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    2008 MLB First Year Player Mock Draft

    Doug Gray 0

    A group of baseball bloggers got together and put together our own little mock draft with each person taking a team and drafting for them. Below are the results along with who made the pick.

    1. Tampa Bay- Buster Posey, C, Florida State (keith law)
    2. Pittsburgh – Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Vanderbilt (Bucco Blog)
    3. Kansas City – Tim Beckham, SS, Griffin GA HS (Royals Authority)
    4. Baltimore-Brian Matusz, LHP, San Diego (we all agree)
    5. San Francisco – Justin Smoak, 1B, South Carolina (El Lefty Malo)
    6. Florida-Kyle Skipworth, C, Patriot HS, Calif. (Future Fish)
    7. Cincinnati – Gordon Beckham, SS, Georgia (Reds Minor Leagues)
    8. Chicago White Sox- Brett Wallace, 3B/1B, ASU (Zoner Sports)
    9. Washington Nationals – Yonder Alonso, 1B, Miami (Nationals Farm Authority)
    10. Houston Astros – Aaron Crow, RHP, Missouri (Kiley of Saber-Scouting)
    11. Texas Rangers – Eric Hosmer, 1b, American Heritage HS, Fla. (Rangers Farm Authority)
    12. Oakland Athletics – Ethan Martin, 3B/RHP, Stephens County HS, Ga. (Taj of Athletics Nation)
    13. St. Louis Cardinals – Christian Friedrich, LHP, Eastern Kentucky (erik of Future Redbirds)
    14. Minnesota Twins – Jemile Weeks, 2B, Miami (SethSpeaks)
    15. Los Angeles Dodgers – Tim Melville, RHP, Holt HS, Wentzville, MO (group effort)
    16. Milwaukee Brewers – Brett Lawrie, 3B/C, Brookwood SS, Langley, B.C. Patrick Ebert of Brewerfan.net
    17. Toronto Blue Jays – Shooter Hunt, P, Tulane (Pistol of Batters Box)
    18. New York Mets – Jason Castro, CA, Stanford (Anthony of Hot Foot)
    19. Chicago Cubs – Casey Kelly, SS, Sarsota Florida (HS) (Joe from View from the Bleachers)
    20. Seattle Mariners – Aaron Hicks, RHP/OF, Wilson HS, Long Beach, CA (David Cameron from USS Mariner)
    21. Detroit Tigers–Joshua Fields, RHP, Georgia (Erik of Future Redbirds)
    22. New York Mets- Ike Davis, 1B/OF, Arizona State (Hot Foot)
    23. San Diego Padres- Andrew Cashner, RHP, TCU (Geoff Young of Ducksnorts)
    24. Philadelphia Phillies- Tanner Scheppers, RHP, Fresno St. (Phuture Phillies)
    25. Colorado Rockies- Zach Collier, OF, Chino Hills HS, Chino Hills, Calif. (Tom of Up in the Rockies)
    26. Arizona Diamondbacks-Allan Dykstra, 1B, Wake Forest (From RJ of Beyond the Boxscore)
    27. Minnesota Twins-Conor Gillaspie, 3B, Wichita St. (Seth Speaks)
    28. New York Yankees-Gerrit Cole, Orange Lutheran HS, Orange, CA (River Ave. Blues)
    29. Cleveland Indians-Tyson Ross, RHP, California (Bryan Smith, formerly of Baseball Prospectus)
    30. Boston Red Sox-Reese Havens, SS, South Carolina (the College Baseball Blog)