The 2012 MLB Draft was held in Secaucus, N.J.
Round 1 and the Compensation-A Round were on Monday, June 4, starting at 7 p.m. ET. Rounds 2-15 were held on Tuesday, June 5; and Rounds 16-40 were on Wednesday, June 6. Tuesday and Wednesday selections began at noon.
First Round Prospect Profiles
ROUNDS: |
Round 1 | |||||
Pick | Team | Player | Position | HS/College | From/For |
1 | Houston Astros | Carlos Correa | SS | PR Baseball Academy (P.R.) HS | |
2 | Minnesota Twins | Byron Buxton | OF | Appling County (Ga.) HS | |
3 | Seattle Mariners | Michael Zunino | C | Florida | |
4 | Baltimore Orioles | Kevin Gausman | RHP | LSU | |
5 | Kansas City Royals | Kyle Zimmer | RHP | San Francisco | |
6 | Chicago Cubs | Albert Almora | OF | Mater Academy (Fla.) HS | |
7 | San Diego Padres | Max Fried | LHP | Harvard-Westlake (Calif.) HS | |
8 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Mark Appel | RHP | Stanford | |
9 | Miami Marlins | Andrew Heaney | LHP | Oklahoma State | |
10 | Colorado Rockies | David Dahl | OF | Oak Mountain (Ala.) HS | |
11 | Oakland Athletics | Addison Russell | SS | Pace (Fla.) HS | |
12 | New York Mets | Gavin Cecchini | SS | Barbe (La.) HS | |
13 | Chicago White Sox | Courtney Hawkins | OF | Carroll (Texas) HS | |
14 | Cincinnati Reds | Nick Travieso | RHP | Archbishop McCarthy (Fla.) HS | |
15 | Cleveland Indians | Tyler Naquin | OF | Texas A&M; | |
16 | Washington Nationals | Lucas Giolito | RHP | Harvard Westlake (Calif.) HS | |
17 | Toronto Blue Jays | D.J. Davis | OF | Stone (Miss.) HS | |
18 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Corey Seager | SS | Northwest Cabarrus (N.C.) HS | |
19 | St. Louis Cardinals | Michael Wacha | RHP | Texas A&M; | (A. Pujols - LAA) |
20 | San Francisco Giants | Chris Stratton | RHP | Mississippi State | |
21 | Atlanta Braves | Lucas Sims | RHP | Brookwood (Ga.) HS | |
22 | Toronto Blue Jays | Marcus Stroman | RHP | Duke | (T. Beede - unsigned) |
23 | St. Louis Cardinals | James Ramsey | OF | Florida State | |
24 | Boston Red Sox | Deven Marrero | SS | Arizona State | |
25 | Tampa Bay Rays | Richie Shaffer | 3B | Clemson | |
26 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Stryker Trahan | C | Acadiana (La.) HS | |
27 | Milwaukee Brewers | Clint Coulter | C | Union (Wash.) HS | (P. Fielder - DET) |
28 | Milwaukee Brewers | Victor Roache | OF | Georgia Southern | |
29 | Texas Rangers | Lewis Brinson | OF | Coral Springs (Fla.) HS | |
30 | New York Yankees | Ty Hensley | RHP | Santa Fe (Okla.) HS | |
31 | Boston Red Sox | Brian Johnson | LHP | Florida | (J. Papelbon - PHI) |
Compensation A | |||||
Pick | Team | Player | Pos. | HS/College | For |
32 | Minnesota Twins | Orlando Berrios | RHP | Papa Juan (P.R.) HS | (M. Cuddyer - COL) |
33 | San Diego Padres | Zach Eflin | RHP | Hagerty (Fla.) HS | (H. Bell - MIA) |
34 | Oakland Athletics | Daniel Robertson | SS | Upland (Calif.) HS | (J. Willingham - MIN) |
35 | New York Mets | Kevin Plawecki | C | Purdue | (J. Reyes - MIA) |
36 | St. Louis Cardinals | Stephen Piscotty | 3B | Stanford | (A. Pujols - LAA) |
37 | Boston Red Sox | Pat Light | RHP | Monmouth | (J. Papelbon - PHI) |
38 | Milwaukee Brewers | Mitch Haniger | OF | Cal Poly | (P. Fielder - DET) |
39 | Texas Rangers | Joey Gallo | 3B | Bishop Gorman (Nev.) HS | (C.J. Wilson - LAA) |
40 | Philadelphia Phillies | Shane Watson | RHP | Lakewood (Calif.) HS | (R. Madson - CIN) |
41 | Houston Astros | Lance McCullers | RHP | Jesuit (Fla.) HS | (C. Barmes - PIT) |
