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The 2008 June amateur draft’s complete first round: 33 selections in pick order, with Tim Beckham first overall to the Tampa Bay Rays. 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 | TB | Tim Beckham | SS | Griffin HS (Griffin, GA) | Signed | $6,150,000 |
| 2 | PIT | Pedro Álvarez | 3B | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) | Signed | $6,000,000 |
| 3 | KC | Eric Hosmer | 1B | American Heritage HS (Plantation, FL) | Signed | $6,000,000 |
| 4 | BAL | Brian Matusz | LHP | University of San Diego (San Diego, CA) | Signed | $3,200,000 |
| 5 | SF | Buster Posey | C | Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) | Signed | $6,200,000 |
| 6 | FLA | Kyle Skipworth | C | Patriot HS (Jurupa Valley, CA) | Signed | $2,300,000 |
| 7 | CIN | Yonder Alonso | 1B | University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL) | Signed | $2,000,000 |
| 8 | CHW | Gordon Beckham | SS | University of Georgia (Athens, GA) | Signed | $2,600,000 |
| 9 | WSH | Aaron Crow | RHP | University of Missouri (Columbia, MO) | Did not sign | |
| 10 | HOU | Jason Castro | C | Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) | Signed | $2,070,000 |
| 11 | TEX | Justin Smoak | 1B | University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) | Signed | $3,500,000 |
| 12 | OAK | Jemile Weeks | 2B | University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL) | Signed | $1,910,000 |
| 13 | STL | Brett Wallace | 1B | Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) | Signed | $1,840,000 |
| 14 | MIN | Aaron Hicks | OF | Woodrow Wilson HS (Long Beach, CA) | Signed | $1,780,000 |
| 15 | LAD | Ethan Martin | RHP | Stephens County School (Toccoa, GA) | Signed | $1,730,000 |
| 16 | MIL | Brett Lawrie | 3B | Brookswood SS (Langley, BC) | Signed | $1,700,000 |
| 17 | TOR | David Cooper | 1B | University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) | Signed | $1,500,000 |
| 18 | NYM via ATL | Ike Davis | 1B | Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) | Signed | $1,575,000 |
| 19 | CHC | Andrew Cashner | RHP | Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX) | Signed | $1,540,000 |
| 20 | SEA | Josh Fields | RHP | University of Georgia (Athens, GA) | Signed | $1,750,000 |
| 21 | DET | Ryan Perry | RHP | University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) | Signed | $1,480,000 |
| 22 | NYM | Reese Havens | SS | University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) | Signed | $1,419,000 |
| 23 | SD | Allan Dykstra | 1B | Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC) | Signed | $1,150,000 |
| 24 | PHI | Anthony Hewitt | SS | Salisbury School (Salisbury, CT) | Signed | $1,380,000 |
| 25 | COL | Christian Friedrich | LHP | Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, KY) | Signed | $1,350,000 |
| 26 | AZ | Daniel Schlereth | LHP | University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) | Signed | $1,330,000 |
| 27 | MIN via LAA | Carlos Gutierrez | RHP | University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL) | Signed | $1,290,000 |
| 28 | NYY | Gerrit Cole | RHP | Orange Lutheran HS (Orange, CA) | Did not sign | |
| 29 | CLE | Lonnie Chisenhall | 3B | Pitt Community College (Winterville, NC) | Signed | $1,100,000 |
| 30 | BOS | Casey Kelly | SS | Sarasota HS (Sarasota, FL) | Signed | $3,000,000 |
| 33 | NYM | Bradley Holt | RHP | University of North Carolina at Wilmington (Wilmington, NC) | Signed | $1,040,000 |
| 36 | KC | Mike Montgomery | LHP | William S. Hart HS (Santa Clarita, CA) | Signed | $988,000 |
| 42 | SD | Jaff Decker | OF | Sunrise Mountain HS (Peoria, AZ) | Signed | $892,000 |
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.