2007 Major League Baseball draft
Major League Baseball draft
The 2007 Major League Baseball draft, was an annual choosing of high school and college baseball players, held on June 7, 2007 and June 8, 2007. The first day session of the draft included the first 25 rounds and was scheduled to be broadcast "live" from Orlando, Florida on television for the first time, on ESPN2 from 2:00pm to 6:00pm Eastern Daylight Time (1800, 2200 UTC). Previously the conference call format draft was broadcast live, along with commentary, on both draft days exclusively from the MLB.com website as streaming audio. In total, the draft featured 50 rounds and 1453 selections.
01First round selections
| = All-Star | |
| = Never played in the Major Leagues |
02Supplemental first round selections
Compensation picks
03Other notable players
- Key
| All-Star | |
| * | Player did not sign |
NFL players drafted
- Dennis Dixon, 5th round, 168th overall by the Atlanta Braves
- Pat White, 27th round, 838th overall by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, but did not sign
- Russell Wilson, 41st round, 1,222nd overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign
- Golden Tate, 42nd round, 1,252nd overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks, but did not sign
04Background
Ross Detwiler was the first 2007 draftee to play in the major leagues.
David Price became the first player from the 2007 draft to be the starting pitcher of an All-Star Game in 2010. He was also the first pitcher to pitch in the postseason and World Series pitching in relief for the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays in the 2008 World Series. He was also the first player in this draft to win a Cy Young Award (which he won in 2012).
Jason Heyward became the first position player from the 2007 draft to be a starter of an All-Star Game in 2010.
Rick Porcello was the first player from the 2007 draft to be named as a starter at the outset of the season from spring training. He initially started the 2009 season in the fifth rotation spot for the Detroit Tigers but by mid-season was promoted to the third starter.
Madison Bumgarner was the first 2007 draftee to win the World Series, with the San Francisco Giants in 2010. He also was the first player to win the World Series MVP award, which he won in 2014.
Sources and credits
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- 2007 MLB draft logo.jpg by Unknown author, Fair use
- David Price (51006215657) (cropped).jpg by Jeffrey Hayes, CC BY 2.0
- Mike Moustakas 2018.jpg by Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Matt Wieters (3871581309).jpg by Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Madison Bumgarner on September 3, 2013 cropped.jpg by SD Dirk on Flickr, CC BY 2.0
- Jason Heyward Braves at Rangers in Texas in Sept 2014.jpg by EricEnfermero, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rick Porcello (51006479103).jpg by Jeffrey Hayes, CC BY 2.0
- Todd Frazier in 2017 (36922707372).jpg by Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Travis d'Arnaud mid-swing, Aug 06 2022.jpg by D. Benjamin Miller, CC0
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