2008 Amateur Draft

Round 1

Pick	Team	Player	Position	HS/College	From (Type)
1	Tampa Bay Rays	Tim Beckham	SS	Griffin H.S. (Ga.)
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pedro Alverez	3B	Vanderbilt
3	Kansas City Royals	Eric Hosmer	1B	American Heritage H.S. (Fla.)
4	Baltimore Orioles	Brian Matusz	LHP	San Diego
5	San Francisco Giants	Buster Posey	C	Florida State
6	Florida Marlins	Kyle Skipworth	C	Patriot H.S. (Calif.)
7	Cincinnati Reds	Yonder Alonso	1B	Miami (FL)
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 (FL)
13	St. Louis Cardinals	Brett Wallace	3B	Arizona State
14	Minnesota Twins	Aaron Hicks	OF	Wilson H.S. (Calif.)
15	Los Angeles Dodgers	Ethan Martin	RHP	Stephens County (Ga.)
16	Milwaukee Brewers	Brett Lawrie	C	Brookswood H.S. (Canada)
17	Toronto Blue Jays	David Cooper	1B	California
18	New York Mets	Isaac Davis	1B	Arizona State	From the Atlanta Braves for Tom Glavine
19	Chicago Cubs	Andrew Cashner	RHP	Texas Christian
20	Seattle Mariners	Joshua Fields	RHP	Georgia
21	Detroit Tigers	Ryan Perry	RHP	Arizona
22	New York Mets	David Reese Havens	SS	South Carolina
23	San Diego Padres	Allan Dykstra	1B	Wake Forest
24	Philadelphia Phillies	Anthony Hewitt	OF/SS	Salisbury HS (Conn.)
25	Colorado Rockies	Christian Friedrich	LHP	Eastern Kentucky
26	Arizona Diamondbacks	Daniel Schlereth	LHP	Arizona
27	Minnesota Twins	Carlos Gutierrez	RHP	Miami (FL)	From the Angels for Torii Hunter
28	New York Yankees	Gerrit Cole	RHP	Orange Lutheran HS
29	Cleveland Indians	Lonnie Chisenhall	SS	Pitt CC
30	Boston Red Sox	Casey Kelly	RHP/SS	Sarasota (FL) HS

Compensation A
Pick	Team	Player	Pos.	HS/College	For
31	Minnesota Twins	Shooter Hunt	RHP	Tulane	Torii Hunter, L.A. Angels
32	Milwaukee Brewers	Jake Odorizzi	RHP	Highland (IL) H.S.	(Francisco Cordero, Cincinnati),
33	New York Mets	Brad Holt	RHP	UNC Wilmington	(Tom Glavine, Atlanta)
34	Philadelphia Phillies	Zach Collier	OF	Chino Hills (CA) H.S.	(Aaron Rowand, San francisco)
35	Milwaukee Brewers	Evan Frederickson	LHP	University of San Francisco	(Scott Linebrink, Chicago White Sox)
36	Kansas City Royals	Mike Montgomery	LHP	William S. Hart (CA) HS	(David Riske, Milwaukee)
37	San Francisco Giants	Conor Gillaspie	3B	Wichita St.	(Pedro Feliz, Philadelphia)
38	Houston Astros	Jordan Lyles	RHP	Hartsville HS	(Trever Miller, Tampa Bay)
39	St. Louis Cardinals	Michael Lynn	RHP	Mississippi	(Troy Percival, Tampa Bay)
40	Atlanta Braves	Brett DeVall	LHP	Niceville HS	(Ron Mahay, Kansas City)
41	Chicago Cubs	Ryan Flaherty	SS	Vanderbilt	(Jason Kendall, Milwaukee)
42	San Diego Padres	Jeff Decker	CF	Sunrise Mountain HS	(Doug Brocail, Houston)
43	Arizona Diamondbacks	Wade Miley	LHP	Southeastern Louisiana	(Livan Hernandez, Minnesota)
44	New York Yankees	Jeremy Bleich	LHP	Stanford	(Luis Vizcaino, Colorado)
45	Boston Red Sox	Bryan Price	RHP	Rice	(Eric Gagne, Milwaukee)
46	San Diego Padres	John Forsythe	1B	Arkansas Fayetteville	(Mike Cameron, Milwaukee)

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