2008 Draft Order

By Jim Callis
March 29, 2008

Below is the order of selection for the 2008 draft, which begins June 5. Teams pick in reverse order of their 2007 winning percentage. Ties are broken by using the winning percentage from 2006 season.

Rated free agents who are offered arbitration by their former clubs yield compensation draft picks when they sign major league contracts with new teams. A club losing a Type A free agent (rated in the top 20 percent at his position, as determined by a statistical rating compiled by the Elias Sports Bureau) gets the signing team's first-round pick as well as a supplemental first-rounder. Choices in the top half of the first round are protected, so if the signing club picks that early, it loses its second-rounder instead. A team losing a Type B free agent (rated in the 21-40 percent bracket at his position) receives a supplemental first-round pick.

Additionally, teams that fail to sign players selected in the first three rounds of the draft get a compensation choice in the following draft. Unsigned players in the first two rounds yield a pick after the equivalent choice. Unsigned third-rounders result in a supplemental third-round pick.

Compensation picks are noted below with asterisks, with a full explanation of those choices listed below the chart. The order from the third through 50th rounds is identical, though there are four supplemental third-round choices.

First	Supp. First	Second	Third	Supp. Third	Fourth-End
1. TB	31. MIN*	47. TB	78. TB	109. PHI*	TB
2. PIT	32. MIL*	48. PIT	79. PIT	110. HOU*	PIT
3. KC	33. NYM*	49. KC	80. KC	111. SD*	KC
4. BAL	34. PHI*	50. BAL	81. BAL	112. LAA*	BAL
5. SF	35. MIL*	51. PHI*	82. SF		SF
6. FLA	36. KC*	52. FLA	83. FLA		FLA
7. CIN	37. SF*	53. MIL*	84. CIN		CIN
8. CWS	38. HOU*	54. MIL*	85. BOS*		CWS
9. WAS	39. STL*	55. WAS	86. CWS		WAS
10. HOU	40. ATL*	56. HOU	87. WAS		HOU
11. TEX	41. CHC*	57. TEX	88. HOU		TEX
12. OAK	42. SD*	58. OAK	89. TEX		OAK
13. STL	43. ARI*	59. STL	90. OAK		STL
14. MIN	44. NYY*	60. MIN	91. STL		MIN
15. LAD	45. BOS*	61. LAD	92. MIN		LAD
16. MIL	46. SD*	62. MIL	93. LAD		MIL
17. TOR		63. TOR	94. MIL		TOR
18. NYM*		64. ATL	95. TOR		ATL
19. CHC		65. CHC	96. ATL		CHC
20. SEA		66. SEA	97. CHC		SEA
21. DET		67. DET	98. SEA		DET
22. NYM		68. NYM	99. DET		NYM
23. SD		69. SD	100. NYM		SD
24. PHI		70. ATL*	101. SD		PHI
25. COL		71. PHI	102. PHI		COL
26. ARI		72. COL	103. COL		ARI
27. MIN*		73. ARI	104. ARI		LAA
28. NYY		74. LAA	105. LAA		NYY
29. CLE		75. NYY	106. NYY		CLE
30. BOS		76. CLE	107. CLE		BOS
		77. BOS	108. BOS

First-Round Changes
18. Mets (Tom Glavine, Type A, to Atl)
27. Twins (Torii Hunter, Type A, to LAA)
Supplemental First-Round Picks
31. Twins (Hunter)
32. Brewers (Franciso Cordero, Type A, to Cin)
33. Mets (Glavine)
34. Phillies (Aaron Rowand, Type A to SF)
35. Brewers (Scott Linebrink, Type A, to CWS)
36. Royals (David Riske, Type B, to KC)
37. Giants (Pedro Feliz, Type B, to Phi)
38. Astros (Trever Miller, Type B, to TB)
39. Cardinals (Troy Percival, Type B, to TB)
40. Braves (Ron Mahay, Type B, to KC)
41. Cubs (Jason Kendall, Type B, to Mil)
42. Padres (Doug Brocail, Type B, to Hou)
43. Diamondbacks (Livan Hernandez, Type B, to Min)
44. Yankees (Luis Vizcaino, Type B, to Col)
45. Red Sox (Eric Gagne, Type B, to Mil)
46. Padres (Mike Cameron, Type B, to Mil)
Second-Round Changes
51. Phillies (Rowand to SF)
53. Brewers (Cordero to Cin)
54. Brewers (Linebrink to CWS)
70. Braves (for failure to sign 2007 second-rounder Joshua Fields)
Third-Round Changes
85. Red Sox (for failure to sign 2007 second-rounder Hunter Morris)
Supplemental Third-Round Picks
109. Phillies (for failure to sign 2007 third-rounder Brandon Workman)
110. Astros (for failure to sign 2007 third-rounder Derek Dietrich)
111. Padres (for failure to sign 2007 third-rounder Tommy Toledo)
112. Angels (for failure to sign 2007 third-rounder Matt Harvey)