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2000 Major League Baseball draft

The 2000 Major League Baseball draft, was the annual choosing of high school and college baseball players, held in June 2000. A total of 1,452 players were drafted.

First round selections[edit]

Compensation picks[edit]

Background[edit]

The Florida Marlins made Adrián González of Eastlake High School in Chula Vista, California the first overall selection in the 2000 First-Year Player Draft. González, who was rated as the best pure high school hitter in the draft by Baseball America, was the first high school first baseman taken first overall since the New York Yankees chose Ron Blomberg in 1967. In his senior year, González hit .645 with 13 home runs and 34 RBI.

Among the college players chosen was David Parrish, son of former major leaguer Lance Parrish, by the New York Yankees with the 28th pick. In addition, David Espinosa, a high school shortstop from Miami, Florida, became the first RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) alumnus ever selected in the first round of the draft.

Infielder Xavier Nady, second-round pick of the San Diego Padres out of the University of California, went straight to the Major Leagues in 2000. He became the 19th player to do so since the draft started in 1965.^[1]

Other notable players[edit]

NFL players drafted[edit]

• Mewelde Moore, 4th round, 109th overall by the San Diego Padres
• Michael Vick, 30th round, 887th overall by the Colorado Rockies, but did not sign
• Ronnie Brown, 42nd round, 1253rd overall by the Seattle Mariners, but did not sign
• Freddie Mitchell, 50th round, 1441st overall by the Chicago White Sox, but did not sign
• Brooks Bollinger, 50th round, 1443rd overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers, but did not sign

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References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database
• MLB.com's section on the draft.