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The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the National League West division. Since the institution of MLB's Rule 4 Draft , the Dodgers have selected 67 players in the first round.
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The August draft was eliminated after two years, and the January draft lasted until 1986. [5] The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings, with the team possessing the worst record receiving the first pick. [6] In addition, teams that lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded "compensatory" picks. [7]
The Dodgers have had only three top-five draft picks since the MLB Draft was introduced in 1965, and have had one top-ten pick (Clayton Kershaw, No. 7) since 1985. [ 31 ]
The top draft pick was shortstop Mark Bradley from Elizabethtown High School in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He spent two seasons with the Dodgers as an outfielder in 1981–82 and a third season with the New York Mets and hit .204 in 113 at-bats.
The Dodgers drafted 22 players in the June draft and nine in the January draft. The most notable player from this draft class was outfielder Joe Simpson, who played from 1975 to 1983 but made his mark primarily as a broadcaster for the Atlanta Braves. The Dodgers first round pick was catcher Ted Farr of Shadle Park High School in Spokane ...
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The Dodgers drafted 23 players in the June draft and six in the January draft. The top pick was pitcher Rick Sutcliffe from Van Horn High School in Independence, Missouri. Sutcliffe would go on to win the 1979 Rookie of the Year Award. The Dodgers traded him to the Cleveland Indians in 1982 but he would remain in the league through 1994.