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2008 MLB Draft

2008 MLB Draft - June 5th, 2009 through June 6th, 2008, in Orlando, Florida
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* = Junior; ** = Sophomore; *** = Freshman

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Round 1

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1 Tampa Bay Tim Beckham SS Griffin High School 6' 0" 188
2 Pittsburgh Pedro Alvarez* 3rd Vanderbilt 6' 2" 212
3 Kansas City Eric Hosmer 1B American Heritage School 6' 4" 215
4 Baltimore Brian Matusz* LHP San Diego 6' 4" 200
5 San Francisco Buster Posey* C Florida State 6' 1" 205
6 Miami Kyle Skipworth C Patriot High School 6' 3" 195
7 Cincinnati Yonder Alonso* 1B Miami 6' 2" 215
8 Chicago WS Gordon Beckham* SS Georgia 6' 0" 175
9 Washington Aaron Crow* RHP Missouri 6' 2" 205
10 Houston Jason Castro* C Stanford 6' 3" 210
11 Texas Justin Smoak* 1B South Carolina 6' 4" 220
12 Oakland Jemile Weeks* 2B Miami 5' 10" 175
13 St. Louis Brett Wallace* 3rd Arizona State 6' 2" 235
14 Minnesota Aaron Hicks OF Woodrow Wilson High School 6' 2" 170
15 LA Dodgers Ethan Martin RHP Stephens County High School 6' 2" 195
16 Milwaukee Brett Lawrie C United States 5' 11" 200
17 Toronto David Cooper* 1B Cal 6' 0" 175
18 NY Mets Trade Icon Issac Davis* 1B Arizona State 6' 4" 215
19 Chicago Cubs Andrew Cashner* RHP TCU 6' 5" 185
20 Seattle Joshua Fields RHP Georgia 6' 0" 180
21 Detroit Ryan Perry* RHP Arizona 6' 4" 200
22 NY Mets Reese Havens* SS South Carolina 6' 1" 195
23 San Diego Allan Dykstra* 1B Wake Forest 6' 5" 240
24 Philadelphia Anthony Hewitt SS Salisbury School 6' 1" 195
25 Colorado Christian Friedrich* LHP Eastern Kentucky 6' 3" 210
26 Arizona Daniel Schlereth LHP Arizona 6' 0" 210
27 Minnesota Trade Icon Carlos Gutierrez* RHP Miami 6' 3" 205
28 NY Yankees Gerrit Cole RHP UCLA 6' 4" 220
29 Cleveland Lonnie Chisenhall* SS Pitt CC 6' 1" 200
30 Boston Casey Kelly SS Sarasota High School 6' 3" 194
31
Special Pick Info Icon		 Minnesota Shooter Hunt* RHP Tulane 6' 3" 200
32
Special Pick Info Icon		 Milwaukee Jacob Odorizzi RHP Highland High School 6' 2" 175
33
Special Pick Info Icon		 NY Mets Brad Holt* RHP UNC-Wilmington 6' 4" 194
34
Special Pick Info Icon		 Philadelphia Zachary Collier OF Chino Hills High School 6' 2" 185
35
Special Pick Info Icon		 Milwaukee Evan Frederickson LHP San Francisco 6' 6" 238
36
Special Pick Info Icon		 Kansas City Michael Montgomery LHP Valencia High School 6' 5" 180
37
Special Pick Info Icon		 San Francisco Conor Gillaspie* 3rd Wichita State 6' 1" 195
38
Special Pick Info Icon		 Houston Jordan Lyles RHP Hartsville High School 6' 4" 185
39
Special Pick Info Icon		 St. Louis Lance Lynn* RHP Mississippi 6' 5" 250
40
Special Pick Info Icon		 Atlanta Brett DeVall LHP Niceville High School 6' 3" 215
41
Special Pick Info Icon		 Chicago Cubs Ryan Flaherty* SS Vanderbilt 6' 3" 200
42
Special Pick Info Icon		 San Diego Jaff Decker OF Sunrise Mountain High School 5' 10" 190
43
Special Pick Info Icon		 Arizona Wade Miley* LHP Southeastern Louisiana 6' 2" 195
44
Special Pick Info Icon		 NY Yankees Jeremy Bleich* LHP Stanford 6' 2" 190
45
Special Pick Info Icon		 Boston Bryan Price* RHP Rice 6' 4" 210
46
Special Pick Info Icon		 San Diego John Forsythe* 3rd Arkansas 6' 0" 195

