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Updated at 12:09 p.m., Thursday, June 5, 2008

MLB: First round of draft

Associated Press

The first round of the Major League Baseball draft:

1. Tampa Bay, Tim Beckham, ss, Griffin (Ga.) HS.

2. Pittsburgh, Pedro Alvarez, 3b, Vanderbilt.

3. Kansas City, Eric Hosmer, 1b, American Heritage HS, Plantation, Fla.

4. Baltimore, Brian Matusz, lhp, San Diego.

5. San Francisco, Buster Posey, c, Florida State.

6. Florida, Kyle Skipworth, c, Patriot HS, Riverside, Calif.

7. Cincinnati, Yonder Alonso, 1b, Miami.

8. Chicago White Sox, Gordon Beckham, ss, Georgia.

9. Washington, Aaron Crow, rhp, Missouri.

10. Houston, Jason Castro, c, Stanford.

11. Texas, Justin Smoak, 1b, South Carolina.

12. Oakland, Jemile Weeks, 2b, Miami.

13. St. Louis, Brett Wallace, 3b-1b, Arizona State.

14. Minnesota, Aaron Hicks, of-rhp, Woodrow Wilson HS, Long Beach, Calif.

15. L.A. Dodgers, Ethan Martin, rhp-3b, Stephens County HS, Taccoa, Ga.

16. Milwaukee, Brett Lawrie, c, Brookswood SS, Langley, B.C., Canada.

17. Toronto, David Cooper, 1b, California.

18. N.Y. Mets (from Atlanta, Tom Glavine), Ike Davis, 1b-of, Arizona State.

19. Chicago Cubs, Andrew Cashner, rhp, TCU.

20. Seattle, Joshua Fields, rhp, Georgia.

21. Detroit, Ryan Perry, rhp, Arizona.

22. N.Y. Mets, Reese Havens, ss, South Carolina.

23. San Diego, Allan Dykstra, 1b, Wake Forest.

24. Philadelphia, Anthony Hewitt, of-ss, Salisbury (Conn.) HS.

25. Colorado, Christian Friedrich, LHP, Eastern Kentucky.

26. Arizona, Daniel Schlereth, lhp, Arizona.

27. Minnesota (from L.A. Angels, Torii Hunter), Carlos Gutierrez, rhp, Miami.

28. N.Y. Yankees, Gerrit Cole, rhp, Orange (Calif.) Lutheran HS.

29. Cleveland, Lonnie Chisenhall, ss, Pitt CC.

30. Boston, Casey Kelly, rhp-ss, Sarasota (Fla.) HS.