{"id":80013,"date":"2024-07-15T11:00:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=80013"},"modified":"2025-09-16T11:08:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:08:35","slug":"2024-mlb-draft-picks-baseball-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/15\/2024-mlb-draft-picks-baseball-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 MLB First-Round Draft Picks With Baseball Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There was uncertainty going into <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/14\/2024-mlb-draft-tracker\/\" target=\"_self\">the 2024 MLB Draft<\/a>.\u00a0 No one knew who the #1 overall pick was going to be. Beat writers and pundits could speculate. Sports card companies could also speculate. Leaf, Onyx, Onit, Panini, and others <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">made sure to get<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> the rights to produce cards of these touted prospects before the draft.\u00a0 Here are the top 2024 MLB first-round draft picks with baseball cards.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>2024 MLB Draft Picks Who Have Baseball Cards<\/h2>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">#1 Pick Travis Bazzana, 2B, Cleveland Guardians<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=bazzan000tra&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Travis Bazzana<\/a>, the second baseman out of Oregon State, has <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.tcdb.com\/Person.cfm\/pid\/404645\/Travis-Bazzana\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over 300 cards<\/a> you can get your hands on. Leaf, Onyx, and Onit highlight the brands currently producing cards with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/11\/travis-bazzana-mlb-mock-draft\/\" target=\"_self\">Bazzana<\/a>, with Leaf producing the most. Some of these cards are 1\/1 that may never surface on the secondary market. To purchase a graded 1\/1 autographed card of the first-round pick, you will have to shell out upwards of $400 on eBay. If you want to go the non-graded route, there have been several auctions on eBay ending around $225. For the collectors out there <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">not<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> wanting to break the bank but still hoping to add Bazzana to their collection, there are plenty of cards in the $3 range.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We&#8217;re bananas for Bazzana. \ud83c\udf4c<\/p>\n<p>With the first pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, we have selected 2B Travis Bazzana from Oregon State.<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForTheLand?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ForTheLand<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pptQXhMQoq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/pptQXhMQoq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CleGuardians\/status\/1812626219730362611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">#2 Pick Chase Burns, RHP, Cincinnati Reds<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Reds went with the MLB Pipeline <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/07\/28\/chase-burns-draft-profile\/\" target=\"_self\">#6 overall prospect out of Wake Forest<\/a>. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=burns-008cha&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chase Burns<\/a> has <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.tcdb.com\/Person.cfm\/pid\/339716\/Chase-Burns\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">302 cards<\/a> to pick from. Many of these cards are from the 2020 Leaf Metal set. There are plenty of autographs and parallels to <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">pick<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> from. There is also a wide selection of Burns in Tennessee uniforms as well as the black and gold of Wake Forest. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Contrary to<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> the prices on Travis Bazzana, Burns is very affordable.\u00a0 There are plenty of certified autographs through Onyx that collectors can grab on eBay for around $12.\u00a0 An autographed card of Burns, numbered to \/3, just ended at $60 on eBay.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">#3 Pick Charlie Condon, OF\/1B, Colorado Rockies<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Despite absolutely raking this season with the Georgia Bulldogs, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=condon000cha&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charlie Condon<\/a> only has <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.tcdb.com\/Person.cfm\/pid\/436749\/Charlie-Condon\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">16 cards<\/a> to pick from currently.\u00a0 Because of the lack of supply, you will have to pay up to get a certified autograph of Condon. There are cheaper custom cards out there if you are into that. The cheapest autographed cards are made by Onyx and are going for $50 on the secondary market. If you want a low-numbered card, like this Onyx Vintage numbered to \/5, you <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">will have to<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> fork out $450.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">#4 Pick Nick Kurtz, 1B Oakland Athletics<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For those out there interested in building their Wake Forest or Oakland Athletics collection, you&#8217;re in luck. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=kurtz-000nic&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Kurtz<\/a> has <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.tcdb.com\/Person.cfm\/pid\/447860\/Nick-Kurtz\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">328 cards<\/a> assigned to his name on The Trading Card Database. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/04\/10\/nick-kurtz-mlb-draft-prospect\/\" target=\"_self\">Kurtz<\/a> signed several cards for the USA Baseball 14U team and Panini in 2018 if you are into that. His name and signature show up as Nicholas and look like a middle school kid&#8217;s autograph, but hey, that&#8217;s what it is. Onyx and Wild Card produced game-used and serial-numbered autographed cards of the slugging first baseman. You can pick up these cards for $50 and below on eBay.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nick is the pick! \ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n<p>With the 4th overall pick in the 2024 <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MLBDraft?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MLBDraft<\/a>, we have selected first baseman Nick Kurtz from Wake Forest University! <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dIGQwdoZ09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/dIGQwdoZ09<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oakland A&#8217;s (@Athletics) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Athletics\/status\/1812630589406945507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">#5 Pick Hagen Smith, LHP, Chicago White Sox<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">White Sox and Arkansas collectors will have to deal with a small supply of cards featuring <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=smith-000hag&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hagen Smith<\/a>.