Annual Baseball Draft 1965-present	Chicago First Round Picks Overview and Main Menu		Annual Baseball Draft 1965-present
MLB has been conducting an amateur baseball draft since 1965 It is held in summer about the time kids graduate from high school Teams make selections in a sequence determined by where. . . . . . they finished in the previous season (from worst to best) This allows a last-place team to get first crack at the prospects!		Players are well-scouted and teams know what they're doing If they select a guy, it means they know he's a good player Their first-round pick is the best available player . . . . . .and has the best chance of success in the major leagues! At least that's how it's supposed to work!
FIRST OF THE FIRST 1977 White Sox Select Harold Baines  as the first pick of the entire draft!	Catcher Danny Goodwin was the first pick in the 1971 draft The Sox, by finishing dead last in 1970, got to pick him He was a Peoria high school boy, and he didn't sign with the Sox He went to college instead, and four years later, he signed. . . . . . with the Angels after they made him their first round pick!		FIRST OF THE FIRST 1982 Cubs Select Shawon Dunston  as the first pick of the entire draft!
Basic Checklist First the team has to scout the first-rounder Then it has to evaluate him Then it has to draft him Then it has to sign him Then it has to develop his skills		Results Some first-rounders go on to become huge stars Some first-rounders win starting jobs Some are never more than marginal players Some never make it to the major leagues You never know how they're gonna turn out!
Decade	General Managers
1965-1970	Eddie Short; John Holland
1971-1980	Roland Hemond; John Holland, Salty Saltwell, Bob Kennedy
1981-1990	Roland Hemond, Ken Harrelson, Larry Himes; Herman Franks, Dallas Green, Jim Frey
1991-2000	Ron Scheuler; Jim Frey, Larry Himes, Ed Lynch
2001-2010	Ken Williams; Andy McPhail, Jim Hendry
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