USA Baseball Alumni Dominate Draft’s First Round
What a night for USA Baseball alumni, as they dominated the first round of the 2022 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
A total of 20 former USA Baseball players were selected in the first round, including first-overall pick Jackson Holliday, a high school shortstop taken by the Baltimore Orioles. The Arizona Diamondbacks then selected high school outfielder Druw Jones, who, like Holliday, is the son of a former major leaguer.
Holliday became the 36th USA Baseball national team alum to be selected first overall, and 2022 marks the 19th time in the last 22 years that the first overall pick played for Team USA.
In Sunday’s first round, the first six straight players off the board have USA Baseball backgrounds.
Round-Pick; Name; MLB Team; USA Baseball National Team(s)
1-1; Jackson Holliday; Baltimore Orioles; 2021 18U
1-2; Druw Jones; Arizona Diamondbacks; 2021 18U
1-3; Kumar Rocker; Texas Rangers; 2017 18U
1-4; Termarr Johnson; Pittsburgh Pirates; 2019 15U, 2021 18U
1-5; Elijah Green; Washington Nationals; 2021 18U
1-6; Jacob Berry; Miami Marlins; 2021 Collegiate
1-8; Brooks Lee; Minnesota Twins; 2021 Collegiate
1-9; Gavin Cross; Kansas City Royals; 2021 Collegiate
1-10; Gabriel Hughes; Colorado Rockies; 2021 Collegiate
1-11; Kevin Parada; New York Mets; 2021 Collegiate
1-12; Jace Jung; Detroit Tigers; 2021 Collegiate
1-19; Daniel Susac; Oakland A’s; 2021 Collegiate
1-20; Owen Murphy; Atlanta Braves; 2021 18U
1-23; Brandon Barriera; Toronto Blue Jays; 2016 12U, 2019 15U
1-24; Mikey Romero; Boston Red Sox; 2016 12U, 2019 15U
1-28; Drew Gilbert; Houston Astros; 2021 Collegiate
1-30; Reggie Crawford; San Francisco Giants; 2021 Collegiate
1-33; Dylan Beavers; Baltimore Orioles; 2021 Collegiate
1-34; Landon Sims; Arizona Diamondbacks; 2016 15U, 2021 Collegiate
1-37; Justin Campbell; Cleveland Guardians; 2013 12U, 2016 15U, 2021 Collegiate
