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2019 MLB draft: Tampa Bay Rays select LHP John Doxakis with the No. 61 pick

The Tampa Bay Rays selected LHP John Doxakis out of Texas A&M with their second round pick and 61st overall pick.

Doxakis throws a 88-93 mph fastball. He has low 80s slider that he’s able to manipulate break and speed. His changeup lags behind his other two offerings. He excels at throwing strikes and has a deceptive delivery.

Even though he doesn’t light up the radar guy as a starter when he threw as reliever as a freshman he topped out at 97.

Doxakis went to Lamar (Houston, Texas) High School. The same high school as former Ray Jeff Neimann.