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First Round + Supplemental First Highlights
- CAA Baseball with 7 clients selected – 11.67%
- Scott Boras with 6 clients selected – 10%
- The Legacy Agency with 5 clients selected – 8.33%
- SFX Baseball with 5 clients selected – 8.33%
- ICON Sports with 5 clients selected – 8.33%
- Jet Sports Management with 4 clients selected – 6.67%
- Sosnick Cobbe with 4 clients selected – 6.67%
First Round
1. Houston Astros – Carlos Correa, SS, Puerto Rico Baseball Academy – Advisor: Paul Kinzer (Wasserman Media Group)
2. Minnesota Twins – Byron Buxton, OF, Appling County High School (Ga.) – Advisor: Jet Sports Management
3. Seattle Mariners – Mike Zunino, C, Florida – Advisor: Jet Sports Management
4. Baltimore Orioles – Kevin Gausman, RHP, Louisiana State – Advisor: The Legacy Agency
5. Kansas City Royals – Kyle Zimmer, RHP, San Francisco – Advisor: SFX Baseball
6. Chicago Cubs – Albert Almora, Mater Academy (Fla.) – Advisor: Scott Boras
7. San Diego Padres – Max Fried, LHP, Harvard-Westlake High School (Calif.) – Advisor: CAA Baseball
8. Pittsburgh Pirates – Mark Appel, RHP, Stanford – Advisor: Scott Boras
9. Miami Marlins – Andrew Heaney, LHP, Oklahoma State – Advisor: ICON Sports
10. Colorado Rockies – David Dahl, Oak Mountain High School (Ala.) – Advisor: Sosnick Cobbe
11. Oakland Athletics – Addison Russell, SS, Pace High School (Fla.) – Advisor: Scott Boras
12. New York Mets – Gavin Cecchini, SS, Barbe High School (La.) – Advisor: ICON Sports
13. Chicago White Sox – Courtney Hawkins, OF, Carroll High School (Tex.) – Advisor: CAA Baseball
14. Cincinnati Reds – Nick Travieso, RHP, Archbishop McCarthy High School (Fla.) – Advisor: Gavin Kahn
15. Cleveland Indians – Tyler Naquin, OF, Texas A&M – Advisor: Hendricks Sports Management
16. Washington Nationals – Lucas Giolito, RHP, Harvard-Westlake High School (Calif.) – Advisor: CAA Baseball
17. Toronto Blue Jays – D.J. Davis, OF, Stone County High School (Miss.) – Advisor: Jet Sports Management
18. Los Angeles Dodgers – Corey Seager, SS, Northwest Cabarrus High School (N.C.) – Advisor: Scott Boras
19. St. Louis Cardinals – Michael Wacha, RHP, Texas A&M – Advisor: CAA Baseball
20. San Francisco Giants – Chris Stratton, RHP, Mississippi State – Advisor: Unknown
21. Atlanta Braves – Lucas Sims, RHP, Brookwood High School (Ga.) – Advisor: Jamie Murphy (TWC Sports Management)
22. Toronto Blue Jays – Marcus Stroman, RHP, Duke – Advisor: The Legacy Agency
23. St. Louis Cardinals – James Ramsey, OF, Florida State – Advisor: CSE
24. Boston Red Sox – Deven Marrero, SS, Arizona State – Advisor: Scott Boras
25. Tampa Bay Rays – Richie Shaffer, 1B/3B, Clemson – Advisor: SFX Baseball
26. Arizona Diamondbacks – Stryker Trahan, C, Acadiana High School (La.) – Advisor: CAA Baseball
27. Milwaukee Brewers – Clint Coulter, C, Union High School (Wash.) – Advisor: Unknown
28. Milwaukee Brewers – Victor Roache, OF, Georgia Southern – Advisor: Reynolds Sports Management
29. Texas Rangers – Lewis Brinson, OF, Coral Springs High School (Fla.) – Advisor: SFX Baseball
30. New York Yankees – Ty Hensley, RHP, Santa Fe High School (Okla.) – Advisor: ICON Sports
31. Boston Red Sox – Brian Johnson, LHP, Florida – Advisor: Jet Sports Management
Supplemental First Round
32. Minnesota Twins (for Michael Cuddyer) – Jose Orlando Berrios, RHP, Papa Juan XXIII HS (Puerto Rico) – Advisor: Melvin Roman
33. San Diego Padres (for Heath Bell) – Zach Eflin, RHP, Haggerty High School, (Fla.) – Advisor: Tom O’Connell
