CLEVELAND, Ohio — Guardians president of baseball operations Chris Antonet⛦ti likes life with the No. 1 pick in the 2024 Major League Baseball first year player draft much better than if Cleveland had a selection further down in the order.
“It’s a fun time for us organizationally,” Antonetti told reporters Sunday. “There’s a lot of energy in our acquisition groups and within ou෴r scouting groups to canvas the whole country. We know we’ll get, for the only time in our organization’s history so far, we’ll get to choose literally any player that we want.”
Not only that, but Ant♐onetti and his staff are looking to also maximize the largest amateur signing bonus pool in history, about $10 million.
“So, there’s a lot of energy organizationally around that and it should be a fun two months fo🍷r us,” Antonetti said.
When a reporter insinuated something about top-ranked draft prospect Charlie Condon and his 32 (now 33) home runs, Antonetti did not flinch. Teams with picks further down the draft order will not have to worry about the 6-foot-6, 216-pound Georgia slugger because he will likely be taken amo൩ng the first few selections. Not so for Cleveland.
“Obviously in a normal year we’re not spending a whole lot of time on him or anyone eღlse🌱 like it,” Antonetti said.