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2017 Major League Baseball draft

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2017 Major League Baseball draft
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The 2017 Major League Baseball draft began on June 12, 2017.[1] The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The first 36 picks, including the first round and compensatory picks, were broadcast on MLB Network on June 12, while the remainder of the draft was live streamed on MLB.com on June 13 and 14.[2]

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With the worst record in the 2016 MLB season, the Minnesota Twins received the first overall pick.[3] Compensation picks were distributed for players who did not sign from the 2016 MLB draft.[4] Also, fourteen small-market teams competed in a lottery for additional competitive balance picks, with six teams receiving an additional pick after the first round, and eight teams receiving an additional pick after the second round.[5] The Twins selected Royce Lewis with the first overall selection.

The St. Louis Cardinals forfeited its top two selections (numbers 56 and 75 in the second and competitive balance round B respectively) and $2 million in damages to the Houston Astros when Commissioner Rob Manfred adjudicated a computer system hacking scandal on January 30, 2017.[6]

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First round selections

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Compensatory round

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Other notable selections

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Notes

Compensation picks
  1. Compensation pick for the Cleveland Indians signing Edwin Encarnación
  2. Compensation pick for the Colorado Rockies signing Ian Desmond
  3. Compensation pick for the St. Louis Cardinals signing Dexter Fowler

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