Upcoming June Amateur Draft
Posted by basebal5 on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Mike Emeigh, at Baseball Think Factory, provides a good rundown of the first three round for the upcoming June Amateur Draft:
First round
1. Tampa Bay Rays
2. Pittsburgh Pirates
3. Kansas City Royals
4. Baltimore Orioles
5. San Francisco Giants
6. Florida Marlins
7. Cincinnati Reds
8. Chicago White Sox
9. Washington Nationals
10. Houston Astros
11. Texas Rangers
12. Oakland Athletics
13. St. Louis Cardinals
14. Minnesota Twins
15. Los Angeles Dodgers
16. Milwaukee Brewers
17. Toronto Blue Jays
18. New York Mets (from Atlanta Braves, compensation for Tom Glavine)
19. Chicago Cubs
20. Seattle Mariners
21. Detroit Tigers
22. New York Mets
23. San Diego Padres
24. Philadelphia Phillies
25. Colorado Rockies
26. Arizona Diamondbacks
27. Minnesota Twins (from LA Angels of Anaheim, compensation for Torii Hunter)
28. New York Yankees
29. Cleveland Indians
30. Boston Red Sox
Supplemental 1st round
31. Minnesota Twins (Hunter)
32. Milwaukee Brewers (Francisco Cordero to Cincinnati)
33. New York Mets (Glavine)
34. Philadelphia Phillies (Aaron Rowand to SF)
35. Milwaukee Brewers (Scott Linebrink to Chicago White Sox)
36. Kansas City Royals (David Riske to Milwaukee)
37. San Francisco Giants (Pedro Feliz to Philadelphia)
38. Houston Astros (Trever Miller to Tampa Bay)
39. St. Louis Cardinals (Troy Percival to Tampa Bay)
40. Atlanta Braves (Ron Mahay to Kansas City)
41. Chicago Cubs (Jason Kendall to Milwaukee)
42. San Diego Padres (Doug Brocail to Houston)
43. Arizona Diamondbacks (Livan Hernandez to Minnesota)
44. New York Yankees (Luis Vizcaino to Colorado)
45. Boston Red Sox (Eric Gagne to Milwaukee)
46. San Diego Padres (Mike Cameron to Milwaukee)
Second round
47. Tampa Bay Rays
48. Pittsburgh Pirates
49. Kansas City Royals
50. Baltimore Orioles
51. Philadelphia Phillies (from San Francisco Giants, compensation for Rowand)
52. Florida Marlins
53. Milwaukee Brewers (from Cincinnati Reds, compensation for Cordero)
54. Milwaukee Brewers (from Chicago White Sox, compensation for Linebrink)
55. Washington Nationals
56. Houston Astros
57. Texas Rangers
58. Oakland Athletics
59. St. Louis Cardinals
60. Minnesota Twins
61. Los Angeles Dodgers
62. Milwaukee Brewers
63. Toronto Blue Jays
64. Atlanta Braves
65. Chicago Cubs
66. Seattle Mariners
67. Detroit Tigers
68. New York Mets
69. San Diego Padres
70. Atlanta Braves (compensation for failure to sign 2007 draftee Joshua Fields)
71. Philadelphia Phillies
72. Colorado Rockies
73. Arizona Diamondbacks
74. LA Angels of Anaheim
75. New York Yankees
76. Cleveland Indians
77. Boston Red Sox
Third round
78. Tampa Bay Rays
79. Pittsburgh Pirates
80. Kansas City Royals
81. Baltimore Orioles
82. San Francisco Giants
83. Florida Marlins
84. Cincinnati Reds
85. Boston Red Sox (compensation for failure to sign 2007 draftee Hunter Morris)
86. Chicago White Sox
87. Washington Nationals
88. Houston Astros
89. Texas Rangers
90. Oakland Athletics
91. St. Louis Cardinals
92. Minnesota Twins
93. Los Angeles Dodgers
94. Milwaukee Brewers
95. Toronto Blue Jays
96. Atlanta Braves
97. Chicago Cubs
98. Seattle Mariners
99. Detroit Tigers
100. New York Mets
101. San Diego Padres
102. Philadelphia Phillies
103. Colorado Rockies
104. Arizona Diamondbacks
105. LA Angels of Anaheim
106. New York Yankees
107. Cleveland Indians
108. Boston Red Sox
Supplemental 3rd
109. Philadelphia Phillies (compensation for failure to sign 2007 draftee Brandon Workman)
110. Houston Astros (compensation for failure to sign 2007 draftee Derek Dietrich)
111. San Diego Padres (compensation for failure to sign 2007 draftee Tommy Toledo)
112. LA Angels of Anaheim (compensation for failure to sign 2007 draftee Matt Harvey)
Note that the compensatory picks for the Braves (at 70) and the Red Sox (at 85) have changed. Originally those picks were 18 positions higher, but MLB reinterpreted the draft rules surrounding the awarding of compensatory picks for failure to sign high draftees.















