Who are baseball's franchise players?
Updated: June 2, 2011, 3:19 AM ET
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If you were starting a franchise and you could pick any player in professional baseball, who would be your franchise player? That's the question we asked 30 of our resident baseball experts, who participated in ESPN's Franchise Player Draft on Wednesday.
The draft order was randomly selected, and the picks were unveiled every five minutes, starting with "Baseball Tonight" host Karl Ravech, who drew the No. 1 pick, and ending with ESPN analyst and former major leaguer Doug Glanville, who had pick No. 30.
With the annual amateur draft only five days away, several of our experts discussed and debated baseball's "franchise players" during our live three-hour chat. Find out who got picked and who got snubbed.
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DRAFT ORDER
| NO. | PLAYER | POS | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Troy Tulowitzki | SS | COL |
| Karl Ravech (Baseball Tonight) | |||
| 2. | Evan Longoria | 3B | TAM |
| Keith Law (ESPN Scouts, Inc.) | |||
| 3. | Felix Hernandez | RHP | SEA |
| David Schoenfield (ESPN.com/SweetSpot) | |||
| 4. | Joey Votto | 1B | CIN |
| Dave Cameron (ESPN Insider/FanGraphs) | |||
| 5. | Tim Lincecum | RHP | SFO |
| Amy K. Nelson (ESPN.com) | |||
| 6. | Josh Johnson | RHP | FLA |
| Chris Singleton (ESPN Radio/BBTN) | |||
| 7. | Jason Heyward | RF | ATL |
| Jorge Arangure Jr. (ESPN The Magazine) | |||
| 8. | Albert Pujols | 1B | STL |
| Enrique Rojas (ESPNDeportes.com) | |||
| 9. | Bryce Harper | OF | WAS (A) |
| Eric Karabell (ESPN Fantasy/Baseball Today) | |||
| 10. | Ryan Braun | LF | MIL |
| Mark Simon (ESPN Stats & Information) | |||
| 11. | Jon Lester | LHP | BOS |
| Orel Hershiser (Sunday Night Baseball/BBTN) | |||
| 12. | Mike Trout | CF | LAA (AA) |
| Jason Grey (ESPN Fantasy) | |||
| 13. | David Price | LHP | TAM |
| Jim Bowden (ESPN.com/The GM's Office) | |||
| 14. | Robinson Cano | 2B | NYY |
| Aaron Boone (BBTN/Monday Night Baseball) | |||
| 15. | Joe Mauer | C | MIN |
| Jim Caple (ESPN.com) | |||
| 16. | Justin Verlander | RHP | DET |
| Steve Berthiaume (Baseball Tonight) | |||
| 17. | Carlos Santana | C | CLE |
| Jason Churchill (ESPN Insider) | |||
| 18. | Buster Posey | C | SFO |
| Christina Kahrl (ESPN.com/SweetSpot) | |||
| 19. | Starlin Castro | SS | CHC |
| Jerry Crasnick (ESPN.com) | |||
| 20. | Hanley Ramirez | SS | Florida |
| Matt Meyers (ESPN Insider/The Magazine) | |||
| 21. | Mike Stanton | RF | FLA |
| Mark Mulder (Baseball Tonight) | |||
| 22. | Stephen Strasburg | RHP | WAS |
| Kevin Goldstein (ESPN Insider) | |||
| 23. | Neftali Feliz | RHP | TEX |
| Rick Sutcliffe (Monday Night Baseball/BBTN) | |||
| 24. | Carlos Gonzalez | LF | COL |
| Jayson Stark (ESPN.com) | |||
| 25. | Clayton Kershaw | LHP | LAD |
| Tim Kurkjian (ESPN The Magazine/BBTN) | |||
| 26. | Jose Bautista | RF | Toronto |
| Jonah Keri (ESPN Insider) | |||
| 27. | Michael Pineda | RHP | SEA |
| Buster Olney (ESPN The Magazine/BBTN) | |||
| 28. | Roy Halladay | RHP | PHI |
| Barry Larkin (Baseball Tonight) | |||
| 29. | Justin Upton | RF | ARI |
| Tristan H. Cockcroft (ESPN Fantasy) | |||
| 30. | Wilson Ramos | C | WAS |
| Doug Glanville (BBTN/ESPN.com) | |||
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