There are three clubs without first-round picks this year, thanks to the signing of this past winter's Type-A free agents. The Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers will make their first picks in the compensation round -- Nos. 35, 43 and 44, respectively -- but that doesn't mean they can't grab themselves a top talent.
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Keith Law
Keith Law joined ESPN.com in June 2006 as the lead baseball analyst for Scouts Inc., covering the majors, minors and amateurs. Before joining ESPN, Law spent 4½ years with the Toronto Blue Jays as a special assistant to the general manager, and was previously a writer for Baseball Prospectus. He graduated from Harvard College and holds an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon.
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Jason A. Churchill
Jason A. Churchill is the executive editor at ProspectInsider.com, covering major league baseball with an eye toward scouting and player development since 2006.
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