Cleveland Guardians MLB Draft Coverage
Here’s our archive of 2024 MLB Draft coverage for the Cleveland Guardians.
While our mock drafts weren’t as accurate as we thought, maybe not at first, we did OK on some and our Guardians-type draft picks pieces identified a total of six eventual Guardians selections (Bazzana, Doughty, Oakie, Schlesinger, Mobley and Major).
Enjoy the draft reports from Willie Hood and check the rosters page for Arthur Kinney’s signing bonus tracker as well as roster moves to fit these 2024 picks on the roster.
Onto 2025…
1st Round Pick: 2B Travis Bazzana
2nd Round Pick: C Jacob Cozart
3rd Round Pick: RHP Joey Oakie
4th Round Pick: LHP Rafe Schlesinger
5th Round Pick: RHP Aidan Major
6th Round Pick: LHP Caden Favors
7th Round Pick: RHP Cameron Sullivan
8th Round Pick: LHP Donovan Zsak
9th Round Pick: RHP Sean Matson
10th Round Pick: RHP Chase Mobley
11th Round Pick: SS Garrett Howe
12th Round Pick: RHP Sean Heppner
13th Round Pick: C Bennett Thompson
14th Round Pick: OF Ryan Cesarini
15th Round Pick: RHP Conner Whittaker
16th Round Pick: RHP Jacob Remily
17th Round Pick: RHP Logan McGuire
18th Round Pick: LHP Izaak Martinez
19th Round Pick: RHP Cam Schuelke
20th Round Pick: RHP Cam Walty
2024 MLB Draft Cleveland Guardians FInal Watch List
College hitters INF JJ Wetherholt (University of West Virginia): Might have the best pure hit tool in the class. He pairs high contact rates (89.5% in 2023) with good exit velocities (105 90th percentile), and a low chase rate (18.4%). He’s good at finding the barrel on the ball and has success on the Team USA circuit to back his talent. Wetherholt has e…
2024 MLB Mock Draft 3.0 - Next Year in Cleveland
Next Year in Cleveland Mock Draft 3.0 1.1 CLEVELAND GUARDIANS: INF JJ Wetherholt, West Virginia (Last pick - Travis Bazzana, 2B, Oregon State) Willie Hood: Every indication is Cleveland is looking to cut a deal and spread the wealth here. JJ Wetherholt has emerged as the prime candidate to cut a deal (savings of $1.5M-$2M). There are similar attributes and…
2024 MLB Draft Top 100 Big Board
Justin Lada’s Big Board MLB Draft 2024 INF Travis Bazzana (Oregon) OF Charlie Condon (Georgia) 1B Nick Kurtz (Wake Forest) RHP Chase Burns (Wake Forest) INF JJ Wetherholt (West Virginia) LHP Hagen Smith (Arkansas) OF/1B James Tibbs (Florida State) OF Braden Montgomery (Texas A&M)
2024 MLB Draft 1.1 Stock Watch List - End of June
While the first-round pick in everyone’s draft isn’t the most important, especially in baseball. Cleveland Guardians picking #1 overall for the first time in franchise history is worth paying closer attention to, especially when there is no clear cut option at 1-1 as there has been in years past and the draft finally getting here in two weeks. The Guard…