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2008 Baseball Draft Selections

June 5-6 Round 1

1. Tampa Bay, Tim Beckham, ss, Griffin (Ga.) HS.

2. Pittsburgh, Pedro Alvarez, 3b, Vanderbilt.

3. Kansas City, Eric Hosmer, 1b, American Heritage HS, Plantation, Fla.

4. Baltimore, Brian Matusz, lhp, San Diego.

5. San Francisco, Buster Posey, c, Florida State.

6. Florida, Kyle Skipworth, c, Patriot HS, Riverside, Calif.

7. Cincinnati, Yonder Alonso, 1b, Miami.

8. Chicago White Sox, Gordon Beckham, ss, Georgia.

9. Washington, Aaron Crow, rhp, Missouri.

10. Houston, Jason Castro, c, Stanford.

11. Texas, Justin Smoak, 1b, South Carolina.

12. Oakland, Jemile Weeks, 2b, Miami.

13. St. Louis, Brett Wallace, 3b-1b, Arizona State.

14. Minnesota, Aaron Hicks, of-rhp, Woodrow Wilson HS, Long Beach, Calif.

15. L.A. Dodgers, Ethan Martin, rhp-3b, Stephens County HS, Taccoa, Ga.

16. Milwaukee, Brett Lawrie, c, Brookswood SS, Langley, B.C., Canada.

17. Toronto, David Cooper, 1b, California.

18. N.Y. Mets (from Atlanta, Tom Glavine), Ike Davis, 1b-of, Arizona State.

19. Chicago Cubs, Andrew Cashner, rhp, TCU.

20. Seattle, Joshua Fields, rhp, Georgia.

21. Detroit, Ryan Perry, rhp, Arizona.

22. N.Y. Mets, Reese Havens, ss, South Carolina.

23. San Diego, Allan Dykstra, 1b, Wake Forest.

24. Philadelphia, Anthony Hewitt, of-ss, Salisbury (Conn.) HS.

25. Colorado, Christian Friedrich, LHP, Eastern Kentucky.

26. Arizona, Daniel Schlereth, lhp, Arizona.

27. Minnesota (from L.A. Angels, Torii Hunter), Carlos Gutierrez, rhp, Miami.

28. N.Y. Yankees, Gerrit Cole, rhp, Orange (Calif.) Lutheran HS.

29. Cleveland, Lonnie Chisenhall, ss, Pitt CC.

30. Boston, Casey Kelly, rhp-ss, Sarasota (Fla.) HS.

Compensation A

31. Minnesota (Torii Hunter, L.A. Angels), Steven Hunt, rhp, Tulane.

32. Milwaukee (Francisco Cordero, Cincinnati), Jacob Odorizzi, Highland (Ill.) HS.

33. N.Y. Mets (Tom Glavine, Atlanta), Bradley Holt, rhp, UNC-Wilmington.

34. Philadelphia (Aaron Rowand, San Francisco), Zachary Collier, of, Chino Hills (Calif.) HS.

35. Milwaukee (Scott Linebrink, Chicago White Sox), Evan Frederickson, lhp, San Francisco.

36. Kansas City (David Riske, Milwaukee), Michael Montgomery, lhp, William S. Hart HS, Newhall, Calif.

37. San Francisco (Pedro Feliz, Philadelphia), Conor Gillaspie, 3b, Wichita State.

38. Houston (Trever Miller, Tampa Bay), Jordan Lyles, rhp, Hartsville (S.C.) HS.

39. St. Louis (Troy Percival, Tampa Bay), Michael Lynn, rhp, Mississippi.

40. Atlanta (Ron Mahay, Kansas City), Brett DeVall, lhp, Niceville (Fla.) HS.

41. Chicago Cubs (Jason Kendall, Milwaukee), Ryan Flaherty, ss-3b, Vanderbilt.

42. San Diego (Doug Brocail, Houston) Jaff Decker, of-1b, Sunrise Mountain HS, Peoria, Ariz.

43. Arizona (Livan Hernandez, Minnesota), Wade Miley, lhp, SE Louisiana.

44. N.Y. Yankees (Luis Vizcaino, Colorado), Jeremy Bleich, lhp, Stanford.

45. Boston (Eric Gagne, Milwaukee), Bryan Price, rhp, Rice.

