2022 MLB First Year Player Draft Picks No. 1-28
The 2022 MLB First Year Player Draft is underway from Seattle, the site of this year's All-Star Game festivities, as the first two rounds are on Sunday night. There are only technically 28 first round picks this year, as the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers each had their pick moved down 10 spots due to luxury tax penalties. Collegiate players were the more popular picks in the first round, as 17 of the selections were from the college ranks, including the top two picks in Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews, as well as Boston's pick, as the Red Sox went with Virginia catcher Kyle Teel.
Here is who each team selected with the first 28 picks in the draft.
1. Pittsburgh Pirates - Paul Skenes, RHP, LSU
2. Washington Nationals - Dylan Crews, OF, LSU
3. Detroit Tigers - Max Clark, OF, Franklin Community HS (IN)
4. Texas Rangers - Wyatt Langford, OF, Florida
5. Minnesota Twins - Walter Jenkins, OF, South Brunswick HS (NC)
6. Oakland Athletics - Jacob Wilson, SS, Grand Canyon
7. Cincinnati Reds - Rhett Lowder, RHP, Wake Forest
8. Kansas City Royals - Blake Mitchell, C, Sinton HS (TX)
9. Colorado Rockies - Chase Dollander, RHP, Tennessee
10. Miami Marlins - Noble Meyer, RHP, Jesuit HS (Oregon)
11. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Nolan Schanuel, 1B, Florida Atlantic
12. Arizona Diamondbacks - Tommy Troy, SS, Stanford
13. Chicago Cubs - Matt Shaw, SS, Maryland
14. Boston Red Sox - Kyle Teel, C, Virginia
15. Chicago White Sox - Jacob Gonzalez, SS, Ole Miss
16. San Francisco Giants - Bryce Eldridge, Two-Way, James Madison HS (VA)
17. Baltimore Orioles - Enrique Bradfield Jr., OF, Vanderbilt
18. Milwaukee Brewers - Brock Wilken, 3B, Wake Forest
19. Tampa Bay Rays - Brayden Taylor, SS, TCU
20. Toronto Blue Jays - Arjun Nimmala, SS, Strawberry Crest HS (FL)
21. St. Louis Cardinals - Chase Davis, OF, Arizona
22. Seattle Mariners - Colt Emerson, SS, Glenn HS (OH)
23. Cleveland Guardians - Ralphy Velazquez, C, Huntington Beach HS (CA)
24. Atlanta Braves - Hurston Waldrep, RHP, Florida
25. San Diego Padres - Dillon Head, OF, Homewood Flossmoor HS (IL)
26. New York Yankees - George Lombard Jr., SS, Gulliver Prep HS (FL)
27. Philadelphia Phillies - Aidan Miller, 3B, Mitchell HS (FL)
28. Houston Astros - Brice Matthews, SS, Nebraska