Mlb draft 2012

• NEW YORK — The Houston Astros are confident theyll get an impact player with the top pick in the baseball draft. But without a clear-cut No. 1 prospect, its anyones guess as to whose name will be called first Monday night.
(Sporting News)
• This was the year the Washington Nationals would remain on the fringes of Major League Baseball's draft. It would be a night only a hardcore draftnik could love, not for the casual fan to think much about.
(Washington Post)
• With my personal draft man-crush RHP Lucas Giolito being taken just one pick earlier by Washington at #16, the Blue Jays select DJ Davis, an outfielder from Stone County High School in Mississppi.
(Bleacherreport.com)
• The big surprise of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft on Monday night was that Stanford right-hander Mark Appel plummeted to the eighth spot of the first round. Appel was seen as the likely number one overall pick in most mock drafts.
(Bleacherreport.com)
• CLEVELAND: For the second consecutive year, the Indians passed on the so-called "safe" choice of selecting a polished college pitcher during the first round of Monday's 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
(Akron Beacon Journal)
• Louis Cardinals in the first round of Mondays major league baseball first-year player draft. He was the first FSU player chosen.
(Orlando Sentinel)
• Being the third-worst team in baseball last year does have an upside — the Mariners on Monday got to pick third in the 2012 MLB Draft. And they picked a guy who was widely believed to be the best position player available.
(Seattle Post Intelligencer)
• The Minnesota Twins are essentially on the clock in the 2012 MLB Draft considering the Houston Astros are likely to take Mark Appel.
(SB Nation)
• The 2012 MLB Draft is set to get underway at 6 p.m. ET on Monday, June 4. The Astros have the first pick in the draft, followed by the Twins, Mariners and Orioles. The last time Houston had the top pick was in 1992.
(International Business Times)
• The Astros' youth movement took on a whole new meaning Monday night when they used the No. 1 overall pick in the MLB draft on 17-year-old Puerto Rican shortstop Carlos Correa. In a draft without a clear No.
(Houston Chronicle)