The Milwaukee Brewers selected 10 players during the first day of the First-Year Player Draft, which was six more selections than any other team. The draft got through six rounds on day one.
The Brewers used their first pick (16th overall) on catcher Brett Lawrie from Brookswood Secondary School in Langley, British Columbia. This past spring, Lawrie played on Team Canada's Junior National Team and hit .486 (17 for 35) with 8 HR and 24 RBI while playing against MLB Dominican Summer League teams.
Lawrie became the highest drafted Canadian positional player in the history of the MLB June First-Year Player Draft and is just the sixth Canadian ever selected in the first round.
Among the teams choices, the Brewers used the 54th pick overall on center fielder Cutter Dykstra out of Westlake (CA) High School. He is the son of former Major Leaguer Lenny Dykstra.
Brewers day 1 recap:
1 C/3B Brett Lawrie British Columbia, Canada
32 RHP Jacob Odorizzi Highland HS (IL)
35 LHP Evan Fredrickson U of San Francisco
53 RHP Seth Lintz Marshall County HS (TN)
54 CF Cutter Dykstra Westlake HS (CA)
62 RHP Thomas Adams Southern Illinois Univ.
94 CF Logan Schafer Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
128 LHP Joshua Romanski U of San Diego
158 RHP Maverick Lasker Sandra Day O'Connor HS (AZ)
188 SS Jose Duran Texas A & M University