The 2009 MLB Draft (Major League Baseball First-Year draft) will be held from June 09, 2009 to June 11, 2009 at the MLB Network Studios in New York City. The First-Year Player Draft, also known as the Rule 4 Draft, is Major League Baseball’s primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players, from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs, to its teams. The order is determined by the previous season’s standings, with the team possessing the worst record receiving the first pick. In addition, teams which lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded “compensatory” picks.
For this year, posted below is the order of the draft:

2009 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft Order

Washington Nationals
Seattle Mariners
San Diego Padres
Pittsburgh Pirates
Baltimore Orioles
San Francisco Giants
Atlanta Braves
Cincinnati Reds
Detroit Tigers
Washington Nationals
Colorado Rockies
Kansas City Royals
Oakland Athletics
Texas Rangers
Cleveland Indians
Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona Diamondbacks
Florida Marlins
St. Louis Cardinals
Toronto Blue Jays
Houston Astros
Minnesota Twins
Chicago White Sox
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Milwaukee Brewers
Seattle Mariners
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Tampa Bay Rays
Chicago Cubs
Colorado Rockies

2009 MLB Draft Results Tracker

MLB Draft 2009: First-Round Tracker
No. Team Player Pos. School
1. Nationals Stephen Strasburg RHP San Diego State
Status: Unsigned
2. Mariners Dustin Ackley OF North Carolina
Status: Unsigned
3. Padres Donovan Tate CF Carterville HS (Ga.)
Status: Unsigned
4. Pirates Tony Sanchez C Boston College
Status: Unsigned
5. Orioles Matt Hobgood RHP Norco HS (Calif.)
Status: Unsigned
6. Giants Zach Wheeler RHP E. Paulding HS (Ga.)
Status: Unsigned
7. Braves Mike Minor LHP Vanderbilt
Status: Unsigned
8. Reds Mike Leake RHP Arizona State
Status: Unsigned
9. Tigers Jacob Turner RHP W’minster Acad. (Mo.)
Status: Unsigned
10. Nationals Drew Storen RHP Stanford
Status: Unsigned
11. Rockies Tyler Matzek LHP Capist. Vall. HS (Calif.)
Status: Unsigned
12. Royals Aaron Crow RHP Fort Worth Cats
Status: Unsigned
13. Athletics Grant Green SS Southern Cal
Status: Unsigned
14. Rangers Matt Purke LHP Klein HS (Texas)
Status: Unsigned
15. Indians Alex White RHP North Carolina
Status: Unsigned
16. Diamondbacks Bobby Borchering 3B Bishop Verot HS (Fla.)
Status: Unsigned
17. Diamondbacks A.J. Pollock OF Notre Dame
Status: Unsigned
18. Marlins Chad James LHP Yukon HS (Okla.)
Status: Unsigned
19. Cardinals Shelby Miller RHP B’wood HS (Texas)
Status: Unsigned
20. Blue Jays Stephen Jenkins RHP Kennesaw State
Status: Unsigned
21. Astros Jiovanni Mier SS Bonita HS (Calif.)
Status: Unsigned
22. Twins Kyle Gibson RHP Missouri
Status: Unsigned
23. White Sox Jared Mitchell CF LSU
Status: Unsigned
24. Angels Randal Grichuk LF L. Cons HS (Texas)
Status: Unsigned
25. Angels Mike Trout CF Milville Sr. HS (N.J.)
Status: Unsigned
26. Brewers Eric Arnett RHP Indiana
Status: Unsigned
27. Mariners Nick Franklin SS L. Brantley HS (Fla.)
Status: Unsigned
28. Red Sox Reymond Fuentes CF F. Callejo HS (Calif.)
Status: Unsigned
29. Yankees Slade Heathcott CF Texas HS (Ariz.)
Status: Unsigned
30. Rays LeVon Washington 2B Buchholz HS (Fla.)
Status: Unsigned
31. Cubs Brett Jackson CF California
Status: Unsigned
32. Rockies Tim Wheeler OF Sacramento State
Status: Unsigned

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