2013 Amateur Draft

The 2013 First Year Player Draft was the forty-ninth Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. It began on June 6, 2013.

Not all 30 teams had a pick in the first round, as certain teams were deprived of their pick as a result of signing a prime free agent. All teams that lost such a free agent were given a pick in the "compensation round" held after the first round, instead of taking over a pick of the team that had signed the player. The system had been changed as part of the preceding collective bargaining agreement in order to make compensation for losing a top free agent more equitable: in the past, team A could receive a pick in the middle of the first round proper as compensation while team B received a pick much later in the draft order, in spite of losing players of comparable value.

In 2013, a "Competitive Balance Round" was instituted after the first and second rounds. Teams were eligible for a lottery pick for the round if they played in one of the smallest ten markets, ranked in the bottom ten in revenue, or received revenue sharing. These draft picks were the only picks that could be traded, and the Pittsburgh Pirates were the first to take advantage of that possibility, in a deal with the Miami Marlins for Gaby Sanchez.

Draft Order

First Round

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Houston Astros	Mark Appel	P	Stanford University (Col.)	Houston, TX
2	Chicago Cubs	Kris Bryant	3B	University of San Diego (Col.)	Las Vegas, NV
3	Colorado Rockies	Jon Gray	P	University of Oklahoma (Col.)	Chandler, OK
4	Minnesota Twins	Kohl Stewart	P	St. Pius X High School (HS)	Tomball, TX
5	Cleveland Indians	Clint Frazier	OF	Loganville High School (HS)	Loganville, GA
6	Miami Marlins	Colin Moran	3B	University of North Carolina (Col.)	Rye, NY
7	Boston Red Sox	Trey Ball	P	New Castle Chrysler High School (HS)	New Castle, IN
8	Kansas City Royals	Hunter Dozier	SS	Stephen F. Austin University (Col.)	Denton, TX
9	Pittsburgh Pirates	Austin Meadows	OF	Grayson High School (HS)	Loganville, GA	Compensation for failure to sign 2012 Pick Mark Appel
10	Toronto Blue Jays	Phillip Bickford	P	Oaks Christian School (HS)	Ventura, CA	Did not sign
11	New York Mets	Dominic Smith	1B	Junipero Serra High School (Gardena) (HS)	Los Angeles, CA
12	Seattle Mariners	D.J. Peterson	3B	University of New Mexico (Col.)	Gilbert, AZ
13	San Diego Padres	Hunter Renfroe	OF	Mississippi State University (Col.)	Crystal Springs, MS
14	Pittsburgh Pirates	Reese McGuire	C	Kentwood High School (Covington) (HS)	Kent, WA
15	Arizona Diamondbacks	Braden Shipley	P	University of Nevada (Col.)	Medford, OR
16	Philadelphia Phillies	J.P. Crawford	SS	Lakewood (CA) High School (HS)	Lakewood, CA
17	Chicago White Sox	Tim Anderson	SS	East Central Community College (Col.)	Tuscaloosa, AL
18	Los Angeles Dodgers	Chris Anderson	P	Jacksonville University (Col.)	Lino Lakes, MN
19	St. Louis Cardinals	Marco Gonzales	P	Gonzaga University (Col.)	Fort Collins, CO
20	Detroit Tigers	Jonathon Crawford	P	University of Florida (Col.)	Okeechobee, FL
21	Tampa Bay Rays	Nick Ciuffo	C	Lexington (SC) High School (HS)	Lexington, SC
22	Baltimore Orioles	Hunter Harvey	P	Bandys High School (HS)	Catawba, NC
23	Texas Rangers	Chi Chi Gonzalez	P	Oral Roberts University (Col.)	Delray Beach, FL
24	Oakland Athletics	Billy McKinney	OF	Plano West Senior High School (HS)	Plano, TX
25	San Francisco Giants	Christian Arroyo	SS	Hernando High School (Brooksville) (HS)	Spring Hill, FL
26	New York Yankees	Eric Jagielo	3B	University of Notre Dame (Col.)	Downers Grove, IL
27	Cincinnati Reds	Phillip Ervin	OF	Samford University (Col.)	Leroy, AL

Compensation Round A

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
28	St. Louis Cardinals	Rob Kaminsky	P	Saint Joseph Regional High School (HS)	Englewood Cliffs, NJ	Compensation from Milwaukee Brewers for Kyle Lohse
29	Tampa Bay Rays	Ryne Stanek	P	University of Arkansas (Col.)	Overland Park, KS	Compensation from Atlanta Braves for B.J. Upton
30	Texas Rangers	Travis Demeritte	SS	Winder-Barrow High School (HS)	Statham, GA	Compensation from Los Angeles Angels for Josh Hamilton
31	Atlanta Braves	Jason Hursh	P	Oklahoma State University (Col.)	Carrollton, TX	Compensation from Cleveland Indians for Michael Bourn
32	New York Yankees	Aaron Judge	OF	Fresno State University (Col.)	Linden, CA	Compensation from Cleveland Indians for Nick Swisher
33	New York Yankees	Ian Clarkin	P	James Madison High School (San Diego) (HS)	San Diego, CA	Compensation from Washington Nationals for Rafael Soriano

Competitive Balance Round A

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
34	Kansas City Royals	Sean Manaea	P	Indiana State University (Col.)	Wanatah, IN
35	Miami Marlins	Matt Krook	P	St. Ignatius College Preparatory (HS)	Hillsborough, CA	From Pittsburgh Pirates; did not sign
36	Arizona Diamondbacks	Aaron Blair	P	Marshall University (Col.)	Las Vegas, NV
37	Baltimore Orioles	Josh Hart	OF	Parkview High School (Lilburn) (HS)	Lilburn, GA
38	Cincinnati Reds	Michael Lorenzen	P	California State University, Fullerton (Col.)	Anaheim, CA
39	Detroit Tigers	Corey Knebel	P	University of Texas (Col.)	Georgetown, TX	From Miami Marlins

Other Notable Selections

• Cody Bellinger (4th round)

Other Sports Selections

• Jeff Driskel (29th round)

Notes

Corey Knebel was the first player selected in the 2013 amateur draft to reach the major leagues, playing his first game with the Detroit Tigers on May 24, 2014. He was followed a month later by Marco Gonzales, who made his debut with the St. Louis Cardinals on June 25th, to become the first player from the first round proper to make it to the Show.

Further Reading

• Jim Callis: "A decade later, we redraft the 2013 MLB Draft: MVP winners and All-Stars headline the top of a power-packed class", mlb.com, May 9, 2023. [1]

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