June 9, 2009

2009 Draft Picks by School

 

Six college players taken in first 10 picks of MLB Draft

 

There were six college players taken among the first 10 in the 2009 Major League Draft. As expected, RHP Stephen Strasburg of San Diego State was taken first by Washington. 1B/OF Dustin Ackley of North Carolina went second to Seattle. Pittsburgh took Boston College catcher Tony Sanchez fourth. LHP Mike Minor of Vanderbilt went seventh to Atlanta. Cincinnati took RHP Mike Leake of Arizona State eighth. RHP Drew Storen of Stanford went 10th to Washington.

 

There were 57 Division I players taken in the first three rounds of the draft.

 

Rd. Pick Team Player School Pos.
1 1 Washington Stephen Strasburg San Diego State RHP
1 2 Seattle Dustin Ackley North Carolina 1B/OF
1 4 Pittsburgh Tony Sanchez Boston College C
1 7 Atlanta Mike Minor Vanderbilt LHP
1 8 Cincinnati Mike Leake Arizona State RHP
1 10 Washington Drew Storen Stanford RHP
1 12 Kansas City Aaron Crow Missouri/Fort Worth Cats RHP
1 13 Oakland Grant Green USC SS
1 15 Cleveland Alex White North Carolina RHP
1 17 Arizona A.J. Pollock Notre Dame OF
1 20 Toronto Chad Jenkins Kennesaw State RHP
1 22 Minnesota Kyle Gibson Missouri RHP
1 23 Chicago WS Jared Mitchell LSU OF
1 26 Milwaukee Eric Arnett Indiana RHP
1 31 Chicago Cubs Brett Jackson California OF
1 32 Colorado Tim Wheeler Sacramento State OF
1 34 Colorado Rex Brothers Lipscomb LHP
1 36 LA Dodgers Aaron Miller Baylor LHP
1 37 Toronto James Paxton Kentucky LHP
1 38 Chicago WS Josh Phegley Indiana C
1 39 Milwaukee Kentrail Davis Tennessee OF
1 42 LA Angels Garrett Richards Oklahoma RHP
1 43 Cincinnati Brad Boxberger USC RHP
1 44 Texas Tanner Scheppers Fresno State/St. Paul Saints RHP
1 45 Arizona Mike Belfiore Boston College LHP
1 46 Minnesota Matt Bashore Indiana LHP
1 47 Milwaukee Kyle Heckathorn Kennesaw State RHP
1 48 LA Angels Tyler Kehrer Eastern Illinois LHP
1 49 Pittsburgh Victor Black Dallas Baptist RHP
2 50 Washington Jeff Kobernus California 2B
2 51 Seattle Rich Poythress Georgia 1B
2 56 LA Dodgers Blake Smith California OF
2 58 Detroit Andrew Oliver Oklahoma State LHP
2 60 Arizona Eric Smith Rhode Island RHP
2 62 Texas Tom Mendonca Fresno State 3B
2 63 Cleveland Jason Kipnis Arizona State OF
2 64 Arizona Marc Krauss Ohio OF
2 67 St. Louis Robert Stock USC C
2 70 Minnesota Billy Bullock Florida RHP
2 77 Boston Alex Wilson Texas A&M RHP
2 79 Chicago Cubs D.J. LeMahieu LSU SS
3 81 Washington Trevor Holder Georgia RHP
3 82 Seattle Kyle Seager North Carolina 2B
3 83 San Diego Jerry Sullivan Oral Roberts RHP
3 85 Baltimore Tyler Townsend FIU 1B
3 86 San Francisco Chris Dominguez Louisville 3B
3 87 Atlanta David Hale Princeton RHP
3 88 Cincinnati Don Joseph Houston LHP
3 89 Detroit Wade Gaynor Western Kentucky 3B
3 90 Colorado Ben Paulsen Clemson 1B
3 92 Oakland Justin Marks Louisville LHP
3 94 Cleveland Joe Gardner UC Santa Barbara RHP
3 98 St. Louis Joe Kelly UC Riverside RHP
3 101 Minnesota Ben Tootle Jacksonville State RHP
3 102 Chicago WS Bryan Morgado Tennessee LHP
3 105 Milwaukee Josh Prince Tulane SS
3 110 LA Angels Josh Spence Arizona State LHP