the 2006 major league baseball first-year player draft took place on june 6 and 7. with their first pick – the 15th pick overall – the nationals selected outfielder chris marrero. other notable players the nationals selected were pitcher cole kimball (12th round, 361st overall), pitcher sam dyson (19th round, 571st overall), outfielder khris davis (29th round, 871st overall), first baseman tyler moore (33rd round, 991st overall), and pitcher brad peacock (41st round, 1,231st overall). the nationals had drafted moore in 2005, but he had not signed, and he did not sign again this year. dyson and davis also did not sign with the nationals.