46. San Diego (Mike Cameron, Milwaukee), John Forsythe, 3b, Arkansas.

Round 2

47. Tampa Bay, Kyle Lobstein, lhp, Coconino HS, Flagstaff, Ariz.

48. Pittsburgh, Tanner Scheppers, rhp, Fresno State.

49. Kansas City, Johnny Giavotella, 2b, New Orleans.

50. Baltimore, Xavier Avery, cf, Cedar Grove HS, Ellenwood, Ga.

51. Philadelphia (from San Francisco, Aaron Rowand), Anthony Gose, of, Bellflower (Calif.) HS.

52. Florida, Brad Hand, lhp, Chaska (Minn.) HS.

53. Milwaukee (from Cincinnati, Francisco Cordero), Seth Lintz, rhp, Marshall County HS, Lewisburg, Tenn.

54. Milwaukee (from Chicago White Sox, Scott Linebrink), Cutter Dykstra, cf, Westlake (Calif.) HS.

55. Washington, Destin Hood, lf, St. Paul's Episcopal HS, Mobile, Ala.

56. Houston, Joseph Austin, cf, North Atlanta (Ga.) HS.

57. Texas, Robert Ross, lhp, Lexington (Ky.) Christian Academy.

58. Oakland, Tyson Ross, rhp, California.

59. St. Louis, Shane Peterson, of, Long Beach State.

60. Minnesota, Tyler Ladendorf, ss, Howard.

61. L.A. Dodgers, Joshua Lindblom, rhp, Purdue.

62. Milwaukee, Thomas Adams, rhp, Southern Illinois.

63. Toronto, Kenneth Wilson, cf, Sickles HS, Tampa, Fla.

64. Atlanta, Robert Stovall, lhp, Hokes Bluff (Ala.) HS.

65. Chicago Cubs, Aaron Schafer, rhp, Wichita State.

66. Seattle, Dennis Raben, rf, Miami.

67. Detroit, Cody Satterwhite, rhp, Mississippi.

68. N.Y. Mets, Javier Rodriguez, of, Puerto Rico BB Academy HS.

69. San Diego, James Darnell, 3b, South Carolina.

70. Atlanta (Josh Fields), Ezekiel Spruill, rhp, Kell HS, Marietta, Ga.

71. Philadelphia, Jason Knapp, rhp, North Hunterdon HS, Annandale, N.J.

72. Colorado, Charles Blackmon, rf, Georgia Tech.

73. Arizona, Bryan Shaw, rhp, Long Beach State.

74. L.A. Angels, Tyler Chatwood, rhp, Redlands (Calif.) East Valley HS.

75. N.Y. Yankees, Joseph Bittle, rhp, Mississippi

76. Cleveland, Curtis Haley, rhp, Central Heights HS, Nacogdoches, Texas.

77. Boston, Derrik Gibson, ss, Seaford (Del.) HS.

Round 3

78. Tampa Bay, Jacob Jefferies, c, UC Davis.

79. Pittsburgh, Jordy Mercer, ss, Oklahoma State.

80. Kansas City, Tyler Sample, rhp, J.K. Mullen Prep School, Denver.

81. Baltimore, Jerome Hoes, 2b, St. John's HS, Washington.

82. San Francisco, Roger Kieschnick, rf, Texas Tech.

83. Florida, Edgar Olmos, lhp, Birmingham HS, Van Nuys, Calif.

84. Cincinnati, Zachary Stewart, rhp, Texas Tech.

85. Boston (Jeff Morris), Stephen Fife, rhp, Utah.

86. Chicago White Sox, Brent Morel, 3b, Cal Poly.

87. Washington, Daniel Espinosa, ss, Long Beach State.

88. Houston, Charles Davidson, of, Milton, HS, Alpharetta, Ga.

89. Texas, Timothy Murphy, lhp, UCLA.

90. Oakland, Preston Paramore, c, Arizona State.

91. St. Louis, Ernest Vasquez, ss, Durango HS, Las Vegas.

92. Minnesota, Robert Lanigan, rhp, Adelphi.

93. L.A. Dodgers, Kyle Russell, rf, Texas.

94. Milwaukee, Logan Schafer, cf, Cal Poly.

95. Toronto, Andrew Liebel, rhp, Long Beach State.

96. Atlanta, Craig Kimbrel, rhp, Wallace State CC.

97. Chicago Cubs, Christopher Carpenter, rhp, Kent State.

