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First Overall Draft Picks 1965 - 2011

Year Name School Team Bonus
2011 Gerrit Cole RHP, UCLA Pittsburgh 8,000,000
2010 Bryce Harper C - OF, Southern Nevada Washington 6,250,000
2009 Stephen Strausburg RHP, San Diego State Washington 7,500,500
2008 Timothy Beckham SS, Griffin, GA HS Tampa Bay 6,150,000
2007 David Price RHP, Vanderbilt Tampa Bay 5,600,000
2006 Luke Hochevar LHP, Fort Worth (Ind.) Kansas City 3,500,000
2005 Justin Upton SS, Great Bridge, VA HS Arizona 6,100,000
2004 Matt Bush SS, Mission Bay, California HS San Diego 3,100,000
2003 Delmon Young OF, Camarillo, California HS Devil Rays 3,700,000
2002 Bryan Bullington RHP, Ball State University Pittsburgh 4,000,000
2001 Joseph Mauer C,  Cretin HS, St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota 5,150,000
2000 Adrian Gonzalez 1B, Eastlake HS, Bonita, California Florida 3,000,000
1999 Josh Hamilton OF, Athens Drive HS, Raleigh, N.C. Devil Rays 3,960,000
1998 Pat Burrell 3B, Miami (Fla.) Phillies 3,015,000
1997 Matt Anderson RHP, Rice University Tigers 2,500,000
1996 Kris Benson RHP, Clemson Pirates 2,000,000
1995 Darin Erstad OF, Nebraska Angels 1,575,000
1994 Paul Wilson RHP, Florida State Mets 1,550,000
1993 Alex Rodriguez SS, Westminster Christian HS, Miami Mariners 1,000,000
1992 Phil Nevin 3B, Cal-State Fullerton Astros 750,000
1991 Brien Taylor LHP, E. Cateret HS, Beaufort, N.C Yankees 1,550,000
1990 Chipper Jones SS, The Bolles School, Jacksonville, Fla. Braves 275,000
1989 Ben McDonald RHP, LSU Orioles 350,000
1988 Andy Benes RHP, Evansville Padres 235,000
1987 Ken Griffey, Jr. OF, Moeller HS, Cincinnati Mariners 169,000
1986 Jeff King 3B, Arkansas Pirates 160,000
1985 B.J. Surhoff C, North Carolina Brewers 150,000
1984 Shawn Abner OF, Mechanicsburg (Pa.) HS Mets 150,000
1983 Tim Belcher RHP, Mt. Vernon Nazarene Coll. Twins Did not sign
1982 Shawon Dunston SS, Jefferson HS, New York Cubs 100,000
1981 Mike Moore RHP, Oral Roberts Mariners 100,000
1980 Darryl Strawberry OF, Crenshaw HS, Los Angeles Mets 210,000
1979 Al Chambers OF, Harris HS, Harrisburg, Pa. Mariners 60,000
1978 Bob Horner 3B, Arizona State Braves 175,000
1977 Harold Baines OF, St. Michaels (Md.) HS White Sox 40,000
1976 Floyd Bannister LHP, Arizona State Astros 100,000
1975 Danny Goodwin C, Southern Univ. Angles 125,000
1974 Bill Almon SS, Brown Univ. Padres 90,000
1973 David Clyde LHP, Westchester, HS, Houston Rangers 125,000
1972 Dave Roberts 3B, Oregon Padres 60,000
1971 Danny Goodwin C, Central HS, Peoria, Ill. White Sox Did not sign
1970 Mike Ivie C, Walker HS, Decatur, Ga. Padres 80,000
1969 Jeff Burroughs OF, Wilson HS, Long Beach, Calif. Senators 88,000
1968 Tim Foli SS, Notre Dame HS, Sherman Oaks, Calif. Mets 75,000
1967 Ron Bloomberg 1B, Druid Hills HS, Atlanta Yankees 75,000
1966 Steve Chilcott C, Antelope Valley HS, Lancaster, Calif. Mets 75,000
1965 Rick Monday OF, Arizona State Athletics 104,000

