MLB Amateur Draft

Updated September 27, 2017 | Infoplease Staff

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First round selections at the 34th Amateur Draft held June 2-4, 1998. Selections 1-30 are first round picks and 31-41 are supplemental first round picks awarded for the loss of free agents while picks 42 and 43 are compensation for unsigned 1997 selections.

First Round

No			Pos
1	Philadelphia	Pat Burrell, Miami	3B
2	Oakland	Mark Mulder, Michigan St.	LHP
3	Chicago-NL	Corey Patterson, of Harrison HS-Kennesaw, Ga.	OF
4	Kansas City	Jeff Austin, Stanford	RHP
5	St. Louis	J.D. Drew, Florida St.	OF
6	Minnesota	Ryan Mills, Arizona St.	LHP
7	Cincinnati	Austin Kearns, Lafayette HS-Lexington, Ky.	RF
8	Toronto	Felipe Lopez, Lake Brantley HS-Altamonta Springs, Fla.	SS
9	San Diego	Sean Burroughs, Wilson HS-Long Beach, Calf.	3B
10	Texas	Carlos Pena, Northeastern	1B
11	Montreal	Josh McKinley, Malvern Prep, Downington, Pa.	SS
12	Boston	Adam Everett, South Carolina	SS
13	Milwaukee	J.M. Gold, North HS-Tom's River, N.J.	RHP
14	Detroit	Jeff Weaver, Fresno St.	RHP
15	Pittsburgh	Clint Johnston, Vanderbilt	LHP-OF
16	Chicago-AL	Kip Wells, Baylor	RHP
17	a-Houston	Brad Lidge, Notre Dame	RHP
18	Anaheim	Seth Etherton, USC	RHP
19	b-San Francisco	Tony Torcata, Woodland (Calif.) HS	SS-3B
20	Cleveland	C.C. Sabathia, Vallejo (Calif.) HS	LHP
21	New York Mets	Jason Tyner, Texas A&M	OF
22	Seattle	Matt Thorton, Grand Valley St.	LHP
23	Los Angeles	Bubba Crosby, Rice	OF
24	New York-AL	Andy Brown, Richmond (Ind.) HS	OF
25	San Francisco	Nate Bump, Penn St.	RHP
26	Baltimore	Rick Elder, Sprayberry HS Marietta, Ga.	OF
27	Florida	Chip Ambres, West Brook HS-Beaumont, Texas	OF
28	c-Colorado	Matt Roney, North HS-Edmond, Okla.	RHP
29	d-San Francisco	Arturo McDowell, Forest Hills HS-Jackson, Miss.	OF
30	e-Kansas City	Matt Burch, Virgina Commonwealth	RHP
31	Kansas City	Christopher George, Klein HS-Spring, Texas	LHP
32	St. Louis	Benjamin Diggins, Bradshaw HS-Dewey, Ariz.	OF
33	Montreal	Stephen Wilkerson, Florida	LHP
34	Detroit	Nathan Cornejo, Wellington (Kan.) HS	RHP
35	Chicago-AL	Aaron Rowand, California	OF
36	Colorado	Raphael Freeman, Dallas	OF
37	Houston	Michael Nannini, Green Valley HS-Henderson, Nev.	RHP
38	San Francisco	Christopher Jones, South Mecklenburg HS-Charlotte, N.C.	LHP
39	Baltimore	Mamon Tucker, Stephen F. Austin HS-Austin, Texas	OF
40	Colorado	Jeffrey Winchester, Rummel Boys HS-Metairie, La.	C
41	San Francisco	Jeffrey Urban, Ball St.	LHP
42	f-Philadelphia	Eric Valent, California	OF
43	g-New York-AL	Mark Prior, University HS-Bonita, Calif.	RHP

Acquired picks: a–from Colorado for signing Darryl Kile; b–from Houston for signing Doug Henry; c–from Atlanta for signing Andres Galarraga; d–from Tampa Bay for signing Roberto Hernandez; e–from Arizona for signing Jay Bell; f–for not signing 1997 pick J.D. Drew; g–for not signing 1997 pick Carlton Godwin.

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