
MLB Draft 2015: Results, Grades and Top Steals for Rounds 1-3
The second day of the 2015 MLB draft concluded Tuesday night after 10 rounds and 315 picks. Vanderbilt shortstop Dansby Swanson headlined the festivities, going first overall to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Five of Swanson's teammates at Vanderbilt were also chosen, including two more in the top 25. Last year's first overall pick, pitcher Brady Aiken, went 17th overall to the Cleveland Indians.
With all the picks in, let's take a look at who went where and how all teams involved fared.
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| Pick | Team | Player | Position | School |
| 1 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Dansby Swanson | SS | Vanderbilt |
| 2 | Houston Astros | Alex Bregman | SS | LSU |
| 3 | Colorado Rockies | Brendan Rodgers | SS | Lake Mary HS |
| 4 | Texas Rangers | Dillon Tate | RHP | University of California - Santa Barbara |
| 5 | Houston Astros | Kyle Tucker | OF | H.B. Plant HS |
| 6 | Minnesota Twins | Tyler Jay | LHP | Illinois |
| 7 | Boston Red Sox | Andrew Benintendi | OF | Arkansas |
| 8 | Chicago White Sox | Carson Fulmer | RHP | Vanderbilt |
| 9 | Chicago Cubs | Ian Happ | OF | Cincinnati |
| 10 | Philadelphia Phillies | Cornelius Randolph | SS | Griffin HS |
| 11 | Cincinnati Reds | Tyler Stephenson | C | Kennesaw Mountain HS |
| 12 | Miami Marlins | Josh Naylor | 1B | St Joan of Arc Catholic SS |
| 13 | Tampa Bay Rays | Garrett Whitley | OF | Niskayuna HS |
| 14 | Atlanta Braves | Kolby Allard | LHP | San Clemente HS |
| 15 | Milwaukee Brewers | Trent Clark | OF | Richland HS |
| 16 | New York Yankees | James Kaprielian | RHP | UCLA |
| 17 | Cleveland Indians | Brady Aiken | LHP | N/A |
| 18 | San Francisco Giants | Phil Bickford | RHP | Southern Nevada |
| 19 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Kevin Newman | SS | Arizona |
| 20 | Oakland Athletics | Richie Martin | SS | Florida |
| 21 | Kansas City Royals | Ashe Russell | RHP | Cathedral HS |
| 22 | Detroit Tigers | Beau Burrows | RHP | Weatherford HS |
| 23 | St. Louis Cardinals | Nick Plummer | OF | Brother Rice HS |
| 24 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Walker Buehler | RHP | Vanderbilt |
| 25 | Baltimore Orioles | D.J. Stewart | OF | Florida State |
| 26 | Los Angeles Angels | Taylor Ward | C | Fresno State |
| Compensation Picks | ||||
| 27 | Colorado Rockies | Mike Nikorak | RHP | Stroudsburg HS |
| 28 | Atlanta Braves | Michael Soroka | RHP | Bishop Carroll HS |
| 29 | Toronto Blue Jays | Jon Harris | RHP | Missouri State |
| 30 | New York Yankees | Kyle Holder | SS | University of San Diego |
| 31 | San Francisco Giants | Chris Shaw | 1B | Boston College |
| 32 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Ke'Bryan Hayes | 3B | Concordia Lutheran HS |
| 33 | Kansas City Royals | Nolan Watson | RHP | Lawrence North HS |
| 34 | Detroit Tigers | Christin Stewart | OF | Tennessee |
| 35 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Kyle Funkhouser | RHP | Louisville |
| 36 | Baltimore Orioles | Ryan Mountcastle | SS | Hagerty HS |
| Competitive Balance A | ||||
| 37 | Houston Astros | Daz Cameron | OF | Eagle's Landing Christian Academy |
| 38 | Colorado Rockies | Tyler Nevin | 3B | Poway HS |
| 39 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jake Woodford | RHP | H.B. Plant HS |
| 40 | Milwaukee Brewers | Nathan Kirby | LHP | Virginia |
| 41 | Atlanta Braves | Austin Riley | 3B | DeSoto Central HS |
| 42 | Cleveland Indians | Triston McKenzie | RHP | Royal Palm Beach HS |
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | School |
| 43. | Arizona Diamondbacks | Alex Young | LHP | TCU |
| 44. | Colorado Rockies | Peter Lambert | RHP | San Dimas HS |
| 45. | Texas Rangers | Eric Jenkins | OF | West Columbus HS |
| 46. | Houston Astros | Thomas Eshelman | RHP | Cal State - Fullerton |
| 47. | Chicago Cubs | Donnie Dewees | OF | University of North Florida |
| 48. | Philadelphia Phillies | Scott Kingery | 2B | Arizona |
| 49. | Cincinnati Reds | Antonio Santillan | RHP | Seguin HS |
| 50. | Miami Marlins | Brett Lilek | LHP | Arizona State |
| 51. | San Diego Padres | Austin Smith | RHP | Park Vista Community HS |
| 52. | Tampa Bay Rays | Chris Betts | C | Woodrow Wilson HS |
| 53. | New York Mets | Desmond Lindsay | OF | Out-Of-Door Academy |
| 54. | Atlanta Braves | Lucas Herbert | C | San Clemente HS |
