MLB - 2008 Draft First-Round Selections
Below are the first-round selections for the 2008 MLB draft, which began June 5, 2008.
Teams picked in reverse order of their 2007 winning percentage. Ties are broken by using the winning percentage from 2006 season.
Rated free agents who are offered arbitration by their former clubs yield compensation draft picks when they sign major league contracts with new teams. A club losing a Type A free agent (rated in the top 20 percent at his position, as determined by a statistical rating compiled by the Elias Sports Bureau) gets the signing team’s first-round pick as well as a supplemental first-rounder. Choices in the top half of the first round are protected, so if the signing club picks that early, it loses its second-rounder instead. A team losing a Type B free agent (rated in the 21-40 percent bracket at his position) receives a supplemental first-round pick.
Additionally, teams that fail to sign players selected in the first three rounds of the draft get a compensation choice in the following draft. Unsigned players in the first two rounds yield a pick after the equivalent choice. Unsigned third-rounders result in a supplemental third-round pick.
First Round Selection Order
1. Tampa Bay Rays - Tim Beckham, SS, Griffin HS
2. Pittsburgh Pirates - Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Vanderbilt
3. Kansas City Royals - Eric Hosmer, 1B, American Heritage HS
4. Baltimore Orioles - Brian Matusz, LHP, San Diego
5. San Francisco Giants - Buster Posey, C, Florida State
6. Florida Marlins - Kyle Skipworth, C, Patriot HS
7. Cincinnati Reds - Yonder Alonso, 1B, Miami
8. Chicago White Sox - Gordon Beckham, SS, Georgia
9. Washington Nationals - Aaron Crow, RHP, Missouri
10. Houston Astros - Jason Castro, C, Stanford
11. Texas Rangers - Justin Smoak, 1B, South Carolina
12. Oakland Athletics - Jemile Weeks, 2B, Miami
13. St. Louis Cardinals - Brett Wallace, 1B/3B, Arizona State
14. Minnesota Twins - Aaron Hicks, OF, Woodrow Wilson HS
15. Los Angeles Dodgers - Ethan Martin, RHP/3B, Stephens County HS
16. Milwaukee Brewers - Brett Lawrie, C, Brookswood HS
17. Toronto Blue Jays - David Cooper, 1B, California
18. New York Mets - Ike Davis, 1B, Arizona State
19. Chicago Cubs - Andrew Cashner, RHP, Texas Christian
20. Seattle Mariners - Josh Fields, RHP, Georgia
21. Detroit Tigers - Ryan Perry, RHP, Arizona
22. New York Mets - Reese Havens, SS, South Carolina
23. San Diego Padres - Allan Dykstra, 1B, Wake Forest
24. Philadelphia Phillies - Anthony Hewitt, SS, Salisbury Prep
25. Colorado Rockies - Christian Friedrich, LHP, Eastern Kentucky
26. Arizona Diamondbacks - Daniel Schlereth, LHP, Arizona
27. Minnesota Twins - Carlos Gutierrez, RHP, Miami
28. New York Yankees - Gerrit Cole, RHP, Orange Lutheran HS
29. Cleveland Indians - Lonnie Chisenhall, SS, Pitt CC
30. Boston Red Sox - Casey Kelly, SS, Sarasota HS
