2007 Major League Baseball draft

2007 Major League Baseball draft
General information
Date(s)June 7–8, 2007
Overview
1453 total selections
First selectionDavid Price
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
First round selections64
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The 2007 Major League Baseball draft, was an annual choosing of high school and college baseball players, held on June 7, 2007 and June 8, 2007. The first day session of the draft included the first 25 rounds and was scheduled to be broadcast "live" from Orlando, Florida on television for the first time,[1] on ESPN2 from 2:00pm to 6:00pm Eastern Daylight Time (1800–2200 UTC).[2] Previously the conference call format draft was broadcast live, along with commentary, on both draft days exclusively from the MLB.com website as streaming audio. In total, the draft featured 50 rounds and 1453 selections.[3]

  1. ^ MLB.com MLB.com has your Draft needs covered
  2. ^ ESPN.com web site – 2007 Draft broadcast announcement – 7 May 2007
  3. ^ Czerwinski, Kevin T. (June 8, 2007). "New rules alter strategy on Day 2". MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Archived from the original on September 15, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2007.