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Kansas City Royals

Players signed indicated in Bold

Round	Overall	Player	Position	School	State
1	3	Eric Hosmer	1B	American Heritage HS, Plantation, Fla.	Fla.
1s	36	Mike Montgomery	LHP	Hart HS, Newhall, Calif.	Calif.
2	49	Johnny Giavotella	2B	New Orleans	La.
3	80	Tyler Sample	RHP	Mullen Prep, Denver	Colo.
4	115	Tim Melville	LHP	Holt HS, Wentzville, Mo.	Mo.
5	145	John Lamb	LHP	Laguna Hills (Calif.) HS	Calif.
6	175	Alex Llanos	OF	Westlake HS, Westlake Village, Calif.	P.R.
7	205	Jason Esposito	LHP	Amity Regional HS, Woodbridge, Conn.	Conn.
8	235	Malcom Culver	RHP	Palmdale (Calif.) HS	Calif.
9	265	J.D. Alfaro	OF/LHP	St. John Bosco HS, Lakewood, Calif.	Texas
10	295	Mauricio Matos	LHP	Clinton HS, Bronx, N.Y.	N.Y.
11	325	Malcolm Bronson	OF	Monte Vista HS, Spring Valley, Calif.	Texas
12	355	Allen Caldwell	OF	Miami Northwestern HS	S.C.
13	385	John Flanagan	RHP	Southwestern Illinois JC	Ill.
14	415	Chase Hentges	RHP	Shakopee (Minn.) HS	Minn.
15	445	Alberto Espinosa	RHP	Broward (Fla.) CC	Fla.
16	475	Derrick Saito	LHP	SUNY Cortland	Calif.
17	505	Jake Kuebler	3B	Meridian (Miss.) CC	Neb.
18	535	Carlo Testa	OF	Belmont	Tenn.
19	565	Miguel Moctezuma	C	DeKalb HS, Auburn, Ind.	Okla.
20	595	Shawn Griffin	RHP	Tennessee	Tenn.
21	625	Jake Theis	RHP	North Rockland HS, Haverstraw, N.Y.	Wash.
22	655	Blaine Hardy	LHP	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	Idaho
23	685	Dale DeSchepper	RHP	Georgia College & State	Ga.
24	715	Jason Morales	3B	Inglewood (Calif.) HS	N.C.
25	745	Carson Bryant	RHP	Wheaton (Ill.) Warrenville HS	Calif.
26	775	Ryan Morgan	RHP	Col de Levis HS, Montreal	Mo.
27	805	Tim Huber	RHP	Rensselaer Polytechnic (N.Y.) Institute	Neb.
28	835	Greg Billo	RHP	Sandburg HS, Orland Park, Ill.	Ill.
29	865	Beau Brett	1B	Artesia HS, Lynwood, Calif.	Wash.
30	895	Rick Dodridge	LHP	Ogemaw Heights HS, West Branch, Mich.	Mich.
31	925	Ryan Curl	OF	Punahou HS, Honolulu	Ohio
32	955	Rey Cotilla	RHP	Miami-Dade CC	Fla.
33	985	Eric Swegman	LHP	William Penn (Iowa)	Ga.
34	1015	Brett Richardson	RHP	Wenatchee (Wash.) Valley CC	Wash.
35	1045	Chris Balcom-Miller	RHP	West Valley (Calif.) JC	Calif.
36	1075	Nick Purdy	RHP	St. Mary's SS, Cobourg, Ontario	Ontario
37	1105	Bradin Hagens	RHP	Briarcliff HS, New York	Calif.
38	1135	James Thompson	RHP	Clovis West HS, Fresno	Ga.
39	1165	Ryan Modglin	RHP	Scott City (Mo.) HS	Mo.
40	1195	Pernell Halliman	RHP	Jackson State	Calif.
41	1225	Doug Joyce	C	University HS, Malibu, Calif.	Wash.
42	1255	Marc Oslund	RHP	West HS, Torrance, Calif.	Calif.
43	1285	Cory Kiefer	RHP	Valley View HS, Moreno Valley, Calif.	Calif.
44	1315	Patrick Johnson	OF	Colony HS, Ontario, Calif.	Calif.
45	1344	Ray Anderson	OF	Lassiter HS, Marietta, Ga.	Ga.
46	1372	William Beckwith	1B	West Lowndes HS, Columbus, Miss.	Miss.
47	1399	Steve Gilgenbach	LHP	Arkansas-Little Rock	Ark.
48	1426	Terrence Buchanan	SS	Mount Carmel HS, San Diego	Calif.
49	1453	Alan Salgado	3B	San Ysidro HS, San Diego	Calif.
50	1480	Travis Jones	C	Sabino HS, Tucson	Ariz.