Tampa Bay Rays: Top Five First-Round Draft Picks in History

With the draft around the corner, we take a look at the three best players to be drafted in the first round by the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Tampa Bay Rays have an interesting list of first-round draft picks in their history. Here are a few fun facts before we get started with the top three players.

This list goes from the first pick of Paul Wilder in 1996 to Josh Lowe in 2016.

The Rays have selected 22 players in the first round since their inception to 2016. Of the 22 players, only five have surpassed a 10 career rWAR.

The average rWAR is 7.25 per player.

The top three players account for 77.5% of the total rWAR.

The top five players account for 94.4% of the total rWAR.

Of the 17 remaining players,…