| 55. | Milwaukee Brewers | Cody Ponce | RHP | Cal Poly Pomona |
| 56. | Toronto Blue Jays | Brady Singer | RHP | Eustis HS |
| 57. | New York Yankees | Jeff Degano | LHP | Indiana State |
| 58. | Washington Nationals | Andrew Stevenson | OF | LSU |
| 59. | Cleveland Indians | Juan Hillman | LHP | Olympia HS |
| 60. | Seattle Mariners | Nick Neidert | RHP | Peachtree Ridge HS |
| 61. | San Francisco Giants | Andrew Suarez | LHP | Miami (Fla.) |
| 62. | Pittsburgh Pirates | Kevin Kramer | SS | UCLA |
| 63. | Oakland Athletics | Mikey White | SS | Alabama |
| 64. | Kansas City Royals | Josh Staumont | RHP | Azusa Pacific University |
| 65. | Detroit Tigers | Tyler Alexander | LHP | TCU |
| 66. | St. Louis Cardinals | Bryce Denton | 3B | Ravenwood HS |
| 67. | Los Angeles Dodgers | Mitch Hansen | OF | Plano Senior HS |
| 68. | Baltimore Orioles | Jonathan Hughes | RHP | Flowery Branch HS |
| 69. | Washington Nationals | Blake Perkins | OF | Verrado HS |
| 70. | Los Angeles Angels | Jahmai Jones | OF | Wesleyan HS |
| Competitive Balance Round B | ||||
| 71. | Cincinnati Reds | Tanner Rainey | RHP | U West Alabama |
| 72. | Seattle Mariners | Andrew Moore | RHP | Oregon State |
| 73. | Minnesota Twins | Kyle Cody | RHP | Kentucky |
| 74. | Los Angeles Dodgers | Josh Sborz | RHP | Virginia |
| 75. | Atlanta Braves | A.J. Minter | LHP | Texas A&M |
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | School |
| 76 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Taylor Clarke | RHP | College of Charleston |
| 77 | Colorado Rockies | Javier Medina | RHP | Sahuaro HS |
| 78 | Texas Rangers | Michael Matuella | RHP | Duke |
| 79 | Houston Astros | Riley Ferrell | RHP | TCU |
| 80 | Minnesota Twins | Travis Blankenhorn | 3B | Pottsville Area HS |
| 81 | Boston Red Sox | Austin Rei | C | Washington |
| 82 | Chicago Cubs | Bryan Hudson | LHP | Alton HS |
| 83 | Philadelphia Phillies | Lucas Williams | SS | Dana Hills HS |
| 84 | Cincinnati Reds | Blake Trahan | SS | Louisiana-Lafayette |
| 85 | Miami Marlins | Isaiah White | CF | Greenfield School |
| 86 | San Diego Padres | Jacob Nix | RHP | IMG Academy |
| 87 | Tampa Bay Rays | Brandon Lowe | 2B | Maryland |
| 88 | New York Mets | Max Wotell | LHP | Marvin Ridge HS |
| 89 | Atlanta Braves | Anthony Guardado | RHP | Nogales HS |
| 90 | Milwaukee Brewers | Nash Walters | RHP | Lindale HS |
| 91 | Toronto Blue Jays | Justin Maese | RHP | Ysleta HS |
| 92 | New York Yankees | Drew Finley | RHP | Rancho Bernardo HS |
| 93 | Cleveland Indians | Mark Mathias | 2B | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo |
| 94 | Seattle Mariners | Braden Bishop | CF | Washington |
| 95 | San Francisco Giants | Jalen Miller | SS | Riverwood International Charter School |
| 96 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Casey Hughston | LF | Alabama |
| 97 | Oakland Athletics | Dakota Chalmers | RHP | North Forsyth HS |
| 98 | Kansas City Royals | Anderson Miller | CF | Western Kentucky |
| 99 | Detroit Tigers | Drew Smith | RHP | Dallas Baptist |
| 100 | St. Louis Cardinals | Harrison Bader | OF | Florida |
| 101 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Philip Pfeifer | LHP | Vanderbilt |
| 102 | Baltimore Orioles | Garrett Cleavinger | LHP | Oregon |
| 103 | Washington Nationals | Rhett Wiseman | OF | Vanderbilt |
| 104 | Los Angeles Angels | Grayson Long | RHP | Texas A&M |
| Team | Grade | Note |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | B | In need of a big-time playmaker, Dansby Swanson is their man. |
| Atlanta Braves | B | Selected 11 pitchers out of 13 possible picks. |
| Baltimore Orioles | A- | D.J. Stewart will become best OF prospect within two years. |
| Boston Red Sox | B- | Andrew Benintendi will be a great talent one day, but the Sox needed pitching. |
| Chicago Cubs | B | An extremely deep farm system just got deeper. Short on pitching prospects. |
| Chicago White Sox | B+ | Pitching needed, pitching drafted. Carson Fulmer will be a very solid righty. |
| Cincinnati Reds | C+ | With Devin Mesoraco developing into one of the best catchers in the MLB, why take a catcher at No. 8? |
| Cleveland Indians | A- | The Indians might have gotten the steal of the draft by getting last year's top pick, pitcher Brady Aiken at No. 17. |
| Colorado Rockies | A | With Tulo possibly on the way out, Brendan Rodgers will be his successor. A very good one. |
