First round
1. Minnesota, Joseph Mauer, C, Cretin HS, St. Paul, Minn.
2. Cubs, Mark Prior, RHP, Southern California.
3. Tampa Bay, Dewon Brazelton, RHP, Middle Tennessee.
4. Philadelphia, Gavin Floyd, RHP, Mount St. Joseph’s HS, Severna Park, Md.
5. Texas, Mark Teixeira, 3B, Georgia Tech.
6. Montreal, Joshua Karp, RHP, California.
7. Baltimore, Christopher Smith, LHP, Cumberland U., Tenn.
8. Pittsburgh, John Van Benschoten, RHP, Kent State.
9. Kansas City, Jonathan Griffin, Marshall (Texas) HS.
10. Houston, Christopher Burke, SS, Tennessee.
11. Detroit, Kenneth Baugh, RHP, Rice.
12. Milwaukee, Michael Jones, RHP, Thunderbird HS, Phoenix.
13. Anaheim, Casey Kotchman, 1B, Seminole (Fla.) HS.
14. San Diego, Jacob Gautreau, 1B-3B, Tulane.
15. Toronto, Gabriel Gross, LF, Auburn.
16. a-White Sox, Kristopher Honel, RHP, Providence Catholic HS.
17. b-Cleveland, Daniel Denham, RHP, Deer Valley HS, Antioch, Calif.
18. c-New York Mets, Aaron Heilman, RHP, Notre Dame.
19. d-Baltimore, Michael Fontenot, 2B, LSU.
20. Cincinnati, Jeremy Sowers, LHP, Ballard HS, Louisville, Ky.
21. e-San Francisco, Brad Hennessey, RHP, Youngstown State.
22. Arizona, Jason Bulger, RHP, Valdosta State.
23. f-New York Yankees, John-Ford Griffin, RF, Florida State.
24. g-Atlanta, Joseph McBride, LHP, Screven County HS, Sylvania, Ga.
25. Oakland, Robert Crosby, SS, Long Beach State.
26. h-Oakland, Jremy Bonderman, RHP, Pasco (Wash.) HS.
27. i-Cleveland, William Horne, RHP, Marianna (Fla.) HS.
28. St. Louis, Justin Pope, RHP, Central Florida.
29. Atlanta, Joshua Burrus, SS, Wheeler HS, Marietta, G.
30. San Francisco, Noah Lowry, LHP, Pepperdine.
Note: a-from Florida, compensation for C Charles Johnson; b-from Boston, compensation for OF Manny Ramirez; c-from Colorado, compensation for LHP Mike Hampton; d-from N.Y. Yankees, compensation for RHP Mike Mussina; e-from Cleveland, compensation for OF Ellis Burks; f-from Seattle, compensation for RHP Jeff Nelson; g-from Los Angeles, compensation for RHP Andy Ashby; h-from N.Y. Mets, compensation for RHP Kevin Appier; i-from White Sox, compensation for C Sandy Alomar, Jr.
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