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Vote now: Which MLB Draft pick from Texas will have quickest path to the bigs?

55 Texas high school products were taken in the 2023 MLB Draft. Which will reach the pros first?

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports

Twelve Texas high school baseball prospects were taken straight out of high school and 55 total were chosen at the 2023 MLB Draft in early July. 

The path for draftees doesn't start with the bigs. Prospects work for years to work up through the minors to reach the major leagues — and many don't.

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Who among the 2023 draft class is next?

Catch up on every straight-out-of-high school prospect from Texas taken the draft and scroll down to read the list of draftees from the state of Texas and cast your vote in the poll below. 

Voting stays open until Thursday, July 27 at 11:59 p.m. Central time. 

2023 MLB Draft picks from Texas

Blake Mitchell, Sinton — Kansas City Royals

Brice Matthews, Humble Atascocita — Houston Astros

Kendall George, Humble Atascocita — Los Angeles Dodgers

Carson Roccaforte, Port Neches Groves — Kansas City Royals

Travis Sykora, Round Rock — Washington Nationals

Hunter Hollan, Longview Spring Hill — Cincinnati Reds

Cole Foster, Plano — San Francisco Giants

Joe Redfield, Waco Midway — Los Angeles Angels

Levi Wells, La Porte — Baltimore Orioles

Aidan Smith, Lucas Lovejoy — Seattle Mariners

Homer Bush Jr., Southlake Carroll — San Diego Padros

Dylan Campbell, Houston Strake Jesuit — Los Angeles Dodgers

Nathan Dettmer, San Antonio Johnson — Oakland Athletics

Garland Rowlett, Cade Denton — Colorado Rockies

Ryan Snell, Hardin — Washington Nationals 

Trevor Werner, Klein — Kansas City Royals

Justin Long, Humble Kingwood — Atlanta Braves

Julian Brock, Lamar Fulshear — Texas Rangers

Barrett Kent, Pottsboro — Los Angeles Angels

Trennor O'Donnell, Southlake Carroll — Boston Red Sox

Joshua Bostick, McKinney — San Francisco Giants

Kannon Kemp, Weatherford — San Diego Padres

Zane Russell, New Caney Porter — Arizona Diamondbacks

Cam Brown, Flower Mound — Philadelphia Phillies

Grant Rogers, Port Neches-Groves — Toronto Blue Jays

Jace Grady, Elgin — Atlanta Braves

Nehomar Ochoa Jr., Galena Park — Houston Astros

Travis Sthele, San Antonio Reagan — Washington Nationals

Khristian Curtis, Port Neches Groves — Pittsburgh Pirates

Simon Miller, Canton — Cincinnati Reds

Paul Bonzagni, Southlake Carroll — Texas Rangers

Josh Ekness, Conroe The Woodlands — Miami Marlins

Noah Ruen, Leander — Los Angeles Dodgers

Will Johnston, Keller — Oakland Athletics

Riley Bauman, Rockwall — Los Angeles Angels

Alex Makarewich, Keller — Los Angeles Dodgers

Elijah Nunez, Arlington Martin — Washington Nationals

Zane Morehouse, Dawson — Cleveland Guardians

Tyler Morgan, Lewisville Marcus — San Diego Padres

Tre Richardson, Humble Kingwood — St. Louis Cardinals

Matthew Linskey, Humble Atascocita — Arizona Diamondbacks

Justin Wishkoski, Cypress Woods — San Francisco Giants

Will Bush, Richland Hills Birdville — Houston Astros

Logan Britt, Colleyville Heritage — Los Angeles Angels

Kade Bragg, Ennis — Minnesota Twins

Dylan Schlaegel, Mansfield Megacy — Boston Red Sox

Jacob Gholston, Flower Mound — Boston Red Sox

Barrett Riebock, Rockwall — Cleveland Guardians

Nate Rombach, Mansfield Legacy — Washington Nationals

Ethan Farris, Cypress Woods — Detroit Tigers

Gavyn Jones, White Oak — New York Mets

James Ellwanger, Magnolia West — Washington Nationals

Stanley Tucker, Rosenberg Lamar — Boston Red Sox

Aaron Munson, San Antonio Johnson — Toronto Blue Jays

Garrett Wright, A&M Consolidated — Chicago White Sox

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ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.

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