page_title: List of New York Yankees first-round draft picks
section_title: Picks
hierarchical_section_title: List of New York Yankees first-round draft picks / Picks
caption_attribution_description: Description New York Yankees pitcher Jeff Marquez LocationDurham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, North CarolinaDate14 April 2008SourceOwn workAuthorBrad E. Williams (talk) 23:59, 14 April 2008 . . Brad E. Williams . . 484×487 (331 KB) New York Yankees pitcher Jeff Marquez
context_page_description: The New York Yankees are a Major League Baseball franchise based in The Bronx, New York. They play in the American League East division. Since the institution of Major League Baseball's Rule 4 Draft, the Yankees have selected 46 players in the first round. Officially known as the "First-Year Player Draft", the Rule 4 Draft is Major League Baseball's primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs to its teams. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings, with the team possessing the worst record receiving the first pick. In addition, teams which lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded compensatory or supplementary picks.
  Of the 48 players the Yankees have selected in the first round, 23 were pitchers. Of these, 18 were right-handed and 5 were left-handed. The Yankees have drafted ten outfielders, six shortstops, three catchers, three first basemen, and three third basemen. The team has never drafted a player at second base. The Yankees drafted 29 players out of high school, and drafted 18 players out of college.
caption: Jeffrey Marquez (2004) was one of two players the Yankees drafted in 2004 from California.
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