| Pick
| Team
| Player
| Position
| School (Type)
| Hometown
| Notes
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| 1 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Josh Hamilton | OF | Athens Drive High School (HS) | Raleigh, NC |
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| 2 | Florida Marlins | Josh Beckett | RHP | Spring High School (HS) | Spring, TX |
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| 3 | Detroit Tigers | Eric Munson | C | University of Southern California (Col.) | San Diego, CA |
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| 4 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Corey Myers | SS | Desert Vista High School (HS) | Scottsdale, AZ |
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| 5 | Minnesota Twins | B.J. Garbe | OF | Moses Lake High School (HS) | Moses Lake, WA |
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| 6 | Montreal Expos | Josh Girdley | LHP | Jasper High School (HS) | Jasper, TX |
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| 7 | Kansas City Royals | Kyle Snyder | RHP | University of North Carolina (Col.) | Houston, TX |
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| 8 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Bobby Bradley | RHP | Wellington High School (HS) | West Palm Beach, FL |
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| 9 | Oakland Athletics | Barry Zito | LHP | University of Southern California (Col.) | Las Vegas, NV |
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| 10 | Milwaukee Brewers | Ben Sheets | RHP | Northeast Louisiana University (Col.) | St. Amant, LA |
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| 11 | Seattle Mariners | Ryan Christianson | C | Arlington High School (HS) | Riverside, CA |
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| 12 | Philadelphia Phillies | Brett Myers | RHP | Jacksonville University (Col.) | Jacksonville, FL |
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| 13 | Baltimore Orioles | Mike Paradis | RHP | Clemson University (Col.) | [[]] |
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| 14 | Cincinnati Reds | Ty Howington | LHP | Vancouver High School (HS) | Vancouver, WA |
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| 15 | Chicago White Sox | Jason Stumm | RHP | Centralia (WA) High School (HS) | Centralia, WA |
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| 16 | Colorado Rockies | Jason Jennings | RHP | Baylor University (Col.) | Dallas, TX |
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| 17 | Boston Red Sox | Rick Asadoorian | OF | Whitinsville High School (HS) | Whitinsville, MA | Compensation from Anaheim Angels for Mo Vaughn
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| 18 | Baltimore Orioles | Richard Stahl | LHP | Covington High School (HS) | Covington, GA | Compensation from St. Louis Cardinals for Eric Davis
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| 19 | Toronto Blue Jays | Alex Rios | 3B/OF | San Pedro Martin High School (HS) | Guaynabo, PR |
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| 20 | San Diego Padres | Vince Faison | OF | Lyons High School (HS) | Lyons, GA | Compensation from Los Angeles Dodgers for Kevin Brown
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| 21 | Baltimore Orioles | Larry Bigbie | OF | Ball State University (Col.) | Hobart, IN | Compensation from Texas Rangers for Rafael Palmeiro
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| 22 | Chicago White Sox | Matt Ginter | RHP | Mississippi State University (Col.) | Lexington, KY | Compensation from New York Mets for Robin Ventura
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| 23 | Baltimore Orioles | Keith Reed | OF | Providence College (Col.) | Yarmouth Port, MA | Compensation from Cleveland Indians for Roberto Alomar
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| 24 | San Francisco Giants | Kurt Ainsworth | RHP | Louisiana State University (Col.) | Baton Rouge, LA |
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| 25 | Kansas City Royals | Mike MacDougal | RHP | Wake Forest University (Col.) | Las Vegas, NV | Compensation from Boston Red Sox for Jose Offerman
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| 26 | Chicago Cubs | Ben Christensen | RHP | Wichita State University (Col.) | [[]] |
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| 27 | New York Yankees | David Walling | RHP | University of Arkansas (Col.) | [[]] |
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| 28 | San Diego Padres | Gerik Baxter | RHP | Edmonds-Woodway High School (HS) | Edmonds, WA |
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| 29 | San Diego Padres | Omar Ortiz | RHP | University of Texas-Pan American (Col.) | [[]] | Compensation from Houston Astros for Ken Caminiti
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| 30 | St. Louis Cardinals | Chance Caple | RHP | Texas A&M University (Col.) | [[]] | Compensation from Atlanta Braves for Brian Jordan
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