Held June 3 and 4, 1997
| Round | Pick | Player | Pos. | School, Hometown | Signed |
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| 1 | 22 | Jayson Werth | c-of | Glenwood HS, Chatham, Ill. | 6/13/97 |
| 1 | 26 | Darnell McDonald | of | Cherry Creek HS, Glendale, Colo. | 8/8/97 |
| 1 (S) | 36 | Ntema Ndungidi | of | Edouard Montpeti, Montreal, | 6/30/97 |
| 2 | | Sean Douglass | rhp | Antelope Valley, Lancaster, Calif. | Y |
| 3 | | Matthew Riley | lhp | Liberty Union HS, Oakley, Calif. | 5/29/98 |
| 4 | | Shannon Carter | cf | El Reno (Okla.) HS | Y |
| 5 | | Richard Bauer | rhp | Treasure Valley, Eagle, Idaho | Y |
| 6 | | Caleb Balbuena | rhp | Cuesta College | |
| 7 | | Raymond Casteel | rhp | Northeast Texas | 6/8/97 |
| 8 | | Jay Spurgeon | rhp | Hawaii | |
| 9 | | Logan Cuellar | rhp | Wharton JC | |
| 10 | | David Zwirchitz | rhp | Appleton (Wis.) East HS | |
| 11 | | Jerry Hairston | ss | Southern Illinois | |
| 12 | | Darren Murphy | lhp | Grossmont College | |
| 13 | | Antwain Haman | cf | Coastal Carolina | 6/13/97 |
| 14 | | Sean Jones | rhp | Barton HS, Hamilton, Canada | 6/13/97 |
| 15 | | Jordan Romero | rhp | De Anza College | 6/8/97 |
| 16 | | Cliff Wilson | 3b | Spartanburg Methodist | 6/8/97 |
| 17 | | Christopher Thogersen | rhp | Newbury Park HS, Thousand Oaks, Calif. | |
| 18 | | Lance Surridge | rhp | North Carolina | |
| 19 | | Jason Ryba | rhp | Cuyahoga Heights, Brooklyn Heights, Ohio | |
| 20 | | Joseph Borchard | 1b | Adolfo Camarillo, Camarillo, Calif. |
| 21 | | Antoine Ide | cf | Madison HS, Portland, Ore. | |
| 22 | | Juan Pacheco | ss | Rutgers | 6/13/97 |
| 23 | | Christopher Lee | rhp | Georgia Southern | |
| 24 | | Jason Taylor | cf | Billy Ryan HS, Denton, Texas | |
| 25 | | Roy Wells | rhp | Perry Central HS, Avawan, Ky. | |
| 26 | | Daniel Carrasco | rhp | Pima CC | |
| 27 | | Brian Harper | cf | Hershey (Pa.) HS | |
| 28 | | Erick Eigenhuis | rhp-1b | Central Valley HS, Veradale, Wash. | |
| 29 | | James Reed | rhp | Eisenhower HS, Walters, Okla. | |
| 30 | | Brian Schmitt | 1b | Monterey HS, Lubbock, Texas | |
| 31 | | Terence Byron | 3b | St. Joseph HS, St. Croix, V.I. | |
| 32 | | Gavin Wright | cf | Lufkin (Texas) HS | |
| 33 | | Andrew Beal | lhp | Reidland HS, Paducah, Ky. | |
| 34 | | Matthew Schwager | rhp | Indian Hills CC | 6/1/98 |
| 35 | | Austin Bilke | 3b | Beaver Dam (Wis.) HS | |
| 36 | | Juan Bonilla | c | Crestview (Fla.) HS | |
| 37 | | Rodney Perry | cf | Mater Dei HS, Irvine, Calif. | |
| 38 | | Samual Emerick | rhp | Lincoln Land CC | |
| 39 | | William Duplissea | c | San Mateo JC | |
| 40 | | Mervin Martin | ss | Hillsdale College | 6/13/97 |
| 41 | | Gregory Curtis | rhp | Lexington, Ky. | 6/13/97 |
