MLB Draft 2015

Dansby Swanson, the first pick in the 2015 draft

The 2015 MLB Draft , the Entry Draft of Major League Baseball , took place June 8-10, 2015. The draft order was opposite to the rankings of the 2014 MLB season , so that the worst team of the previous year, the Arizona Diamondbacks , had the first choice (pick). Since there was no signing of a contract between the Houston Astros and the No. 1 pick of the MLB Draft 2014 Brady Aiken due to doubts about his health situation, the Astros were awarded the second pick of the first round to compensate.

The US shortstop Dansby Swanson was chosen in position 1 of the draft. The first non-US-American to be drafted was Canadian first baseman Josh Naylor in 12th position. The first non-US or Canadian draft pick was Jode Espada from Puerto Rico in round 5 as the 152nd player.

First round election

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Pick	player		franchise		position	school
1		Dansby Swanson		Arizona Diamondbacks	SS	Vanderbilt
2		Alex Bregman		Houston Astros	SS	LSU
3		Brendan Rodgers		Colorado Rockies	SS	Lake Mary High School ( Florida )
4th		Dillon Tate		Texas Rangers	RHP	UC Santa Barbara
5		Kyle Tucker		Houston Astros	OF	Henry B. Plant High School (Florida)
6th		Tyler Jay		Minnesota Twins	LHP	Illinois
7th		Andrew Benintendi		Boston Red Sox	OF	Arkansas
8th		Carson Fulmer		Chicago White Sox	RHP	Vanderbilt
9		Ian Happ		Chicago Cubs	OF	Cincinnati
10		Cornelius Randolph		Philadelphia Phillies	SS	Griffin High School ( Georgia )
11		Tyler Stephenson		Cincinnati Reds	C.	Kennesaw Mountain High School (Georgia)
12		Josh Naylor		Miami Marlins	1B	St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary School ( Ontario , Canada )
13		Garrett Whitley		Tampa Bay Rays	OF	Niskayuna High School ( New York )
14th		Kolby Allard		Atlanta Braves	LHP	San Clemente High School ( California )
15th		Trent Clark		Milwaukee Brewers	OF	Richland High School ( Texas )
16		James Kaprielian		New York Yankees	RHP	UCLA
17th		Brady Aiken		Cleveland Indians	LHP	IMG Academy
18th		Phil Bickford		San Francisco Giants	RHP	College of Southern Nevada, ( Nevada )
19th		Kevin Newman		Pittsburgh Pirates	SS	University of Arizona
20th		Richie Martin		Oakland Athletics	SS	University of Florida
21st		Ashe Russell		Kansas City Royals	RHP	Cathedral High School ( Indiana )
22nd		Beau Burrows		Detroit Tigers	RHP	Weatherford High School ( Texas )
23		Nick Plummer		St. Louis Cardinals	OF	Brother Rice High School ( Michigan )
24		Walker Buehler		Los Angeles Dodgers	RHP	Vanderbilt
25th		DJ Stewart		Baltimore Orioles	OF	Florida State University
26th		Taylor Ward		Los Angeles Angels	C.	Fresno State

Compensation round

Pick	player		franchise		position	school	Reason for compensation
27		Mike Nikorak		Colorado Rockies	RHP	Stroudsburg High School ( Pennsylvania )	New York Mets signed Michael Cuddyer
28		Mike Soroka		Atlanta Braves	RHP	Bishop Carroll High School ( Alberta , Canada)	The Minnesota Twins have signed Ervin Santana
29		Jon Harris		Toronto Blue Jays	RHP	Missouri State University	Chicago White Sox have signed Melky Cabrera
30th		Kyle Holder		New York Yankees	SS	University of San Diego	Chicago White Sox David Robertson commits
31		Chris Shaw		San Francisco Giants	1B	Boston College	Boston Red Sox have signed Pablo Sandoval
32		Ke'Bryan Hayes		Pittsburgh Pirates	3B	Concordia Lutheran High School ( Texas )	The Toronto Blue Jays have signed Russell Martin
33		Nolan Watson		Kansas City Royals	RHP	Lawrence North High School ( Indiana )	San Diego Padres have James Shields committed
34		Christin Stewart		Detroit Tigers	OF	University of Tennessee	Washington Nationals have signed Max Scherzer
35		Kyle Funkhouser *		Los Angeles Dodgers	RHP	University of Louisville	Boston Red Sox have Hanley Ramirez committed
36		Ryan Mountcastle		Baltimore Orioles	SS	Paul J. Hagerty High School ( Florida )	Seattle Mariners have signed Nelson Cruz

Web links

• All draft picks 2015 on mlb.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ The inside story of how the Houston Astros lost No. 1 pick Brady Aiken. Sports Illustrated , July 23, 2014, accessed May 24, 2016 .