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2014 MLB DRAFT UNDERWAY

The scouting reports are in, the list of favorites has been made, and now all that remains is for thirty major league teams to draft forty players each in the annual MLB draft.

Thirty teams….forty players each….1,200 first amateur baseball players are about to have their dreams come true. The schedule for this year’s draft looks like this:

Day One…..Thursday, June 5 first two rounds and supplemental rounds

Day Two…..Friday, June 6 rounds three through ten

Day Three..Saturday, June 7 rounds eleven through forty

With the first round completed, let’s take a look at the top choices that were made.

  1. Houston Astros: LHP Brady Aiken
  2. Miami Marlins: RHP Tyler Kolek
  3. Chicago White Sox: LHP Carlos Rodon
  4. Chicago Cubs: C Kyle Schwarber
  5. Minnesota Twins: SS Nick Gordon
  6. Seattle Mariners: OF Alex Jackson
  7. Philadelphia Phillies: RHP Aaron Nola
  8. Colorado Rockies: LHP Kyle Freeland
  9. Toronto Blue Jays: RHP Jeff Hoffman
  10. New York Mets: OF Michael Conforto
  11. Toronto Blue Jays: C Max Pentecost
  12. Milwaukee Brewers: LHP Kodi Medeiros
  13. San Diego Padres: SS Trea Turner
  14. San Francisco Giants: RHP Tyler Beede
  15. Los Angeles Angels: LHP Sean Newcomb
  16. Arizona Diamondbacks: RHP Touki Toussaint
  17. Kansas City Royals: LHP Brandon Finnegan
  18. Washington Nationals: RHP Erick Fedde
  19. Cincinnati Reds: RHP Nick Howard
  20. Tampa Bay Rays: 1B Casey Gillaspie
  21. Cleveland Indians: OF Bradley Zimmer
  22. Los Angeles Dodgers: RHP Grant Holmes
  23. Detroit Tigers: OF Derek Hill
  24. Pittsburg Pirates: SS Cole Tucker
  25. Oakland Athletics: 3B Matt Chapman
  26. Boston Red Sox: SS Michael Chavis
  27. St. Louis Cardinals: RHP Luke Weaver
  28. Kansas City Royals: LHP Foster Griffin
  29. Cincinnati Reds: SS Alex Blandino
  30. Texas Rangers: RHP Luis Ortiz
  31. Cleveland Indians: LHP Justus Sheffield
  32. Atlanta Braves: OF Braxton Davidson
  33. Boston Red Sox: RHP Michael Kopech
  34. St. Louis Cardinals: RHP Jack Flaherty

Not surprisingly, 20 of the top 34 picks were pitchers, always a position that does well in the draft.

Now the business of signing the draft picks begins, even as the other rounds play out over the next two days, and then players will be sent to various farm teams to begin their professional baseball careers.

Congratulations to all of the draft picks and to the teams that selected them.

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