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2008 MLB Draft: Round 1

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

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Pick Team  Player Position School Height Weight

Round 1
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


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