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Keep track of the Red Sox’ latest picks with this list
The 2024 MLB Draft continues through Tuesday in Texas during the All-Star break.
The first two rounds and first two supplemental rounds took place Sunday. Rounds 3-10 will take place Monday and Rounds 11-20 Tuesday.
The selections on Monday and Tuesday will be streamed on MLB.com.
We’ll be tracking the Red Sox’ picks as they happen. Follow along below. Click here to refresh.
2024 Red Sox draft picks
No. 12: Braden Montgomery, OF, Texas A&M
Age: 21 | Height: 6-2 | Weight: 220
Despite the lack of elite pitching in their system, the Red Sox opted for one of the draft’s top college position players. The 21-year-old is a switch-hitter and complete athlete with a high ceiling who needs to improve his contact skills and his approach from the right side. A Mississippi high school product who spent his first two college seasons at Stanford, Montgomery brings 80-grade power and a big arm in the outfield, where he’s expected to end up in one of the corner spots. His final college season ended early because of an ankle injury, but he still led the SEC with 85 RBIs. From Alex Speier: Montgomery is the first outfielder taken by the Sox in the first round since the club tabbed Andrew Benintendi out of Arkansas in 2015. However, he’s the seventh straight position player the club has selected with its first pick, and the fourth straight lefthanded hitter.
No. 50: Payton Tolle, LHP, TCU
Age: 21 | Height: 6-6 | Weight: 250
A big lefthander who started as a two-way player at Wichita State, but struggled at the plate after transferring to TCU and focused on pitching this spring, leading to Big 12 Pitcher of the Year honors and 105 strikeouts in 69 innings. With a large wingspan, his low-90s vertical four-seam fastball averaged 22 inches of vertical break. He adds an average slider and a low-80s changeup, but throws his fastball almost 75 percent of the time, which may portend a reliever. From Alex Speier: This marked the Red Sox’ earliest selection of a pitcher since they took Tanner Houck in the first round of the 2017 draft.
No. 86: Brandon Neely, RHP, Florida
Age: 21 | Height: 6-3 | Weight: 210
Following up on their second pick, the Sox look to strengthen their pitching with the righthander Neely, who comes out primarily as a reliever but made a few starts this past season for the Gators. Despite the lack of consistency, area scouts think Neely could develop into a solid future-rotation player. Neely has four solid pitches, not including his rarely used curveball: a fastball that can touch 97 m.p.h. and averages around 93, his secondary slider, a mid-80s breaker, and an upper-80s changeup.
No. 115: Zach Ehrhard, OF, Oklahoma State
Age: 21 | Height: 5-11 | Weight: 190
Ehrhard was originally selected by the Red Sox in the 13th round of the 2021 draft before opting to play NCAA ball at Oklahoma State, but the Sox still want him. The outfielder had a less-than-ideal start to his junior season with the Cowboys due to a hamstring injury, but came back stronger than ever. He slugged .627 this spring compared to .385 in his first two seasons, and continued that work in the Cape Cod League this summer. The right-handed hitter is consistent in the box with an eye for drawing walks, a good feel for the bat, and consistent contact, plus scouts were impressed with his speed and baserunning skill, but said he could stand to be even more aggressive.
No. 148: Brandon Clarke, LHP, State College of Florida
Age: 21 | Height: 6-4 | Weight: 220
The Sox selected their third pitcher of the draft in lefthander Brandon Clarke, who was briefly on the MLB radar in 2021, though his lack of strong starts moved him out of contention. Clarke spent his first year in college at Alabama, but went the junior-college route and transferred to State College of Florida after not getting on the mound in Tuscaloosa. He still has some developing to do — he has two solid pitches in a 94 m.p.h. fastball that can touch 97 and an upper-70s curve, but scouts say his upper-80s changeup needs work, and his control is inconsistent, he walked 4.2 of every nine batters during the 2024 season.
No. 177: Blake Aita, RHP, Kennesaw State
Age: 21 | Height: 6-4 | Weight: 215
Aita, a righthander and rising college junior, is the first unranked prospect selected by the Sox this draft. Aita began as a reliever in his freshman year at Kennesaw State, tallying 36 innings and 38 strikeouts. But he caught attention as a sophomore, when he made 16 starts for a 7-4 record while leading his team in wins, strikeouts, and innings pitched, including a career-high eight full innings against Central Arkansas. He dropped his ERA from 4.50 as a freshman to 3.90 as a sophomore, and tallied 122 strikeouts during his two years with the Owls.
2024 Red Sox draft picks
Assigned slot values for Rounds 1-20 are from soxprospects.com.
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