With the No. 16 pick in the draft, the Rays selected left-handed pitcher Matthew Liberatore from Mountain Ridge High School in Arizona.
Liberatore was ranked No. 2 in the draft class by Baseball America, No. 3 by Keith Law at ESPN, No. 6 by FanGraphs, and No. 4 by MLB.com.
How were the Rays able to land him?
16. Rays. Matthew Liberatore, LHP. I won't call this a steal. I'd call this a team with draft money flexing their money. He's going to get PAID at this spot. They worked him down to this spot.