Phillies' 2024 MLB Draft Guide and Top Prospects to Target

The Philadelphia Phillies have the No. 27 overall pick in the 2024 MLB draft, and it's the second year in a row that they will be picking in that spot.

Last year, they took prep slugger Aidan Miller out of J.W. Mitchell High School in Florida, and he has quickly emerged as one of the most promising young infielders in the minors, posting an .884 OPS in 39 games at Single-A to earn a quick promotion to High-A Jersey Shore.

Who might the Phillies be targeting this time around?

Ahead we've broken down three prospects who should be on the Phillies radar when their pick comes up in the 2024 MLB draft.

The state of Illinois has produced some solid high school pitching talent in recent years, including first-round picks Noah Schultz and Owen Murphy in 2022 and second-round pick Blake Wolters last year.

Ryan Sloan is the state's top prospect this spring, and solidified his status as one of the best prep arms in the class last summer when he showed swing-and-miss stuff against elite-level competition on the showcase circuit.

With a 6'5", 220-pound frame, an electric fastball that touches 99 mph with good late life, and two polished offspeed pitches, he has the potential to be an innings-eating rotation staple.

The prep shortstop class this spring is not nearly as deep as it was a year ago, but there are still some top-tier talents that fit that demographic, and outside of potential Top 10 pick Bryce Rainer and Konnor Griffin who might winds up in the outfield, Kellon Lindsey might be the best of the bunch.

After missing the showcase circuit last summer with an injury, he raised his stock as much as anyone with a strong showing this spring, showing a 55-hit, 75-speed offensive profile and the defensive tools to stick at shortstop.

The Phillies have seemingly found an impact player in 2023 first-round pick Aidan Miller, so that could help convince them to go the high school infielder route once again in this year's draft.

Someone toward the back end of the first round is going to roll the dice on Brody Brecht's tremendous upside.

Armed with two of the best individual pitches in the draft in a 70-grade fastball that bumps 101 mph and a lethal 70-grade slider that might be the best breaking pitch in the entire draft class, his stuff stacks up to any pitching prospect in baseball.

The question is command, and while that remains a work-in-progress, he did trim his walk rate from 18.4 to 14.2 percent while posting a 3.33 ERA and 128 strikeouts in 78.1 innings.

Also a wide receiver on the football team early in his college career, he is still raw on the mound compared to some of his collegiate counterparts, and with the right developmental plan he could develop into the best pitcher in this draft class.