34. Oakland Athletics (for Josh Willingham) – Daniel Robertson, SS, Upland High School (Calif.) – Advisor: Dan Lozano
35. New York Mets (for Jose Reyes) – Kevin Plawecki, C, Purdue – Advisor: Jason St. Clair (Lagardère Unlimited)
36. St. Louis Cardinals (for Albert Pujols) – Stephen Piscotty, 3B, Stanford – Advisor: CAA Baseball
37. Boston Red Sox (for Jonathan Papelbon) – Pat Light, RHP, Monmouth – Advisor: Jeff Randazzo
38. Milwaukee Brewers (for Prince Fielder) – Mitch Haniger, OF, Cal Poly – Advisor: Sosnick Cobbe
39. Texas Rangers (for C.J. Wilson) – Joey Gallo, 3B, Bishop Gorman High School (Nev.) – Advisor: The Legacy Agency
40. Philadelphia Phillies (for Ryan Madson) – Shane Watson, RHP, Lakewood High School (Calif.) – Advisor: Lenny Strelitz (Wasserman Media Group)
41. Houston Astros (for Clint Barmes) – Lance McCullers Jr., Jesuit High School (Fla.) – Advisor: Scott Boras
42. Minnesota Twins (for Jason Kubel) – Luke Bard, RHP, Georgia Tech – Advisor: SFX Baseball
43. Chicago Cubs (for Aramis Ramirez) – Pierce Johnson, RHP, Missouri State – Advisor: John Boggs & Associates
44. San Diego Padres (for Aaron Harang) – Travis Jankowski, OF, Stony Brook – Advisor: Excel Sports Management
45. Pittsburgh Pirates (for Ryan Doumit) – Barrett Barnes, OF, Texas Tech – Advisor: ICON Sports
46. Colorado Rockies (for Mark Ellis) – Eddie Butler, RHP, Radford – Advisor: Steve Canter
47. Oakland Athletics (for David DeJesus) – Matt Olson, 1B, Parkview High School (Ga.) – Advisor: Unknown
48. Chicago White Sox (for Mark Buehrle) – Keon Barnum, 1B, King High School (Fla.) – Advisor: Reynolds Sports Management
49. Cincinnati Reds (for Ramon Hernandez) – Jesse Winker, OF, Olympia High School (Fla.) – Advisor: Excel Sports Management
50. Toronto Blue Jays (for Frank Francisco) – Matt Smoral, LHP, Solon High School (Ohio) – Advisor: SFX Baseball
51. Los Angeles Dodgers (for Rod Barajas) – Jesmuel Valentin, SS, Puerto Rico Baseball Academy – Advisor: David Meter
52. St. Louis Cardinals (for Octavio Dotel) – Patrick Wisdom, 3B, St. Mary’s – Advisor: Sosnick Cobbe
53. Texas Rangers (for Darren Oliver) – Collin Wiles, RHP, Blue Valley West High School (Kan.) – Advisor: ICON Sports
54. Philadelphia Phillies (for Raul Ibanez) – Mitch Gueller, RHP, WF West High School (Wash.) – Advisor: CAA Baseball
55. San Diego Padres (for Brett Austin) – Walker Weickel, RHP, Olympia High School (Fla.) – Advisor: The Legacy Agency
56. Chicago Cubs (for Carlos Pena) – Paul Blackburn, RHP, Heritage High School (Calif.) – Advisor: Sosnick Cobbe
57. Cincinnati Reds (for Francisco Cordero) – Jeff Gelalich, OF, UCLA – Advisor: Unknown
58. Toronto Blue Jays (for Jon Rauch) – Mitch Nay, 3B, Hamilton High School (Ariz.) – Advisor: Paul Cohen (TWC Sports Management)
59. St. Louis Cardinals (for Edwin Jackson) – Steve Bean, C, Rockwall High School (Tex.) – Advisor: BBI Sports Group
60. Toronto Blue Jays (for Jose Molina) – Tyler Gonzales, RHP, James Madison High School (Tex.) – Advisor: The Legacy Agency
4 replies on “2012 MLB Draft Round 1 Advisors/Players List”
Looks like Scott Boras and CAA Baseball did well.
That shouldn’t be surprising.
Nick Travieso has Gavin Kahn
Looking over this list, very different groups did well. Icon Sports had 5 guys for a smaller group and it seems they’re kind of leading a new category of agency, the power boutique. Agencies that are not as big but still have good clients. Do you see this as a good model?