MLB Draft Last Night

Last night was the MLB draft, although it is not as exciting as the NBA draft or as interesting as the NFL draft it is still interesting. Here is how the 1st round of the draft went:

First Round
No. Team Player
1 WAS Bryce Harper, OF
2 PIT Jameson Taillon, RHP
3 BAL Manny Machado, SS
4 KC Christian Colon, SS
5 CLE Drew Pomeranz, LHP
6 ARI Barret Loux, RHP
7 NYM Matt Harvey, RHP
8 HOU Delino DeShields, 2B
9 SD Karsten Whitson, RHP
10 OAK Michael Choice, OF
11 TOR Deck McGuire, RHP
12 CIN Yasmani Grandal, C
13 CWS Chris Sale, LHP
14 MIL Dylan Covey, RHP
15 TEX Jake Skole, OF
16 CHC Haden Simpson, RHP
17 TB Josh Sale, OF
18 LAA Kaleb Cowart, 3B
19 HOU Mike Foltynewicz, RHP
20 BOS Kolbrin Vitek, 2B
21 MIN Alex Wimmers, RHP
22 TEX Kellin Deglan, C
23 FLA Christian Yelich, OF
24 SF Gary Brown, OF
25 STL Zack Cox, 3B
26 COL Kyle Parker, OF
27 PHI Jesse Biddle, LHP
28 LAD Zach Lee, RHP
29 LAA Cam Bedrosian, RHP
30 LAA Chevy Clarke, OF
31 TB Justin O'Conner, C
32 NYY Cito Culver, SS
35 ATL* Matthew Lipka, SS
43 SEA* Taijuan Walker, RHP
44 DET* Nick Castellanos, 3B


The one player that is generating enough buzz to catch the attention of the media is Bryce Harper. Harper is 17 years old and is projected to get a signing bonus in the neighborhood of $12 million! He dropped out of high school to focus on baseball. He obtained his GED and then attended a local Junior College. At Junior College he killed it posting .442 with 29 home runs and 89 RBIs during the 2010 season.Sports Illustrated referred to him as the "Chosen One" and baseball's version of LeBron James.