Round 2

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47 Tampa Bay Kyle Lobstein LHP Coconino High School 6' 3" 200
48 Pittsburgh Tanner Scheppers* RHP Fresno State 6' 4" 195
49 Kansas City Johnny Giavotella* 2B New Orleans 5' 8" 185
50 Baltimore Xavier Avery OF Cedar Grove High School 5' 11" 180
51 Philadelphia Trade Icon Anthony Gose OF Bellflower High School 6' 1" 190
52 Miami Brad Hand LHP Chaska High School 6' 2" 185
53 Milwaukee Trade Icon Seth Lintz RHP Marshall Co High School 6' 1" 170
54 Milwaukee Trade Icon Cutter Dykstra OF Westlake High School 5' 11" 180
55 Washington Destin Hood OF St. Paul's Episcopal School 6' 1" 180
56 Houston Joseph Austin OF North Atlanta High School 5' 11" 170
57 Texas Robert Ross LHP Lexington Christian Academy 5' 11" 185
58 Oakland Tyson Ross* RHP Cal 6' 5" 215
59 St. Louis Shane Peterson* OF Long Beach State 6' 0" 195
60 Minnesota Tyler Ladendorf** SS Howard 5' 11" 190
61 LA Dodgers Josh Lindblom* RHP Purdue 6' 5" 240
62 Milwaukee Thomas Adams* RHP Southern Illinois 6' 2" 180
63 Toronto Kenneth Wilson OF United States 6' 0" 165
64 Atlanta Robert Stovall LHP Hokes Bluff High School 6' 1" 180
65 Chicago Cubs Aaron Shafer* RHP Wichita State 6' 5" 195
66 Seattle Dennis Raben* OF Miami 6' 3" 220
67 Detroit Cody Satterwhite* RHP Mississippi 6' 4" 205
68 NY Mets Javier Rodriguez OF Puerto Rico 6' 2" 165
69 San Diego James Darnell* 3rd South Carolina 6' 2" 195
70
Special Pick Info Icon		 Atlanta Ezekiel Spruill RHP Kell High School 6' 4" 184
71 Philadelphia Jason Knapp RHP North Hunterdon High School 6' 5" 225
72 Colorado Charles Blackmon OF Georgia Tech 6' 3" 200
73 Arizona Bryan Shaw* RHP Long Beach State 6' 1" 215
74 LA Angels Tyler Chatwood RHP Redlands East Valley High SCH 5' 11" 175
75 NY Yankees Joseph Bittle RHP Mississippi 6' 1" 190
76 Cleveland Curtis Haley RHP Central Heights High School 6' 3" 180
77 Boston Derrik Gibson SS Seaford High School 6' 1" 170

Round 3

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78 Tampa Bay Jacob Jefferies* C UC Davis 6' 2" 200
79 Pittsburgh Jordy Mercer* SS Oklahoma State 6' 3" 190
80 Kansas City Tyler Sample RHP Mullen High School 6' 7" 245
81 Baltimore Jerome Hoes 2B St. John's At Prospect Hall Sc 6' 1" 162
82 San Francisco Roger Kieschnick* OF Texas Tech 6' 3" 215
83 Miami Edgar Olmos LHP Birmingham High School 6' 5" 180
84 Cincinnati Zach Stewart* RHP Texas Tech 6' 2" 205
85
Special Pick Info Icon		 Boston Stephen Fife* RHP Utah 6' 3" 210
86 Chicago WS Brent Morel* 3rd Cal Poly 6' 1" 220
87 Washington Daniel Espinosa* SS Long Beach State 6' 0" 190
88 Houston Charles Davidson OF Milton High School 6' 5" 222
89 Texas Timothy Murphy* LHP UCLA 6' 2" 205
90 Oakland Preston Paramore* C Arizona State 6' 2" 205
91 St. Louis Ernest Vasquez SS Durango High School 5' 11" 175
92 Minnesota Robert Lanigan* RHP Adelphi 6' 4" 220
93 LA Dodgers Kyle Russell* OF Texas 6' 5" 190
94 Milwaukee Logan Schafer OF Cal Poly 6' 1" 170
95 Toronto Andrew Liebel RHP Long Beach State 6' 1" 195
96 Atlanta Craig Kimbrel** RHP Wallace State CC-Hanceville 5' 11" 205
97 Chicago Cubs Christopher Carpenter RHP Kent State 6' 4" 215
98 Seattle Aaron Pribanic* RHP Nebraska 6' 4" 200
99 Detroit Scott Green RHP Kentucky 6' 7" 240
100 Atlanta Trade Icon Kirk Nieuwenhius* OF Azusa Pacific 6' 3" 210
101 San Diego Blake Tekotte* OF Miami 5' 11" 180
102 Philadelphia Vance Worley* RHP Long Beach State 6' 2" 220
103 Colorado Aaron Weatherford* RHP Mississippi State 6' 1" 189
104 Arizona Kevin Eichhorn RHP Aptos High School 6' 0" 170
105 LA Angels Ryan Chaffee** RHP Chipola College 6' 2" 200
106 NY Yankees David Adams* 2B Virginia 6' 2" 205
107 Cleveland Cord Phelps* 2B Stanford 6' 2" 200
108 Boston Kyle Weiland RHP Notre Dame 6' 3" 180
109
Special Pick Info Icon		 Houston Ross Seaton RHP Second Baptist School 6' 4" 190
110
Special Pick Info Icon		 Philadelphia Jonathan Pettibone RHP Esperanza High School 6' 5" 200
111
Special Pick Info Icon		 San Diego Swain Carroll OF Kentucky 6' 4" 215
112
Special Pick Info Icon		 LA Angels Zachary Cone OF Parkview High School 6' 2" 200