2011 First Round Picks
First-round selections in major league baseball's 2011 First-Year Player draft
June 9, 2011

Round 1

1 -- Pittsburgh, Gerrit Cole, RHP, UCLA
2 -- Seattle, Danny Hultzen, LHP, Virginia
3 -- Arizona, Trevor Bauer, RHP, UCLA
4 -- Baltimore, Dylan Bundy, RHP, Owasso (Okla.) HS
5 -- Kansas City, Bubba Starling, OF, Gardner-Edgerton HS (Kan.)
6 -- Washington, Anthony Rendon, 3B, Rice
7 -- Arizona, Archie Bradley, RHP, Broken Arrow (Okla.) Senior HS
8 -- Cleveland, Francisco Lindor, SS, Montverde (Fla.) Academy
9 -- Chicago Cubs, Javier Baez, SS, Arlington Country Day School, Jacksonville, Fla.
10 -- San Diego, Corey Spangenberg, 2B, Indian River State College
11 -- Houston, George Springer, OF, Connecticut
12 -- Milwaukee, Taylor Jungmann, RHP, Texas
13 -- NY Mets, Brandon Nimmo, OF, Cheyenne (Wyo.) East HS
14 -- Florida, Jose Fernandez, RHP, Braulio Alonso, HS, Tampa, Fla.
15 -- Milwaukee, Jed Bradley, LHP, Georgia Tech
16 -- LA Dodgers, Chris Reed, LHP, Stanford
17 -- LA Angels, C.J. Cron, 1B, Utah
18 -- Oakland, Sonny Gray, RHP, Vanderbilt
19 -- Boston (from Detroit), Matt Barnes, RHP, Connecticut
20 -- Colorado, Tyler Anderson, LHP, Oregon
21 -- Toronto, Tyler Beede, RHP, Lawrence Academy, Auburn, Mass.
22 -- St. Louis, Kolten Wong, 2B, Hawaii
23 -- Washington (from Chicago-AL), Alex Meyer, RHP, Kentucky
24 -- Tampa Bay (from Boston), Taylor Guerrieri, RHP, Spring Valley HS, Columbia, SC
25 -- San Diego, Joe Ross, RHP, Bishop O'Dowd HS, Oakland
26 -- Boston (from Texas), Blake Swihart, C, V. Sue Cleveland HS, Rio Rancho, NM
27 -- Cincinnati, Robert Stephenson, RHP, Alhambra HS, Martinez, Calif.
28 -- Atlanta, Sean Gilmartin, LHP, Florida State
29 -- San Francisco, Joe Panik, SS, St. John's
30 -- Minnesota, Levi Michael, SS, North Carolina
31 -- Tampa Bay (from New York-AL), Mikie Mahtook, OF, LSU.
32 -- Tampa Bay, Jake Hager, SS, Sierra Vista HS, Las Vegas
33 -- Texas (from Philadelphia), Kevin Matthews, LHP, Richmond Hill (Ga.) HS

