MLB Baseball Draft 2009 Results

The Major League Baseball Draft is underway. While no one was surprised that Stephen Strasburg was selected #1 overall by the Washington Nationals, there are plenty of surprises to be had during his year's MLB Draft. Already, many are surprised that the Pittsburgh Pirates selected Tony Sanchez fourth overall after many 2009 MLB mock drafts had him going in the late stages of the first round.

Here are some the first round picks from the 2009 baseball draft. You can follow draft results and commentary through NowPublic's Twitter feed.

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1. Washington Nationals Stephen Strasburg P San Diego State

2. Seattle Mariners Dustin Ackley OF North Carolina

3. San Diego Padres Donovan Tate OF Carterville HS (Ga.)

4. Pittsburgh Pirates Tony Sanchez C Boston College

5. Baltimore Orioles Matt Hobgood P Norco HS (Calif.)

6. San Francisco Giants Zack Wheeler P E. Paulding HS (Ga.)

7. Atlanta Braves Mike Minor P Vanderbilt

8. Cincinnati Reds Mike Leake P Arizona State

9. Detroit Tigers  Jacob Turner P  W'minster Acad. (Mo.)

10. Washington Nationals  Drew Storen P Stanford

11. Colorado Rockies Tyler Matzek P Capist. Vall. HS (Calif.)

12. Kansas City Royals Aaron Crow P Fort Worth Cats

13. Oakland A's  Grant Green SS USC

14. Texas Rangers Matt Purke P Klein HS (Texas)

15. Cleveland Indians  Alex White P North Carolina

16. Arizona Diamondbacks  Bobby Borchering 3B Bishop Verot HS (Fla.)

17. Arizona Diamondbacks A.J. Pollock OF Notre Dame

18. Florida Marlins Chad James P Yukon HS (Okla.)

19. St. Louis Cardinals  Shelby Miller  B'wood HS (Texas)

20. Toronto Blue Jays  Stephen Jenkins  P Kennesaw State

21. Houston Astros  Jiovanni Mier  SS Bonita HS (Calif.)

22. Minnesota Twins   Kyle Gibson P Missouri

23. Chicago White Sox  Jared Mitchell CF LSU

24. Los Angeles Angels Randal Grichuk OF L. Cons HS (Texas)

25. Los Angeles Angels  Mike Trout  OF Milville Sr. HS (N.J.)

26. Milwaukee Brewers  Eric Arnett  P Indiana

27. Seattle Mariners Nick Franklin SS Lake Brantley HS (FL)

28. Boston Red Sox  Reymond Fuentes  OF Fernando Callejo HS (PR)

29. New York Yankees Slade Heathcot OF Texas HS

30. Tampa Bay Rays LeVon Washington 2B Buchholz HS (FL)

31. Chicago Cubs  Brett Jackson OF Cal Berkeley

32. Colorado Rockies  Tim Wheeler OF University of Sacramento