Draft Day 2: Overview, schedule, best available (2024)

FORT WORTH, Texas -- A total of 74 players were selected on Day 1 of the 2024 Draft, but things are just getting started. On Monday’s Day 2, eight more rounds will unfold and hundreds more will hear their names called.

That includes 28 of the Top 100 prospects in this year’s class (and three of the top 50) remaining on the board. It’s a group topped by some toolsy college outfielders and projectable high school arms.

How to watch and when
The Draft continues Monday with rounds 3-10. MLB.com will stream all eight rounds, starting at 2 p.m. ET. There will be one minute between picks.

The Draft concludes with rounds 11-20 on Tuesday, starting at 2 p.m. ET, with no delay between selections, all heard on MLB.com.

Top prospects remaining
Below are quick scouting reports on the 10 highest ranked players from MLB Pipeline's Draft Top 250 who are still available. If they're drafted on Day 2, especially in the early rounds, that's usually an indication they'll turn pro because teams lose the bonus slot amount from their overall pool if the player doesn’t sign.

Dakota Jordan, OF, Mississippi State (No. 34)
One of the best overall athletes in the class, Jordan played football and baseball initially at Mississippi State before giving up the gridiron. His game on the diamond took a huge step forward as a result. He has a very intriguing power-speed combination, though he’ll have to cut down on his swing-and-miss.

Joey Oakie, RHP, Ankeny Centennial HS, Iowa (No. 46)
There’s mid-rotation upside in this Iowa recruit, though he’ll need to improve the quality of his strike-throwing to get there. He does have a sinking fastball up to 97 mph and an easily plus slider with two-plane depth.

Mike Sirota, OF, Northeastern (No. 50)
Sirota entered the spring as a potential first-rounder, but scuffled for much of his junior year. He did right the ship a bit at the end and has an intriguing set of tools if he can rediscover consistency, with 20-20 potential if it all clicks.

Kevin Bazzell, C, Texas Tech (No. 55)
A solid athlete behind the plate, Bazzell has every chance to catch at the next level thanks to solid receiving skills and a solid average and accurate arm. At the plate, it’s hit-over-power with an approach geared toward line drives to all fields.

Dax Whitney, RHP, Blackfoot HS, Idaho (No. 56)
There was some late first-round buzz for the projectable right-hander out of Idaho. The 6-foot-5 Oregon State recruit's fastball rose up to 96 mph this spring to go along with distinct breaking pitches and even some feel for a changeup.

Ryan Prager, LHP, Texas A&M (No. 61)
Prager doesn’t wow anyone with pure stuff or light up radar guns, but he consistently keeps hitters off balance. The fastball tops out at 93 mph but hitters don’t see it, he has a plus changeup and a very good slider, commanding all three really well.

Drew Beam, RHP, Tennessee (No. 64)
Beam helped Tennessee win its first College World Series using largely average stuff across the board with a fastball that sits 93-95 mph, a low-80s curve with depth and a solid cutter. He throws all for strikes and gets a lot of ground-ball contact.

Kavares Tears, OF, Tennessee (No. 66)
Another key member of the stacked Volunteers lineup, Tears improved his swing decisions this year and was a big breakout player for the champions. He has a ton of bat speed and raw power he started to tap into and could get the chance to play center with his speed or be an athletic right fielder with plenty of arm strength.

Gage Miller, 3B, Alabama (No. 68)
After two very productive seasons in junior college, Miller continued to be productive with a move to the SEC. He has the chance to hit with solid power, especially to his pull side, though it’s unclear where he plays defensively long term.

Josh Hartle, LHP, Wake Forest (No. 70)
Some thought Hartle could end up as a first-rounder when the spring started as a college lefty with pitchability, but his stuff and command regressed this season. At his best, he has very good feel for four pitches: a fastball up to 94 mph, a low-80s slider, an upper-80s cutter and a mid-80s changeup.

Draft order
The A's will kick off the day with the 75th overall selection, the first in the third round. Day 2 will conclude at the end of the 10th round, marked by the final selection of the day by the Rangers.

Bonus pool & slot value
Under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, each team gets an allotted bonus pool equal to the sum of the values of that club’s selections in the first 10 rounds of the Draft. The more picks a team has, and the earlier it picks, the larger the pool.

Any bonus greater than $150,000 for a player taken after the 10th round is also applied to the bonus pool total. The assigned values for the 2024 Draft have risen 8.7 percent compared to 2023, mirroring the growth in industry revenues.

After winning the Draft lottery for the first overall selection, the Guardians came into the Draft with the largest pool in ‘24 at $18,334,000, including $10,570,600 for that first pick. They are followed by the Rockies ($17,243,400) and Reds ($15,842,100). The A's ($15,347,900) and White Sox ($14,593,300) round out the top five.