The 2024 MLB draft is Sunday July 14th - Tuesday July 16.
On the first day the Brewers currently hold picks 17, 34, 57 & 67. Please provide any information on their draft picks in this thread.
Time to get some good young talent in the minor league pipeline.
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At # 17 the Brewers drafted high school out fielder Braylon Payne, age 17.
Scouting report:
Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 45 | Run: 70 | Arm: 45 | Field: 60 | Overall: 50
Because he comes from the southern half of Texas and is one of the fastest players in his Draft, Payne elicits comparisons to Kendall George, the Dodgers' top pick (supplemental first round) in 2023. While he can't quite match George's top-of-the-scale speed, Payne is more aggressive on the bases and should provide more impact at the plate. He won't turn 18 until a month after the Draft, making him one of the youngest players in the high school class and enhancing his appeal to teams that put an emphasis on age.
With a compact, flat left-handed swing, Payne likes to use his quick hands to smack grounders to the left side of the infield and his plus-plus speed to beat them out. He opens up early at the plate in an attempt to get down the line as fast as possible, yet he still manages to make repeated contact. Though he'll never be a slugger, he has enough bat speed and projectable strength to hit 15 or more homers per season once he learns to look for pitches he can drive.
Payne focuses on getting on base and creating havoc with his speed. The Houston recruit has good instincts on the bases and in center field, where he has the ingredients to become a plus defender. He has fringy-to-average arm strength that's playable in center.
Who is Payne? Payne is one of the youngest players -- and one of the fastest runners -- in this year's draft as a 17-year-old prep outfielder out of Texas who won't turn 18 for another month.
Why the Brewers took him here: This is a surprising pick by the Brewers at this juncture of the first round as Payne's earliest potential landing spots seemed more likely in the late-20s than mid-teens. His speed is his calling card and his hit tool is developing quickly, but there's a good chance the reasoning for this pick will become clearer when the Brewers start spreading bonus money around in upcoming rounds. -- Mullen
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With the 34th pick in the 2024 Draft, the @Brewers select @Vol_Baseball first baseman Blake Burke, No. 65 on the Top 250 Draft Prospects list.
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Rounding out Round 1 Brewers' picks:
https://www.mlb.com/brewers/ne...as-brewers-mlb-draft
To sum up day 2 the Brewers drafted 7 pitchers and 1 catcher. Of the 7 pitchers 5 are right handed, 2 lefties. Catcher is right handed hitter. Last 2 picks are right handed high school players, the rest are 3 or 4 year college players.
What the hell? That's too many pitchers for one catcher!
Brewers drafted a lot of arms last year as well. There is some kind of rule I don't understand about the number of position players in the minors? I also do not know how they are gonna fit all those arms on the lower level minor league teams?
And the trend continues today. So far they have drafted 5 pitchers and 1 catcher. Of the pitchers 4 are right handed and 1 lefty. 3 are college players and 2 are high schoolers. The catcher is high school age. 4 draft picks to go yet.
A couple of snippets from MLB:
Pick 20 (425th overall), Brewers: James Nunnallee, C, Lightridge (VA) HS (No. 200)
Nunnallee shows impressive bat-to-ball skills and opened some eyes with his performance at the MLB Draft Combine, strengthening the belief that he could have a future above-average hit tool from the left side. The Virginia recruit is raw behind the plate and has below-average arm strength, leading some to think he’ll end up in left field.
And this one is : Pick 20 (455th overall), Brewers: Travis Smith, RHP, Kentucky (No. 179)
Smith, who is transferring to Mississippi State via the transfer portal, Smith redshirted for Kentucky in 2022 after undergoing both Tommy John and heart surgery. He struggled with soreness and inconsistency this year, finishing with a 6.21 ERA in 37 2/3 innings, but flashes impressive stuff with a 93-95 mph fastball and above-average slider.
So the draft for the Crew just wrapped up They changed things up a bit drafting a SS in round 17, still a high school player. Went back into the pitcher mode for the final 3 selections, all high schoolers, all right handers. One interesting pick is Noah Wech from Manitowoc Lincoln. Home grown talent, I would bet he is excited.
Can't wait to watch them develop and eventually move on to the Yankees or Dodgers or Cubs when we can no longer afford them. 
As long as they bring us a pennant before they leave. 
It will be interesting to see how many of these guys they can sign? The Brewers manage the rookie pool money better than most, as I understand it.
