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2016 Minor League Ball Community MLB Mock Draft, Round One

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This is the first round of the 2015 Minor League Ball Community MLB Mock Draft. The draft is conducted in the comments thread. Make the picks and I will revise the article itself as we go along to reflect each choice.

Round One will consist of picks one through 34. There will be a separate thread for the competitive balance/compensation round and subsequent numbered rounds.

1
Philadelphia Phillies    A.J. Puk, LHP, University of Florida
2
Cincinnati Reds   Nick Senzel, 3B, University of Tennessee
3
Atlanta Braves    Kyle Lewis, OF, Mercer University
4
Colorado Rockies   Jason Groome, LHP, New Jersey HS
5
Milwaukee Brewers   Riley Pint, RHP, Kansas HS
6
Oakland Athletics   Corey Ray, OF, University of Louisville
7
Miami Marlins   Braxton Garrett, LHP, Alabama HS
8
San Diego Padres   Dakota Hudson, RHP, Mississippi State University
9
Detroit Tigers   Zack Collins, C, University of Miami-Fl
10
Chicago White Sox   Mickey Moniak, Of, California HS
11
Seattle Mariners   Forest Whitley, RHP, Texas HS
12
Boston Red Sox   Ian Anderson, RHP, New York HS
13
Tampa Bay Rays   Blake Rutherford, OF, Califronia HS
14
Cleveland Indians   Matt Manning, RHP, California HS
15
Minnesota Twins   Matt Thaiss, C, University of Virginia
16
Los Angeles Angels  Alex Kirilloff, OF, Pennsylvania HS
17
Houston Astros   T.J. Zeuch, RHP, University of Pittsburgh
18
New York Yankees   Nolan Jones, SS, Pennsylvania HS
19
New York Mets   Will Craig, 3B, Wake Forest
20
Los Angeles Dodgers   Delvin Perez, SS, Puerto Rico HS
21
Toronto Blue Jays     Cal Quantrill, RHP, Stanford
22
Pittsburgh Pirates   Josh Lowe, 3B, Georgia HS
23
St. Louis Cardinals    Justin Dunn, RHP, Boston College
24
San Diego Padres (Compensation for Justin Upton, who signed with the Tigers. Detroit forfeited its third-round pick.)     Jordan Sheffield, RHP, Vanderbilt
25
San Diego Padres (Compensation for Ian Kennedy, who signed with the Royals. Kansas City forfeited its first-round pick.)      Joey Wentz, LHP, Kansas HS
26
Chicago White Sox (Compensation for Jeff Samardzija, who signed with the Giants. San Francisco forfeited its first-round pick.)      Gavin Lux, SS, Wisconsin HS
27
Baltimore Orioles (Compensation for Wei-Yin Chen, who signed with the Marlins. Miami forfeited its second-round pick.)    Eric Lauer, LHP, Kent State
28
Washington Nationals (Compensation for Jordan Zimmermann, who signed with the Tigers. Detroit forfeited its second-round pick.)    Taylor Trammell, OF, Georgia HS
29
Washington Nationals (Compensation for Ian Desmond, who signed with the Rangers. Texas forfeited its first-round pick.)    Carter Kieboom, INF, Georgia HS
30
Texas Rangers (Compensation for Yovani Gallardo, who signed with the Orioles. Baltimore forfeited its first-round pick.)   Will Benson, OF-1B, Georgia HS
31
New York Mets (Compensation for Daniel Murphy, who signed with the Nationals. Washington forfeited its first-round pick.)   Kyle Muller, RHP, Texas HS
32
Los Angeles Dodgers (Compensation for Zack Greinke, who signed with the D-backs. Arizona forfeited its first-round pick.)   Cody Sedlock, RHP, University of Illinois
33
St. Louis Cardinals (Compensation for John Lackey, who signed with the Cubs. Chicago forfeited its first-round pick.)   Jared Horn, RHP, California HS
34
St. Louis Cardinals (Compensation for Jason Heyward, who signed with the Cubs. Chicago forfeited its second pick.)      Zack Burdi, RHP, University of Louisville