2008 Major League Baseball Draft
First round selections
Columns: Pick | Player | Team | Position | School
1 | Timothy Beckham | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Shortstop | Griffin High School ( GA ) | 2 | Pedro Álvarez | Pittsburgh Pirates | Third baseman | Vanderbilt | 3 | Eric Hosmer | Kansas City Royals | First Baseman | American Heritage School ( FL ) | 4 | Brian Matusz | Baltimore Orioles | Left-handed pitcher | San Diego | 5 | Buster Posey | San Francisco Giants | Catcher | Florida State | 6 | Kyle Skipworth | Florida Marlins | Catcher | Patriot High School ( CA ) | 7 | Yonder Alonso | Cincinnati Reds | First baseman | Miami (FL) | 8 | Gordon Beckham | Chicago White Sox | Shortstop | Georgia | 9 | Aaron Crow * | Washington Nationals | Right-handed pitcher | Missouri | 10 | Jason Castro | Houston Astros | Catcher | Stanford | 11 | Justin Smoak | Texas Rangers | First baseman | South Carolina | 12 | Jemile Weeks | Oakland Athletics | Second baseman | Miami (FL) | 13 | Brett Wallace | St. Louis Cardinals | Third baseman | Arizona State | 14 | Aaron Hicks | Minnesota Twins | Outfielder | Woodrow Wilson High School ( CA ) | 15 | Ethan Martin | Los Angeles Dodgers | Right-handed pitcher | Stephens County High School ( GA ) | 16 | Brett Lawrie | Milwaukee Brewers | Catcher | Brookswood Secondary School ( Canada ) | 17 | David Cooper | Toronto Blue Jays | First baseman | California | 18 | Ike Davis | New York Mets | First baseman | Arizona State | 19 | Andrew Cashner | Chicago Cubs | Right-handed pitcher | TCU | 20 | Josh Fields | Seattle Mariners | Right-handed pitcher | Georgia | 21 | Ryan Perry | Detroit Tigers | Right-handed pitcher | Arizona | 22 | Reese Havens | New York Mets | Shortstop | South Carolina | 23 | Allan Dykstra | San Diego Padres | First baseman | Wake Forest | 24 | Anthony Hewitt | Philadelphia Phillies | Shortstop | Salisbury School ( CT ) | 25 | Christian Friedrich | Colorado Rockies | Left-handed pitcher | Eastern Kentucky | 26 | Daniel Schlereth | Arizona Diamondbacks | Left-handed pitcher | Arizona | 27 | Carlos Gutierrez | Minnesota Twins | Right-handed pitcher | Miami (FL) | 28 | Gerrit Cole * | New York Yankees | Right-handed pitcher | Orange Lutheran High School ( CA ) | 29 | Lonnie Chisenhall | Cleveland Indians | Shortstop | Pitt Community College ( NC ) | 30 | Casey Kelly | Boston Red Sox | Right-handed pitcher | Sarasota High School ( FL )