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With the first pick in the 2012 MLB Draft, the Houston Astros selected shortstop Carlos Correa from Puerto Rico. For the next several hours, 30 more names were called and the futures of dozens of young men were changed forever. Despite most of these players facing a long road to the majors that will take several years, many of the 2012 first round picks already have baseball cards produced by major manufacturers. In fact, collectors can chase cards from 20 of the 31 first picks.

Correa's lone cardboard appearance thus far is in the 2011 Bowman Perfect Game All-American Classic. The card was made for the participants and haven't been inserted in packs yet. It's likely Topps did hold back autographed versions for inclusion in a future set, much like they have done with similar AFLAC sets. Right now, the 2011 Bowman Perfect Game cards of Correa and others currently being sold on the secondary would have likely been acquired from the players themselves.

The other main source of baseball cards from the 2012 MLB Draft first round picks comes from the many USA Baseball-themed sets and inserts that have been produced over the last handful of years. Most notable of these are the autographs made by Topps in 2010 and 2011 for Bowman Chrome, Topps Chrome and their autograph-heavy USA Baseball box sets. Most recently, USA Baseball cards limited to 199 numbered copies were included in 2011 Panini Limited Baseball.

Below is a list of the 31 first round picks from the 2012 MLB Draft. The list does not include any supplemental picks. For each player, we've also included, where applicable, baseball card highlights available at the time of the draft. This is not a definitive list of all their cards as several have extremely rare parallels that have only a handful of copies. Rather, this list includes the players' best cards that are abundant enough that they are somewhat readily available. You can click on their names to shop for deals on eBay.

2011 Bowman Perfect Game All-American Classic

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2008 Bowman AFLAC

2009 Bowman AFLAC

2009 Upper Deck USA Baseball Autograph #/502

2010 Bowman Chrome 18U USA Baseball

2011 Bowman Platinum Team USA Autograph

2011 Bowman Sterling USA Baseball Relics

2011 Panini Limited National Team #/199

2011 Topps Chrome USA Baseball Autographs

2011 Topps USA Baseball Autograph

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2009 Upper Deck USA Autographed Jersey #/149

2011 Bowman Chrome 18U USA Baseball Refractor Autographs #/417

2010 Bowman Chrome Draft USA Baseball Autographs

2010 Bowman Sterling USA Baseball Relics

2010 Topps USA Autographs

2011 Bowman Chrome 18U USA Baseball Autographs

2011 Bowman Sterling Dual Autograph with Mikey White

2011 Panini Limited National Team #/199

2011 Topps USA Autographs

2011 Bowman Perfect Game All-American Classic

2011 Bowman Platinum Team USA Autographs

2011 Bowman Sterling USA Baseball Relics

2011 Panini Limited National Team #/199

2011 Topps Chrome USA Baseball Autographs

2011 Topps USA Autographs

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2011 Bowman Perfect Game All-American Classic

2011 Bowman Sterling Dual Autographs with Jesse Winker #/299

2011 Panini Limited National Team #/199

2011 Topps USA Baseball Autographs

2011 Bowman Chrome 18U USA Baseball Refractor Autographs #/417

2011 Bowman Perfect Game All-American Classic

2011 Panini Limited National Team #/199

2011 Topps USA Baseball Autographs

2011 Bowman Chrome 18U USA Baseball Refractor Autographs #/417

2011 Bowman Sterling Dual Autographs with Alex Bregman #/299

2011 Panini Limited National Team #/199

2011 Topps USA Baseball Autographs

2009 Upper Deck USA Autographed Jersey #/149

2011 Bowman Perfect Game All-American Classic

2010 Bowman Draft

2010 Bowman Chrome Draft

2010 Topps USA Baseball Autographs

2011 Panini Limited National Team #/199

2011 Bowman Sterling Dual Autographs with Josh Elander #/299

2011 Panini Limited National Team #/199

2011 Topps Chrome USA Baseball Autographs

2011 Topps USA Baseball Autographs

2011 Bowman Perfect Game All-American Classic

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2010 Bowman Chrome Draft Baseball USA Autographs

2010 Bowman Draft

2010 Topps USA Baseball Autographs

2011 Bowman Perfect Game All-American Classic

2011 Bowman Sterling Dual Autographs with Brady Rogers #/299

2011 Panini Limited National Team #/199

2011 Topps Chrome USA Baseball Autographs

2011 Topps USA Baseball Autographs

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2010 Bowman Chrome USA Baseball Autographs

2010 Bowman Draft

2010 Topps USA Baseball Autographs

2011 Bowman Perfect Game All-American Classic

2011 Bowman Sterling Dual Autograph with Erich Weiss #/299

2011 Panini Limited National Team #/199

2011 Topps Chrome USA Baseball Autographs

2011 Topps USA Baseball Autographs

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2011 Bowman Platinum National Team Autographs

2011 Bowman Sterling Dual Autographs with Matt Reynolds #/299

2011 Panini Limited National Team #/199

2011 Topps Chrome USA Baseball Autographs

2011 Topps USA Baseball Autographs

2008 Bowman AFLAC

2008 Upper Deck USA Baseball Autographed Jersey #/295

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