The 2012 MLB Draft begins on Monday and will run through Wednesday. The Mariners once again have a very high pick, which is one of the happy side effects of having a lousy record for another year.
The Mariners will have the No. 3 overall pick, barring a trade of the selection slot to another team. They will select after the Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins and will have an enormous crop of talent to select from.
The Mariners are rumored to be looking for a legitimate hitting prospect with their first pick this year, which makes sense as they have a big surplus of young, live arms in the system but their offense is still looking like the weak link and needs more players in the pipeline for the offense of the future to begin to take a cohesive form.
Here's the full draft order for Monday's first round.
1 Houston Astros
2 Minnesota Twins
3 Seattle Mariners
4 Baltimore Orioles
5 Kansas City Royals
6 Chicago Cubs
7 San Diego Padres
8 Pittsburgh Pirates
9 Miami Marlins
10 Colorado Rockies
11 Oakland Athletics
12 New York Mets
13 Chicago White Sox
14 Cincinnati Reds
15 Cleveland Indians
16 Washington Nationals
17 Toronto Blue Jays
18 Los Angeles Dodgers
19 St. Louis Cardinals
20 San Francisco Giants
21 Atlanta Braves
22 Toronto Blue Jays
23 St. Louis Cardinals
24 Boston Red Sox
25 Tampa Bay Rays
26 Arizona Diamondbacks
27 Milwaukee Brewers
28 Milwaukee Brewers
29 Philadelphia Phillies
30 New York Yankees
31 Boston Red Sox
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