2007 Major League Baseball draft
The 2007 Major League Baseball draft, was an annual choosing of high school and college baseball players, held on June 7, 2007 and June 8, 2007. The first day session of the draft included the first 25 rounds and was scheduled to be broadcast "live" from Orlando, Florida on television for the first time, on ESPN2 from 2:00pm to 6:00pm Eastern Daylight Time. Previously the conference call format draft was broadcast live, along with commentary, on both draft days exclusively from the MLB.com website as streaming audio. In total, the draft featured 50 rounds and 1453 selections.
Tampa Bay selected David Price first overall. Price is a 5x All-Star who won the 2012 American League Cy Young Award.
The Royals selected Mike Moustakas second overall. Moustakas is a 3x All-Star.
Baltimore selected Matt Wieters fifth overall. Wieters is a 4x All-Star and 2x Gold Glove winner at catcher.
The San Francisco Giants selected Madison Bumgarner tenth overall. The 4x All-Star won the 2010, 2012, and 2014 World Series. He was named both the NLCS MVP and World Series MVP in 2014.
Ross Emery Detwiler is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the first round of the 2007 MLB draft and made his MLB debut late that season. He has also played in MLB for the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, Miami Marlins, San Diego Padres and Cincinnati Reds.
Detwiler with the Atlanta Braves
Detwiler pitching for the Washington Nationals in 2011
Detwiler during his tenure with the Texas Rangers in 2015