Blue Jays: Revisiting first round selections since the 2009 amateur draft

SECAUCUS, NJ - JUNE 5: Commissioner Allan H. Bud Selig at the podium during the MLB First-Year Player Draft at the MLB Network Studio on June 5, 2014 in Secacucus, New Jersey. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
SECAUCUS, NJ - JUNE 5: Commissioner Allan H. Bud Selig at the podium during the MLB First-Year Player Draft at the MLB Network Studio on June 5, 2014 in Secacucus, New Jersey. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images) /
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SCOTTSDALE, AZ – FEBRUARY 26: Tyler Beede #38 of the San Francisco Giants walks back to the dugout after pitching the first inning of the spring training game against the Kansas City Royals at Scottsdale Stadium on February 26, 2018 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images)
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – FEBRUARY 26: Tyler Beede #38 of the San Francisco Giants walks back to the dugout after pitching the first inning of the spring training game against the Kansas City Royals at Scottsdale Stadium on February 26, 2018 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images) /

2011- Tyler Beede: Drafted 1st round, 21st overall

Tyler Beede was another starting pitcher drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays, this time out of high school instead of college. Beede made news because he was the only first-round pick in 2011 not to sign with the team that drafted him, as he chose to forego professional baseball and went to play college baseball for Vanderbilt instead. He would end up turning down roughly $2 million dollars from the Blue Jays.

Tyler Beede would end up being drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round in the 2014 amateur draft. He would work his way through the Giants farm system, making his first MLB appearance in April of 2018.

He would start two games for the team, pitching to a 0-1 record and 8.22 ERA before being sent back down to the minors.

Beede will begin the 2019 season in AAA for the Giants.