Comp Round A

34 -- Washington, Brian Goodwin, OF, Miami Dade CC
35 -- Toronto, Jacob Anderson, OF, Chino (Calif.) HS
36 -- Boston, Henry Owens, LHP, Edison HS, Huntington Beach, Calif.
37 -- Texas, Zach Cone, OF, Georgia
38 -- Tampa Bay, Brandon Martin, SS, Santiago HS, Corona, Calif.
39 -- Philadelphia, Larry Greene, OF, Berrien County HS, Nashville, Ga.
40 -- Boston, Jackie Bradley Jr., OF, South Carolina
41 -- Tampa Bay, Tyler Goeddel, 3B, St. Francis HS, Mountan View, Calif.
42 -- Tampa Bay, Jeff Ames, RHP, Lower Columbia College
43 -- Arizona, Andrew Chafin, LHP, Kent State
44 -- NY Mets, Michael Fulmer, RHP, Deer Creek HS, Edmond, Okla.
45 -- Colorado, Trevor Story, SS, Irving (Texas) HS
46 -- Toronto, Joe Musgrove, RHP, Grossmont HS, El Cajon, Calif.
47 -- Chicago White Sox, Keenyn Walker, OF, Central Arizona CC
48 -- San Diego, Michael Kelly, RHP, West Boca Raton (Fla.) HS
49 -- San Francisco, Kyle Crick, RHP, Sherman (Texas), HS
50 -- Minnesota, Travis Harrison, 3B, Tustin (Calif.) HS
51 -- NY Yankees, Dante Bichette, 3B, Orangewood Christian HS, Maitland, Fla.
52 -- Tampa Bay, Blake Snell, LHP, Shorewood HS, Shoreline, Wash.
53 -- Toronto, Dwight Smith, OF, McIntosh HS, Peachtree City, Ga.
54 -- San Diego, Brett Austin, C, Providence HS, Charlotte, NC
55 -- Minnesota, Hudson Boyd, RHP, Bishop Verot HS, Fort Myers, Fla.
56 -- Tampa Bay, Kes Carter, OF, Western Kentucky
57 -- Toronto, Kevin Comer, RHP, Seneca HS, Tabernacle, NJ
58 -- San Diego, Jace Peterson, SS, McNeese State
59 -- Tampa Bay, Grayson Garvin, LHP, Vanderbilt
60 -- Tampa Bay, James Harris Jr., OF, Oakland (Calif.) Technical HS

Round 2

61 -- Pittsburgh, Josh Bell, RF, Jesuit College Prep, Irving, Texas
62 -- Seattle, Bradley Miller, SS, Clemson
63 -- Arizona, Anthony Meo, RHP, Coastal Carolina
64 -- Baltimore, Jason Esposito, 3B, Vanderbilt
65 -- Kansas City, Cameron Gallagher, C, Manheim Township HS, Lancaster, Pa.
66 -- Philadelphia, Roman Quinn, SS, Port St. Joe (Fla.) HS
67 -- Cleveland, Dillon Howard, RHP, Searcy (Ark.) HS
68 -- Chicago Cubs, Daniel Vogelbach, 1B, Bishop Verot HS, North Fort Myers, Fla.
69 -- Houston, Adrian Houser, RHP, Locust Grove (Okla.) HS
70 -- Milwaukee, Jorge Lopez, RHP, Caguas Military Academy, Cayey, PR
71 -- NY Mets, Cory Mazzoni, RHP, North Carolina State72 -- Florida, Adam Conley, LHP, Washington State
73 -- LA Dodgers, Alex Santana, 3B, Mariner HS, Cape Coral, Fla.
74 -- Toronto, Daniel Norris, LHP, Science Hill HS, Johnson City, Tenn.
75 -- Tampa Bay, Granden Goetzman, CF, Palmetto (Fla.) HS
76 -- Detroit, James McCann, C, Arkansas
77 -- Colorado, Carl Thomore, RF, East Brunswick (NJ) HS
78 -- Toronto, Jeremy Gabryszwski, RHP, Crosby (Texas) HS
79 -- St. Louis, Charlie Tilson, CF, New Trier HS, Wilmette, Ill.
80 -- Chicago White Sox, Erik Johnson, RHP, California
81 -- Boston, Williams Jerez, CF, Grand Street Campus, Brooklyn, NY
82 -- San Diego, Austin Hedges, C, Junipero Serra HS, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
83 -- Texas, Will Lamb, LHP, Clemson
84 -- Cincinnati, Gabriel Rosa, CF, Colegio Hector Urdaneta, Rio Grande, PR
85 -- Atlanta, Nick Ahmed, SS, Connecticut
86 -- San Francisco, Andrew Susac, C, Oregon State
87 -- Minnesota, Madison Boer, RHP, Oregon
88 -- NY Yankees, Sam Stafford, LHP, Texas
89 -- Tampa Bay, Lenny Linsky, RHP, Hawaii
90 -- Philadelphia, Harold Martinez, 3B, Miami

