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In 2005, the Dodgers’ didn’t have a first-round pick in the draft, having lost it because they signed free-agent pitcher Derek Lowe away from the Red Sox. L.A.’s first pick was the 40th pick, a compensation pick they received because the Mariners signed third baseman Adrian Beltre. With that 40th pick, Los Angeles drafted Luke Hochevar out of the University of Tennessee.
Hochevar had been projected to go higher in the draft, but there were signability concerns that caused him to drop all the way to 40.