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2024 MLB Draft tracker: Travis Bazzana goes No. 1 overall to Cleveland Guardians, Reds take RHP Chase Burns at No. 2

Bazzana is the first player from Australia to go No. 1 overall in the MLB Draft

The 2024 MLB Draft is underway, and the Cleveland Guardians made Oregon State IF Travis Bazzana the first overall pick. The former Beavers shortstop is the first Australian-born player to go No. 1 overall in the MLB Draft.

Righty Chase Burns from Wake Forest went second overall to Cincinnati, and Florida Gators two-way lefty Jac Caglianone came off the board at No. 6 to Kansas City. You can check out Yahoo Sports MLB analyst Jordan Shusterman's Top 50 player rankings here.

All 30 first-round picks are listed below. Scroll down further to check out Yahoo Sports' analysis of the picks in Rounds 1 and 2 of the 2024 MLB Draft.

  1. Cleveland Guardians — Travis Bazzana, 2B, Oregon State

  2. Cincinnati Reds — Chase Burns, RHP, Wake Forest

  3. Colorado Rockies — Charlie Condon, 3B, Georgia

  4. Oakland Athletics — Nick Kurtz, 1B, Wake Forest

  5. Chicago White Sox — Hagen Smith, LHP, Arkansas

  6. Kansas City Royals — Jac Caglianone, 1B/LHP, Florida

  7. St. Louis Cardinals — JJ Wetherholt, SS, West Virginia

  8. Los Angeles Angels — Christian Moore, 2B, Tennessee

  9. Pittsburgh Pirates — Konnor Griffin, SS, Jackson Prep HS, Flowood, Mississippi

  10. Washington Nationals — Seaver King, SS, Wake Forest

  11. Detroit Tigers — Bryce Rainer, SS, Harvard-Westlake HS, Los Angeles

  12. Boston Red Sox — Braden Montgomery, OF, Texas A&M

  13. San Francisco Giants — James Tibbs III, OF, Florida State

  14. Chicago Cubs — Cam Smith, 3B, Florida State

  15. Seattle Mariners — Jurrangelo Cijntje, switch pitcher, Mississippi State

  16. Miami Marlins — PJ Morlando, RF, Summerville HS, Summerville, South Carolina

  17. Milwaukee Brewers — Braylon Payne, CF, Elkins HS, Missouri City, Texas

  18. Tampa Bay Rays — Theo Gillen, SS, Westlake HS, Austin, Texas

  19. New York Mets — Carson Benge, OF/RHP, Oklahoma State

  20. Toronto Blue Jays — Trey Yesavage, RHP, East Carolina

  21. Minnesota Twins — Kaelen Culpepper, SS, Kansas State

  22. Baltimore Orioles — Vance Honeycutt, CF, North Carolina

  23. Los Angeles Dodgers — Kellon Lindsey, SS, Hardee HS, Wauchula, Florida

  24. Atlanta Braves — Cam Caminiti, LHP, Saguaro HS, Scottsdale, Arizona

  25. San Diego Padres — Kash Mayfield, LHP, Elk City HS, Elk City, Oklahoma

  26. New York Yankees — Ben Hess, RHP, Alabama

  27. Philadelphia Phillies — Dante Nori, CF, Northville HS, Northville, Michigan

  28. Houston Astros — Walker Janek, C, Sam Houston State

  29. Arizona Diamondbacks — Slade Caldwell, OF, Valley View HS, Jonesboro, Arkansas

  30. Texas Rangers — Malcolm Moore, C, Stanford

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  • No. 74 pick, Los Angeles Angels: RHP Ryan Johnson, Dallas Baptist

  • No. 73 pick, Oakland A's: LHP Gage Jump, LSU

  • No. 72 pick, Detroit Tigers: LHP Ethan Schiefelbein, Corona Senior HS (California)

  • No. 71 pick, Cincinnati Reds: RHP Luke Holman, LSU

  • No. 70 pick, Miami Marlins: RHP Aiden May, Oregon State

  • No. 69 pick, Minnesota Twins: LHP Dasan Hill, Grapevine HS (Texas)

  • No. 68 pick, Chicago White Sox: LHP Blake Larson, IMG Academy (Florida)

  • No. 67 pick, Milwaukee Brewers: RHP Chris Levonas, Christian Brothers Academy (New Jersey)

  • No. 66 pick, Tampa Bay Rays: SS Tyler Bell, Lincoln Way East HS (Illinois)

  • No. 65 pick, Texas Rangers: OF Dylan Dreiling, Tennessee

  • No. 64 pick, Arizona Diamondbacks: C Ivan Luciano, El Shaddai HS (Puerto Rico)

  • No. 63 pick, Philadelphia Phillies: OF Griffin Burkholder, Freedom HS (Virginia)

  • No. 62 pick, Atlanta Braves: LHP Carter Holton, Vanderbilt

  • No. 61 pick, Baltimore Orioles: C Ethan Anderson, Virginia

  • No. 60 pick, Minnesota Twins: 3B Billy Amick, Tennessee

  • No. 59 pick, Toronto Blue Jays: RHP Khal Stephen, Mississippi State

  • No. 58 pick, Tampa Bay Rays: SS Émilien Pitre, Kentucky

  • No. 57 pick, Milwaukee Brewers: RHP Bryce Meccage, The Pennington School (New Jersey)

  • No. 56 pick, Miami Marlins: SS Carter Johnson, Oxford HS (Alabama)

  • No. 55 pick, Seattle Mariners: RHP Ryan Sloan, York HS (Illinois)

  • No. 54 pick, Chicago Cubs: 3B Cole Mathis, Charleston

  • No. 53 pick, New York Yankees: RHP Bryce Cunningham, Vanderbilt

  • No. 52 pick, San Diego Padres: LHP Boston Bateman, Camarillo HS (California)