Round 3

91 -- Pittsburgh, Alex Dickerson, 1B, Indiana
92 -- Seattle, Kevin Cron, 1B, Mountain Pointe HS, Phoenix
93 -- Arizona, Justin Bianco, CF, Peters Township HS, Venetia, Pa.
94 -- Baltimore, Mike Wright, RHP, East Carolina
95 -- Kansas City, Bryan Brickhouse, RHP, The Woodlands (Texas) HS
96 -- Washington, Matt Purke, LHP, TCU
97 -- Cleveland, Jake Sisco, RHP, Merced
98 -- Chicago Cubs, Ezekiel DeVoss, CF, Miami
99 -- Houston, Jack Armstrong, RHP, Vanderbilt
100 -- Milwaukee, Andrew Gagnon, RHP, Long Beach State
101 -- NY Mets, Logan Verrett, RHP, Baylor
102 -- Florida, Conner Barron, SS, Sumrall HS, Hattiesburg, Miss.
103 -- LA Dodgers, Pratt Maynard, C, North Carolina State
104 -- LA Angels, Nick Maronde, LHP, Florida
105 -- Oakland, B.A. Vollmuth, 3B, Southern Mississippi
106 -- Detroit, Aaron Westlake, 1B, Vanderbilt
107 -- Colorado, Peter O'Brien, C, Bethune-Cookman
108 -- Toronto, John Stilson, RHP, Texas A&M
109 -- St. Louis, C.J. McElroy, CF, Clear Creek HS, League City, Texas
110 -- Chicago White Sox, Jeff Soptic, RHP, Johnson County CC
111 -- Boston, Jordan Weems, C, Columbus (Ga.) HS
112 -- San Diego, Matt Andriese, RHP, UC Riverside
113 -- Texas, Kyle Castro, RHP, Pleasant Grove HS, Elk Grove, Calif.
114 -- Cincinnati, Anthony Cingrani, LHP, Rice
115 -- Atlanta, Kyle Kubitza, 3B, Texas State
116 -- San Francisco, Ricky Oropesa, 1B, Southern California
117 -- Minnesota, Corey Williams, LHP, Vanderbilt
118 -- NY Yankees, Jordan Cote, RHP, Winnisquam Regional HS, Sanbornton, NH
119 -- Tampa Bay, Johnny Eierman, SS, Warsaw (Mo.) HS
120 -- Philadelphia, Adam Morgan, LHP, Alabama

