The Major League Baseball amateur draft starts tonight at 7:00 PM and will be aired on MLB Network. The draft is an important day for any team, but for a low revenue team it is even more important.
Day one consists of the first two rounds where the Tampa Bay Rays hold four picks. The Rays first round pick comes in at 22nd overall. The team received the second pick of the Competitive Balance Round A at number 36 overall and received the 40th overall pick from the Oakland Athletics in addition to Emilio Pagan in a three way deal that sent Brock Burke and two other minor leaguers to the Texas Rangers.