The first three rounds of baseballs First Year Player Draft will take place this evening. The first round of the draft will be shown live on MLB Network. There will be five selections in the first round that constitute compensation for Type A free agents that were signed during the off-season. The list is as follows: Number 17 – Diamondbacks from Dodgers for Orlando Hudson; number 24 – Angels from Mets for Francisco Rodriguez; number 25 – Angels from Yankees for Mark Teixeira; number 27 – Mariners from Phillies for Raul Ibanez; and number 32 – Rockies from Angels for Brian Fuentes.

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