Major League Baseball Draft/1997

1997 June Draft began on June 3.

Devil Rays Picks

Rd.	Pick	Player	Pos.	School	Signed	Other Draft(s)
1	31	Jason Standridge	P	Hewitt HS, Trussville, AL
2	82	Kenny Kelly	OF	Tampa Catholic HS, Tampa, FL
3	114	Barrett Wright	P	Myers Park HS, Charlotte, NC
4	144	Todd Belitz	P	Washington State University		1994 by Kansas City
5	174	Marquis Roberts	P	McLane HS, Fresno, CA
6	204	Doug Mansfield	OF	Jacksonville HS, Sherwood, AR
7	234	Eddy Reyes	P	University of Miami
8	264	Jack Joffrion	IF	Lamar University
9	294	Toby Hall	C	University of Nevada-Las Vegas		1995 by San Francisco
10	324	Carl Hutchens	P	L. C. Anderson HS, Austin, TX
11	354	Chris Wright	P	Cowley County Community College
12	384	Carlos Vazquez	C	Caribbean HS, Ponce, PR
13	414	Kevin Price	P	Bingham HS, South Jordan, UT
14	444	Casey Davis	P	Boyd County HS, Ashland, KY
15	474	Jason Guerrero	IF	Pittsburg HS, Pittsburg, CA
16	504	Laz Gutierrez	P	University of Miami		1995 by Los Angeles (NL), 1998 by Detroit
17	534	Chris Bootcheck	P	LaPorte HS, LaPorte, IN		2000 by Anaheim
18	564	Terry McCormick	P	Jesuit HS, Tampa, FL
19	594	Lavar Johnson	OF	North Shore HS, Houston, TX
20	624	Matt Kaffel	P	Blinn College
21	654	Damian Scioneaux	OF	Mississippi State University
22	684	Dustin Carr	IF	University of Houston
23	714	Paul Hoover	IF	Kent State University		1994 by Houston
24	744	Travis Miller	OF	Dallas Baptist University
25	774	Josh Davis	P	Tallahassee Community College		1995 by Detroit
26	804	Coty Cooper	P	Seward County Community College
27	834	Tony Pigott	OF	Elon University
28	864	Jason Jimenez	P	San Jose State University
29	894	Ryan Jorgensen	C	Kingwood HS, Kingwood, TX		1998 by Tampa Bay, 2000 by Chicago (NL)
30	924	Jon Cummins	P	Indiana University of Pennsylvania
31	954	Michael Meseberg	OF	Royal HS, Othello, WA
32	984	Jeremy Murch	P	Sarasota HS, Sarasota, FL
33	1,014	Dan Firlit	IF	Rend Lake Junior College		2000 by St. Louis
34	1,044	Kristopher Ehmke	P	Thomas Stewart HS, Peterborough, ON		1998 by New York (AL)
35	1,074	Ben Peterson	P	East Lake HS, Tarpon Springs, FL
36	1,104	Chris Mason	P	University of Alabama at Birmingham
37	1,134	Heath McKoin	P	Watson Chapel HS, Pine Bluff, AR
38	1,164	Ryan Pandolfini	IF	Rider University
39	1,194	Jim Munroe	P	Servite HS, Anaheim, CA
40	1,224	David Cash	P	David HS, Modesto, CA		2001 by San Francisco
41	1,251	John Hutchens	P	Fort Gibson HS, Fort Gibson, OK
42	1,276	Lee Southard	P	Westmoore HS, Oklahoma City, OK		1998 & 1999 by Toronto
43	1,299	Nick Rhodes	C	Norwalk Community College		1996 by Tampa Bay
44	1,321	Alan Lowden	P	Hays HS, Kyle, TX
45	1,342	Adam Luczycky	P	Labette Community College
46	1,361	Marlyn Tisdale	P	Florida College		1999 by Cincinnati
47	1,379	Fred Mitchell	OF	Kathleen HS, Lakeland, FL
48	1,396	Josh Long	IF	Northview HS, McDavid, FL
49	1,413	Jason Balkcom	P	Young Harris College
50	1,428	Chris Reynolds	P	North Lake Community College
51	1,442	Ivar Wentzel	P	Flagler Palm Coast HS, Palm Coast, FL
52	1,456	Kyle Evans	P	Eldorado HS, Albuquerque, NM		2000 by Cleveland
