Minnesota Twins First Round Draft Picks

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The Minnesota Twins first round draft picks include 74 players, with 31 being pitchers and 38 of those being drafted out of high school. The Twins have selected 16 outfielders, 11 shortstops, seven third basemen, four catchers, three first basemen and one second baseman in the first round of the MLB draft. Of the pitchers taken, the Twins have selected 22 right-handers and nine left-handers.

The Twins have drafted 35 college players with their first round selection, with the last being Brent Rooker in 2017. Minnesota has selected first overall three times, with the team picking Tim Belcher in 1983, Joe Mauer in 2001 and Royce Lewis in 2017.

Year	Player	Pos	School	Pick	Signing Bonus
1965	Eddie Leon	SS	University of Arizona	9	Did Not Sign
1966	Bob Jones	3B	Dawson, GA	20
1967	Steve Brye	3B	St. Elizabeth HS (CA)	17
1968	Alex Rowell	OF	Luther College	16
1969	Paul Powell	OF	Arizona State University	7
1970	Bob Gorinski	SS	Mount Pleasant HS (PA)	22
1971	Dale Soderholm	SS	Miami Coral Park HS (FL)	21
1972	Dick Ruthven	RHP	California State University, Fresno	8	Did Not Sign
1973	Eddie Bane	LHP	Arizona State University	11
1974	Ted Shipley	SS	Vanderbilt University	14
1975	Rick Sofield	SS	Morristown HS (NJ)	13
1976	Jamie Allen	3B	Davis HS (WA)	10	Did Not Sign
1977	Paul Croft	OF	Morristown HS (NJ)	15
1978	Lenny Faedo	SS	Jefferson HS (FL)	16
1979	Kevin Brandt	OF	Nekoosa HS (WI)	11
1980	Jeff Reed	C	Joliet West HS (IL)	12
1981	Mike Sodders	3B	Arizona State University	11
1982	Bryan Oelkers	LHP	Wichita State University	4
1983	Tim Belcher	RHP	Mount Vernon Nazarene College	1	Did Not Sign
1984	Jay Bell	SS	Gonzalez Tate HS (FL)	8
1985	Jeff Bumgarner	RHP	Hanford HS (WA)	13
1986	Derek Parks	RHP	Montclair HS (CA)	10
1987	Willie Banks	RHP	St. Anthony's HS (NJ)	3
1988	Johnny Ard	RHP	Manatee Community College	20
1989	Chuck Knoblauch	SS	Texas A&M University	25
1990	Todd Ritchie	RHP	Duncanville HS (TX)	12
1990	Midre Cummings	OF	Edison HS (FL)	29
1991	Dave McCarty	1B	Stanford University	3
1991	Scott Stahoviak	3B	Creighton University	27
1992	Dan Serafini	LHP	Serra HS (CA)	26
1993	Torii Hunter	OF	Pine Bluff HS (AR)	20
1993	Jason Varitek	C	Georgia Tech	21	Did Not Sign
1993	Marc Barcelo	RHP	Arizona State University	33
1993	Kelcey Mucker	OF	Lawrenceburg HS (IN)	38
1994	Todd Walker	2B	LSU	8
1994	Travis Miller	LHP	Kent State University	34
1995	Mark Redman	LHP	University of Oklahoma	13
1996	Travis Lee	1B	San Diego State University	2	Did Not Sign
1997	Michael Cuddyer	SS	Great Bridge HS (VA)	9
1997	Matt LeCroy	C	Clemson University	50
1998	Ryan Mills	LHP	Arizona State University	6
1999	B.J. Garbe	OF	Moses Lake HS (WA)	5
2000	Adam Johnson	RHP	California State University, Fullerton	2	$2,500,000
2000	Aaron Heilman	RHP	University of Notre Dame	31	Did Not Sign
2001	Joe Mauer	C	Cretin-Derham Hall HS (MN)	1	$5,150,000
2002	Denard Span	OF	Tampa Catholic HS (FL)	20	$1,700,000
2003	Matt Moses	3B	Mills E. Godwin HS (VA)	21	$1,450,000
2004	Trevor Plouffe	SS	Crespi Carmelite HS (CA)	20	$1,500,000
2004	Glen Perkins	LHP	University of Minnesota	22	$1,425,000
2004	Kyle Waldrop	RHP	Farragut HS (TN)	25	$1,000,000
2004	Matt Fox	RHP	University of Central Florida	35	$950,000
2004	Jay Rainville	RHP	Bishop Hendricken HS (RI)	39	$875,000
2005	Matt Garza	RHP	California State University, Fresno	25	$1,350,000
2005	Hank Sanchez	1B	Mission Bay HS (CA)	39	$900,000
2006	Chris Parmelee	OF	Chino Hills HS (CA)	20	$1,500,000
2007	Ben Revere	OF	Lexington Catholic HS (KY)	28	$750,000
2008	Aaron Hicks	OF	Wilson HS (CA)	14	$1,780,000
2008	Carlos Gutierrez	RHP	University of Miami	27	$1,330,000
2008	Shooter Hunt	RHP	Tulane University	31	$1,080,000
2009	Kyle Gibson	RHP	University of Missouri	22	$1,800,000
2009	Matthew Bashore	LHP	Indiana University	46	$751,500
2010	Alex Wimmers	RHP	Ohio State University	21	$1,332,000
2011	Levi Michael	SS	University of North Carolina	30	$1,175,000
2011	Travis Harrison	3B	Tustin HS (CA)	50	$1,050,000
2011	Hudson Boyd	RHP	Bishop Verot HS (FL)	55	$1,000,000
2012	Byron Buxton	OF	Appling County HS (GA)	2	$6,000,000
2012	Jose Berrios	RHP	Papa Juan HS (PR)	32	$1,550,000
2012	Luke Bard	RHP	Georgia Tech	42	$1,227,000
2013	Kohl Stewart	RHP	St. Pius X HS (TX)	4	$4,544,000
2014	Nick Gordon	SS	Olympia HS (FL)	5	$3,851,000
2015	Tyler Jay	LHP	University of Illinois	6	$3,889,500
2016	Alex Kirilloff	OF	Plum High School (PA)	15	$2,817,100
2017	Royce Lewis	OF	JSerra Catholic High School (CA)	1	$6,725,000
2017	Brent Rooker	OF	Mississippi State	35	$1,935,000

Hall of Fame

None

World Series Winners with Twins

Chuck Knoblauch (1991), Willie Banks (1991)

AL MVP Award Winners with Twins

Joe Mauer (2009)

AL Cy Young Award Winners with Twins

None

Rookie of the Year Award with Twins

Chuck Knoblauch (1991)

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