Major League Baseball Draft/2008

2008 June Draft

Rays Picks

Rd.	Pick	Player	Pos.	School	Signed	Other Draft(s)
1	1	Tim Beckham	IF	Griffin HS, Griffin, GA	June 19
2	47	Kyle Lobstein	P	Coconino HS, Flagstaff, AZ	August 15
3	78	Jake Jefferies	C	University of California Davis	June 13
4	113	Ty Morrison	OF	Tigard HS, Tigard, OR	August 5
5	143	Michael Sheridan	IF	College of William and Mary	June 10
6	173	Shane Dyer	P	South Mountain Community College	June 10	2006 by Colorado
7	203	Jason Corder	OF	California State University Long Beach	June 11
8	233	Anthony Scelfo	IF	Tulane University	June 16
9	263	Shawn Smith	P	Saugus HS, Saugus, CA	June 12
10	293	Matthew Hall	IF	Auburn University	June 10	2005 by Los Angeles (AL)
11	323	Bradley Furdal	P	Ancaster HS, Ancaster, ON	June 16
12	353	Brian Bryles	P	North Little Rock HS, North Little Rock, AR	June 8
13	383	Jason McEachern	P	St. Stephens HS, Hickory, NC	June 7
14	413	Mike McKenna	OF	Florida Atlantic University	June 9
15	443	Brandon Meredith	IF	Montgomery HS, San Diego, CA	Did not sign	2011 by Houston
16	473	Matt Gorgen	P	University of California Berkeley	June 11
17	503	Jeremy Beckham	IF	Georgia Southern University	June 10
18	533	David Genao	C	Oral Roberts University	June 10
19	563	Trevor Shull	P	Central Valley HS, Spokane Valley, WA	July 7
20	593	Jason Tweedy	IF	California State University Long Beach	June 9	2004 by Pittsburgh
21	623	Ryan Carpenter	P	Cactus HS, Peoria, AZ	Did not sign	2011 by Tampa Bay
22	653	Jason Appel	OF	University of North Carolina at Wilmington	June 8	2004 by Philadelphia
23	683	Neil Schenk	P	University of Memphis	June 10
24	713	Marquis Fleming	P	California State University Stanislaus	June 8
25	743	Josh Satow	P	Arizona State University	June 10	2007 by Seattle
26	773	Michael Jarman	P	Oral Roberts University	June 8	2004 by Arizona
27	803	Luis Marchena	IF	Otay Ranch HS, Chula Vista, CA	June 25
28	833	Tommy Rafferty	P	Arizona State University	June 17	2004 by Houston
29	863	Brandon Magee	OF	Centennial HS, Corona, CA	Did not sign	2011 by Oakland
30	893	Ryan Turner	IF	Midland Junior College	Did not sign	2007 & 2011 by Tampa Bay, 2010 by Atlanta
31	923	Gregory Williams	P	Moeller HS, Cincinnati, OH	Did not sign	2011 by Texas
32	953	Kyle Gaedele	OF	Rolling Meadows HS, Rolling Meadows, IL	Did not sign	2011 by San Diego
33	983	Kyle Hunter	P	Galesburg HS, Galesburg, IL	Did not sign	2010 by New York (AL), 2011 by Seattle
34	1,013	Matthew Long	P	California State University San Bernardino	June 10
35	1,043	Jamie Bagley	P	San Jacinto College	June 8	2006 by Chicago (NL)
36	1,073	Jordan Leyland	IF	San Dimas HS, San Dimas, CA	Did not sign	2011 by Tampa Bay
37	1,103	Kramer Champlin	P	Olympia HS, Olympia, WA	Did not sign	2011 by Toronto
38	1,133	Anthony Haase	P	Rio Rancho HS, Rio Rancho, NM	Did not sign	2010 by Texas
39	1,163	Andrew Gans	OF	Coronado HS, Henderson, NV	Did not sign
40	1,193	Samuel Gaviglio	P	Ashland HS, Ashland, OR	Did not sign	2011 by St. Louis
41	1,223	Brett Parsons	OF	Navarro College	Did not sign
42	1,253	Tim Clubb	P	Missouri State University	Did not sign	2009 by Chicago (NL)
43	1,283	Robert Ross	P	Saddleback College	Did not sign
44	1,313	Philip Pohl	C	Cooperstown Central HS, Cooperstown, NY	Did not sign
45	1,342	Royce Bolinger	OF	Chaparral HS, Scottsdale, AZ	Did not sign
46	1,370	Jeff Lease	P	American River College	Did not sign
47	1,397	Christopher Matulis	P	Park Vista Community HS, Lake Worth, FL	Did not sign	2011 by St. Louis
48	1,424	Charles Guyer	P	Mercer University	Did not sign
49	1,451	Kash Kalkowski	P	Grand Island HS, Grand Island, NE	Did not sign	2011 by Kansas City
50	1,478	Kyle Peterson	C	Hamilton HS, Chandler, AZ	Did not sign

References

• "MLB Draft History". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/draft/draft.jsp. Retrieved June 12, 2012. 
• "Tampa Bay Rays 2008 Draft Selections". RaysBaseball.com. MLB Advanced Media. http://mlb.mlb.com/team/draft.jsp?c_id=tb&year=2008. Retrieved June 15, 2012. 
• "2008 Tampa Bay Rays Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=TBD&year_ID=2008&draft_type=junreg&. Retrieved May 27, 2012. 
• Vaughn, Rick; Costello, Chris; Molina, Carmen et al., eds (2009). 2009 Tampa Bay Rays Media Guide. St. Petersburg, FL: Tampa Bay Rays Communications Department. p. 476.