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Looking ahead: The First-year player draft
Sunday, June 03, 2007

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What: The first-year player draft

When: Thursday-Friday. The first pick will be made just after 2 p.m. Thursday. The draft will proceed through 50 rounds or until every team passes.

Where: Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando, Fla. -- the first time the draft has had an actual location.

TV: 2 p.m., ESPN2 (first round only).

Online: Fans can follow online at mlb.com or baseballamerica.com.

 

The Order

1. Tampa Bay
2. Kansas City
3. Chicago Cubs
4. Pirates
5. Baltimore
6. Washington
7. Milwaukee
8. Colorado
9. Arizona
10. San Francisco
11. Seattle
12. Florida
13. Cleveland
14. Atlanta
15. Cincinnati
16. Toronto (from Texas)
17. Texas (from Houston)
18. St. Louis
19. Philadelphia
Dodgers (from Boston)
21. Toronto
22. San Fran (from Dodgers)
23. San Diego
24. Texas (from Angels)
25. Chicago White Sox
26. Oakland Athletics
27. Detroit
28. Minnesota
29. San Fran (from Mets)
30. New York Yankees
Note: There will also be 34 supplemental , or sandwich, picks between the first and second rounds awarded to teams for the loss of Type A free agents.


Where are they now?

Remnants of the Pirates' draft class of 2004

A look at the players the team selected three years ago. The list includes only those players who signed with Pirates and are still in the organization.

Rd. Player Pos. Current team Class
1 Neil Walker 3B Altoona AA
2 Brian Bixler SS Indianapolis AAA
3 Eddie Prasch 3B Hickory A
*-4 Joe Bauserman RHP Ohio State University  
5 Kyle Bloom LHP Lynchburg A
6 A.J. Johnson OF Extended Spring Training  
7 Jason Quarles RHP Extended Spring Training
10 Derek Hankins RHP Lynchburg A
19 Brad Clapp RHP Hickory A
23 Dustin Craig RHP Lynchburg A
33 Justin Byler C Extended Spring Training
39 Todd Redmond RHP Lynchburg A
41 Dan Schwartzbauer SS/2B Lynchburg A
*-Rights held by Pirates.

Note: Players in Extended Spring Training are hurt or will be assigned to Bradenton, Fla., in the Gulf Coast Rookie League or to State College in the New York-Penn League when those two short-season leagues begin play June 19.

First published on June 2, 2007 at 10:14 pm