42 | Minnesota Twins | Luke Bard | RHP | Georgia Tech | (J. Kubel - ARI) |
43 | Chicago Cubs | Pierce Johnson | RHP | Missouri State | (A. Ramirez - MIL) |
44 | San Diego Padres | Travis Jankowski | OF | Stony Brook | (A. Harang - LAD) |
45 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Barrett Barnes | OF | Texas Tech | (R. Doumit - MIN) |
46 | Colorado Rockies | Eddie Butler | RHP | Radford | (M. Ellis - LAD) |
47 | Oakland Athletics | Matt Olson | 1B | Parkview (Ga.) HS | (D. De Jesus - CHC) |
48 | Chicago White Sox | Keon Barnum | 1B | King (Fla.) HS | (M. Buehrle - MIA) |
49 | Cincinnati Reds | Jesse Winker | OF | Olympia (Fla.) HS | (R. Hernandez - COL) |
50 | Toronto Blue Jays | Matthew Smoral | LHP | Solon (Ohio) HS | (F. Francisco - NYM) |
51 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Jesmuel Valentin | SS | PR Baseball Academy (P.R.) HS | (R. Barajas - PIT) |
52 | St. Louis Cardinals | Patrick Wisdom | 3B | St. Mary's | (O. Dotel - DET) |
53 | Texas Rangers | Collin Wiles | RHP | Blue Valley West (Kan.) HS | (D. Oliver - TOR) |
54 | Philadelphia Phillies | Mitch Gueller | RHP | W.F. West (Wash.) HS | (R. Ibanez - NYY) |
55 | San Diego Padres | Walker Weickel | RHP | Olympia (Fla.) HS | (B. Austin - unsigned) |
56 | Chicago Cubs | Paul Blackburn | RHP | Heritage (Calif.) HS | (C. Pena - TB) |
57 | Cincinnati Reds | Jeff Gelalich | OF | UCLA | (F. Cordero - TOR) |
58 | Toronto Blue Jays | Mitch Nay | 3B | Hamilton (Ariz.) HS | (J. Rauch - NYM) |
59 | St. Louis Cardinals | Steve Bean | C | Rockwall (Texas) HS | (E. Jackson - WAS) |
60 | Toronto Blue Jays | Tyler Gonzales | RHP | James Madison (Texas) HS | (J. Molina - TB) |
Next round |
Currently, teams can earn compensatory picks in the draft based on departing free agents. Free Agents are ranked by the Elias Sports Bureau based on their previous two years of playing, and against players of similar positions. Players are categorized as either Class A or Class B, or they fall into the category of all other players. Below is a description of each free agent class and the compensation the free agent's former team received when the player signs with a different team.
A Class A free agent is ranked in the top 20 percent of players at his position. A team that signs a Type A player gives its top draft pick to the club that the player is leaving; that club also receives a supplemental pick in the "sandwich" round between the first and second rounds.
A Class B free agent is ranked below the top 20 percent but in the top 40 percent of players at his position. A team that loses a Type B player receives a supplemental pick, but the signing team does not lose a pick.
All other players carry no compensation at all. There had previously been a third class of "Type C" players, but that was eliminated in the most recent CBA.
For the 2012 draft, the current "Type A" and "Type B" designations remain in place, but the CBA included special provisions that modified the statuses of 11 players who were Type A free agents under the old CBA. Six of these will be "Modified Type A"—meaning that the signing team does not forfeit a draft pick, but the player's former team will receive a compensatory pick in the same position it would have earned under regular Type A rules. The remaining five will be "Modified Type B", with compensation identical to that for other Type B free agents.
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