2010 Amateur Draft

The 2010 First Year Player Draft is the forty-sixth Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. It took place from June 7-9 in Secaucus, NJ. The Washington Nationals had the first pick in the draft for the second straight year. Their selection was a surprise to no one, as they picked C Bryce Harper, who had graduated early from high school to spend the season in junior college; he was considered a generational talent even if he had a gift for rubbing people the wrong way.

Draft Results

First Round

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Washington Nationals	Bryce Harper	C	College of Southern Nevada (Col.)	Las Vegas, NV
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	Jameson Taillon	P	The Woodlands High School (HS)
3	Baltimore Orioles	Manny Machado	SS	Brito Miami Private School (HS)
4	Kansas City Royals	Christian Colon	SS	Cal State Fullerton (Col.)
5	Cleveland Indians	Drew Pomeranz	P	University of Mississippi (Col.)
6	Arizona Diamondbacks	Barret Loux	P	Texas A&M (Col.)		Declared a free agent due to Diamondbacks concerns about his health
7	New York Mets	Matt Harvey	P	University of North Carolina (Col.)
8	Houston Astros	Delino DeShields Jr.	CF	Woodward Academy (HS)
9	San Diego Padres	Karsten Whitson	P	Chipley High School (HS)		Did not sign
10	Oakland Athletics	Michael Choice	CF	UT Arlington (Col.)
11	Toronto Blue Jays	Deck McGuire	P	Georgia Tech (Col.)
12	Cincinnati Reds	Yasmani Grandal	C	University of Miami (Col.)
13	Chicago White Sox	Chris Sale	P	Florida Gulf Coast University (Col.)
14	Milwaukee Brewers	Dylan Covey	P	Maranatha High School (HS)		Did not sign
15	Texas Rangers	Jake Skole	OF	Blessed Trinity High School (HS)		Compensation for failure to sign 2009 Pick Matt Purke
16	Chicago Cubs	Hayden Simpson	P	Southern Arkansas University (Col.)
17	Tampa Bay Rays	Josh Sale	OF	Bishop Blanchet High School (HS)
18	Los Angeles Angels	Kaleb Cowart	P	Cook County High School (HS)		Compensation from Seattle Mariners for Chone Figgins
19	Houston Astros	Mike Foltynewicz	P	Minooka Community H.S. (HS)		Compensation from Detroit Tigers for Jose Valverde
20	Boston Red Sox	Kolbrin Vitek	2B	Ball State University (Col.)		Compensation from Atlanta Braves for Billy Wagner
21	Minnesota Twins	Alex Wimmers	P	Ohio State University (Col.)
22	Texas Rangers	Kellin Deglan	C	R.E. Mountain SS (HS)
23	Florida Marlins	Christian Yelich	1B	Westlake High School (HS)
24	San Francisco Giants	Gary Brown	OF	CSU Fullerton (Col.)
25	St. Louis Cardinals	Zack Cox	3B	University of Arkansas (Col.)
26	Colorado Rockies	Kyle Parker	OF	Clemson University (Col.)	Jacksonville, FL
27	Philadelphia Phillies	Jessie Biddle	P	Germantown Friends School (HS)
28	Los Angeles Dodgers	Zach Lee	P	McKinney High School (HS)	McKinney, TX
29	Los Angeles Angels	Cam Bedrosian	P	East Coweta High School (HS)	Senoia, GA	Compensation from Boston Red Sox for John Lackey
30	Los Angeles Angels	Chevy Clarke	OF	Marietta High School (HS)	Marietta, GA
31	Tampa Bay Rays	Justin O'Conner	C	Cowan High School (HS)	Muncie, IN	Compensation for failure to sign 2009 Pick LeVon Washington
32	New York Yankees	Cito Culver	SS	West Irondequoit HS (HS)	Rochester, NY

Supplemental First Round

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
33	Houston Astros	Michael Kvasnicka	3B	University of Minnesota (Col.)		Compensation for Jose Valverde
34	Toronto Blue Jays	Aaron Sanchez	P	Barstow High School (HS)	Barstow, CA	Compensation for Marco Scutaro
35	Atlanta Braves	Matthew Lipka	SS	McKinney High School (HS)	Frisco, TX	Compensation for Mike Gonzalez
36	Boston Red Sox	Bryce Brentz	OF	Middle Tennessee State (Col.)	Knoxville, TN	Compensation for Billy Wagner
37	Los Angeles Angels	Taylor Lindsey	SS	Desert Mountain HS (HS)	Scottsdale, AZ	Compensation for Chone Figgins
38	Toronto Blue Jays	Noah Syndergaard	P	Legacy High School (HS)	Mansfield, TX	Compensation for failure to sign 2009 Pick James Paxton
39	Boston Red Sox	Anthony Ranaudo	P	Louisiana State University (Col.)	Jackson, NJ	Compensation for Jason Bay
40	Los Angeles Angels	Ryan Bolden	OF	Madison Central HS (HS)	Madison, MS	Compensation for John Lackey
41	Toronto Blue Jays	Asher Wojciechowski	P	The Citadel (Col.)	Beaufort, SC	Compensation for Rod Barajas
42	Tampa Bay Rays	Drew Vettleson	OF/P	Central Kitsap High School (HS)	Tracyton, WA	Compensation for Gregg Zaun
43	Seattle Mariners	Taijuan Walker	P	Yucaipa High School (HS)	Yucaipa, CA	Compensation for Adrian Beltre
44	Detroit Tigers	Nick Castellanos	3B	Archbishop McCarthy HS (HS)	Davie, FL	Compensation for Brandon Lyon
45	Texas Rangers	Luke Jackson	P	Calvary Christian Academy (HS)	Southwest Ranches, FL	Compensation for Ivan Rodriguez
46	St. Louis Cardinals	Seth Blair	P	Arizona State University (Col.)	Rock Falls, IL	Compensation for Mark DeRosa
47	Colorado Rockies	Peter Tago	P	Dana Hills High School (HS)	Laguna Niguel, CA	Compensation for Jason Marquis
48	Detroit Tigers	Chance Ruffin	P	University of Texas (Col.)	Austin, TX	Compensation for Fernando Rodney
49	Texas Rangers	Mike Olt	3B	University of Connecticut (Col.)	Branford, CT	Compensation for Marlon Byrd
50	St. Louis Cardinals	Tyrell Jenkins	P	Henderson High School (HS)	Henderson, TX	Compensation for Joel Pineiro

Other Notable Selections

• Andrelton Simmons (2nd round); J.T. Realmuto (3rd round); Whit Merrifield (9th round); Joc Pederson (11th round); Kevin Kiermaier (31st round)

Other Sports Selections

Golden Tate (50th round)

Draft Notes

In an unusual situation, JaDamion Williams was picked in the 10th round and his brother Reggie Williams went just four picks later.

Sources

Draft Order and Comp. Picks