Miami Marlins 2024 MLB Draft guide

The Miami Marlins are almost on the clock. The 2024 MLB Draft will be their first with Peter Bendix as president of baseball operations and Frankie Piliere as director of amateur scouting.

How to watch the MLB Draft

Sunday (Rounds 1-2): televised on MLB Network and ESPN and streaming on MLB.com at 7:00 p.m. ET; Fish On First LIVE Miami Marlins Draft Reaction show streaming on YouTube/Twitter/Facebook at 8:00 p.m. ET counting down to the Marlins' first-round pick

Monday (Rounds 3-10): streaming on MLB.com at 2:00 p.m. ET

Tuesday (Rounds 11-20): streaming on MLB.com at 2:00 p.m. ET (audio only)

Marlins draft picks & slot values

The Marlins have an overall bonus pool of $10,438,500. They can go up to 5% above that ($10,960,425) without losing future picks. This pool only applies to players signed during the first 10 rounds and those beyond the 10th round who cost more than $150k.

• Round 1, 16th overall pick ($4,704,700 slot value)
• Round 2, 56th overall pick ($1,603,400)
• CBA Round B, 70th overall pick ($1,139,100)
• Round 3, 92nd overall pick ($800,800)
• Round 4, 122nd overall pick ($589,000)
• Round 5, 155th overall pick ($427,000)
• Round 6, 184th overall pick ($331,300)
• Round 7, 215th overall pick ($259,600)
• Round 8, 245th overall pick ($211,600)
• Round 9, 275th overall pick ($191,300)
• Round 10, 305th overall pick ($180,700)
• Marlins select 19th in each of Rounds 11-20

The deadline to sign draft picks is July 30 at 5:00 p.m. ET.

Hector Rodriguez's draft board

As detailed here, Fish On First draft analyst Hector Rodriguez recommends that the Marlins target the following players with the No. 16 overall pick:

1. Cam Smith, 3B, Florida State
2. Christian Moore, 2B, Tennessee
3. James Tibbs III, OF, Florida State
4. Vance Honeycutt, OF, North Carolina
5. Walker Janek, C, Sam Houston State

Mock drafts

These will be frequently updated between now and Sunday night...

Baseball America (Carlos Collazo): Cam Smith, 3B, Florida State

Essentially all of the college hitters who are tied to Seattle are also tied to the Marlins. Smith, Seaver King, Caleb Lomavita and Ryan Waldschmidt all seem to make a lot of sense.

Dart throw names for later picks: 1B Blake Burke, OF Dylan Dreiling, OF Griffin Burkholder

MLB Pipeline (Jim Callis): Cam Smith, 3B, Florida State

If Tibbs and Christian Moore are gone, the Marlins likely would turn to Smith over King.

MLB Pipeline (Jonathan Mayo): Cam Smith, 3B, Florida State

This continues to feel like the best landing spot for the third baseman, though the Marlins are also looking at other college hitters like Benge and Ryan Waldschmidt. Sloan could enter the equation if they switch gears to the mound.

ESPN (Kiley McDaniel): Seaver King, SS, Wake Forest

I think the Marlins are looking for a college bat here with King being the last one left. Carter Johnson (or possibly PJ Morlando) are rumored underslot options here if they don't like what's left.

FanGraphs (Eric Longenhagen): Cam Smith, 3B, Florida State

This would be a great value pick at this spot, and unlike a lot of other “safe” college hitters, Smith has some swing optimization stuff to work on. His timeline also fits better with the Marlins’ window of contention than the super polished college bats.

The Athletic (Keith Law): Seaver King, SS, Wake Forest

I’ve heard the Marlins mostly with college bats, including King, Cam Smith and Tibbs, although supposedly they have at least one high school hitter in their mix (maybe Theo Gillen).

Just Baseball (Aram Leighton): Seaver King, SS, Wake Forest

Big tools with the ability to play all over the diamond, King proved that he can handle ACC pitching after transferring from Division II Wingate. An organization desperate for reinforcement up the middle would likely be thrilled to nab King and would probably give him every opportunity to prove he can stick at shortstop.

CBS Sports (R.J. Anderson & Mike Axisa): Cam Smith, 3B, Florida State

All signs point to the new front office regime in Miami grabbing a college bat here. Smith offers tremendous power but will need to fine tune his swing and approach to fully tap into it. Others like Oklahoma State's Carson Benge, Wake Forest's Seaver King, and Kentucky's Ryan Waldschmidt make sense here as well.