2009 First Round Update

Follow the 2009 1st Round Draft Picks as they make their professional debuts.  Click on the players highlighted name to see his up-to-date stats or on the team name to visit his team's homepage. Round 1
Pick				Team	Player	Position	HS/College	Assignment
1				Washington Nationals	Stephen Strasburg	RHP	San Diego State
2				Seattle Mariners	Dustin Ackley	1B	North Carolina
3				San Diego Padres	Donavan Tate	OF	Cartersville High School, Ga.
4				Pittsburgh Pirates	Jorge Sanchez	C	Boston College	State College (NY-P)
5				Baltimore Orioles	Matthew Hobgood	RHP	Norco High School, Calif.	Bluefield Orioles (Appy)
6				San Francisco Giants	Zack Wheeler	RHP	East Paulding High School, Ga.
7				Atlanta Braves	Mike Minor	LHP	Vanderbilt
8				Cincinnati Reds	Mike Leake	RHP	Arizona State
9				Detroit Tigers	Jacob Turner	RHP	Westminster Christian Academy (Mo.)
10				Washington Nationals	Drew Storen	RHP	Stanford	Hagerstown Suns (SAL)
11				Colorado Rockies	Tyler Matzek	LHP	Capistrano Valley High School, Calif.
12				Kansas City Royals	Aaron Crow	RHP
13				Oakland Athletics	Grant Green	SS	Southern California
14				Texas Rangers	Matthew Purke	LHP	Klein High School, Texas
15				Cleveland Indians	Alex White	RHP	North Carolina
16				Arizona Diamondbacks	Bobby Borchering	3B	Bishop Verot High School, Fla.
17				Arizona Diamondbacks	A.J. Pollock	CF	Notre Dame	South Bend Silver Hawks (Midwest)
18				Florida Marlins	Chad James	LHP	Yukon High School, Okla.
19				St. Louis Cardinals	Shelby Miller	RHP	Brownwood High Schol, Texas
20				Toronto Blue Jays	Chad Jenkins	RHP	Kennesaw State
21				Houston Astros	Jiovanni Mier	SS	Bonita High School, Calif.	Greeneville Astros (Appy)
22				Minnesota Twins	Kyle Gibson	RHP	Missouri
23				Chicago White Sox	Jared Mitchell	CF	Louisiana State	Kannapolis Intimidators (SAL)
24				Los Angeles Angels	Randal Grichuk	LF	Lamar Consoldated High School, Texas	Arizona League Angels (AZL)
25				Los Angeles Angels	Mike Trout	OF	Millville Senior High School, N.J.	AZL Angels (AZL)
26				Milwaukee Brewers	Eric Arnett	RHP	Indiana	Helena Brewers (PIO)
27				Seattle Mariners	Nicholas Franklin	SS	Lake Brantley High School, Fla.
28				Boston Red Sox	Reymond Fuentes	OF	Fernando Callejo High School, PR	GCL Red Sox (GCL)
29				New York Yankees	Slade Heathcott	OF	Texas High School, Texas
30				Tampa Bay Rays	LeVon Washington	2B	Buchholz High School, Fla.
31				Chicago Cubs	Brett Jackson	CF	UC Berkeley	Boise Hawks (NWL)
32				Colorado Rockies	Tim Wheeler	OF	Sacramento State	Tri-City Dust Devils (NWL)