As we wait for Garrett Whitley to graduate from high school and sign with the Tampa Bay Rays, it’s a good time to look at the history of successes and failures that the Rays–and Devil Rays–have had with their first round choices. The Devil Rays first choice was in the 1996 MLB Draft–Major League Baseball gave them two conventional drafts and the expansion draft to stock their farm system before they took the field for the first time. Before we start, I will note that the Rays have had a lot of supplemental round picks, but we will only talk about the Rays’ first selection in each year for the sake of time.
Tampa Bay Rays: Hits and Misses in the First Round of the MLB Draft
