2009 MLB First-Round Amateur Draft Choices

The first-round picks in the 45th Major League Baseball amateur draft, held June 9, 2009. Supplemental picks were added to the end of the first round based on free-agent signings from the previous offseason.

College or hometown in parentheses. Players with asterisks (*) did not sign as of Aug. 18, 2009. The deadline to sign players still eligible for college baseball was Aug. 17, 2009.

First round

1. Stephen Strasburg, RHP, Washington Nationals (San Diego State)
2. Dustin Ackley, OF, Seattle Mariners (North Carolina)
3. Donovan Tate, OF, San Diego Padres (Cartersville, Ga.)
4. Tony Sanchez, C, Pittsburgh Pirates (Boston College)
5. Matt Hobgood, RHP, Baltimore Orioles (Norco, Calif.)
6. Zack Wheeler, RHP, San Francisco Giants (Dallas, Ga.)
7. Mike Minor, LHP, Atlanta Braves (Vanderbilt)
8. Mike Leake, RHP, Cincinnati Reds (Arizona State)
9. Jacob Turner, RHP, Detroit Tigers (St. Louis, Mo.)
10. Drew Storen, RHP, Washington Nationals (compensation, not signing first-round pick in 2008) (Stanford)
11. Tyler Matzek, LHP, Colorado Rockies (Mission Viejo, Calif.)
12. *Aaron Crow, RHP, Kansas City Royals (Fort Worth Cats via Missouri)
13. Grant Green, SS, Oakland Athletics (Southern Cal)
14. *Matt Purke, LHP, Texas Rangers (Spring, Texas)
15. Alex White, RHP, Cleveland Indians (North Carolina)
16. Bobby Borchering, 3B, Arizona Diamondbacks (Fort Myers, Fla.)
17. A.J. Pollock, CF, Arizona Diamondbacks (compensation, Orlando Hudson) (Notre Dame)
18. Chad James, LHP, Florida Marlins (Yukon, Okla.)
19. Shelby Miller, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals (Brownwood, Texas)
20. Chad Jenkins, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays (Kennesaw State)
21. Jiovanni Mier, SS, Houston Astros (La Verne, Calif.)
22. Kyle Gibson, RHP, Minnesota Twins (Missouri)
23. Jared Mitchell, OF, Chicago White Sox (LSU)
24. Randal Grichuk, LF, Los Angeles Angels (compensation, Francisco Rodriguez) (Rosenberg, Texas)
25. Mike Trout, CF, Los Angeles Angels (compensation, Mark Teixeira) (Millville, N.J.)
26. Eric Arnett, RHP, Milwaukee Brewers (Indiana)
27. Nick Franklin, SS, Seattle Mariners (compensation, Raul Ibanez) (Altamonte Springs, Fla.)
28. Reymond Fuentes, CF, Boston Red Sox (Manati, P.R.)
29. Slade Heathcott, CF, New York Yankees (compensation, not signing first-round pick from 2008) (Texarkana, Texas)
30. *LeVon Washington, OF, Tampa Bay Rays (Gainesville, Fla.)
31. Brett Jackson, OF, Chicago Cubs (California)
32. Tim Wheeler, OF, Colorado Rockies (compensation, Brian Fuentes) (Sacramento State)

Compensatory picks (Teams receive these "sandwich" picks when they lose Type B free agents)

33. Stephen Baron, C, Seattle Mariners (for Raul Ibanez) (Miami, Fla.)
34. Rex Brothers, LHP, Colorado Rockies (for Brian Fuentes) (Lipscomb)
35. Matthew Davidson, 3B, Arizona Diamondbacks (for Orlando Hudson) (Yucaipa, Calif.)
36. Aaron Miller, LHP, Los Angeles Dodgers (for Derek Lowe) (Baylor)
37. *James Paxton, LHP, Toronto Blue Jays (for A.J. Burnett) (Kentucky)
38. Josh Phegley, C, Chicago White Sox (for Orlando Cabrera) (Indiana)
39. Kentrail Davis, CF, Milwaukee Brewers (for CC Sabathia) (Tennessee)
40. Tyler Skaggs, LHP, Los Angeles Angels (for Mark Teixeira) (Santa Monica, Calif.)
41. Christopher Owings, SS, Arizona Diamondbacks (for Juan Cruz) (Gilbert, S.C.)
42. Garrett Richards, RHP, Los Angeles Angels (for Francisco Rodriguez) (Oklahoma)
43. Brad Boxberger, RHP, Cincinnati Reds (for Jeremy Affeldt) (Southern Cal)
44. *Tanner Scheppers, RHP, Texas Rangers (for Milton Bradley) (St. Paul Saints via Fresno State)
45. Mike Belfiore, LHP, Arizona Diamondbacks (for Brandon Lyon) (Boston College)
46. Matt Bashore, LHP, Minnesota Twins (for Dennys Reyes) (Indiana)
47. Kyle Heckathorn, RHP, Milwaukee Brewers (for Brian Schouse) (Kennesaw State)
48. Kyle Kehrer, LHP, Los Angeles Angels (for Jon Garland) (Eastern Illinois)
49. Victor Black, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates (for not signing second-round pick in 2009) (Dallas Baptist)