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This evening in Secaucus, N.J., the 2017 MLB Draft will get underway as baseball welcomes its next class of future stars into the fold. Tonight’s activities will feature the first round, Competitive Balance Round A, second round and Competitive Balance Round B. The draft’s remaining 38 rounds will take place Tuesday and Wednesday.
But the primary focus will be placed on tonight’s festivities, when some of the biggest prospects in the game — including Hunter Greene, Brendan McKay, Kyle Wright and more — will discover just where their big-league careers will begin. And as you keep track of all of tonight’s picks, know this: Most of the headliners in this year’s draft already have several trading card options to choose from thanks to Panini America’s exclusive relationship with USA Baseball.
As you prepare to take in the first night of the 2017 MLB Draft, Panini America’s Ben Ecklar has put together some information that should provide something of a baseball card collector’s guide to the proceedings.
Here’s what Ecklar put together:
The members of the 2016 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team that won the first-ever series in Cuba last Summer have continued to make an impact this collegiate baseball season.
Ten 2017 NCAA Division I All Americans
First Team
Brendan McKay, 1B/LHP, Louisville Cardinals (ACC Player of the Year/National Player of the Year)
J.B. Bukauskas, RHP, North Carolina Tar Heels (ACC Pitcher of the Year)
Keston Hiura, 2B/DH, UC Irvine Anteaters (Big West Conference Player of the Year)David Peterson, LHP, Oregon Ducks
Second Team
Darren McCaughan, RHP, Long Beach State Dirtbags
Alex Lange, RHP, LSU Tigers
Evan Skoug, C, TCU Horned Frogs
Jake Burger, 3B, Missouri State Bears
Third Team
Alex Faedo, RHP, Florida Gators
Evan White, 1B, Kentucky Wildcats
Fourteen players were in the 2017 Super Regionals
Alex Faedo, RHP, Florida Gators
Taylor Walls, 2B, Florida State Seminoles
Mike Rivera, C, Florida Gators
Evan Skoug, C, TCU Horned Frogs
K.J. Harrison, C, Oregon State Beavers
Devin Hairston, SS, Louisville Cardinals
Brendan McKay, 1B/LHP, Louisville Cardinals
Alex Lange, RHP, LSU Tigers
Daulton Guthrie, SS, Florida Gators
Jeren Kendall, OF, Vanderbilt Commodores
Jake Burger, 3B, Missouri State Bears
Kyle Wright, RHP, Vanderbilt Commodores
Evan White, 1B, Kentucky Wildcats
Darren McCaughan, RHP, Long Beach State Dirtbags
Nine players will be playing in Omaha in the 2017 CWS
Alex Faedo, RHP, Florida Gators
Taylor Walls, 2B, Florida State Seminoles
Mike Rivera, C, Florida Gators
Evan Skoug, C, TCU Horned Frogs
K.J. Harrison, C, Oregon State Beavers
Devin Hairston, SS, Louisville Cardinals
Brendan McKay, 1B/LHP, Louisville Cardinals
Alex Lange, RHP, LSU Tigers
Daulton Guthrie, SS, Florida Gators
Eleven players are projected to go in the first round tonight
Alex Faedo, RHP, Florida Gators
Brendan McKay, 1B/LHP, Louisville Cardinals
Alex Lange, RHP, LSU Tigers
Jeren Kendall, OF, Vanderbilt Commodores
Jake Burger, 3B, Missouri State Bears
Kyle Wright, RHP, Vanderbilt Commodores
Evan White, 1B, Kentucky Wildcats
Keston Hiura, 2B/DH, UC Irvine Anteaters
J.B. Bukauskas, RHP, North Carolina Tar Heels
David Peterson, LHP, Oregon Ducks
Tanner Houck, RHP, Missouri Tigers
You can find exclusive autograph and memorabilia cards from 13 members of the 2016 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team in 2016 Elite Extra Edition Baseball and 2017 Stars & Stripes USA Baseball.
Thirteen players are exclusive to Panini America USA Baseball products
Alex Faedo, RHP, Florida Gators
Mike Rivera, C, Florida Gators
Evan Skoug, C, TCU Horned Frogs
K.J. Harrison, C, Oregon State Beavers
Devin Hairston, SS, Louisville Cardinals
Brendan McKay, 1B/LHP, Louisville Cardinals
Jake Burger, 3B, Missouri State Bears
Kyle Wright, RHP, Vanderbilt Commodores
Evan White, 1B, Kentucky Wildcats
Darren McCaughan, RHP, Long Beach State Dirtbags
Keston Hiura, 2B/DH, UC Irvine Anteaters
J.B. Bukauskas, RHP, North Carolina Tar Heels
Tanner Houck, RHP, Missouri Tigers
2016 USA Baseball 18U National Team
Five players are projected to go in the first round tonight
Hunter Greene, RHP/SS, Notre Dame High School, Calif.
Royce Lewis, SS, JSerra Catholic High School, Calif.
*Nick Pratto, 1B/RHP, Huntington Beach High School, Calif.
Shane Baz, RHP, Concordia Lutheran High School, Texas
Nick Allen, 1B/OF, Francis Parker School, Calif.
*Find exclusive autographs and memorabilia cards in 2016 Elite Extra Edition Baseball and 2017 Stars & Stripes USA Baseball.
Sixteen players are projected to go in the first round tonight
*Alex Faedo, RHP, Florida Gators
*Brendan McKay, 1B/LHP, Louisville Cardinals
Alex Lange, RHP, LSU Tigers
Jeren Kendall, OF, Vanderbilt Commodores
*Jake Burger, 3B, Missouri State Bears
*Kyle Wright, RHP, Vanderbilt Commodores
*Evan White, 1B, Kentucky Wildcats
*Keston Hiura, 2B/DH, UC Irvine Anteaters
*J.B. Bukauskas, RHP, North Carolina Tar Heels
David Peterson, LHP, Oregon Ducks
Tanner Houck, RHP, Missouri Tigers
Hunter Greene, RHP/SS, Notre Dame High School, Calif.
Royce Lewis, SS, JSerra Catholic High School, Calif.
*Nick Pratto, 1B/RHP, Huntington Beach High School, Calif.
Shane Baz, RHP, Concordia Lutheran High School, Texas
Nick Allen, 1B/OF, Francis Parker School, Calif.
Here’s a comprehensive checklist of several key players likely to be selected in tonight’s opening two rounds of the 2017 MLB Draft:
2017 MLB Draft USA Baseball Draft Cards Jun 6th
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