Major League Baseball Draft/1998

The 1998 June Draft was Tampa Bay's first as a full participant at the Major League level. However, they had to wait for quite some time before even making their first pick: they lost their selections in each of the first three rounds due to signing three Type-A Free Agents in the prior offseason. Their first- and second-round selections went to San Francisco as compensation for pitchers Roberto Hernandez and Wilson Alvarez, their third-round selection went to the Chicago White Sox as compensation for outfielder Dave Martinez.

Devil Rays Picks

Rd.	Pick	Player	Pos.	School	Signed	Other Draft(s)
4	132	Josh Pressley	IF	Westminster Academy, Fort Lauderdale, FL
5	162	Aubrey Huff	IF	University of Miami
6	192	Ryan Rupe	P	Texas A&M University		1993 by New York (NL), 1996 by Kansas City, 1997 by Chicago (NL)
7	222	John Jacobs	IF	Marin Catholic HS, San Rafael, CA
8	252	Joe Kennedy	P	Grossmont College
9	282	Brian Martin	C	Central Union HS, El Centro, CA
10	312	Ben Keiter	P	Arvada West HS, Arvada, CO	Did not sign	2001 by Texas
11	342	Steve Goodson	OF	Cowley County HS, Harrah, OK
12	372	Adam Flohr	P	Portland State University		1996 by Los Angeles (NL)
13	402	Patrick Dickson	P	Dalton HS, Dalton, GA
14	432	Pat Hertzel	P	Kansas State University
15	462	Charles Armstrong	P	Contra Costa College		1996 by New York (AL)
16	492	Neal Frendling	P	Lake Central HS, St. John, IN	Did not sign
17	522	Mike Rodriguez	OF	Cooper City HS, Cooper City, FL	Did not sign	2001 by Houston
18	552	Brandon Backe	IF	Galveston College		1996 by Milwaukee
19	582	Arthur Garland	OF	Santa Ana College	Did not sign	1997 by Milwaukee
20	612	Preston Larrison	P	West HS, Aurora, IL	Did not sign	2001 by Detroit
21	642	Darin Moore	P	University of the Pacific	Did not sign	1995 by Baltimore, 1999 by Oakland
22	672	Dan Grummitt	IF	Shawnee State University
23	702	Frank Moore	IF	Middle Georgia College		1996 by Pittsburgh
24	732	Ryan Jorgensen	C	San Jacinto College	Did not sign	1997 by Tampa Bay, 2000 by Chicago (NL)
25	762	Talley Haines	P	Freed Hardeman HS, Cape Giardeau, MO
26	792	George Moran	P	Red Bluff HS, Red Bluff, CA	Did not sign
27	822	Jim Lira	P	Laredo Junior College
28	852	Chadwick Cossette	C	Edmonds Community College	Did not sign
29	882	Jeremy Manning	P	Pitt Community College	Did not sign
30	912	Gary Welch	P	Howard College	Did not sign
31	942	Chris Wailand	P	Manatee HS, Bradenton, FL	Did not sign	2000 by Texas
32	972	Sean Mahoney	OF	Florida International University
33	1002	Rudolph Frolish	P	Ansonia HS, Ansonia, CT	Did not sign
34	1032	Matt Schuldt	P	University of Nebraska at Lincoln		1994 & 1995 by San Francisco, 1996 by Detroit
35	1062	Monte MacGillivray	P	Mount San Jacinto College
36	1092	Tim Olson	IF	Hutchinson Community College	Did not sign	2000 by Arizona
37	1122	Brandon Medders	P	Hillcrest HS, Duncanville, AL	Did not sign	1999 by Kansas City, 2001 by Arizona
38	1152	Andrew Cook	P	Antioch HS, Antioch, CA	Did not sign
39	1182	Edwin Rodriguez	IF	Ponce HS, Ponce, PR	Did not sign
40	1212	Michael McCuan	P	Butler County Community College	Did not sign
41	1242	Jeff Bruksch	P	Beverly Hills HS, Beverly Hills, CA	Did not sign	2001 by Oakland
42	1271	Dane Hutchens	P	McLennan Community College	Did not sign
43	1299	Brandon Culp	P	Wallace State Community College	Did not sign	2000 by Cincinnati
44	1325	Mark Carter	P	Hewitt HS, Trussville, AL	Did not sign	1999 by Tampa Bay, 2001 by Chicago (NL)
45	1350	Harold Godeill	OF	Modesto Junior College	Did not sign
46	1372	Cody Getz	P	College of Eastern Utah		1997 by St. Louis
47	1393	Lee Stephens	IF	Stetson University	Did not sign
48	1413	Mike Jacobs	C	Hilltop HS, Chula Vista, CA	Did not sign	1999 by New York (NL)
49	1430	Justin Hancock	IF	Bloomingdale HS, Brandon, FL	Did not sign	2002 by Anaheim
50	1445	Luis Candelaria	OF	Hill College	Did not sign

• 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	10	Carlos Peña	IF	Northeastern University	Texas	Played with Tampa Bay 2007-10 & 2012

References

• "MLB Draft History". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/draft/draft.jsp. Retrieved June 13, 2012. 
• "1998 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=1998&draft_type=junreg&. Retrieved June 13, 2012. 
• Simpson, Allan, ed (1998). Baseball America's 1999 Almanac. Durham, NC: Baseball America. p. 402.