2009 Amateur Draft

The 2009 First-Year Player Draft was the forty-fifth Major League Baseball amateur draft. It was held from June 9 to June 11, 2009, the first time the draft was done over a three-day period. The Washington Nationals had the first selection. They were also the first team to ever have two top 10 selections, as a result of failing to sign their top draft pick in the previous year's draft.

Draft results

First round

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Washington Nationals	Stephen Strasburg	P	San Diego State University	San Diego, CA
2	Seattle Mariners	Dustin Ackley	OF	University of North Carolina	Walnut Cove, NC
3	San Diego Padres	Donavan Tate	OF	Cartersville High School	Cartersville, GA
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	Tony Sanchez	C	Boston College	Miami, FL
5	Baltimore Orioles	Matt Hobgood	P	Norco High School	Norco, CA
6	San Francisco Giants	Zack Wheeler	P	East Paulding High School	Dallas, GA
7	Atlanta Braves	Mike Minor	P	Vanderbilt University	Chapel Hill, TN
8	Cincinnati Reds	Mike Leake	P	Arizona State University	Fallbrook, CA
9	Detroit Tigers	Jacob Turner	P	Westminster Christian Academy	St. Louis, MO
10	Washington Nationals	Drew Storen	P	Stanford University	Brownsburg, IN	Compensation for failure to sign 2008 Pick Aaron Crow
11	Colorado Rockies	Tyler Matzek	P	Capistrano Valley High School	Mission Viejo, CA
12	Kansas City Royals	Aaron Crow	P	No school	Wakarusa, KS
13	Oakland Athletics	Grant Green	SS	University of Southern California	Anaheim, CA
14	Texas Rangers	Matt Purke	P	Klein High School	Spring, TX	Did Not Sign
15	Cleveland Indians	Alex White	P	University of North Carolina	Greenville, NC
16	Arizona Diamondbacks	Bobby Borchering	3B	Bishop Verot High School	Fort Myers, FL
17	Arizona Diamondbacks	A.J. Pollock	OF	University of Notre Dame	Hebron, CT	Compensation from Los Angeles Dodgers for Orlando Hudson
18	Florida Marlins	Chad James	P	Yukon High School	Yukon, OK
19	St. Louis Cardinals	Shelby Miller	P	Brownwood High School	Brownwood, TX
20	Toronto Blue Jays	Chad Jenkins	P	Kennesaw State University	Canton, GA
21	Houston Astros	Jiovanni Mier	SS	Bonita High School	La Verne, CA
22	Minnesota Twins	Kyle Gibson	P	University of Missouri	Greenfield, IN
23	Chicago White Sox	Jared Mitchell	OF	Louisiana State University	New Iberia, LA
24	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Randal Grichuk	OF	Lamar Consolidated High School	Rosenberg, TX	Compensation from New York Mets for Francisco Rodriguez
25	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Mike Trout	OF	Millville Senior High School	Millville, NJ	Compensation from New York Yankees for Mark Teixeira
26	Milwaukee Brewers	Eric Arnett	P	Indiana University Bloomington	Pataskala, OH
27	Seattle Mariners	Nick Franklin	SS	Lake Brantley High School	Altamonte Springs, FL	Compensation from Philadelphia Phillies for Raul Ibanez
28	Boston Red Sox	Reymond Fuentes	OF	Fernando Callejo High School	Manati, Puerto Rico
29	New York Yankees	Slade Heathcott	OF	Texas High School	Texarkana, TX	Compensation for failure to sign 2008 pick Gerrit Cole
30	Tampa Bay Rays	LeVon Washington	2B	Buchholz High School	Gainesville, FL	Did Not Sign
31	Chicago Cubs	Brett Jackson	OF	University of California	Berkeley, CA
32	Colorado Rockies	Tim Wheeler	OF	California State University, Sacramento	Sacramento, CA	Compensation from Los Angeles Angels for Brian Fuentes

Supplemental First Round

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
33	Seattle Mariners	Steve Baron	C	John A. Ferguson High School		Compensation for Raul Ibanez
34	Colorado Rockies	Rex Brothers	P	Lipscomb University		Compensation for Brian Fuentes
35	Arizona Diamondbacks	Matt Davidson	3B	Yucaipa High School	Yucaipa, CA	Compensation for Orlando Hudson
36	Los Angeles Dodgers	Aaron Miller	P	Baylor University		Compensation for Derek Lowe
37	Toronto Blue Jays	James Paxton	P	University of Kentucky	Ladner, BC	Compensation for A.J. Burnett Did Not Sign
38	Chicago White Sox	Joshua Phegley	C	Indiana University		Compensation for Orlando Cabrera
39	Milwaukee Brewers	Kentrail Davis	CF	University of Tennessee	Theodore, AL	Compensation for C.C. Sabathia
40	LA Angels of Anaheim	Tyler Skaggs	P	Santa Monica High School	Santa Monica, CA	Compensation for Mark Teixeira
41	Arizona Diamondbacks	Christopher Owings	SS	Gilbert High School		Compensation for Juan Cruz
42	LA Angels of Anaheim	Garrett Richards	P	University of Oklahoma		Compensation for Francisco Rodriguez
43	Cincinnati Reds	Brad Boxberger	P	USC		Compensation for Jeremy Affeldt
44	Texas Rangers	Tanner Scheppers	P	St. Paul Saints		Compensation for Milton Bradley
45	Arizona Diamondbacks	Michael Belfiore	P	Boston College		Compensation for Brandon Lyon
46	Minnesota Twins	Matthew Bashore	P	Indiana University		Compensation for Dennys Reyes
47	Milwaukee Brewers	Kyle Heckathorn	P	Kennesaw State University		Compensation for Brian Shouse
48	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Tyler Kehrer	P	Eastern Illinois University		Compensation for Jon Garland
49	Pittsburgh Pirates	Victor Black	P	Dallas Baptist University	Amarillo, TX	Compensation for failure to sign 2008 pick Tanner Scheppers

Other Notable Selections

• Nolan Arenado, Patrick Corbin, Jason Kipnis, D.J. LeMahieu (2nd round); Wil Myers, Kyle Seager (3rd round); Brandon Belt (5th round); Michael Taylor (6th round); Dallas Keuchel (7th round); Brian Dozier, Paul Goldschmidt (8th round); Matt Carpenter (13th round); J.D. Martinez (20th round)

Other Sports Selections

Colin Kaepernick (43rd round); Patrick White (49th round)

Draft Notes

In a rare situation, three players who won the College World Series Most Outstanding Player were picked - 17th rounder Jorge Reyes won in 2007 as a freshman, 2nd rounder Tommy Mendonca won in 2008 as a sophomore and Jared Mitchell would pick up the award in the 2009 College World Series a couple of weeks after being a first-round pick.

Sources

Draft Order and Comp. Picks