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Rays showed willingness to take risks in Draft

"We're excited about it," Harrison said Wednesday. "You know how excited we were about the first two kids [selected on the first day], and that got us off to a really good start.

"[Tuesday's] group was different because it was all college guys, but a bunch of college guys who we think are going to go out and hit the ground running. We got some bats we like, and some good bullpen arms, and we'll see, we may take a look at a couple of those guys and see if they are the types of guys we want to think about stretching out a little bit and making them starters.