sentences:  The Oakland Athletics selected Doolittle in the first round, with the 41st overall selection, in the 2007 Major League Baseball draft, as a first baseman and outfielder.He made his professional debut on June 18, 2007 and was expected to make his major league debut in 2009.Despite being injured for most of the 2009 season, Doolittle was ranked tenth in Oakland's farm system according to "Baseball America".