It’s Draft Day! Here’s How To Find The Most Comprehensive Twins Draft Coverage Anywhere

[Jeremy Nygaard]

It's finally here: THE MLB DRAFT. Here's everything you need to know for the next three days.

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When is the draft: 
Sunday, July 14 at 6pm (Rounds 1-2 with comp rounds; MLB.com, MLB Network and ESPN)

• The Twins will have four picks on Day 1. 

Round	Pick	Slot Value
Round 1	21	$3,934,400
Compensation Pick (Sonny Gray QO)	33	$2,766,100
Round 2	60	$1,453,700
Competitive Balance Round B	69	$1,168,000

Monday, July 15 at 1pm (Rounds 3-10; MLB.com)

• The Twins will have eight picks on Day 2. 

Round	Pick	Slot Value
Round 3	96	$759,700
Round 4	126	$567,400
Round 5	159	$411,000
Round 6	188	$320,800
Round 7	218	$251,500
Round 8	248	$207,800
Round 9	278	$189,500
Round 10	308	$179,700

Tuesday, July 16 at 1 pm (Rounds 11-20; MLB.com)

• The Twins will have ten picks on Day 3. 
• These picks are capped at $150,000. Any signing that exceeds $150k will have the overage count to towards the overall pool
• Total Bonus Pool Allocation $12,209,600 (11th in MLB). Teams are allowed to exceed their pool by up to 5% without penalty. The Twins have never exceeded their pool, so expect them to spend right up to, if not exactly, their limit.

Have more questions about the intricacies of the draft? Here is an in-depth primer on all things MLB Draft.

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Jamie Cameron has been doing a killer job of using around a dozen national boards and compiling them into one consensus ranking. Then those rankings are turned into a "mock draft board." It's an awesome tool. Give it a click.

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2024 MLB Draft Position Previews: First Basemen

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Mock Drafts!
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Follow the Twins pick-by-pick throughout the three-day event. The draft tracker will be updated not only with each pick, but throughout the following information with scouting reports and signing information.

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks - Twins Daily

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Live Coverage
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• Join Jamie and Jeremy as we talk through the first day of draft. There will be guests and all sorts of draft coverage. Coverage begins 6pm.

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Draft Day Threads
Day 1 Thread

Day 2 (Coming Monday)

Day 3 (Coming Tuesday)

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[Joe A. Preusser]

In a move that shocked and rocked all of MLB to its core, the Minnesota Twins have selected 45 year old, overweight, hasn't played baseball since little league, Joe A. Preusser in the 2024 entry draft.

 

[DocBauer]

I always love draft day! 

On the one hand, this class is not nearly as deep as last season and the Twins are picking much later than the past couple of years so that's a bit of a downer. On the other hand, we have 4 of the top 69 picks and a larger $ pool than normal based on the supplemental picks. Additionally, the draft is interesting as college bats are in short supply, HS arms seem to go through the first 2 rounds, and there's an interesting group of talent HS SS through the first 40 picks or so. 

Based on how drafts normally seem to work, and with this one rather deep in HS prospects, I can see a surprise or two, including a team or two playing the over/under slot game, and a college bat sliding down to 21 that's not supposed to be there. Wouldn't surprise me a bit.

I think this draft is the perfect scenario based on available talent and $ to play with for the Twins to go a little heavy early on with HS talent. I can see a scenario where the Twins end up with 2 or 3 prep kids today, say a SS and a couple of arms. After that, of course, we're going to see a ton of college arms from  all over and a sprinkling of college position players, including a couple of mid round catchers I'd wager.

I'm excited to see how today goes!

[Brandon]

I’m looking forward to the write ups on today’s picks.  I don’t follow the pre draft so much.  I like to start following them when they enter our system.  
 

someone need to que a predraft remember the Berrios pick?  Complete with draft day video of joy and jubilation and his journey through the minors …….  I think we all started following him that day…..

I still check in on Petty from time to time because of the initial write up.

[Brandon]

My other thought is we have a core that is establishing itself right now (Larnarch, Julien, Walner, Miranda, Lee, Lewis, Killeroff , Jeffers is now established, Martin, Woods-Richardson, Varland, Cole, Funderbur, and Alcalá, with Durán and Jax and Ober, and Ryan as established) several others expected up in the next few years E Rod, Lewis the pitcher in AA, Mathew’s, and more… Going high school now so we can go college in a few years should get us a new group of players ready to come up at the same time as our roster starts to turn over again.  

[Dman]

20 minutes ago, Brandon said:

My other thought is we have a core that is establishing itself right now (Larnarch, Julien, Walner, Miranda, Lee, Lewis, Killeroff , Jeffers is now established, Martin, Woods-Richardson, Varland, Cole, Funderbur, and Alcalá, with Durán and Jax and Ober, and Ryan as established) several others expected up in the next few years E Rod, Lewis the pitcher in AA, Mathew’s, and more… Going high school now so we can go college in a few years should get us a new group of players ready to come up at the same time as our roster starts to turn over again.  

It will be BPA for the Twins, but I agree going HS makes a lot of sense right now.  They have some young players in Doncon, De Andrade, Gonzalez that are only 20 years old  then add in Jenkins, Soto, Winoker, Mercedes, Dameury Pena and Daniel Pena who are only 19 and then add in some 18 year olds this draft and the Twins would would be setup for another wave of talent in 4 to 5 years. Adding to what you said if some of those players don't work out they could go with faster moving college players in future drafts.  So I think HS players make a lot of sense, but we'll see what they decide to do.

[DocBauer]

2 hours ago, Dman said:

It will be BPA for the Twins, but I agree going HS makes a lot of sense right now.  They have some young players in Doncon, De Andrade, Gonzalez that are only 20 years old  then add in Jenkins, Soto, Winoker, Mercedes, Dameury Pena and Daniel Pena who are only 19 and then add in some 18 year olds this draft and the Twins would would be setup for another wave of talent in 4 to 5 years. Adding to what you said if some of those players don't work out they could go with faster moving college players in future drafts.  So I think HS players make a lot of sense, but we'll see what they decide to do.

I'm kinda with you and @Brandonhere. In THEORY, you could see the Twins grab someone like Slade Caldwell at #1, then grab a SS like Sanford or Lewis with the first comp pick, and then a couple HS arms in the next round. Now, it probably doesn't play out that way exactly. And who knows, the Twins might grab ONLY college kids, LOL. But opportunity and system depth just makes the early part of this draft a prime opportunity to focus on the prep options to help build up the lower portion of the minor league system, knowing there's enough depth in the system to bring those prospects along slowly, with high upside potential, and hit the college guys late on. 

[gil4]

14 hours ago, Joe A. Preusser said:

In a move that shocked and rocked all of MLB to its core, the Minnesota Twins have selected 45 year old, overweight, hasn't played baseball since little league, Joe A. Preusser in the 2024 entry draft.

 

Better be well below slot

[Doctor Wu]

I always keep hoping that the Twins will target more pitchers in the early rounds, but I also understand the relative weakness of this year's draft. I found this roundup on ESPN interesting, and somewhat surprising in regards to the prep players:

The overall lack of high-upside high-school talent available -- or, perhaps just as likely, teams' unwillingness to gamble on teenagers high in the draft. When Mississippi shortstop Konnor Griffin went ninth to the Pittsburgh Pirates, it marked the latest selection ever for the first high school player. Arizona lefty Cam Caminiti -- cousin of former MVP Ken Caminiti -- went to the Atlanta Braves at No. 24, also a record for the latest the first high school pitcher was taken.