Padres 2024 MLB Draft guide: How to watch, schedule, order

The 2024 MLB Draft is upon us, Padres fans. With A.J. Preller at the helm, it's questionable as to how many of the players selected by San Diego will ever make their Petco Park debut wearing a Padres uniform, but nonetheless, it's an exciting time of year for the Friar faithful.

While San Diego's first-round pick from a year ago (Dillon Head) is now part of the Miami Marlins organization, 2021 first-rounder Jackson Merrill is an All-Star this season and could win NL Rookie of the Year, so drafting and developing players is key to organizational success. How will the Padres' 2024 draft unfold?

2024 MLB Draft: How to watch the MLB Draft (TV and Streaming), Draft Schedule

The MLB Draft may not be viewed in the same light as the either the NFL or NBA Drafts, but it carries the same amount of weight. As is the case in other sports, the draft is how you build your team from the inside out, or it provides a club with prospect capital to trade for major league talent — something the Padres have done a lot of lately.

2024 MLB Draft Schedule

Rounds 1 and 2 of the 2024 MLB Draft will take place on July 14th beginning at 7 p.m. ET. That portion of the draft will account for compensatory and competitive balance picks as well. On Monday, Rounds 3-10 will take place with the first selection being made at at 2 p.m. ET. The draft wraps up with Rounds 11-20 on Tuesday starting at 2 p.m. ET.

How to watch the 2024 MLB Draft

There's more than one way to watch the upcoming 2024 MLB Draft. Traditional television markets offer coverage of Day 1 with both MLB Network and ESPN covering all the festivities.

• Television: Rounds 1-2 on MLB Network, ESPN, MLB.TV (Rounds 3-20 only on MLB.TV)
• Streaming: MLB.TV, MLB.com, MLB App

If you prefer to stream the draft, MLB.com, MLB.TV, and the MLB app are your sources for wall-to-wall coverage of Rounds 1 and 2. Rounds 3-20 will be broadcast exclusively on MLB.com, MLB.TV, and the MLB app.

Padres 2024 MLB Draft Position and Bonus Pool: Where do the Padres pick?

So where do the Padres pick in Round 1 of the 2024 MLB Draft? Sadly, despite missing the postseason a year ago, the Friars fell all the way down to No. 25. San Diego surpassed the competitive balance threshold by more than $40 million, and therefore dropped 10 spots in the draft order.

2024 MLB Draft: Complete First Round Draft Order

1. Cleveland Guardians
2. Cincinnati Reds
3. Colorado Rockies
4. Oakland Athletics
5. Chicago White Sox
6. Kansas City Royals
7. St. Louis Cardinals
8. Los Angeles Angels
9. Pittsburgh Pirates
10. Washington Nationals
11. Detroit Tigers
12. Boston Red Sox
13. San Francisco Giants
14. Chicago Cubs
15. Seattle Mariners
16. Miami Marlins
17. Milwaukee Brewers
18. Tampa Bay Rays
19. New York Mets
20. Toronto Blue Jays
21. Minnesota Twins
22. Baltimore Orioles
23. Los Angeles Dodgers
24. Atlanta Braves
25. San Diego Padres
26. New York Yankees
27. Philadelphia Phillies
28. Houston Astros
29. Arizona Diamondbacks
30. Texas Rangers

Each draft position is assigned a slot value, and each team is allocated a specific amount of draft pool that they are eligible to use in order to sign all their picks. For example, the Padres' first-round pick has an assigned value of $3,442,100 and San Diego's bonus pool is set at $9,360,500.

The draft will get underway later today, and a whole new crop of young Padres prospects will soon join the San Diego farm system. It's an exciting time to be a Pads fan.

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