June 12, 2009

Notes from the 2009 MLB Draft

• Release from first three rounds
  
• The 56 picks are the second-best all-time for the Atlantic Coast Conference (behind 63 selections in 2007)
  
• Three ACC players go in first round (North Carolina’s Dustin Ackley to Mariners second overall, Boston College’s Tony Sanchez to Pirates fourth overall, North Carolina’s Alex White to Indians 15th overall); Boston College’s Mike Belfiore goes to Diamondbacks as first-round supplemental pick (45th overall).
  
• Clemson leads all ACC schools with nine picks; Miami has eight players selected, while Duke sets a school record and North Carolina ties a school record with seven each
  
• At least 50 ACC players taken in each of the last four drafts (54 were chosen in 2008)
  
• The ACC has had at least one first-round selection each of the last 18 years (1992-2009) and has had multiple first-round selections in eight of the last nine drafts.