2009 MLB 1st ROUND DRAFT RESULTS

No surprise here that the Nationals draft Stephen Strasburg with the 1st overall pick in the first-year player draft. It will be interested to see what type of contract gets worked out between Strasburgh and uber-agent Scott Boras and the Nationals.



ROUND ONE 2009 MLB BASEBALL DRAFT

1. Washington Nationals - Stephen Strasburg (San Diego State) RHP
2. Seattle Mariners - Dustin Ackley (UNC Chapel Hill) CF
3. San Diego Padres - Donavan Tate (Cartersville HS - GA) CF
4. Pittsburgh Pirates - Jorge Sanchez (Boston College) C
5. Baltimore Orioles - Matthew Hobgood (Norco HS - CA) RHP
6. San Francisco Giants - Zachary Wheeler (East Paulding HS - GA) RHP
7. Atlanta Braves - Michael Minor (Vanderbilt) LHP
8. Cincinnati Reds - Michael Leake (Arizona State) RHP
9. Detroit Tigers - Jacob Turner (Westminster Christian - MO) RHP
10. Washington Nationals - Drew Storen (Stanford) RHP
11. Colorado Rockies - Tyler Matzek (Capistrano Valley HS - CA) LHP
12. Kansas City Royals - Aaron Crow (No School) - RHP
13. Oakland A’s - Grant Green (USC) SS
14. Texas Rangers - Matthew Purke (Klein HS - TX) LHP
15. Cleveland Indians - Alex White (UNC Chapel Hill) RHP
16. Arizona Diamondbacks - Robert Borchering (Bishop Verot HS - FL) 3B
17. Arizona Diamondbacks - Allen Pollock (Notre Dame) CF
18. Florida Marlins - Chad James (Yukon HS - OK) LHP
19. St. Louis Cardinals - Shelby Miller (Brownwood HS - TX) RHP
20. Toronto Blue Jays - Stephen Jenkins (Kennesaw State) RHP
21. Houston Astros - Jiovanni Mier (Bonita HS - CA) SS
22. Minnesota Twins - Kyle Gibson (Missouri Columbia) RHP
23. Chicago White Sox - Jared Mitchell (LSU) CF
24. Los Angels Angels - Randal Grichuk (Lamar Cons HS - TX) LF
25. Los Angels Angels - Michael Trout (Millville Sr HS - NJ) CF
26. Milwaukee Brewers - Eric Arnett (Indiana) RHP
27. Seattle Mariners - Nicholas Franklin (Lake Brantley HS - FL) SS
28. Boston Red Sox - Reymond Fuentes (Fernando Callejo HS) CF
29. New York Yankees - Zachary Heathcott (Texas HS - AR) CF
30. Tampa Bay Rays - LeVon Washington (Buchholz HS - FL) 2B
31. Chicago Cubs - Brett Jackson (UC Berkeley) CF
32. Colorado Rockies - Timothy Wheeler (Cal St. Sacrament0) CF