98. Seattle, Benjamin Pribanic, rhp, Nebraska.

99. Detroit, Scott Green, rhp, Kentucky.

100. N.Y. Mets, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, cf, Azusa Pacific.

101. San Diego, Blake Tekotte, cf, Miami.

102. Philadelphia, Vance Worley, rhp, Long Beach State.

103. Colorado, Aaron Weatherford, rhp, Mississippi State.

104. Arizona, Kevin Eichhorn, rhp, Aptos (Calif.) HS.

105. L.A. Angels, Ryan Chaffee, rhp, Chipola JC.

106. N.Y. Yankees, David Adams, 2b, Virginia.

107. Cleveland, Robert Phelps, 2b, Stanford.

108. Boston, Kyle Weiland, rhp, Notre Dame.

Compensation B

109. Houston (Derek Dietrich), Ross Seaton, rhp, Second Baptist School, Houston.

110. Philadelphia (Brandon Workman), Jonathan Pettibone, rhp, Esperanza HS, Placentia, Calif.

111. San Diego (Thomas Toledo), Swain Carroll, rf, Kentucky.

112. L.A. Angels (Matt Harvey), Zachary Cone, cf, Parkview HS, Lilburn, Ga.

Round 4

113. Tampa Bay, Christopher Morrison, cf, Tigard (Ore.) HS.

114. Pittsburgh, Chase D'Arnaud, ss, Pepperdine.

115. Kansas City, Timothy Melville, rhp, Holt HS, Wentzville, Mo.

116. Baltimore, Kyle Hudson, cf, Illinois.

117. San Francisco, Brandon Crawford, ss, UCLA.

118. Florida, Curtis Petersen, rhp, Billy Ryan HS, Denton, Texas.

119. Cincinnati, Tyler Cline, rhp, Cass HS, Cartersville, Ga.

120. Chicago White Sox, Andrew O'Neil, rhp, Penn State.

121. Washington, Graham Hicks, lhp, George Jenkins HS, Lakeland, Fla.

122. Houston, Thomas Steele, cf, Arizona.

123. Texas, Joseph Wieland, rhp, Bishop Manigue HS, Reno, Nev.

124. Oakland, Anthony Capra, lhp, Wichita State.

125. St. Louis, Scott Gorgen, rhp, UC Irvine.

126. Minnesota, Daniel Ortiz, cf, Benjamin Harrison HS, Cayey, Puerto Rico.

127. L.A. Dodgers, Devaris Strange-Gordon, ss, Seminole CC.

128. Milwaukee, Joshua Romanski, lhp, San Diego.

129. Toronto, Robert Sobolewski, 3b, Miami.

130. Atlanta, Braeden, Schlehuber, c, Southern Nevada.

131. Chicago Cubs, Matthew Cerda, ss, Oceanside (Calif.) HS.

132. Seattle, Steven Hensley, rhp, Elon.

133. Detroit, Brett Jacobson, rhp, Vanderbilt.

134. N.Y. Mets, Sean Ratliff, cf, Stanford.

135. San Diego, Jason Kipnis, cf, Arizona State.

136. Philadelphia, Trevor May, rhp, Kelso (Wash.) HS.

137. Colorado, Phillip Hollingsworth, rhp, Western Michigan.

138. Arizona, Ryne White, of, Purdue.

139. L.A. Angels, Jeffrey Boshers, lhp, Calhoun CC.

140. N.Y. Yankees, Corban Joseph, ss, Franklin (Tenn.) HS.

141. Cleveland, David Roberts, rhp, Long Beach State.

142. Boston, Peter Hissey, cf, Unionville HS, Kennett Square, Pa.

Round 5

143. Tampa Bay, Michael Sheridan, 1b, William & Mary.

144. Pittsburgh, Justin Wilson, lhp, Fresno State.

145. Kansas City, John Lamb, lhp, Laguna Hills (Calif.) HS.

146. Baltimore, Greg Miclat, ss, Virginia.

147. San Francisco, Edwin Quirarte, rhp, CS Northridge.

148. Florida, Peter Andrelczyk, rhp, Coastal Carolina.

149. Cincinnati, Clayton Shunick, rhp, N.C. State.

