Hall of Famers Roberto Alomar, Rod Carew, Tommy Lasorda, Gaylord Perry and Jim Rice are among a renowned group of baseball stars and front office personnel who are scheduled to be in attendance at Major League Baseball's 2011 First-Year Player Draft, coverage of which will begin live on MLB Network and MLB.com at 6:00 p.m. (ET) on Monday, June 6th from MLB Network's Studio 42 in Secaucus, New Jersey.
All 30 Major League Clubs will be represented at the 2011 First-Year Player Draft. In addition to Alomar (TOR), Carew (MIN), Lasorda (LAD), Perry (SF) and Rice (BOS), other former All-Stars scheduled to attend include Carlos Baerga (CLE), Mike Bordick (BAL), Bert Campaneris (OAK), Dave Cash (PIT), Eric Davis (CIN), Gary Disarcina (LAA), Ralph Garr (ATL), Roberto Hernandez (TB), Trevor Hoffman (SD), Randy Hundley (CHI), Geoff Jenkins (MIL), Davey Johnson (WSH), Lee Mazzilli (NYY), Mickey Morandini (PHI), Al Oliver (PIT), Jim Sundberg (TEX), Mike Sweeney (KC), Joe Torre (MLB), Frank Viola (NYM), Walt Weiss (COL), Maury Wills (LAD), Dan Wilson (SEA), Jimmy Wynn (HOU) and Don Zimmer (TB).
In addition to Johnson, Torre and Zimmer, former managers and general managers scheduled to attend include Pat Corrales (WSH), Roland Hemond (ARI), Joe McIlvaine (MIN) and Jack McKeon (FLA). Many other executives, scouts and former Major League players also will be on hand.
The first round of the Draft will begin live on MLB Network and MLB.com on Monday, June 6th at 7:00 p.m. (ET), and Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig will announce each of the first round selections. Club representatives in attendance will announce the selections made during Compensation Round A, spanning picks 34-60.
The 2011 Draft will span three days. For day one on June 6th, MLB Network and MLB.com will provide live pick-by-pick coverage during the first round as well as the first compensation round. The intervals between selections will last five minutes during the first round and one minute during the compensation round. The Draft will resume at 12:00 p.m. (ET) on both Tuesday, June 7th and Wednesday, June 8th via conference call from MLB headquarters in New York City.
Prior to the start of the Draft on June 6th, MLB Network will air a Draft preview show, also simulcast on MLB.com, with Greg Amsinger, Harold Reynolds, John Hart, Peter Gammons and MLB.com senior writer Jonathan Mayo and Baseball America executive editor Jim Callis at 6:00 p.m. (ET).
Continuing coverage at the start of day two, MLB.com will deliver exclusive live programming of the Draft's final two days, including a live pick-by-pick stream, draft and scouting expert commentary and DraftCaster, a live interactive application that includes a searchable database of every draft-eligible player supplemented by statistics, scouting reports and video highlights.
The selection order of the First-Year Player Draft is determined by the reverse order of finish at the close of the previous championship season. Compensation picks have been assigned to Clubs whose Type A or Type B free agents signed with other Clubs and/or to Clubs that did not sign a player who was chosen in the first three rounds of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft. The Pittsburgh Pirates will have the first selection of the 2011 Draft. The Tampa Bay Rays have the most first round selections with three (24th, 31st and 32nd overall) and possess 10 of the first 60 overall picks. The Arizona Diamondbacks (3rd and 7th), Washington Nationals (6th and 23rd), San Diego Padres (10th and 25th), Milwaukee Brewers (12th and 15th) and Boston Red Sox (19th and 26th) also hold multiple first round choices. The Draft will have 50 rounds and will conclude after all 30 teams have passed on a selection or after the final selection of the 50th round, whichever comes first.
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