Comp Round B

121 -- Seattle, Carter Capps, RHP, Mount Olive


2010 First Round Picks
First-round selections in major league baseball's 2010 First-Year Player draft
June 7, 2010

1. Washington Nationals
Bryce Harper, OF, College of Southern Nevada

2. Pittsburgh Pirates
Jameson Taillon, RHP, The Woodlands (Texas) HS

3. Baltimore Orioles
Manny Machado, SS, Brito Private, Miami, Fla

4. Kansas City Royals
Christian Colon, SS, Cal State Fullerton

5. Cleveland Indians
Drew Pomeranz, LHP, Ole Miss

6. Arizona Diamondbacks
Barrett Loux, RHP, Texas A&M

7. New York Mets
Matt Harvey, RHP, North Carolina

8. Houston Astros
Delino DeShields Jr., CF, Woodward Academy, College Park, Ga.

9. San Diego Padres
Karsten Whitson, RHP, Chipley (Fla.) HS

10. Oakland Athletics
Michael Choice, OF, Texas-Arlington

11. Toronto Blue Jays
Deck McGuire, RHP, Georgia Tech

12. Cincinnati Reds
Yasmani Grandal, C, Miami

13. Chicago White Sox
Chris Sale, LHP, Florida Gulf Coast University

14. Milwaukee Brewers
Dylan Covey, RHP, Maranatha HS, Pasadena, Calif.

15. Texas Rangers  (for unsigned 2009 draft pick Matt Purke)
Jake Skole, OF, Blessed Trinity HS, Roswell, Ga.

16. Chicago Cubs
Hayden Simpson, RHP, Southern Arkansas University

17. Tampa Bay Rays
Josh Sale, OF, Bishop Blanchet HS, Seattle, Wash.

18. Los Angeles Angels  (for Type A free agent Chone Figgins (Seattle))
Kaleb Cowart, SS, Cook County HS, Adel, Ga.

19. Houston Astros  (for Type A free agent Jose Valverde (Detroit))
Mike Foltynewicz, RHP, Minooka (Ill.) Community HS

20. Boston Red Sox  (for Type A free agent Billy Wagner (Atlanta))
Kolbrin Vitek, 2B, Ball State

21. Minnesota Twins
Alex Wimmers, RHP, Ohio State

22. Texas Rangers
Kellin Deglan, C, Langley HS, B.C., Canada

23. Florida Marlins
Christian Yelich, OF, Westlake HS, Westlake Village, Calif.

24. San Francisco Giants
Gary Brown, CF, Cal State Fullerton

25. St. Louis Cardinals
Zack Cox, 3B, Arkansas

26. Colorado Rockies
Kyle Parker, OF, Clemson

27. Philadelphia Phillies
Jesse Biddle, LHP, Germantown Friends HS, Philadelphia, Pa.

28. Los Angeles Dodgers
Zach Lee, RHP, McKinney (Texas) HS

29. Los Angeles Angels  (for Type A free agent John Lackey (Boston))
Cam Bedrosian, RHP, East Coweta HS, Sharpsburg, Ga.

30. Los Angeles Angels
Chevez Clarke, CF, Marietta (Ga.) HS

31. Tampa Bay Rays  (for unsigned 2009 draft pick LeVon Washington)
Justin O'Conner, C, Cowen HS, Muncie, Ind.

32. New York Yankees
Cito Culver, SS, Irondequoit HS, Rochester, N.Y.

Comp Round A

33. Houston Astros  (for Type A free agent Jose Valverdee (Detroit))
Michael Kvasnicka, C, Minnesota

34. Toronto Blue Jays  (for Type A free agent Marco Scutaro (Boston))
Aaron Sanchez,RHP, Barstow (Calif.) HSS

35. Atlanta Braves  (for Type A free agent Mike Gonzalez (Baltimore))
Matthew Lipka, SS, McKinney (Texas) HS

36. Boston Red Sox  (for Type A free agent Jason Bay (New York Mets))
Bryce Brentz, OF, Middle Tennessee State

37. Los Angeles Angels  (for Type A free agent John Lackey (Boston))
Taylor Lindsey, SS, Desert Mountain HS, Scottsdale, Ariz.

38. Toronto Blue Jays  (for unsigned 2009 draft pick James Paxton)
Noah Syndergaard, RHP, Legacy HS, Mansfield, Texas

39. Boston Red Sox  (for Type A free agent Billy Wagner (Atlanta))
Anthony Ranaudo, RHP, LSU

40. Los Angeles Angels  (for Type A free agent Chone Figgins (Seattle))
Ryan Bolden, OF Madison (Miss.) Central HS

41. Toronto Blue Jays  (for Type B free agent Rod Barajas (New York Mets))
Asher Wojciechowski, RHP, The Citadel

42. Tampa Bay Rays  (for Type B free agent Gregg Zaun (Milwaukee))
Drew Vettleson, RHP, Central Kitsap HS, Silverdale, Wash.

43. Seattle Mariners  (for Type B free agent Adrian Beltre (Boston))
Taijuan Walker, Yucaipa (Calif.) HS
44. Detroit Tigers  (for Type B free agent Brandon Lyon (Houston))
Nick Castellanos, 3B, Archbishop McCarthy HS, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

45. Texas Rangers  (for Type B free agent Marlon Byrd (Chicago Cubs))
Luke Jackson, RHP Calvary Christian, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

46. St. Louis Cardinals  (for Type B free agent Mark DeRosa (San Francisco))
Seth Blair, RHP, Arizona State

47. Colorado Rockies  (for Type B free agent Jason Marquis (Washington))
Peter Tago, RHP, Dana Hills HS, Dana Point, Calif.