| Detroit Tigers | A- | Beau Burrows and Tyler Alexander will help the Tigers, especially if they lose David Price. |
| Houston Astros | A | The Astros got the second-best player in the draft at No. 2 with LSU SS Alex Bregman. |
| Kansas City Royals | B- | Royals could have used one of two first-round picks to get an outfielder they will need very soon. |
| Los Angeles Angels | C+ | Taylor Ward will be the starting catcher one day, but they did not address the middle infield situation. |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | A- | The Dodgers need to develop depth in their farm system. This draft was a decent start. |
| Miami Marlins | B- | Brett Lilek is just one piece of a rotation puzzle the Marlins are trying to put together. |
| Milwaukee Brewers | B+ | Taking three pitchers in the first three rounds for a farm system with no arms is just what Milwaukee needed. |
| Minnesota Twins | B | Tyler Jay had one of the lowest ERA's in the nation at Illinois. |
| New York Mets | C+ | Without a pick until No. 53, the Mets were strapped to address their lack of offensive talent. |
| New York Yankees | B+ | The Yankees needed starting pitching. The Yankees drafted starting pitching. Three arms taken in the first three rounds. |
| Oakland Athletics | C | Taking two shortstops in the first two rounds won't help the outfield. |
| Philadelphia Phillies | B- | The Phillies need a lot of help. Especially with pitching. They took two shortstops in the first three rounds. |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | A | Kevin Newman will be the Pirates starting shortstop within two years. |
| San Diego Padres | C+ | Not picking until 51 hurt the Padres chances to find an impact arm. |
| San Francisco Giants | D+ | The Giants needed outfielders. They have no MLB outfield talent in the minors. They took arms and infielders in the first three rounds. |
| Seattle Mariners | B- | Looking for help for Felix Hernandez in the future, the Mariners grabbed a pair of right-handers within 12 picks in the second round. |
| St. Louis Cardinals | B | The Cardinals always find a way to mold whoever they draft into serviceable professionals. It will be no different with Nick Plummer. |
| Tampa Bay Rays | A- | Tampa nabbed one of the best outfield prospects in Garrett Whitley. |
| Texas Rangers | B+ | Despite missing out on good middle infield prospects, the Rangers picked a future No. 1 starter in Dillon Tate. |
| Toronto Blue Jays | A- | The Blue Jays might have a dark horse by picking RHP Jon Harris out of Missouri State. |
| Washington Nationals | B | Andrew Stevenson will anchor a Nationals outfield one day, but pitching was needed. |
Steals of the draft
Daz Cameron, OF
Son of former MLB outfielder Mike Cameron, Daz Cameron was a top-five prospect entering the draft. He can hit for power, run well and field his position with the best of any in the field of prospects.
Yet Cameron kept falling and falling on draft day all the way down to number 37, as the Houston Astros continued their fantastic draft, according to CBS Sports' Jon Heyman, by taking the outfielder.
According to MaxPreps, Cameron enjoyed a senior season at Eagle's Landing Christian Academy, where he batted .455 in 25 games played with eight home runs and 32 RBI.
Brady Aiken, P
Aiken was last year's top pick to the Houston Astros, but questions about his health led to contract disputes that the parties could not resolve.
Aiken re-entered the draft this year, and the Cleveland Indians picked him up 17th overall despite the fact that he is recovering from Tommy John surgery on his left elbow, which Dr. David Altchek performed April 1, according to Jordan Bastian of MLB.com.
Before the surgery, Aiken could reach top speeds in the mid-90s on his fastball and possessed a curveball and changeup as well, according to Bastian. Cleveland's director of scouting, Brad Grant, explained to Bastian why the Indians decided to take the risk on Aiken.
"Right now, he's still just in the initial stages of returning from the surgery and just returning at this point to the range of motion exercises. I'm not going to go into the specifics of [the medical reports]. We obviously did our whole due diligence with him and we feel good about Brady and where we are with it.
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If Aiken can come back to a semblance of what he was while the Astros were scouting him last season, the Indians have just obtained a number one starter.