150. Chicago White Sox, Daniel Hudson, rhp, Old Dominion.

151. Washington, Adrian Nieto, c, American Heritage HS, Plantation, Fla.

152. Houston, David Duncan, lhp, Georgia Tech.

153. Texas, Clark Murphy, of, Fallbrook (Calif.) HS.

154. Oakland, Jason Christian, ss, Michigan.

155. St. Louis, Jermaine Curtis, 3b, UCLA.

156. Minnesota, Nicholas Romero, 3b, San Diego State.

157. L.A. Dodgers, JonMichael Redding, rhp, Florida CC.

158. Milwaukee, Maverick Lasker, rhp, Sandra Day O'Connor HS, Phoenix.

159. Toronto, Tyler Pastornicky, ss, The Pendelton School, Bradenton, Fla.

160. Atlanta, Jacob Thompson, rhp, Virginia.

161. Chicago Cubs, Juston Bristow, rhp, East Carolina.

162. Seattle, Brett Lorin, rhp, Long Beach State.

163. Detroit, Alexander Avila, c, Alabama.

164. N.Y. Mets, Charles Doyle, c, Coastal Carolina.

165. San Diego, Anthony Bass, rhp, Wayne State (Mich.).

166. Philadelphia, Jeremy Hamilton, 1b, Wright State.

167. Colorado, Christopher Dominguez, 3b, Louisville.

168. Arizona, Collin Cowgill, cf, Kentucky.

169. L.A. Angels, Khiry Cooper, cf, Calvary HS, Pineville, La.

170. N.Y. Yankees, Christopher Smith, lf, Centennial HS, Compton, Calif.

171. Cleveland, Steve Putnam, rhp, Michigan.

172. Boston, Ryan Westmoreland, cf, Portsmouth (R.I.), HS.

Round 6

173. Tampa Bay, Shane Dyer, rhp, South Mountain CC.

174. Pittsburgh, Robert Grossman, cf, Cypress-Fairbanks HS, Cypress, Texas.

175. Kansas City, Alex Llanos, ss, Puerto Rico BB Academy HS.

176. Baltimore, Richard Zagone, lhp, Missouri.

177. San Francisco, Eric Surkamp, lhp, N.C. State.

178. Florida, Graham Johnson, rhp, Westlake (Calif.) HS.

179. Cincinnati, Alexander Buchholtz, ss, Delaware.

180. Chicago White Sox, Kenneth Williams, cf, Wichita State.

181. Washington, Paul Demny, rhp, Blinn.

182. Houston, Jack Shuck, cf, Ohio State.

183. Texas, Richard Bleier, lhp, Florida Gulf Coast.

184. Oakland, Tyreace House, of, College of the Canyons.

185. St. Louis, Eric Fornataro, rhp, Miami Dade CC.

186. Minnesota, Brett Hermsen, rhp, West Delaware HS, Manchester, Iowa.

187. L.A. Dodgers, Anthony Delmonico, ss, Florida State.

188. Milwaukee, Joe Duran, ss, Texas A&M.

189. Toronto, Markus Brisker, cf, Winter Haven (Fla.) HS.

190. Atlanta, Adam Milligan, of, Walters State CC.

191. Chicago Cubs, Josh Harrison, inf, Cincinnati.

192. Seattle, Jarrett Burgess, rf, Florida Christian HS, Tallahassee.

193. Detroit, Tyler Stohr, rhp, North Florida.

194. N.Y. Mets, Joshua Satin, 2b, California.

195. San Diego, Stephen Figueroa, ss, Florida.

196. Philadelphia, Colby Shreve, rhp, Southern Nevada.

197. Colorado, Kiel Roling, c, Arizona State.

198. Arizona, Justin Parker, ss, Wright State.

199. L.A. Angels, Joshua Blanco, lhp, Franklin HS, El Paso, Texas.

200. N.Y. Yankees, Brett Marshall, rhp, Ross S. Sterling HS, Baytown, Texas.

201. Cleveland, Jeremie Tice, 3b, College of Charleston.

202. Boston, Ryan Lavarnway, c, Yale.

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