ARLINGTON -- The Rangers opened the third day of the 2015 First-Year Player Draft by selecting outfielder Scott Heineman from the University of Oregon.
Scouting director Kip Fagg then announced the Rangers were dedicating the pick to Julie McGraw. She is the wife of long-term Rangers scout Gary McGraw and is recovering from a serious stroke earlier this year. McGraw works the Pacific Northwest -- he signed pitcher Keone Kela and followed Heineman for the past three years -- but has been away from his duties this season to tend to Julie.
"It has been rough on all of us," Fagg said.