Amateur Draft Selections

Familiar Names In 2013 Draft
Many teams put some weight into legacies in the baseball draft, picking the sons, brothers and grandsons of former big-league players. If being a great ballplayer is in the DNA, then it's a viable strategy. A look at those players in 2013.

2013 MLB First-Round Amateur Draft Choices
First-round selections in the 2013 Major League Baseball draft, held June 6, 2013 and headlined by No. 1 pick Mark Appel of Stanford University, picked by the Houston Astros.

2012 MLB First-Round Amateur Draft Choices
First-round selections in the 2012 Major League Baseball draft, held June 4, 2012 and headlined by No. 1 pick Carlos Correa of Puerto Rico, picked by the Houston Astros.

Familiar Surnames from 2012 Draft
Many teams put some weight into legacies in the baseball draft, picking the sons, brothers and grandsons of former big-league players. If being a great ballplayer is in the DNA, then it's a viable strategy. A look at those players in 2012.

Many Familiar Names Taken In 2011 MLB Amateur Draft
You've never heard of most players picked in the 2011 MLB draft, and you probably never will. But there were quite a few players taken in the 2011 draft who might sound familiar because of their lineage.

2011 MLB First-Round Amateur Draft Choices
First-round selections in the 2011 Major League Baseball draft, held June 6, 2011 and headlined by No. 1 pick Gerrit Cole, picked by the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Tampa Bay Rays had 10 of the first 60 picks.

No. 1 Overall Picks in Major League Baseball Draft History
A list of the No. 1 overall Major League Baseball draft picks in history, from 1965 to the present.

Top No. 1 Overall Draft Picks
Ranking the top 10 No. 1 overall picks in the 43-year history of the baseball amateur draft.

1965 MLB First-Round Amateur Draft Choices
First-round choices in the Major League Baseball amateur draft from 1965, with teams, schools and draft order.