and Fenwick Trimble, and there’s also a new top-ranked prep pitcher. The list is available exclusively for Baseball America subscribers below.

This is a fun one. We’re streaming a special edition of the Baseball America Hot Sheet show today and welcome two draft experts, Keith Law of The Athletic and Shooter Hunt of Prep Baseball Report, alongside Baseball America’s Carlos Collazo. The group dives into their respective draft boards including players they’re high on and areas where we may differ in the rankings.

Diving Into The Data To Find Comps For The Top 2024 Draft Arms

With more data available for college players, we wanted to examine the top five college pitchers on our draft board and see if there were any obvious pro pitching comparisons to be found—and what takeaways we might be able to glean from those comps if so. 

We certainly aren’t predicting these pitchers will become star major leaguers, but it’s worth highlighting there are some very interesting pitch characteristics, including comparisons to the likes of Justin Verlander, Corbin Burnes, Dylan Cease and even Nick Pivetta. We also found minor leaguers with similar qualities for each player and pitch.

Get to know the top college pitchers in the class below.

Here’s what’s trending at Baseball America…

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• Examining the case for the six draft prospects with a chance to go No. 1 overall

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