Round 4

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113 Tampa Bay Christopher Morrison OF Tigard High School 6' 2" 170
114 Pittsburgh Chase D'Arnaud* SS Pepperdine 6' 2" 200
115 Kansas City Tim Melville RHP Wentzville Holt Sr High School 6' 5" 210
116 Baltimore Kyle Hudson* OF Illinois 5' 11" 175
117 San Francisco Brandon Crawford* SS UCLA 6' 2" 200
118 Miami Curtis Peterson RHP Billy Ryan High School 6' 3" 180
119 Cincinnati Tyler Cline RHP Cass High School 6' 2" 220
120 Chicago WS Andrew O'Neil RHP Penn State 6' 3" 200
121 Washington Graham Hicks LHP George Jenkins High School 6' 5" 170
122 Houston T.J. Steele* OF Arizona 6' 3" 215
123 Texas Joseph Wieland RHP Bishop Manogue High School 6' 3" 175
124 Oakland Anthony Capra* LHP Wichita State 6' 1" 200
125 St. Louis Scott Gorgen* RHP UC Irvine 5' 10" 190
126 Minnesota Daniel Ortiz OF Puerto Rico 5' 11" 166
127 LA Dodgers Devaris Strange-Gordon** SS Seminole State, Fl 5' 11" 150
128 Milwaukee Joshua Romanski* LHP San Diego 5' 11" 180
129 Toronto Robert Sobolewski** 3rd Miami 6' 1" 200
130 Atlanta Braeden Schlehuber** C Southern Nevada 6' 3" 190
131 Chicago Cubs Matthew Cerda SS Oceanside High School 5' 9" 165
132 Seattle Steven Hensley* RHP Elon 6' 3" 195
133 Detroit Brett Jacobson* RHP Vanderbilt 6' 6" 205
134 NY Mets Sean Ratliff* OF Stanford 6' 3" 225
135 San Diego Jason Kipnis* OF Arizona State 5' 10" 175
136 Philadelphia Trevor May RHP Kelso High School 6' 5" 215
137 Colorado Ethan Hollingsworth* RHP Western Michigan 6' 2" 200
138 Arizona Ryne White* OF Purdue 5' 11" 205
139 LA Angels Jeffrey Boshers** LHP Calhoun CC 6' 3" 205
140 NY Yankees Corban Joseph SS Franklin High School 6' 0" 168
141 Cleveland David Roberts* RHP Long Beach State 6' 3" 215
142 Boston Peter Hissey OF Unionville High School 6' 1" 180

Round 5

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143 Tampa Bay Michael Sheridan* 1B William & Mary 6' 2"
144 Pittsburgh Justin Wilson* LHP Fresno State 6' 2" 210
145 Kansas City John Lamb LHP Laguna Hills High School 6' 3" 185
146 Baltimore Greg Miclat* SS Virginia 5' 9" 175
147 San Francisco Edwin Quirarte* RHP Cal State Northridge 6' 2" 200
148 Miami Peter Andreiczyk RHP Coastal Carolina 6' 1" 190
149 Cincinnati Clayton Shunick* RHP North Carolina State 6' 1" 175
150 Chicago WS Daniel Hudson* RHP Old Dominion 6' 4" 215
151 Washington Adrian Nieto C American Heritage School 6' 0"
152 Houston David Duncan* LHP Georgia Tech 6' 9" 230
153 Texas Clark Murphy OF Fallbrook Union High School 6' 2" 190
154 Oakland Jason Christian* SS Michigan 6' 3" 170
155 St. Louis Jermaine Curtis* 3rd UCLA 5' 11" 190
156 Minnesota Nicholas Romero* 3rd San Diego State 6' 1" 200
157 LA Dodgers JonMichael Redding** RHP Florida State, Jacksonville 6' 1" 195
158 Milwaukee Maverick Lasker RHP Sandra Day O'Connor High Sch 6' 2" 190
159 Toronto Tyler Pastornicky SS Pendleton School 5' 11" 170
160 Atlanta Jacob Thompson* RHP Virginia 6' 6" 215
161 Chicago Cubs Justin Bristow* RHP East Carolina 6' 4" 200
162 Seattle Brett Lorin* RHP Long Beach State 6' 7" 245
163 Detroit Alexander Avila* C Alabama 5' 11" 210
164 NY Mets Charles Doyle C Coastal Carolina 6' 0" 200
165 San Diego Anthony Bass* RHP Wayne State (MI) 6' 2" 190
166 Philadelphia Jeremy Hamilton* 1B Wright State 6' 0" 195
167 Colorado Christopher Dominguez* 3rd Louisville 6' 5" 235
168 Arizona Collin Cowgill OF Kentucky 5' 9" 195
169 LA Angels Khiry Cooper OF Calvary Christian School 6' 3" 180
170 NY Yankees Christopher Smith OF Centennial High School 6' 0"
171 Cleveland Steven Putnam* RHP Michigan 6' 2" 215
172 Boston Ryan Westmoreland OF Portsmouth High School 6' 2" 195


* = Junior; ** = Sophomore; *** = Freshman