June 5, 2008

 

Ten college players taken in first 13 picks of MLB Draft

 

There were 10 college players taken among the first 13 in the 2008 Major League Draft. Vanderbilt third baseman Pedro Alvarez was taken with the second pick by Pittsburgh. Brian Matusz, a left-hander from San Diego, was the first pitcher taken. He was selected with the four pick by Baltimore. Miami had two players taken among the first 12. First baseman Yonder Alonso was taken with the seventh pick by Cincinnati, while second baseman Jemile Weeks was picked 12th by Oakland. Arizona State had a pair picked in the first round. Third baseman Brett Wallace was taken by St. Louis at No. 13 and first baseman Ike Davis went at No. 18 to the New York Mets. Georgia also had two taken in the first round. Shortstop Gordon Beckham went No. 8 to the Chicago White Sox and reliever Joshua Fields went to Seattle at No. 20.

 

Rd. Pick Team Player School Pos.
1 1 Tampa Bay Tim Beckham Griffin (Ga.) HS SS
1 2 Pittsburgh Pedro Alvarez Vanderbilt 3B
1 3 Kansas City Eric Hosmer American Heritage (Fla.) HS 1B
1 4 Baltimore Brian Matusz San Diego LHP
1 5 San Francisco Buster Posey Florida State C
1 6 Florida Kyle Skipworth Patriot (Calif.) HS C
1 7 Cincinnati Yonder Alonso Miami (Fla.) 1B
1 8 Chicago WS Gordon Beckham Georgia SS
1 9 Washington Aaron Crow Missouri RHP
1 10 Houston Jason Castro Stanford C
1 11 Texas Justin Smoak South Carolina 1B
1 12 Oakland Jemile Weeks Miami (Fla.) 2B
1 13 St. Louis Brett Wallace Arizona State 3B
1 14 Minnesota Aaron Hicks Wilson (Calif.) HS OF
1 15 LA Dodgers Ethan Martin Stephens County (Ga.) HS RHP
1 16 Milwaukee Brett Lawrie Brookswood (Canada) SS C
1 17 Toronto David Cooper California 1B
1 18 NY Mets Ike Davis Arizona State 1B
1 19 Chicago Cubs Andrew Cashner TCU RHP
1 20 Seattle Joshua Fields Georgia RHP
1 21 Detroit Ryan Perry Arizona RHP
1 22 NY Mets Reese Havens South Carolina SS
1 23 San Diego Allan Dykstra Wake Forest 1B
1 24 Philadelphia Anthony Hewitt Salisbury School (Conn.) SS
1 25 Colorado Christian Friedrich Eastern Kentucky LHP
1 26 Arizona Daniel Schlereth Arizona LHP
1 27 Minnesota Carlos Gutierrez Miami (Fla.) RHP
1 28 NY Yankees Gerrit Cole Orange Lutheran (Calif.) HS RHP
1 29 Cleveland Lonnie Chisenhall Pitt CC (N.C.) SS
1 30 Boston Casey Kelly Sarasota (Fla.) HS SS
1 31 Minnesota Shooter Hunt Tulane RHP
1 32 Milwaukee Jacob Odorizzi Highland (Ill.) HS RHP
1 33 NY Mets Brad Holt UNC Wilmington RHP
1 34 Philadelphia Zachary Collier Chino Hills (Calif.) HS OF
1 35 Milwaukee Evan Frederickson San Francisco LHP
1 36 Kansas City Michael Montgomery Hart (Calif.) HS LHP
1 37 San Francisco Conor Gillaspie Wichita State 3B
1 38 Houston Jordan Lyles Hartsville (S.C.) HS RHP
1 39 St. Louis Lance Lynn Ole Miss RHP
1 40 Atlanta Brett DeVall Niceville (Fla.) HS LHP
1 41 Chicago Cubs Ryan Flaherty Vanderbilt SS
1 42 San Diego Jaff Dacker Sunrise Mountain (Ariz.) HS OF
1 43 Arizona Wade Miley Southeastern Louisiana LHP
1 44 NY Yankees Jeremy Bleich Stanford LHP
1 45 Boston Bryan Price Rice RHP
1 46 San Diego Logan Forsythe Arkansas 3B