SEATTLE— A total of 25 Big 12 baseball players were selected in the 2023 MLB Draft, highlighted by TCU infielder Brayden Taylor, who was a first-round selection. In addition, four players were selected from members who joined the Conference on July 1.
 
Taylor, who was the Most Outstanding Player of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, was selected 19^th by Tampa Bay, marking the sixth consecutive season a Big 12 player has been selected in the first round and the 21^st time since 1998.
 
Oklahoma State’s Juaron Watts-Brown and Nolan McLean were taken in the third round by the Blue Jays and Mets, respectively. West Virginia’s Carlson Reed (Pittsburgh Pirates), OSU’s Roc Riggio (New York Yankees) and Texas’ Dylan Campbell (Los Angeles Dodgers) were fourth-round selections.
 
The Horned Frogs led the Conference with seven selections from its squad that won the Big 12 Championship and advanced to the Men’s College World Series. Oklahoma State and Texas followed with six selections apiece. Seven of the nine baseball-sponsoring members from the 2023 season had at least one draft pick, to go along with picks from new members BYU, UCF and Houston.
 
A full list of Big 12 selections follow.
 
First Round
19. Brayden Taylor, SS (TCU), Tampa Bay
 
Third Round
89. Juaron Watts-Brown, P (Oklahoma State), Toronto
91. Nolan McLean, Two-Way Player (Oklahoma State), New York (NL)
 
Fourth Round
104. Carlson Reed, P (West Virginia), Pittsburgh
130. Roc Riggio, 2B (Oklahoma State), New York (AL)
136. Dylan Campbell, OF (Texas), Los Angeles (NL)
 
Fifth Round
138. Marcus Brown, SS (Oklahoma State), Washington

Sixth Round
179. Lucas Gordon, P (Texas), Chicago (AL)
 
Seventh Round
204. Cole Fontenelle, 3B (TCU), Los Angeles (AL)
214. Nick Goodwin, SS (Kansas State), Toronto
 
Eighth Round
244. Braden Barry, OF (West Virginia), Toronto
 
Ninth Round
262. Ben McCabe, C (UCF*), Colorado
 
10^th Round
300. Ryan Vanderhei, P (TCU), San Francisco
312. Brian Hendry, P (Oklahoma State), New York (AL)
313. Cam Brown, P (TCU), Philadelphia
314. Austin Deming, 3B (BYU*), Houston
 
11^th Round
335. Dakota Harris, SS (Oklahoma), St. Louis
 
12^th Round
345. Travis Sthele, P (Texas), Washington
353. Josh Ekness, P (Houston*), Miami
369. Brady Day, 2B (Kansas State), Atlanta
373. Brandon Beckel, P (Texas Tech), Philadelphia
 
14^th Round
405. Elijah Nunez, OF (TCU), Washington
428. Zane Morehouse, P (Texas), Cleveland
433. Zach Arnold, SS (Houston*), Philadelphia
 
15^th Round
455. Tre Richardson, SS (TCU), Saint Louis
464. Garret Guillemette, C (Texas), Houston
 
16^th Round
478. Isaac Stebens, P (Oklahoma State), Boston
 
18^th Round
541. Tanner Witt, P (Texas), Baltimore
 
20^th Round
599. Garrett Wright, P (TCU), Chicago (AL)
 
*- Member who joined the Big 12 on July 1.