The 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft was held from June 6 through June 8, 2013. The first two rounds were broadcast from Studio 42 of the

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in Secaucus, New Jersey. Each team received one selection per round, going in reverse order of the

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final standings. In addition, teams could receive compensation draft picks if they had made a qualifying offer to a

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player from their team, and the player rejected the offer and signed with another team.

Draft order

The

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, Milwaukee Brewers, and

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all surrendered their first round picks by signing players who had received and rejected qualifying offers from their previous teams:

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, and

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, respectively. The

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, whose first round pick was protected as it fell in the top ten, lost their second round pick and a pick in the sandwich round between the second and third rounds for signing two players who received qualifying offers:

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and

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First round

Compensatory round

Competitive Balance Round A

Other notable selections

Notes

;Compensation picks ;Traded picks

NCAA investigation

The Philadelphia Phillies selected college juniors Ben Wetzler of

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in the fifth round and Jason Monda of

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in the sixth round of the draft. Both entered into negotiations with the Phillies with the help of a financial adviser, which is against

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rules. Both also chose to return to college for their senior year. The Phillies reported Wetzler and Monda to the NCAA, which cleared Monda and suspended Wetzler for the first 11 games of the college season.

Player notes

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, the

fourth round pick out of the

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, was promoted to the Indians on May 16, 2014. This made Crockett the first 2013 draftee to reach the major leagues.

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, the

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' first round pick, made his MLB debut on June 25, 2014. This made Gonzales the first 2013 first round pick to reach the major leagues.

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, who went undrafted out of

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in 2013, signed with the Milwaukee Brewers for $500 and worked his way up through their farm system, making his MLB debut with them on July 2, 2018. His first hit two days later turned out to be the game-winning home run and he was carried back out by his teammates for a curtain call.

References

External links

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