2012 Draft Basics

Staff Report
March 28, 2012


The 2012 draft will take place June 4-6. Here is all the basic information you'll need as far as when teams pick and how much money they can spend for their bonus pool. For more information on the draft changes from the new CBA and for information on this year's class, click here for all of our 2012 draft content.

FIRST ROUND
PICK	TEAM	PICK	TEAM
1	Astros	17	Blue Jays
2	Twins	18	Dodgers
3	Mariners	19	Cardinals (from Angels for Albert Pujols, Type A)
4	Orioles	20	Giants
5	Royals	21	Braves
6	Cubs	22	Blue Jays (for failure to sign 2011 first-rounder Tyler Beede)
7	Padres	23	Cardinals
8	Pirates	24	Red Sox
9	Marlins	25	Rays
10	Rockies	26	Diamondbacks
11	Athletics	27	Brewers (from Tigers for Prince Fielder, Type A)
12	Mets	28	Brewers
13	White Sox	29	Rangers
14	Reds	30	Yankees
15	Indians	31	Red Sox (from Phillies for Jonathan Papelbon, Type A)
16	Nationals
SUPPLEMENTAL FIRST ROUND
PICK	TEAM	PICK	TEAM
32	Twins (for Michael Cuddyer, modified Type A, to Rockies)	47	Athletics (for David DeJesus, Type B, to Cubs)
33	Padres (for Heath Bell, modified Type A, to Marlins)	48	White Sox (for Mark Buehrle, Type B, to Marlins)
34	Athletics (for Josh Willingham, modified Type A, to Twins)	49	Reds (for Ramon Hernandez, Type B, to Rockies)
35	Mets (for Jose Reyes, Type A, to Marlins)	50	Blue Jays (for Frank Francisco, Type B, to Mets)
36	Cardinals (for Pujols)	51	Dodgers (for Rod Barajas, Type B, to Pirates)
37	Red Sox (for Papelbon)	52	Cardinals (for Octavio Dotel, Type B, to Tigers)
38	Brewers (for Fielder)	53	Rangers (for Darren Oliver, Type B, to Blue Jays)
39	Rangers (for C.J. Wilson, Type A, to Angels)	54	Phillies (for Raul Ibanez, Type B, to, Yankees)
40	Phillies (for Ryan Madson, modified Type A, to Reds)	55	Padres (for failure to sign 2011 sandwich-rounder Brett Austin)
41	Astros (for Clint Barmes, Type B, to Pirates)	56	Cubs (for Carlos Pena, Type B, to Rays)
42	Twins (for Jason Kubel, Type B, to Diamondbacks)	57	Reds (for Francisco Cordero, Type B, to Blue Jays)
43	Cubs (for Aramis Ramirez, Type B, to Brewers)	58	Blue Jays (for Jon Rauch, Type B, to Mets)
44	Padres (for Aaron Harang, Type B, to Dodgers)	59	Cardinals (for Edwin Jackson, Type B, to Nationals)
45	Pirates (for Ryan Doumit, Type B, to Twins)	60	Blue Jays (for Jose Molina, Type B, to Rays)
46	Rockies (for Mark Ellis, Type B, to Dodgers)
SECOND ROUND
PICK	TEAM	PICK	TEAM
61	Astros	79	Indians
62	Athletics (for Willingham)	80	Nationals
63	Twins	81	Blue Jays
64	Mariners	82	Dodgers
65	Orioles	83	Rangers (from Angels for Wilson)
66	Royals	84	Giants
67	Cubs	85	Braves
68	Padres	86	Cardinals
69	Pirates	87	Red Sox
70	Padres (for Bell)	88	Rays
71	Mets (from Marlins for Reyes)	89	Yankees (for failure to sign 2011 second-rounder Sam Stafford)
72	Twins (for Cuddyer)	90	Diamondbacks
73	Rockies	91	Tigers
74	Athletics	92	Brewers
75	Mets	93	Rangers
76	White Sox	94	Yankees
77	Phillies (for Madson)	95	Phillies
78	Reds
THIRD ROUND
PICK	TEAM	PICK	TEAM
96	Astros	111	Nationals
97	Twins	112	Blue Jays
98	Mariners	113	Dodgers
99	Orioles	114	Angels
100	Royals	115	Giants
101	Cubs	116	Braves
102	Padres	117	Cardinals
103	Pirates	118	Red Sox
104	Marlins	119	Rays
105	Rockies	120	Diamondbacks
106	Athletics	121	Tigers
107	Mets	122	Brewers
108	White Sox	123	Rangers
109	Reds	124	Yankees
110	Indians	125	Phillies
SUPPLEMENTAL THIRD ROUND
PICK	TEAM
126	Mariners (for failure to sign 2011 third-rounder Kevin Cron)
127	Marlins (for failure to sign 2011 third-rounder Connor Barron)
128	Rockies (for failure to sign 2011 third-rounder Peter O'Brien)

DRAFT ORDER, ROUNDS 4-40
1	Astros	11	Athletics	21	Braves
2	Twins	12	Mets	22	Cardinals
3	Mariners	13	White Sox	23	Red Sox
4	Orioles	14	Reds	24	Rays
5	Royals	15	Indians	25	Diamondbacks
6	Cubs	16	Nationals	26	Tigers
7	Padres	17	Blue Jays	27	Brewers
8	Pirates	18	Dodgers	28	Rangers
9	Marlins	19	Angels	29	Yankees
10	Rockies	20	Giants	30	Phillies

TEAM		PICKS		BONUS POOL		TEAM		PICKS		BONUS POOL
Angels		8		$1,645,700		Nationals		10		$4,436,200
Astros		11		$11,177,700		Orioles		10		$6,826,900
Athletics		13		$8,469,500		Padres		14		$9,903,100
Blue Jays		14		$8,830,800		Phillies		12		$4,916,900
Braves		10		$4,030,800		Pirates		11		$6,563,500
Brewers		12		$6,764,700		Rangers		13		$6,568,200
Cardinals		14		$9,131,100		Rays		10		$3,871,000
Cubs		12		$7,933,900		Red Sox		12		$6,884,800
Diamondbacks		10		$3,818,300		Reds		12		$6,653,800
Dodgers		11		$5,202,800		Rockies		12		$6,628,300
Giants		10		$4,076,400		Royals		10		$6,101,500
Indians		10		$4,582,900		Tigers		9		$2,099,300
Mariners		11		$8,223,400		Twins		13		$12,368,200
Marlins		10		$4,935,100		White Sox		11		$5,915,100
Mets		12		$7,151,400		Yankees		11		$4,192,200