48. Detroit Tigers  (for Type B free agent Fernando Rodney (Los Angeles Angels))
Chance Ruffin, RHP, Texas

49. Texas Rangers (for Type B free agent Ivan Rodriguez (Washington))
Mike Olt, 3B, Connecticut

50. St. Louis Cardinals  (for Type B free agent Joel Pineiro (Los Angeles Angels))
Tyrell Jenkins, RHP, Henderson (Texas) HS

2010 Second Round

51. Washington Nationals
Sammy Solis, LHP, San Diego Calif.

52. Pittsburgh Pirates
Stetson Allie, RHP, St. Edward HS, Lakewood, Ohio

53. Atlanta Braves
Todd Cunningham ,3B, Jacksonville State, Ala.

54. Kansas City Royals
Brett Eibner, RHP, Arkansas, Texas

55. Cleveland Indians
LeVon Washington, OF, Chipola (Fla.), JC

56. Arizona Diamondbacks
J.R. Bradley, RHP, Nitro (W.Va.) HS

57. Boston Red Sox
Brandon Workman, RHP, Texas

58. Houston Astros
Vincent Velasquez, RHP, Garey (Calif.) HS

59. San Diego Padres
Jedd Gyorko ,2B ,West Virginia

60. Oakland Athletics
Yordy Cabrera, 3B, Lakeland (Fla.) HS

61. Toronto Blue Jays
Griffin Murphy, LHP, Redlands (Calif.) East Valley HS, Calif.

62. Cincinnati Reds
Ryan LaMarre ,OF, Michigan

63. Chicago White Sox
Jake Petricka, RHP, Indiana State

64. Milwaukee Brewers
Jimmy Nelson, RHP, Alabama

65. Chicago Cubs
Reggie Golden, OF, Wetumpka (Ala.) HS, Ala.

66. Tampa Bay Rays
Jake Thompson, RHP, Long Beach State, Calif.

67. Seattle Mariners
Marcus Littlewood, SS, Pine View HS, St. George, Utah

68. Detroit Tigers
Drew Smyly, LHP, Arkansas

69. Toronto Blue Jays
Kellen Sweeney ,3B, Jefferson HS, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

70. Atlanta Braves
Andrelton Simmon,s RHP, Western Oklahoma State JC, Okla.

71. Minnesota Twins
Niko Goodrum ,SS, Fayette County HS, Fayetteville, Ga.

72. Texas Rangers
Cody Buckel ,RHP ,Royal HS, Simi Valley, Calif.

73. Florida Marlins
Rob Rasmussen, LHP, UCLA, Calif.

74. San Francisco Giants
Jarrett Parker, OF, Virginia

75. St. Louis Cardinals
Jordan Swagerty ,RHP/C ,Arizona State

76. Colorado Rockies
Chad Bettis, RHP, Texas Tech

77. Philadelphia Phillies
Perci Garner, RHP, Ball State, Ind.

78. Los Angeles Dodgers
Ralston Cash, RHP, Lakeview Academy, Cornelia, Ga

79. Tampa Bay Rays
Derek Dietrich, 3B, Georgia Tech

80. Toronto Blue Jays
Justin Nicolino ,RHP, University HS, Orlando, Fla.

81. Los Angeles Angels
Daniel Tillman ,RHP ,Florida ,Southern Fla.

82. New York Yankees
Angelo Gumbs, OF, Torrance (Calif.) HS

2010 Third Round

83. Washington Nationals
Rick Hague, SS ,Rice ,Texas

 84. Pittsburgh Pirates
Mel Rojas, Jr., CF, Wabash Valley (Ill.) CC

85. Baltimore Orioles
Dan Klein, RHP, UCLA Calif.

86. Kansas City Royals
Mike Antonio, SS, George Washington

87. Cleveland Indians
Tony Wolters, SS, Rancho Buena Vista HS, Vista, Calif.

88. Arizona Diamondbacks
Robby Rowland, RHP, Cloverdale (Calif.) HS

89. New York Mets
Blake Forsythe, C, Tennessee

90. Houston Astros
Austin Wates, 2B, Virginia Tech

91. San Diego Padres
Zach Cates, RHP, Northeast Texas CC

92. Oakland Athletics
Aaron Shipman, OF, Brooks County HS, Quitman, Ga.

93. Toronto Blue Jays
Christopher Hawkins, 3B, North Gwinnett HS, Suwanee, Ga.

94. Cincinnati Reds
Devin Lohman, SS, Long Beach State, Calif.

95. Chicago White Sox
Addison Reed, RHP, San Diego State, Calif.

96. Milwaukee Brewers
Tyler Thornburg, RHP, Charleston Southern, S.C.

97. Chicago Cubs
Micah Gibbs, C, Louisiana State

98. Tampa Bay Rays
Ryan Brett, 2B, Highline HS, Burien, Wash.

99. Seattle Mariners
Ryan Stanek, RHP, Blue Valley HS, Stilwell, Kan.

100. Detroit Tigers
Robbie Brantly, OF, UC Riverside, Calif.

