1993 #1 Draft Pick – Alex Rodriguez

We jump from 1987 to 1993, but stay with the same team. Alex Rodriguez was taken #1 overall by the Mariners in the 1993 Major League Draft. We all know what has happened since then. ARod has gone on to change baseball with both his bat, and his agent.

I didn’t have a picture of ARod in a Mariners uniform so I used one from 2008 of him in a Yankees uniform. I took the picture during my only game in old Yankee Stadium. Alex was warming up before one of his at bats against Mark Buehrle.

Here are the top 28 players taken in the draft. I don’t see a lot of Hall of Famers, but some very good ballplayers came out of this first round.

1	Alex Rodriguez	Seattle Mariners	Shortstop	Westminster Christian High School
2	Darren Dreifort	Los Angeles Dodgers	Pitcher	Wichita State University
3	Brian Anderson	California Angels	Pitcher	Wright State University
4	Wayne Gomes	Philadelphia Phillies	Pitcher	Old Dominion University
5	Jeff Granger	Kansas City Royals	Pitcher	Texas A&M University
6	Steve Soderstrom	San Francisco Giants	Pitcher	Fresno State University
7	Trot Nixon	Boston Red Sox	Outfield	New Hanover High School
8	Kirk Presley	New York Mets	Pitcher	Tupelo High School
9	Matt Brunson	Detroit Tigers	Shortstop	Cherry Creek High School
10	Brooks Kieschnick	Chicago Cubs	Outfield	University of Texas
11	Daron Kirkreit	Cleveland Indians	Pitcher	University of California, Riverside
12	Billy Wagner	Houston Astros	Pitcher	Ferrum College
13	Matt Drews	New York Yankees	Pitcher	Sarasota High School
14	Derrek Lee	San Diego Padres	First Base	El Camino High School
15	Chris Carpenter	Toronto Blue Jays	Pitcher	Trinity High School
16	Alan Benes	St. Louis Cardinals	Pitcher	Creighton University
17	Scott Christman	Chicago White Sox	Pitcher	Oregon State University
18	Chris Schwab	Montreal Expos	Outfield	Cretin High School
19	Jay Powell	Baltimore Orioles	Pitcher	Mississippi State University
20	Torii Hunter	Minnesota Twins	Outfield	Pine Bluff High School
21	Jason Varitek	Minnesota Twins	Catcher	Georgia Institute of Technology
22	Charles Peterson	Pittsburgh Pirates	Outfield	Laurens District High School
23	Jeff D’Amico	Milwaukee Brewers	Pitcher	Northeast High School
24	Jon Ratliff	Chicago Cubs	Pitcher	LeMoyne College
25	John Wasdin	Oakland Athletics	Pitcher	Florida State University
26	Kelly Wunsch	Milwaukee Brewers	Pitcher	Texas A&M University
27	Marc Valdes	Florida Marlins	Pitcher	University of FloridaT
28	Jamey Wright	Colorado Rockies	Pitcher	Westmoore High School

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