When a team makes a pick at the top of the draft, it’s typically with the intent of selecting a franchise-altering player. We have seen plenty of players become the face of their respective franchises and put them on a course for success. How long that success carries varies from team to team but a top pick has a difficult responsibility for carrying the weight of an organization on his back.
As the Colorado Rockies made their first selection of the 2024 Draft, they selected Georgia slugger Charlie Condon as the third overall pick with the hope that he would be the franchise's new face, tasked with ushering in a new era of Rockies baseball.