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The 1998 June amateur draft’s complete first round: 30 selections in pick order, with Pat Burrell first overall to the Philadelphia Phillies. Every row carries the club’s era-correct code, the player’s position and school, his signing status, and the bonus the source reported.
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | From | Signed | Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PHI | Pat Burrell | 3B | University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL) | Signed | $3,150,000 |
| 2 | OAK | Mark Mulder | LHP | Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) | Signed | $3,200,000 |
| 3 | CHC | Corey Patterson | OF | Harrison HS (Kennesaw, GA) | Signed | $3,700,000 |
| 4 | KC | Jeff Austin | RHP | Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) | Signed | $2,700,000 |
| 5 | STL | J.D. Drew | OF | Signed | $3,000,000 | |
| 6 | MIN | Ryan Mills | LHP | Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) | Signed | $2,000,000 |
| 7 | CIN | Austin Kearns | OF | Lafayette HS (Lexington, KY) | Signed | $1,950,000 |
| 8 | TOR | Felipe López | SS | Lake Brantley HS (Altamonte Springs, FL) | Signed | $2,000,000 |
| 9 | SD | Sean Burroughs | 3B | Woodrow Wilson HS (Long Beach, CA) | Signed | $2,000,000 |
| 10 | TEX | Carlos Peña | 1B | Northeastern University (Boston, MA) | Signed | $2,100,000 |
| 11 | MON | Josh McKinley | SS | Malvern Preparatory School (Malvern, PA) | Signed | $1,850,000 |
| 12 | BOS | Adam Everett | SS | University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) | Signed | $1,250,000 |
| 13 | MIL | J.M. Gold | RHP | Toms River North HS (Toms River, NJ) | Signed | $1,725,000 |
| 14 | DET | Jeff Weaver | RHP | California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA) | Signed | $1,675,000 |
| 15 | PIT | Clint Johnston | LHP | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) | Signed | $1,750,000 |
| 16 | CHW | Kip Wells | RHP | Baylor University (Waco, TX) | Signed | $1,000,000 |
| 17 | HOU via COL | Brad Lidge | RHP | University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN) | Signed | $1,495,000 |
| 18 | ANA | Seth Etherton | RHP | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA) | Signed | $1,075,000 |
| 19 | SF via HOU | Tony Torcato | 3B | Woodland HS (Woodland, CA) | Signed | $975,000 |
| 20 | CLE | CC Sabathia | LHP | Vallejo HS (Vallejo, CA) | Signed | $1,300,000 |
| 21 | NYM | Jason Tyner | OF | Texas A&M University (College Station, TX) | Signed | $1,070,000 |
| 22 | SEA | Matt Thornton | LHP | Grand Valley State University (Allendale, MI) | Signed | $925,000 |
| 23 | LAD | Bubba Crosby | OF | Rice University (Houston, TX) | Signed | $995,000 |
| 24 | NYY | Andy Brown | OF | Richmond HS (Richmond, IN) | Signed | $1,050,000 |
| 25 | SF | Nate Bump | RHP | Pennsylvania State University (State College, PA) | Signed | $750,000 |
| 26 | BAL | Rick Elder | OF | Sprayberry HS (Marietta, GA) | Signed | $950,000 |
| 27 | FLA | Chip Ambres | OF | West Brook HS (Beaumont, TX) | Signed | $1,500,000 |
| 28 | COL via ATL | Matt Roney | RHP | Edmond North HS (Edmond, OK) | Signed | $1,012,500 |
| 29 | SF via TB | Arturo McDowell | OF | Forest Hill HS (Jackson, MS) | Signed | $937,500 |
| 30 | KC via AZ | Matt Burch | RHP | Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA) | Signed | $975,000 |
A pick links to a full player career page when this site carries one; picks without a career page here are plain text. Club codes are era-correct: this draft’s clubs display under the code of the identity they carried that June, and picks awarded as free-agent compensation carry a “via” note naming the originating club. Bonuses are the amounts reported at the time, never inflation-adjusted, and a blank bonus means the source reported none.