Little League® Graduates Selected as Top Picks in 2024 MLB Draft

The 2024 MLB Draft saw the top prospects get the call they’ve all been waiting for since the day they first laced up their cleats and picked up a baseball glove, including many players who began their baseball careers on the Little League® diamond. 

Below are the Little Leaguers® who were drafted in the first 100 selections of the 2024 MLB draft, including those whose teams made it to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to compete in the Little League Baseball® World Series. 

Pick  MLB Team  Player  Little League 
5 CWS Hagen Smith Rose Capital West LL (Tyler, Texas)
6 KC Jac Caglianone Tampa Bay (Fla.) LL 
8 LAA Christian Moore Milford LL (Marietta, Ga.)
10 WAS Seaver King Oconee County National LL (Bishop, Ga.)
11 DET Bryce Rainer Altamont LL (Albuquerque, N.M.)
15 SEA Jurrangelo Cijntje Pariba LL (Willemstad, Curaçao) – 2016 LLBWS 
16 MIA PJ Morlando Clearwater (Fla.) LL
17 MIL Braylon Payne Missouri City (Texas) LL
22 BAL Vance Honeycutt Rowan LL (Salisbury, N.C.) 
30 TEX Malcolm Moore Land Park Pacific LL (Sacramento, Calif.)
32 BAL Griff O’Ferrall Richmond (Va.) LL
35 ARI JD Dix Laguna Beach (Calif.) LL
38 COL Brody Brecht Ankeny (Iowa) LL
39 WAS Caleb Lomavita West Oahu LL (Ewa Beach, Hawaii)
44 WAS Luke Dickerson Rockaway Township (N.J.) LL
45 LAA Chris Cortez Silverado LL (Las Vegas, Nev.) 
46 NYM Jonathan Santucci Leominister (Mass.) National LL 
48 CLE Jacob Cozart High Point (N.C.) National LL 
54 CHC Cole Mathis Harris County LL (Hamilton, Ga.) 
63 PHI Griffin Burkholder Loudoun South LL (South Riding, Va.) 
66 TB Tyler Bell Lunada Bay LL (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.)
68 CWS Blake Larson FT Des Moines (Iowa) LL
70 MIA Aiden May East Mountain LL (Sandia Park, N.M.)
71 CIN Luke Holman Liberty Youth LL (West Lawn, Pa.) 
73  OAK Gage Jump Aliso Viejo (Calif.) LL 
75  OAK Joshua Kuroda-Grauer Franklin Township LL (Somerset, N.J.)
79  WAS Kevin Bazzell Forney (Texas) Youth Baseball Association LL 
80  STL Brian Holiday Land O’Lakes (Fla.) LL 
83  PIT Josh Hartle King (N.C.) LL 
85  DET Joshua Randall Pleasanton (Calif.) American LL 
86  BOS Brandon Neely Northwest Volusia LL (Pierson, Fla.) 
89  NYY Thatcher Hurd Lafayette (Calif.) LL 
91  SEA Hunter Cranton West Yorba Linda (Calif.) LL 
95  TOR Johnny King Greater Naples (Fla.) LL 
96  MIN Khadim Diaw Northridge City (Calif.) LL
97  BAL Austin Overn Tustin (Calif.) Western LL 
100  PHI John Spikerman Montgomery (Texas) LL 


In addition to those selected among the Top 100, below is another draftee who competed in the Little League Baseball World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and earned the call in the 2024 draft: 

Ariel Armas

  • Chicago Cubs (Round 5, Pick 153 Overall)
  • Sweetwater Valley LL (Bonita, Calif.) – 2015 LLBWS 

Jared Sprague-Lott

  • Oakland Athletics (Round 9, Pick 256 Overall)
  • Taney LL (Philadelphia, Pa.) – 2014 LLBWS 
2024 Draft Jared Sprague LL Photo

To learn more about other former Little Leaguers who went on to play in the MLB, including a list of active alumni, visit LittleLeague.org/Alumni.  

NOTE: If you know of a Little League graduate that would fit into any of these categories and is not listed, please complete the Little League Alumni Submission form.