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The 2007 First-Year Player Draft was Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players, and was held on June 7 and June 8 2007. The first day session of the draft, including the first 25 rounds, 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.

First Round Selections

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
1	David Price	Tampa Bay Rays	LHP	Vanderbilt University
2	Mike Moustakas	Kansas City Royals	SS	Chatsworth High School
3	Josh Vitters	Chicago Cubs	3B	Cypress High School
4	Daniel Moskos	Pittsburgh Pirates	LHP	Clemson University
5	Matt Wieters	Baltimore Orioles	C	Georgia Institute of Technology
6	Ross Detwiler	Washington Nationals	LHP	Missouri State University
7	Matthew LaPorta	Milwaukee Brewers	LF	University of Florida
8	Casey Weathers	Colorado Rockies	RHP	Vanderbilt University
9	Jarrod Parker	Arizona Diamondbacks	RHP	Norwell High School
10	Madison Bumgarner	San Francisco Giants	LHP	South Caldwell High School (NC)
11	Phillippe Aumont	Seattle Mariners	RHP	École secondaire du Versant
12	Matt Dominguez	Florida Marlins	3B	Chatsworth High School
13	Beau Mills	Cleveland Indians	1B	Lewis-Clark State College
14	Jason Heyward	Atlanta Braves	OF	Henry County High School (GA)
15	Devin Mesoraco	Cincinnati Reds	C	Punxsutawney Area High School (PA)
16	Kevin Ahrens	Toronto Blue Jays	SS	Memorial High School (TX)
17	Blake Beavan	Texas Rangers	RHP	Irving High School
18	Pete Kozma	St. Louis Cardinals	SS	Owasso High School (OK)
19	Joe Savery	Philadelphia Phillies	LHP	Rice University
20	Chris Withrow	Los Angeles Dodgers	RHP	Midland Christian High School (TX)
21	J. P. Arencibia	Toronto Blue Jays	C	University of Tennessee
22	Tim Alderson	San Francisco Giants	RHP	Horizon High School
23	Nick Schmidt	San Diego Padres	LHP	University of Arkansas
24	Michael Main	Texas Rangers	RHP	DeLand High School
25	Aaron Poreda	Chicago White Sox	LHP	University of San Francisco
26	James Simmons	Oakland Athletics	RHP	University of California, Riverside
27	Rick Porcello	Detroit Tigers	RHP	Seton Hall Preparatory School
28	Ben Revere	Minnesota Twins	CF	Lexington Catholic High School
29	Wendell Fairley	San Francisco Giants	CF	George County High School (MS)
30	Andrew Brackman	New York Yankees	RHP	North Carolina State University

Supplemental First Round Selections

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
31	Josh Smoker	Washington Nationals	LHP	Calhoun High School
32	Nick Noonan	San Francisco Giants	SS	Parker High School
33	Jon Gilmore	Atlanta Braves	3B	Iowa City High School
34	Todd Frazier	Cincinnati Reds	SS	Rutgers
35	Julio Borbon	Texas Rangers	CF	University of Tennessee
36	Clayton Mortensen	St. Louis Cardinals	RHP	Gonzaga University
37	Travis d'Arnaud	Philadelphia Phillies	C	Lakewood High School
38	Brett Cecil	Toronto Blue Jays	LHP	University of Maryland, College Park
39	James Adkins	Los Angeles Dodgers	LHP	University of Tennessee
40	Kellen Kulbacki	San Diego Padres	LF	James Madison University
41	Sean Doolittle	Oakland Athletics	1B	University of Virginia
42	Edward Kunz	New York Mets	RHP	Oregon State University
43	Jackson Williams	San Francisco Giants	C	University of Oklahoma
44	Neil Ramirez	Texas Rangers	RHP	Kempsville High School
45	Justin Jackson	Toronto Blue Jays	SS	T. C. Roberson High School
46	Drew Cumberland	San Diego Padres	SS	Monsignor Edward Pace High School
47	Nathan Vineyard	New York Mets	LHP	Woodland High School (GA)
48	Josh Donaldson	Chicago Cubs	C	Auburn University
49	Michael Burgess	Washington Nationals	RF	Hillsborough High School
50	Wes Roemer	Arizona Diamondbacks	RHP	California State University, Fullerton
51	Charlie Culberson	San Francisco Giants	SS	Calhoun High School
52	Matthew Mangini	Seattle Mariners	3B	Oklahoma State University–Stillwater
53	Kyle Lotzkar	Cincinnati Reds	RHP	South Delta Secondary School
54	Tommy Hunter	Texas Rangers	RHP	University of Alabama
55	Nick Hagadone	Boston Red Sox	LHP	University of Washington
56	Trystan Magnuson	Toronto Blue Jays	RHP	University of Louisville
57	Mitchell Canham	San Diego Padres	C	Oregon State University
58	Jonathan Bachanov	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	RHP	University High School
59	Corey Brown	Oakland Athletics	RF	Oklahoma State University
60	Brandon Hamilton	Detroit Tigers	RHP	Stanhope Elmore High School
61	Ed Easley	Arizona Diamondbacks	C	Mississippi State University
62	Ryan Dent	Boston Red Sox	SS	Wilson Classical High School
63	Cory Luebke	San Diego Padres	LHP	Ohio State University
64	Danny Payne	San Diego Padres	CF	Georgia Institute of Technology

Background

When 17 high school players were selected in the opening round of the First-Year Player Draft, it seemed as if the young would rule the two days at Disney World. But as the second day of the Draft unfolded, it became apparent that the new rules eliminating draft-and-follows as well those setting a firm signing date for draftees were having an impact on the proceedings.

When the 1,453rd and final pick was made, there were some significant changes in the approach to drafting high school players. For starters, there were only 476 prep players chosen, which represents the lowest total since 415 high school players were chosen in 1987. It was also only the second time in the past two decades that the number of high school players chosen dipped below 500.

There were 66 fewer prep players chosen than last year. In addition, high school players represented only 32.7 percent of those drafted, which is the lowest percentage since 32.8 percent of players chosen in 1987 came from the prep ranks.