  • No. 51 pick, Cincinnati Reds: SS Tyson Lewis, Millard West HS (Nebraska)

  • No. 50 pick, Boston Red Sox: LHP Payton Tolle, TCU

  • No. 49 pick, Detroit Tigers: RHP Owen Hall, Edmond North HS (Oklahoma)

  • No. 48 pick, Cleveland Guardians: C Jacob Cozart, NC State

  • No. 47 pick, Pittsburgh Pirates: SS Wyatt Sanford, Independence HS (Texas)

  • No. 46 pick, New York Mets: LHP Jonathan Santucci, Duke

  • No. 45 pick, Los Angeles Angels: RHP Chris Cortez, Texas A&M

  • No. 44 pick, Washington Nationals: SS Luke Dickerson, Morris Knolls HS (New Jersey)

  • No. 43 pick, Chicago White Sox: SS Caleb Bonemer, Okemos HS (Michigan)

  • No. 42 pick, Colorado Rockies: OF Jared Thomas, Texas

  • No. 41 pick, Kansas City Royals: LHP David Shields, Mt. Lebanon HS (Pennsylvania)

  • No. 40 pick, Oakland A's: 3B Tommy White, LSU

    Tommy Tanks is one of the more recognizable stars in this generation of college baseball, and that’s no accident: The dude hit 75 home runs across three years, including a walk-off blast in Omaha that helped propel the Tigers to the national championship in 2023. If there’s such a thing as “prospect fatigue,” White might be the rare example, as he has been picked apart by scouts for nearly a half-decade, despite an overwhelming track record of high-end offensive production. For teams that don’t believe he can stick at third base — he’s not awful there, but it isn’t always pretty — he probably belongs closer to the end of Round 1. I think he’ll be just fine, and I trust his ability to hit as much as just about anyone outside the top 10, so he stays in this tier. — Jordan Shusterman

  • No. 39 pick, Washington Nationals: C Caleb Lomavita, Cal

  • No. 38 pick, Colorado Rockies: RHP Brody Brecht, Iowa

  • No. 37 pick, Pittsburgh Pirates: RHP Levi Sterling, Notre Dame HS (California)

  • No. 36 pick, Cleveland Guardians: RHP Braylon Doughty, Chaparral HS (California)

  • No. 35 pick, Arizona Diamondbacks: SS JD Dix, Whitefish Bay HS (Wisconsin)

  • No. 34 pick, Milwaukee Brewers: 1B Blake Burke, Tennessee

  • No. 33 pick, Minnesota Twins: SS Kyle Debarge, Louisiana

  • No. 32 pick, Baltimore Orioles: SS Griff O'Ferrall, Virginia

  • No. 31 pick, Arizona Diamondbacks: OF Ryan Waldschmidt, Kentucky

    Only Christian Moore (.429) and Charlie Condon (.412) had a higher batting average in SEC play than Waldschmidt (.405), who was on absolute fire in the second half for the Wildcats and worked his way into the first-round mix despite a slow start to the season in which he was strictly DH-ing following ACL surgery last summer. Waldschmidt consistently hits the ball hard and often in the air, and he might be athletic enough to play center field now that he’s healthy. It’s a strong profile. — Jordan Shusterman

  • Yankees draft pitching potential with Ben Hess

    Ben Hess is a big, ole farm boy from rural Illinois who developed into a pro prospect during his three years at the University of Alabama. His junior year numbers — a 5.80 ERA with a 11.5% walk rate — are concerning, but there’s a lot to like with Hess. He’s deceptively athletic and flexible for a guy listed at 6-foot-5, 255 pounds, and he should improve his control/command once he enters a professional development system.

    If you sort by online draft rankings (it’s never that simple), you could call Hess an overdraft, but it’s important to consider that the Yankees are very skilled at molding pitchers, and this is an exciting ball of clay with a special, high-velocity, high-ride fastball.

  • No. 30 pick, Texas Rangers: Malcolm Moore, C, Stanford

    The reigning World Series champion Rangers have added Stanford catcher Malcolm Moore with the final selection of the first round.

    Don’t be fooled by Moore’s paltry .255 batting average anchored by a preposterously low .229 BABIP. His OPS as a sophomore (.967) surpassed what he did as a freshman All-American in 2023 (.950), thanks in large part to his more than doubling his walk rate while continuing to impact the ball in the air with consistency (.298 ISO). Moore’s power/patience combo from the left side is plenty appealing on its own; that it comes in the form of a catcher is what makes him such an exciting prospect. — Jordan Shusterman

  • No. 29 pick, Arizona Diamondbacks: OF Slade Caldwell, Valley View HS (Arizona)

  • No. 28 pick, Houston Astros: Walker Janek, C, Sam Houston State

    The Astros added a catcher with Sam Houston State's Walker Janek.

    Like Colton Cowser not too long ago, Janek didn’t stand out in the expansive landscape of Texas high school baseball. Perfect Game tabbed Cowser as the 234th best player in the Lone Star State in the 2018 class and Janek as the 213th in 2021. But just as Cowser launched himself out of obscurity during his three years as a Bearkat to become the fifth overall draft pick in 2021, Janek has charted a similar trajectory. He won’t go quite as high as Cowser, but he has gotten better with the bat every year — .888 OPS as a freshman, .926 as a sophomore, 1.193 as a junior — and has strong defensive chops headlined by a fantastic arm. Janek’s impact on both sides of the ball helped earn him the Buster Posey Award for best catcher in college baseball in 2024, and it should be the reason he hears his name called in the first round. — Jordan Shusterman

  • No. 27 pick, Philadelphia Phillies: Dante Nori, CF, Northville HS (Michigan)