Rays' picks
Rd/No. Player, Position School B/T Ht./Wt. Age
1/1 Tim Beckham, SS Griffin (Ga.) High R/R 6-1½ / 192 18
The scoop: A five-tool player with the upside of being a big-league superstar.
2/47 Kyle Lobstein, LHP Coconino (Ariz.) High L/L 6-3 / 200 18
The scoop: Big lefty was 6-2 with a 1.32 ERA; considered a "stronger Chuck Finley" type.
3/78 Jake Jefferies, C UC-Davis L/R 6-2 / 200 20
The scoop: Contact hitter (11 strikeouts in 248 at-bats) was a solid receiver with "fringy" arm.
4/113 Ty Morrison, CF Tigard (Ore.) High L/R 6-2 / 170 17
The scoop: Speed player who needs to develop bat; ranked 179th overall by Baseball America.
5/143 Mike Sheridan, 1B William & Mary L/L 6-2 / 215 20
The scoop: Hit .423 with 72 RBIs in 56 games; struck out only 11 times in 227 at-bats.
6/173 Shane Dyer, rhpSouth Mountain (Ariz.) CC R/R/ 6-3 / 185 20
The scoop: Nebraska signee was 6-5 with a 3.05 ERA; was 24th-round pick by Colorado in 2006.
Compiled by Marc Topkin with information from Baseball America and mlb.com.
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