\u00a0 <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.tcdb.com\/Person.cfm\/pid\/394212\/Hagen-Smith\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Only 29 cards<\/a> are <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">in circulation<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, mostly from the collegiate brand, Onit. Despite the small selection, there is at least some diversity in Smith&#8217;s cards.\u00a0 Collectors can get memorabilia, autographs, and serial-numbered cards with their favorite Razorback. An autographed card will only cost you about $20.\u00a0 Not bad for a top-five pick.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">#6 Pick Jac Caglianone, 1B\/LHP, Kansas City Royals<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=caglia000jac&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jac Caglianone<\/a> was impressive in Omaha this season. Showing off his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/08\/08\/jac-caglianone-2024-draft\/\" target=\"_self\">two-way skills<\/a> as a pitcher and batter, the baseball community is curious to see if this will translate to the big leagues. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.tcdb.com\/Person.cfm\/pid\/340065\/Jac-Caglianone\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The majority of the southpaw&#8217;s cards<\/a> were distributed by Leaf in 2020. Many of those are numbered below \/5 and information on sales is limited. There are a lot of custom cards on eBay, however, and these can be scooped up for around $10.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With the sixth pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, we have selected 1B\/LHP Jac Caglianone from the University of Florida. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dumobb8IHl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Dumobb8IHl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kansas City Royals (@Royals) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Royals\/status\/1812633466384667007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">#7 Pick JJ Wetherholt, SS, St. Louis Cardinals<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/08\/09\/jj-wetherholt-draft-profile\/\" target=\"_self\">former West Virginia Mountaineer<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=wether000jj-&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JJ Wetherholt<\/a> comes in with just <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.tcdb.com\/Person.cfm\/pid\/404640\/JJ-Wetherholt\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over ten cards<\/a> in distribution. This number is off though, due to being part of the 2024 Panini Stars and Stripes set. This set was released earlier this month.\u00a0 If you <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">would like<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> the Kaboom SSP of Wetherholt, prepare to dish out about $150. Due to the small distribution of cards, the few Wetherholt autographs on the secondary market are around $45 and up.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">#8 Pick Christian Moore, 2B, Los Angeles Angels<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With the 8th overall pick, the Angels went with Volunteer second-baseman, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=moore-008chr&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christian Moore<\/a>. Like many<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0players on this list, the number of cards Moore has in distribution comes from playing on Team USA. Moore has <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.tcdb.com\/Person.cfm\/pid\/220028\/Christian-Moore\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over 100 cards<\/a> to choose from. A 1\/1 logo patch\/auto card of Moore&#8217;s went for $300 <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">back<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> in May. While that is a beautiful card, there are plenty of other autographs <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">to pick from<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> in the $30 range. Several parallels from Onit are very affordable for the rainbow collectors out there.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With the 8th pick in the 2024 <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MLBDraft?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MLBDraft<\/a>, we have selected INF Christian Moore from University of Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the Angels, Christian! <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ezinhKvd46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ezinhKvd46<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Angels\/status\/1812636096742015190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">#10 Pick Seaver King, SS, Washington Nationals<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With the 10th pick, the Nationals choose <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=king--000sea&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seaver King<\/a>, another Demon Deacon off the list. King didn&#8217;t receive the card treatment <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.tcdb.com\/Person.cfm\/pid\/447488\/Seaver-King\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">until 2024<\/a>.\u00a0 King was added to the Panini Stars and Stripes set and has a few Kaboom! cards on &#8220;the bay.&#8221; If you are willing to <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">pony up<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> a cool $100 you can get one. If autographs and parallels are your speed, you can find some from the same set for about $15.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Other Notable Selections of the 2024 MLB Draft with Baseball Cards<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=montgo002bra&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Braden Montgomery<\/a>, OF, Boston Red Sox &#8211; 2024 Panini Stars and Stripes autographs are $50 and up<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=cijntj000jur&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jurrangelo Cijntje<\/a>, RHP\/LHP, Seattle Mariners &#8211; 2021 Leaf autographs $35 and up<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=yesava000tre&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trey Yesavage<\/a>, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays &#8211; 2024 Panini Stars and Stripes autographs $8 and up<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Jordan Prather-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was uncertainty going into the 2024 MLB Draft.\u00a0 No one knew who the #1 overall pick was going to be. Beat writers and pundits could speculate. Sports card companies could also speculate. Leaf, Onyx, Onit, Panini, and others made sure to get the rights to produce cards of these touted prospects before the draft.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5131,"featured_media":80140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1071,29142,29143],"tags":[2416,28429,4938,28624,28623,6534,6536,1290,6502,28430],"class_list":["post-80013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-fan-culture","category-mlb-draft","tag-baseball-cards","tag-charlie-condon","tag-chase-burns","tag-christian-moore","tag-hagen-smith","tag-jac-caglianone","tag-jj-wetherholt","tag-mlb-draft","tag-nick-kurtz","tag-travis-bazzana"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107193,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80013\/revisions\/107193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}