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Colorado Rockies Select Georgia OF Charlie Condon in 1st Round of 2024 MLB Draft

Charlie Condon won the Golden Spikes Award and SEC Player of the Year with Georgia this spring, and now he is set to join the Colorado Rockies' farm system.
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Georgia's first baseman Charlie Condon (24) with a home run on the Gators, Friday, April 14, 2023, at Condron Family Baseball Park in Gainesville, Florida. The Gators lost Game 1 of the weekend series to the Bulldogs 13-11.
Georgia's first baseman Charlie Condon (24) with a home run on the Gators, Friday, April 14, 2023, at Condron Family Baseball Park in Gainesville, Florida. The Gators lost Game 1 of the weekend series to the Bulldogs 13-11. | Cyndi Chambers / USA TODAY NETWORK

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The Colorado Rockies selected University of Georgia outfielder Charlie Condon with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft on Sunday.

MLB.com had Condon ranked as the No. 2 prospect in this year's draft pool. The former walk-on spent three seasons in Athens, slowly becoming one of the most dangerous hitters in the nation.

Condon redshirted the 2022 campaign, then earned unanimous National Freshman of the Year honors in 2023. He swept the national honors in 2024, most notably winning SEC Player of the Year and the Golden Spikes Award.

In 116 games of NCAA action, Condon hit .410 with a 1.433 OPS. He racked up 181 hits, 62 home runs, 145 RBI and 401 total bases, breaking countless records in the process.

Condon recorded more walks than strikeouts in his collegiate career, drawing 90 bases on balls while striking out just 86 times.

The 6-foot-6 right-handed slugger is now the highest-drafted player in the history of Georgia Bulldogs baseball.

The Rockies have the second-largest bonus pool of any franchise this season at roughly $17.2 million. The No. 3 pick alone boasts a $9.1 million slot value, although it remains to be seen how much Condon signs for.

Colorado was tied with Oakland and Kansas City for the best odds to get the No. 1 overall pick, and it earned a higher selection than both teams at the lottery last December. That started the Rockies down the path towards Condon, who will immediately become one of the top prospects in their farm system.

The 21-year-old outfielder also has experience at first and third base.

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Sam Connon is a staff writer covering baseball for “Fastball on SI.’’ He previously covered UCLA Athletics for On SI’s All Bruins site, and is a UCLA graduate, with his work there as a sports columnist receiving awards from the College Media Association and Society of Professional Journalists. Connon also wrote for On SI’s New England Patriots site, Patriots Country, and he was on the Patriots and Boston Red Sox beats at Prime Time Sports Talk. Sam lives in Boston.

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