Rays starting prospect Sam McWilliams has been put on notice to be selected in the Rule 5 draft after Baseball America tabbed McWilliams as a rumored Rule 5 target.
The Rays acquired McWilliams as one of the “players to be named later” in the Steven Souza trade, along with helium relief prospect Colin Poche, back on May 1st. McWilliams was a 8th round selection out of Beech High School in Tennessee by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2014 draft. He would later be flipped to the Arizona Diamondbacks the following offseason to help acquire Jeremy Hellickson.