2008 Amateur Draft

The 2008 First-Year Player Draft was the forty-fourth Major League Baseball amateur draft. It was held on June 5 and June 6, 2008. The Tampa Bay Rays had the first pick for the second year in a row and the fourth time in the past decade.

Draft results

First round

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Tampa Bay Rays	Tim Beckham	SS	Griffin High School	Griffin, GA
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pedro Alvarez	3B	Vanderbilt University	New York, NY
3	Kansas City Royals	Eric Hosmer	1B	American Heritage School
4	Baltimore Orioles	Brian Matusz	LHP	University of San Diego	Cave Creek, AZ
5	San Francisco Giants	Buster Posey	C	Florida State University	Leesburg, GA
6	Florida Marlins	Kyle Skipworth	C	Patriot High School
7	Cincinnati Reds	Yonder Alonso	1B	University of Miami	Miami, FL
8	Chicago White Sox	Gordon Beckham	SS	University of Georgia	Atlanta, GA
9	Washington Nationals	Aaron Crow	RHP	University of Missouri	Wakarusa, KS	Did Not Sign
10	Houston Astros	Jason Castro	C	Stanford University
11	Texas Rangers	Justin Smoak	1B	University of South Carolina	Goose Creek, SC
12	Oakland Athletics	Jemile Weeks	2B	University of Miami	Altamonte Springs, FL
13	St. Louis Cardinals	Brett Wallace	3B/1B	Arizona State University	Sonoma, CA
14	Minnesota Twins	Aaron Hicks	OF/RHP	Woodrow Wilson Classical High School
15	Los Angeles Dodgers	Ethan Martin	3B	Stephens County High School
16	Milwaukee Brewers	Brett Lawrie	C	Brookswood Secondary School	Langley, BC	highest pick to date for a Canadian position player
17	Toronto Blue Jays	David Cooper	1B	University of California	Stockton, CA
18	New York Mets	Ike Davis	1B/OF	Arizona State University		Compensation from Atlanta Braves for Tom Glavine
19	Chicago Cubs	Andrew Cashner	RP	Texas Christian University
20	Seattle Mariners	Josh Fields	RHP	University of Georgia
21	Detroit Tigers	Ryan Perry	RHP	University of Arizona
22	New York Mets	Reese Havens	SS	University of South Carolina
23	San Diego Padres	Allan Dykstra	1B	Wake Forest University	San Diego, CA
24	Philadelphia Phillies	Anthony Hewitt	OF/SS	Salisbury School (CT)
25	Colorado Rockies	Christian Friedrich	LHP	Eastern Kentucky University
26	Arizona Diamondbacks	Daniel Schlereth	LHP	University of Arizona
27	Minnesota Twins	Carlos Gutierrez	RHP	University of Miami		Compensation from Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for Torii Hunter
28	New York Yankees	Gerrit Cole	RHP	Orange Lutheran High School		Did Not Sign
29	Cleveland Indians	Lonnie Chisenhall	3B	Pitt Community College (NC)	Newport, NC
30	Boston Red Sox	Casey Kelly	RHP/SS	Sarasota High School

Supplemental first round

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
31	Minnesota Twins	Shooter Hunt	P	Tulane University		Compensation for the loss of free agent Torii Hunter
32	Milwaukee Brewers	Jacob Odorizzi	P	Highland (IL) High School		Compensation for the loss of free agent Francisco Cordero
33	New York Mets	Bradley Holt	P	UNC-Wilmington		Compensation for the loss of free agent Tom Glavine
34	Philadelphia Phillies	Zachary Collier	OF	Chino Hills High School		Compensation for the loss of free agent Aaron Rowand
35	Milwaukee Brewers	Evan Frederickson	P	University of San Francisco		Compensation for the loss of free agent Scott Linebrink
36	Kansas City Royals	Mike Montgomery	P	Hart High School		Compensation for the loss of free agent David Riske
37	San Francisco Giants	Conor Gillaspie	3B	Wichita State University		Compensation for the loss of free agent Pedro Feliz
38	Houston Astros	Jordan Lyles	P	Hartsville High School		Compensation for the loss of free agent Trever Miller
39	St. Louis Cardinals	Lance Lynn	P	University of Mississippi	Brownsburg, IN	Compensation for the loss of free agent Troy Percival
40	Atlanta Braves	Brett DeVall	P	Niceville High School		Compensation for the loss of free agent Ron Mahay
41	Chicago Cubs	Ryan Flaherty	SS	Vanderbilt University	Portland, ME	Compensation for the loss of free agent Jason Kendall
42	San Diego Padres	Jaff Decker	OF	Sunrise Mountain High School		Compensation for the loss of free agent Doug Brocail
43	Arizona Diamondbacks	Wade Miley	P	Southeastern Louisiana University		Compensation for the loss of free agent Livan Hernandez
44	New York Yankees	Jeremy Bleich	P	Stanford University		Compensation for the loss of free agent Luis Vizcaino
45	Boston Red Sox	Bryan Price	P	Rice University		Compensation for the loss of free agent Eric Gagne
46	San Diego Padres	Logan Forsythe	3B	University of Arkansas	Memphis, TN	Compensation for the loss of free agent Mike Cameron

Other notable selections

Charlie Blackmon, Brad Hand, Bryan Shaw (2nd round); Craig Kimbrel (3rd round); Brandon Crawford, Dee Strange-Gordon (4th round); Robbie Grossman (6th round); Will Smith, 8th round; Brad Brach (42nd round)

Other Sports Selections

Patrick White (49th round)