101. Atlanta Braves
Joe Leonard, 3B, Pittsburgh, Pa.

102. Minnesota Twins
Pat Dean, LHP, Boston College, Mass.

103. Texas Rangers
Jordan Akins, OF, Union Grove HS, McDonough, Ga.

104. Florida Marlins
J.T. Realmuto, SS, Albert HS, Midwest City, Okla.

105. San Francisco Giants
Carter Jurica, SS, Kansas State

106. St. Louis Cardinals
Sam Tuivailala, SS, Aragon HS, San Mateo, Calif.

107. Colorado Rockies
Joshua Rutledge, SS, Alabama

108. Philadelphia Phillies
Cameron Rupp, C, Texas

109. Los Angeles Dodgers
Leon Landry, OF, Louisiana State

110. Boston Red Sox
Sean Coyle, SS ,Germantown Academy, Fort Washington, Pa.

111. Los Angeles Angels
Wendell Soto, SS, Riverview HS, Sarasota, Fla.

112. New York Yankees
Robert Segedin ,3B, Tulane, La.

Official Draft Rules

The Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft is held every year in June by conference call among the 30 Major League Clubs. The Clubs take turns selecting players in reverse order of their won-loss records at the close of the previous regular season, with National and American League Clubs alternating selections. The Draft will conclude at the end of the 50th round (or earlier, if each Club declines to continue making selections). A National League Club selects first in even-numbered years, and an American League Club selects first in odd-numbered years. The Pittsburgh Pirates selected first in 2002.

The Major League Rules govern which players are eligible for selection in the Draft. These Rules are detailed, but the basic eligibility criteria can be described as follows: Generally, a player is eligible for selection if the player is a resident of the United States or Canada and the player has never before signed a Major League or Minor League contract. Residents of Puerto Rico and other territories of the United States are eligible for the Draft. Also considered residents are players who enroll in a high school or college in the United States, regardless of where they are from originally.

Certain groups of players are ineligible for selection, generally because they are still in school. The basic categories of players eligible to be drafted are:

A Club generally retains the rights to sign a selected player until one week prior to the next Draft, or until the player enters, or returns to, a four-year college on a full-time basis. A selected player who enters a junior college cannot be signed until the conclusion of the school's baseball season. A player who is drafted and does not sign with the Club that selected him may be drafted again at a future year's Draft, so long as the player is eligible for that year's Draft. A Club may not select a player again in a subsequent year, unless the player has consented to the re-selection.

A player who is eligible to be selected and is passed over by every Club becomes a free agent and may sign with any Club, up until one week before the next Draft, or until the player enters, or returns to, a four-year college full-time or enters, or returns to, a junior college. In the one-week period before any Draft, which is called the "closed period," the general rule is that no Club may sign a new player.

This description is a general one and the Major League Rules themselves, not this summary, govern eligibility issues. Players and coaches with questions about particular players are referred to the Baseball Operations Department at the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball.

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