How To Watch: The first and second rounds of the 2024 MLB Draft
The MLB Draft starts with the first two rounds Sunday night. Rounds 3-10 will be held on Monday and rounds 11-20 will take place on Tuesday. Here’s how to watch the draft, with another wave of Tennessee Baseball talent set to hear their name called.
The 2024 MLB Draft
Round 1-2: Sunday, 7 p.m. Eastern Time
TV: ESPN (Round 1) or MLB Network
Streaming: ESPN App or WatchESPN.com
Round 3-10: 2 p.m. ET on MLB.com
Round 11-20: 2 p.m. ET on MLB.com
Where Tennessee players are ranked as MLB Draft prospects
Seven Tennessee players are ranked in the Top 250 as draft prospects according to both ESPN and MLB.com.
ESPN MLB analyst Kiley McDaniel has Christian Moore as the No. 12 overall prospect, ahead of Billy Amick at No. 36 overall. Blake Burke is No. 61, Dylan Dreiling Is No. 63, Drew Beam is No. 66, Kavares Tears is No. 80 and AJ Causey is No. 255.
MLB.com‘s Jim Callis has Moore at No. 13, Amick at No. 32, Beam at No. 64, Burke at No. 65 and Tears at No. 66. Dreiling is No. 72 and Causey is No. 242.
Both MLB and ESPN projected Moore at No. 12 overall to the Boston Red Sox in mock drafts. MLB also had Amick at No. 21 overall while ESPN had him at No. 32.
Tennessee’s MLB Draft history during the Tony Vitello era
Right-handed pitcher Chase Dollander went No. 9 overall to the Colorado Rockies a year ago, one of eight Tennessee players drafted.
Top 10
- 1Breaking
Dylan Raiola injury
Nebraska QB will play vs. USC
- 2
Elko pokes at Kiffin
A&M coach jokes over kick times
- 3New
SEC changes course
Alcohol sales at SEC Championship Game
- 4
Bryce Underwood
Michigan prepared to offer No. 1 recruit $10.5M over 4 years
- 5Trending
Dan Lanning
Oregon coach getting NFL buzz
Outfielder Drew Gilbert and third baseman Jordan Beck were both first-round picks in 2022, when a Tennessee record 10 players were drafted. Gilbert went at No. 28 overall to the Houston Astros while Beck went No. 38 to the Rockies.
Seven players were drafted in 2021 and three players were picked in the 2020 draft, which was limited to five rounds during the COVID pandemic.
Left-handed pitcher Garrett Crochet was the No. 11 overall pick to the Chicago White Sox in the 2020 MLB Draft and on Sunday was named to the MLB All-Star game. He the majors in strikeouts (146) in his first season as a starter.
Tennessee had eight players drafted in 2018 and 2019, with two players picked in 2018 and six selected in 2019.