53	1,469	Dustin McKey	OF	John Carroll HS, Alabaster, AL
54	1,480	Alan Keller	C	Mendocino College
55	1,491	Tyler Tiesing	C	Butler County Community College
56	1,502	Nick Lyon	OF	Monroe HS, Monroe, WA		2000 by Tampa Bay
57	1,513	Jeremy Robinson	P	Okaloosa-Walton College		1996 by Tampa Bay
58	1,524	David Berry	C	J.J. Pearce HS, Richardson, TX
59	1,533	Cedric Razor	IF	Pitt Community College
60	1,541	Richard McCabe	P	Camden HS, St. Mary's, GA
61	1,546	Ron Brooks	P	Tallahassee Community College		1995 by Pittsburgh
62	1,551	Tavaris Keyes	P	Central HS, Fort Pierce, FL
63	1,556	Steve Gause	P	George Jenkins HS, Lakeland, FL
64	1,561	Chris Wood	IF	Vanguard HS, Ocala, FL		1998 by Chicago (NL)
65	1,566	Zack Roper	IF	Pasco-Hernando Community College		1996 by Tampa Bay, 2000 by Anaheim
66	1,571	Ray Nevels	OF	Sarasota HS, Sarasota, FL
67	1,576	Rafael Erazo	P	Labette Community College		1996 by Montreal, 1999 by Cincinnati
68	1,580	Dusty Hall	IF	Lincoln HS, Gahanna, OH
69	1,583	Heath Bell	P	Rancho Santiago College	Did not sign
70	1,585	Kenny Baugh	P	Lamar HS, Houston, TX		2000 by Oakland, 2001 by Detroit
71	1,586	Carlos Perez	IF	Franklin D. Roosevelt HS, Brooklyn, NY
72	1,587	Julio Fortuna	P	Bushwick HS, Brooklyn, NY
73	1,588	John Gillespie	P	Lake Washington HS, Kirkland, WA
74	1,589	Jarrod Reineke	P	Grove HS, Joplin, MO
75	1,590	Brian Brown	IF	Olney Central College
76	1,591	Brandon Brewer	P	Greely HS, Yarmouth, ME
77	1,592	Jeff Dragg	OF	Covington HS, Madisonville, LA
78	1,593	Rob Meyers	P	De La Salle HS, Concord, CA
79	1,594	Jon Smith	P	Ferris HS, Nuevo, CA		2001 by Pittsburgh
80	1,595	Clint Kinsey	P	Allen County Community College		1996 by Tampa Bay
81	1,596	Jonny Williams	C	Fox HS, Imperial, MO		2001 by San Francisco
82	1,597	Zach Leske	IF	Sacramento City College
83	1,598	Blake Williams	P	San Marcos HS, San Marcos, TX		2000 by St. Louis
84	1,599	Mark Madsen	P	Quartz Hill HS Quartz Hill, CA
85	1,600	Chad Ashlock	P	Seward County Community College		1999 & 2000 by San Francisco
86	1,601	Bryan Edwards	P	Bowie HS, Austin, TX		1998 & 1999 by Houston, 2000 by Cincinnati
87	1,602	Jon Benick	C	Greater Nanticoke HS, Glen Lyon, PA		2001 by San Diego
88	1,603	Bart Carter	IF	William Carey College
89	1,604	Robby Hammock	C	Georgia Perimeter College		1995 by Florida, 1998 by Arizona
90	1,605	Willie Harris	IF	Middle Georgia College		1996 by Pittsburgh, 1999 by Baltimore
91	1,606	Beau Barcus	IF	San Lorenzo HS, San Lorenzo, CA
92	1,607	Andy Baxter	IF	Unicoi County HS, Erwin, TN		2001 by Cleveland

• Names in bold indicate players who have appeared in a Major League game for Tampa Bay.
• Names in italics indicate players who have appeared in a Major League game for any other team.

Other Notable Selections

Rd.	Pick	Player	Pos.	School	Team	Notes
1	32	Nathan Haynes	OF	Pinole Valley HS, Pinole, CA	Oakland	Played with Tampa Bay & Durham in 2008

References

• "1997 Tampa Bay Devil 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=1997&draft_type=junreg&. Retrieved June 13, 2012.