2007 draft

1. David Price, LHP, Rays, Vanderbilt

Where: Tampa Bay rotation

Comment: Pitched in relief in 2008 World Series; 10 wins as starter in 2009

2. Mike Moustakas, SS, Royals, Chatsworth (Calif.) High School

Where: Class AA Northwest Arkansas

Comment:.265 with 41 homers in 260 minor league games

3. Josh Vitters, 3B, Cubs, Cypress (Calif.) High School

Where: High Class A Daytona

Comment:.285, 25 HRs, 119 RBIs in 217 minor league games

4. Danny Moskos, LHP, Pirates, Clemson

Where: Class AA Altoona

Comment: 11-10, 3.74 ERA as starter 2009, 1.08 ERA in relief 2010

5. Matt Wieters, C, Orioles, Georgia Tech

Where: Starting catcher for Baltimore

Comment: 96 games for Orioles in 2009, .288, 9, HRs, 43 RBIs

6. Ross Detwiler, LHP, Nationals, Missouri State

Where: 60-day disabled list after hip flexor surgery

Comment: 5.00 ERA in 15 major league games (1.90 ERA in Sept. last year)

7. Matt LaPorta, OF, Brewers, University of Florida

Where: first base/left fielder for Cleveland

Comment: 7 HRs, 22 RBIs in 67 major league games for Indians

8. Casey Weathers, RHP, Rockies, Vanderbilt

Where: rehabbing from Oct. 31, 2008 elbow-reconstruction surgery

Comment: 3.05 ERA in 44 games as Class AA Tulsa reliever in 2008

9. Jarrod Parker, RHP, Diamondbacks, Norwell (Ind.) High School

Where: recovering from elbow-reconstruction surgery

Comment: 4-6 with 3.68 ERA in 16 games in AA Visalia in 2009

10. Madison Bumgarner, LHP, Giants, South Caldwell (NC) High School

Where: assigned to Class AAA Fresno after fifth-starter battle in spring

Comment: 28-6, 1.95 ERA in 53 minor league games (52 starts)

11. Phillippe Aumont, RHP, Mariners, Ecole Secondaire du Versant (Quebec)

Where: Class AA Reading after trade to Phillies in Cliff Lee deal

Comment: 16 saves, 3.88 ERA in Mariners' A and AA clubs in 2009

12. Matt Dominguez, 3B, Marlins, Chatsworth (Calif.) High School

Where: Class AA Jacksonville

Comment: .191, 2 HRs, 18 RBIs in 46 games in Class AA in 2009 and 2010

13. Beau Mills, 1B, Indians, Lewis-Clark State College

Where: Class AA Akron

Comment: .258 with 15 HRs, 94 RBIs in 149 AA games

14. Jason Heyward, OF, Braves, Henry County (Ga.) High School

Where: Starting right fielder for Braves

Comment: Leads all major league rookies with 4 HRs, 16 RBIs

Compiled by Carroll Rogers

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