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The Detroit Tigers selected Harvard-Westlake School (Studio City, California) shortstop Bryce Rainer with the No. 11 overall pick in the 2024 MLB draft.
He is considered the best shortstop in the draft class.
Rainer, 19, hit .505 with four home runs, 28 walks and 14 strikeouts, stealing 17 bases in 18 attempts, across 127 plate appearances in 33 games as a senior in the 2024 season.
He also dominated as a pitcher in three of his four years in high school, including his senior campaign, but he will play shortstop with the Tigers.
It was like a dream coming true,” Rainer said. “I really don’t even know how to explain it.
It was probably one of the best, if not the best, phone calls I’ve ever received in my life.”
The Tigers have $11,921,800 to spend on their 21 draft picks in 2024, ranking 13th among the 30 teams.
The No. 11 overall pick, used on Rainer, comes with an MLB-determined bonus slot value of $5,712,100 (while the No. 1 overall pick features a $10,570,600 value).
Rainer, a Texas commit, expects to sign an over-slot deal with the Tigers, but he didn’t share the value of his bonus.
“You could definitely assume that,” Rainer said, when asked about agreeing to an over-slot deal. “Crazy things happened.
I got some phone calls. Not going to go into detail about what was discussed in those. But I would say, yeah, you could assume that.”
The 2024 draft is the second draft for president of baseball operations Scott Harris, assistant general manager Rob Metzler and scouting director Mark Conner, as well as the first draft for general manager Jeff Greenberg.
