Miami Marlins Make 10 Selections On Day 3 Of 2024 MLB First-year Player Draft
MIAMI ¨C The Miami Marlins today completed the 2024 MLB First-Year Player Draft, making 10 selections on Day 3. Of the 21 overall selections by Miami in the Draft, 14 position players and 16 overall came from the collegiate ranks.
On Day 1 of the 2024 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Marlins selected CF PJ Morlando with the 16th overall selection, SS Carter Johnson with the 56th overall selection, and RHP Aiden May with the 70th overall selection. Morlando posted a standout senior season with Summerville High School (SC) that saw him named South Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year, while Johnson finished his senior season with Oxford High School (AL). May was named Third-Team All-American and All-Pac-12 First Team with a 7-1 record and a 3.05 ERA (25 ER/73.2 IP) in 14 starts for the Beavers last season.
Miami¡¯s first selection on Day 2 was 2B Gage Miller from the University of Alabama in the third round (92nd overall), who is ranked as the 68th-best prospect per MLB Pipeline after batting .381 (83x218) with 12 doubles, two triples, 18 home runs, 56 RBI, and 27 walks in 55 games. He was named Second-Team All-American by Perfect Game and All-Southeast Regional Second Team after a standout junior season.
Of Miami¡¯s 10 selections on Day 3, eight came from the collegiate ranks, highlighted by RHP Jake Faherty out of the University of Arkansas with the 334th overall pick in the 11th round. Faherty, 21, compiled a 1.84 ERA (3 ER/14.2 IP) with 26 strikeouts against six walks over 16 relief appearances for the Razorbacks last season.
Other Day 3 selections include C Connor Caskenette from Purdue University, SS Cody Schrier from UCLA, SS Cam Clayton from the University of Washington, C Coen Niclai from Service High School in Anchorage, Alaska, 1B Eric Rataczak from Niagara University, OF Micah McDowell from Oregon State University, LHP Nate Payne from Central Dauphin High School in Harrisburg, Pa., RHP Luke Lashutka from St. Leo University, and RHP Chase Centala from the University of Central Florida.