FIRST ROUND
Chart: MLB draft first-round selections, compensation picks
NO.TEAMPLAYERPOS.SCHOOL
1.ArizonaDansby SwansonSSVanderbilt
2.Houston *Alex BregmanSSLSU
3.ColoradoBrendan RodgersSSLake Mary H.S., Fla.
4.TexasDillon TateRHPUC-Santa Barbara
5.HoustonKyle TuckerOFH.B. Plant H.S., Fla.
6.TwinsTyler JayLHPUniv. of Illinois
7.BostonAndrew BenintendiOFUniv. of Arkansas
8.Chicago White SoxCarson FulmerRHPVanderbilt
9.Chicago CubsIan HappOFUniv. of Cincinnati
10.PhiladelphiaCornelius RandolphSSGriffin H.S., Ga.
11.CincinnatiTyler StephensonCKennesaw Mountain H.S., Ga.
12.MiamiJosh Naylor1BJoan of Arc Catholic H.S., Canada
13.Tampa BayGarrett WhitleyOFNiskayuna H.S., N.Y.
14.AtlantaKolby AllardLHPSan Clemente H.S., Calif.
15.MilwaukeeTrent ClarkOFRichland H.S., Texas
16.N.Y. YankeesJames KaprielianRHPUCLA
17.ClevelandBrady AikenLHPIMG Academy, Bradenton, Fla
18.San FranciscoPhil BickfordRHPSouthern Nevada
19.PittsburghKevin NewmanSSArizona
20.OaklandRichie MartinSSFlorida
21.Kansas CityAshe RussellRHPCathedral H.S., Ind.
22.DetroitBeau BurrowsRHPWeatherford H.S., Tex.
23.St. LouisNick PlummerOFBrother Rice H.S., Mich.
24.L.A. DodgersWalker BuehlerRHPVanderbilt
25.BaltimoreD.J. StewartOFFlorida State
26.L.A. AngelsTaylor WardCFresno State
Compensation picks:
27.ColoradoMike NikorakRHPStroudsburg H.S., Pa.
28.AtlantaMike SorokaRHPBishop Carroll H.S., Canada
29.Toronto Jon HarrisRHPMissouri State
30.N.Y. YankeesKyle HolderSSUniv. of San Diego
31.San FranciscoChris Shaw1BBoston College
32.PittsburghKe'Bryan Hayes3BConcordia Lutheran H.S., Tex.
33.Kansas CityNolan WatsonRHPLawrence North H.S., Ind.
34.DetroitChristian StewartOFUniv. of Tennessee
35.L.A. DodgersKyle FunkhouserRHPLouisville
36.BaltimoreRyan MountcastleSSHagerty H.S., Fla.
Compensation picks
Teams receive a compensation pick if a free agent to whom they made a qualifying offer signs with another team:
No. 2: Houston for not signing 2014 No. 1 overall pick Brady Aiken; 27. Michael Cuddyer; 28. Ervin Santana; 29. Melky Cabrera; 30. David Robertson; 31: Pablo Sandoval; 32. Russell Martin; 33. James Shields; 34. Max Scherzer; 35. Hanley Ramirez; 36. Nelson Cruz
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