Major League Baseball Draft/2009

The 2009 First-Year Player Draft was conducted on June 9 & 10. The deadline to sign draft selections (who hadn't exhausted their college eligibility) was August 15, 2009. Overall, the Rays signed 31 of their 50 selections. The failure to sign either of their first two draft picks (LeVon Washington and Kenny Diekroeger, both of whom were drafted and signed by other clubs in subsequent years) is considered the biggest failure of this draft class.

Rays Picks

Rd.	Pick	Player	Pos.	School	Signed	Other Draft(s)
1	30	LeVon Washington	IF	F. W. Buchholz HS, Gainesville, FL	Did not sign	2010 by Cleveland
2	78	Kenny Diekroeger	IF	Menlo HS, Atherton, CA	Did not sign	2012 by Kansas City
3	108	Todd Glaesmann	OF	Midway HS, Waco, TX	August 15
4	139	Lucas Bailey	C	Troup County HS, LaGrange, GA	August 15
5	169	Jeff Malm	IF	Bishop Gorman HS, Las Vegas, NV	August 15
6	199	Devin Fuller	P	Chandler-Gilbert Community College	Did not sign	2007 by Los Angeles (NL)
7	229	Cody Rogers	OF	Panola College	June 20
8	259	Brett Nommensen	OF	Eastern Illinois University	June 17
9	289	Kevin James	P	Whitefish Bay HS, Milwaukee, WI	August 15
10	319	Derek Dennis	IF	Forest Hills Central HS, Grand Rapids, MI	Did not sign
11	349	Alex Koronis	P	University of Tampa	June 26	2006 by Milwaukee
12	379	Andrew Bellatti	P	Steele Canyon HS, Spring Valley, CA	June 16
13	409	Hunter Hill	P	Howard College	June 16	2007 by Texas
14	439	Zachary Quate	P	Appalachian State University	June 17
15	469	Pierce Johnson	P	Faith Christian Academy, Arvada, CO	Did not sign	2012 by Chicago (NL)
16	499	Tyler Bortnick	IF	Coastal Carolina University	June 17
17	529	Alexander Diaz	OF	Puerto Rico Baseball Academy, Gurabo, PR	June 21
18	559	Jacob Partridge	P	John R Rogers HS, Puyallup, WA	June 18
19	589	Scott Shuman	P	Auburn University	June 26	2006 by Milwaukee
20	619	Dylan Floro	P	Buhach Colony HS, Atwater, CA	Did not sign	2012 by Tampa Bay
21	649	Matthew Swilley	P	El Camino HS, Oceanside, CA	June 27
22	679	Jake Sullivan	P	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	June 20
23	709	Trevor Petersen	P	Hallsville HS, Hallsville, TX	Did not sign
24	739	Andrew Heaney	P	Putnam City HS, Putnam City, OK	Did not sign	2012 by Miami
25	769	Ryan Wiegand	IF	Gonzaga University	June 20
26	799	Daniel Rhault	IF	University of Rhode Island	June 20
27	829	Brady Wager	P	Globe HS, Globe, AZ	Did not sign	2012 by Baltimore
28	859	Zach Rosscup	P	Chemeketa Community College	June 26
29	889	Gabe Cohen	OF	University of California Los Angeles	June 17
30	919	Marcus Jensen	P	Pinnacle HS, Phoenix, AZ	—
31	949	Aaron Dott	P	University of Wisconsin at Whitewater	June 17
32	979	Alex Besaw	P	Skagit Valley College	Did not sign
33	1,009	Ryan McCarney	P	California State University Northridge	Did not sign	2008 by Cleveland
34	1,039	Kyle Spraker	IF	Loyola Marymount University	June 20
35	1,069	Christopher Murrill	OF	Nicholls State University	June 17
36	1,099	Jeff Cinadr	P	University of Toledo	June 17
37	1,129	Austin Maddox	C	Eagle's View Academy, Jacksonville, FL	Did not sign	2012 by Boston
38	1,159	Drew Hillman	IF	Orange Coast College	Did not sign	2011 by Philadelphia
39	1,189	Dan April	P	Mercer University	June 17
40	1,219	James Pazos	P	Highland HS, Gilbert, AZ	Did not sign	2012 by New York (AL)
41	1,249	Matthew Stabelfeld	P	Lewis-Clark State College	June 20
42	1,279	Bennett Davis	IF	Elon University	June 16
43	1,309	Geno Glynn	IF	Minnesota State University Mankato	June 20
44	1,339	Lyle Brackenridge	IF	Kapolei HS, Kapolei, HI	Did not sign
45	1,369	Cole Nelson	P	Des Moines Area Community College	Did not sign	2010 by Detroit
46	1,399	Aaron Oates	IF	Skyline HS, Oakland, CA	Did not sign
47	1,429	Jason Patton	OF	Kent State University	June 20
48	1,459	Nate Roberts	OF	Parkland College	Did not sign	2010 by Minnesota
49	1,489	Vince Spilker	P	Raytown HS, Raytown, MO	Did not sign	2011 by Los Angeles (NL), 2012 by Arizona
50	1,519	David Wendt	C	Dowling College	June 20

References

• "MLB Draft History". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/draft/draft.jsp. Retrieved June 12, 2012. 
• "2009 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=2009&draft_type=junreg&. Retrieved June 12, 2012. 
• Topkin, Marc (June 17, 2009). "Kazmir Visits Ex-Met Coach". St. Petersburg Times: p. 4C. 
• Topkin, Marc (June 19, 2009). "This Series, He'll Root Against Mets". St. Petersburg Times: p. 4C.