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California has been the undisputed epicenter of baseball when it comes to producing No. 1 draft picks since 2000.
High school players from the Golden State have accounted for nine of the 20 MLB Draft top overall picks in the 21st century. Between Stephen Strasburg in 2009 and Royce Lewis in 2017, California was home to six No. 1's in nine years.
With Tim Beckham in 2008 and Dansby Swanson in 2015, Georgia is the only other state to produce multiple top picks in the past 20 drafts.
See our geographical breakdown of No. 1 picks in the 2000s along with the full list below.
Year – Player, Position, High School/College, Drafted By2001 – Joe Mauer, C,
Cretin-Derham Hall (St. Paul, Minn.), Twins
2002 – Bryan Bullington, RHP,
Madison (Ind.)/Ball State, Pirates
2003 – Delmon Young, OF,
Camarillo (Calif.), Rays
2004 – Matt Bush, SS/RHP,
Mission Bay (San Diego, Calif.), Padres
2005 – Justin Upton, CF,
Great Bridge (Chesapeake, Va.), Diamondbacks
2006 – Luke Hochevar, P,
Fowler (Colo.)/Tennessee, Royals
2007 – David Price, P,
Blackman (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)/Vanderbilt, Rays
2008 – Tim Beckham, SS,
Griffin (Ga.), Rays
2009 – Stephen Strasburg, P,
West Hills (Santee, Calif.)/San Diego State, Nationals
2010 – Bryce Harper, OF,
Las Vegas (Nev.), Nationals
2011 – Gerrit Cole, RHP,
Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.)/UCLA, Pirates
2012 – Carlos Correa, SS, Puerto Rico, Astros
2013 – Mark Appel, RHP,
Monte Vista (Danville, Calif.)/Stanford, Astros
2014 – Brady Aiken, LHP,
Cathedral Catholic (San Diego, Calif.), Astros
2015 – Dansby Swanson, SS,
Marietta (Ga.)/Vanderbilt, Diamondbacks
2016 – Mickey Moniak, OF,
La Costa Canyon (Carlsbad, Calif.), Phillies
2017 – Royce Lewis, SS,
JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Twins
2018 – Casey Mize, RHP,
Springville (Ala.)/Auburn, Tigers
2019 – Adley Rutschman, C,
Sherwood (Ore.)/Oregon State, Orioles
