The 1992 Major League Baseball Draft took place on June 1, 1992, through a conference call involving all thirty MLB teams. Phil Nevin of Cal State Fullerton was the first overall selection, chosen by the Houston Astros. Derek Jeter, widely considered a future member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, was selected by the New York Yankees with the sixth selection. In addition to Nevin, Paul Shuey, B. J. Wallace, Jeffrey Hammonds, and Chad Motto...
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The 1992 Major League Baseball Draft took place on June 1, 1992, through a conference call involving all thirty MLB teams. Phil Nevin of Cal State Fullerton was the first overall selection, chosen by the Houston Astros. Derek Jeter, widely considered a future member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, was selected by the New York Yankees with the sixth selection. In addition to Nevin, Paul Shuey, B. J. Wallace, Jeffrey Hammonds, and Chad Mottola were selected ahead of Jeter.
The 1993 expansion Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins participated in the MLB Draft for the first time in 1992.
With the first overall selections of the previous two drafts, Todd Van Poppel and Brien Taylor, receiving signing bonuses of $1.2 million ($2,134,692 in current dollar terms) and $1.55 million ($2,644,808 in current dollar terms) respectively, salary demands of new players became a factor in the 1992 draft. Prior to the draft, Jeffrey Hammonds of the Stanford Cardinal baseball team sought a signing...
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