The 2023 MLB draft began last night in Seattle at Lumen Field, the home stadium of the NFL’s Seahawks. Unlike the NFL draft or the NBA draft, MLB teams are allowed to pick players right out of high school and then bring them up slowly—or, sometimes, rapidly—through their respective farm systems.
Here are the 10 highest-picked baseball prospects right out of high school from the first round of the draft.
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High school: Franklin Community (Ind.)
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High school: South Brunswick (N.C.)
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High school: Sinton (Texas)
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High school: Jesuit (Ore.)
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High school: Madison (Va.)
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High school: Strawberry Crest (Fla.)
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High school: John Glenn (Ohio)
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High school: Huntington Beach (Calif.)
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High school: Homewood-Flossmoor (Ill.)
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High school: Gulliver Prep (Fla.)
