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Monday, June 4
 
Twins catch Mauer with top pick
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Mark Teixeira
Georgia Tech third baseman Mark Teixeira went fifth overall to the Rangers.
The Minnesota Twins had the first pick in Tuesday's first-year player draft and selected local product Joe Mauer, a high school catcher from St. Paul. USC pitcher Mark Prior, the consensus top player and regarded by many scouts as the best college pitcher ever, went second overall to the Chicago Cubs.

  • Round-by-round: 1-5 | 6-10 | 11-15 | 16-20 | 21-25 | 26-35 | 36-50

  • John Sickels' first-round analysis
  • John Sickels' supplemental first-round analysis
  • Gammons: Eight takes from the draft

  • John Sickels' 1996 draft in review: AL | NL
  • Draft synopsis: 1990-1995: Twins build through the draft

  • Prospect features from SchoolSports.com:
    Joe Mauer
    Gavin Floyd, RHP, Severna Park, Md.
    Mike Jones, RHP, Phoenix
    Bryan Bass, SS, Seminole, Fla.


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    'Fairy tale' comes true for No. 1 pick Mauer
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    Chronology: Two-sport stars
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    Schwarz: From the Clubhouse
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    Stark: It's time to put the draft on TV
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    Off Base: No need for TV
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    Recent NL top picks
    Check out No. 1 picks from the past five years and their 2001 statistics.
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    Check out No. 1 picks from the past five years and their 2001 statistics.
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