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 |
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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
Ali Camarillo
- Oakland Athletics (Round 12, Pick 346 Overall)
- Park View LL (Chula Vista, Calif.) – 2016 LLBWS
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.