| MLB First Round Draft Picks - 2012 | ||||
| PICK | PLAYER | POS | TEAM | SCHOOL/HOMETOWN |
| 1 | Carlos Correa | SS | Houston Astros | Puerto Rico Baseball Academy, Santa Isabel, |
| 2 | Byron Buxton | CF | Minnesota Twins | Appling High School, Baxley, Ga. |
| 3 | Mike Zunino | C | Seattle Mariners | Florida |
| 4 | Kevin Gausman | RHP | Baltimore Orioles | Louisiana State University |
| 5 | Kyle Zimmer | RHP | Kansas City Royals | San Francisco |
| 6 | Albert Almora | CF | Chicago Cubs | Mater Academy Charter, Hialeah, Fla. |
| 7 | Max Fried | LHP | San Diego Padres | Harvard-Westlake H.S., Studio City, Calif. |
| 8 | Mark Appel | RHP | Pittsburgh Pirates | Stanford |
| 9 | Andrew Heaney | LHP | Miami Marlins | Oklahoma State |
| 10 | David Dahl | CF | Colorado Rockies | Oak Mountain (Ala.) High School |
| 11 | Addison Russell | SS | Oakland Athletics | Pace (Fla.) High School |
| 12 | Gavin Cecchini | SS | New York Mets | Barbe (La.) High School |
| 13 | Courtney Hawkins | OF | Chicago White Sox | Carroll High School, Corpus Christi, Texas |
| 14 | Nick Travieso | RHP | Cincinnati Reds | Archbishop McCarthy High School, Fort Lauderd |
| 15 | Tyler Naquin | OF | Cleveland Indians | Texas A&M |
| 16 | Luc Giolito | RHP | Washington Nationals | Harvard-Westlake H.S., Studio City, Calif. |
| 17 | D.J. Davis | OF | Toronto Blue Jays | Stone County (Miss.) High School |
| 18 | Corey Seager | 3B | Los Angeles Dodgers | Northwest Carrabus High School, Concord, N.C. |
| 19 | Michael Wacha | RHP | St. Louis Cardinals | Texas A&M |
| 20 | Chris Stratton | RHP | San Francisco Giants | Mississippi St. |
| 21 | Lucas Sims | RHP | Atlanta Braves | Brookwood (Ga.) High School |
| 22 | Marcus Stroman | RHP | Toronto Blue Jays | Duke |
| 23 | James Ramsey | OF | St. Louis Cardinals | Florida State |
| 24 | Deven Marrero | SS | Boston Red Sox | Arizona State |
| 25 | Richie Shaffer | 3B | Tampa Bay Rays | Clemson |
| 26 | Stryker Trahan | C | Arizona Diamondbacks | Acadania High School, Lafayette, La. |
| 27 | Clint Coulter | C | Milwaukee Brewers | Union (Wash.) High School |
| 28 | Victor Roache | OF | Milwaukee Brewers | Georgia Southern |
| 29 | Lewis Brinson | CF | Texas Rangers | Coral Springs (Fla.) High School |
| 30 | Ty Hensley | RHP | New York Yankees | Edmond Santa Fe (Okla.) High School |
| 31 | Brian Johnson | LHP | Boston Red Sox | Florida |
