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2001 Major League Baseball draft

The 2001 Major League Baseball draft, was held on June 5 and 6.

First round selections

Supplemental First Round selections

Compensation Picks

  1. ^ Pick from Florida Marlins as compensation for signing of free agent Charles Johnson
  2. ^ Pick from Boston Red Sox as compensation for signing of free agent Manny Ramirez
  3. ^ Pick from Colorado Rockies as compensation for signing of free agent Mike Hampton
  4. ^ Pick from New York Yankees as compensation for signing of free agent Mike Mussina
  5. ^ Pick from Cleveland Indians as compensation for signing of free agent Ellis Burks
  6. ^ Pick from Seattle Mariners as compensation for signing of free agent Jeff Nelson
  7. ^ Pick from Los Angeles Dodgers as compensation for signing of free agent Andy Ashby
  8. ^ Pick from New York Mets as compensation for signing of free agent Kevin Appier
  9. ^ Pick from Chicago White Sox as compensation for signing of free agent Sandy Alomar Jr.
  10. ^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Mike Mussina
  11. ^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Juan González
  12. ^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Mark Petkovsek
  13. ^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Denny Neagle
  14. ^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Manny Ramirez
  15. ^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Alex Rodriguez
  16. ^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Kevin Appier
  17. ^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Mike Hampton
  18. ^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Charles Johnson
  19. ^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Andy Ashby
  20. ^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Ellis Burks
  21. ^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Jeff Nelson
  22. ^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent David Segui
  23. ^ Supplemental pick for failure to sign 2000 No.1 choice Matt Harrington

Background

On June 1, 2001, Rolando Viera, a Cuban baseball pitcher who had recently left Cuba, attempted to enjoin Major League Baseball from including him in the 2001 draft so that he could instead sign as a free agent.[1] Viera, represented by attorney Alan Gura and agent Joe Kehoskie, claimed that the MLB draft was discriminatory because it had different signing rules for Cubans than for other foreign players.[1] On June 4, federal judge James D. Whittemore ruled that whatever financial loss Viera suffered from being subject to the draft did not satisfy the federal injunction requirement of irreparable harm.[2] Viera was picked by the Boston Red Sox that same week in the seventh round of the draft.[2]

The Minnesota Twins selected St. Paul, MN native Joe Mauer with the number one pick in the 2001 draft. The 18-year-old Mauer, a catcher from Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul, became the seventh Minnesotan to be selected in the first round and the first to be chosen number one overall. The back-stop was a member of the USA Junior National Team and won a gold medal at the world tournament in Taiwan in 1999. He was also a High School football standout as a quarterback and signed a letter of intent to play football at Florida State University before being drafted.

Right-handed pitcher Mark Prior of the University of Southern California was selected by the Chicago Cubs with the second overall pick in the draft. Prior, who was previously selected in the supplemental first round of the 1998 draft by the Yankees, was the first college player chosen in the 2001 draft. Prior won numerous National Player of the Year awards after going 15–1 with a 1.69 ERA and 202 strikeouts to lead the Trojans to a College World Series berth in his junior year.[3]

Other notable players

NFL players drafted

External links

References

  1. ^ a b Farrey, Tom (June 1, 2001). "Cuban Defector Seeks Freedom From MLB Policy". ABC.com. Retrieved June 1, 2001.
  2. ^ a b Farrey, Tom (June 4, 2001). "Red Sox take draft-eligible Cuban". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 4, 2001.
  3. ^ "Background on the 2001 MLB Draft". Retrieved July 16, 2008.