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Big Ten CommunicationsPublished: 7/17/2024, Last updated: 7/22/2024
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Twenty-Eight Big Ten Players Selected in MLB Draft

FORT WORTH, Texas – A total of 28 players with ties to the Big Ten Conference were selected in the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft, which took place July 14-16 at the Cowtown Coliseum.

This year’s draft class includes 23 players who played in the Big Ten last season and five school signees. Iowa pitcher Brody Brecht was the highest selected player, going 38th overall to the Colorado Rockies.

A list of this year’s selections from the 20-round event:

2024 MLB DRAFT 
NAME SCHOOL ROUND PICK MLB TEAM
Brody Brecht, RHP Iowa CB-A 38 Colorado Rockies
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, SS Rutgers 3 75 Oakland Athletics
Joey Oakie, RHP + Iowa 3 84 Cleveland Guardians
Luke Sinnard, RHP Indiana 3 99 Atlanta Braves
Josh Caron, C Nebraska 4 121 Seattle Mariners
Nick Mitchell, OF Indiana 4C 136 Toronto Blue Jays
Carter Mathison, OF Indiana 5 162 Philadelphia Phillies
Connor Foley, RHP Indiana 5 164 Arizona Diamondbacks
Connor Wietgrefe, LHP Minnesota 7 204 Pittsburgh Pirates
Brett Sears, RHP Nebraska 7 221 Atlanta Braves
Sam Petersen, OF Iowa 8 230 Washington Nationals
Donovan Zsak, LHP Rutgers 8 235 Cleveland Guardians
Jack Young, RHP Iowa 9 259 Chicago White Sox
Griffin Tobias, RHP + Indiana 9 275 Milwaukee Brewers
Jack Crowder, RHP Illinois 9 279 Baltimore Orioles
Marcus Morgan, RHP Iowa 9 282 Philadelphia Phillies
Camden Janik, C Illinois 12 354 Pittsburgh Pirates
Connor Caskenette, C Purdue 12 364 Miami Marlins
Brock Tibbitts, C Indiana 13 397 Toronto Blue Jays
Justin Sinibaldi, LHP Rutgers 14 409 Chicago White Sox
Owen Carey, OF + Rutgers 15 461 Atlanta Braves
Gavin Bruni, LHP Ohio State 17 500 Washington Nationals
Cooper Malamazian, SS + Indiana 17 515 Milwaukee Brewers
Tucker Novotny, LHP Minnesota 18 526 Oakland Athletics
Tony Santa Maria, 3B Rutgers 19 576 Tampa Bay Rays
Cade Obermueller, LHP Iowa 19 585 Texas Rangers
Brayden Risedorph, RHP Indiana 20 602 Chicago Cubs
Henry Brummel, RHP + Indiana 20 605 Milwaukee Brewers

+ school signee
CB-A = Competitive Balance-A Round
4C = Fourth Round Compensation