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Welcome to our Tampa Bay Rays 2017 Draft Tracker.
For a player’s position, I just used what was on the MLB.com draft tracker and am not making any value judgments on whether a player can actually stick at that position as a professional because that’s beside the point for this post.
For a player’s class, that tracker counts redshirt sophomores, like Drew Rasmussen, as juniors. “5S” stands for a fifth-year senior, and “J2” stands for a player who completed two years at a junior college. Kyle Goodbrand was listed as a senior on the tracker, but he appears to have a year of eligibility left, so I noted that as a redshirt junior (RJr).
In the status column, I tried to include any concrete information or even rumors regarding a player. If a player is assigned to a roster, I’ll include that. Players still in the College World Series are not eligible to sign until they are done competing.
If a player drafted in the 11th round or later signs, only bonus money over $125,000 counts against the spending cap.
If you see any information regarding a signing decision or bonus money for any player, please share it in the comments below.
Tampa Bay Rays 2017 Draft Tracker
| Name | Rnd/Ovr | Pos | Class | School | Status | Recommendation | Bonus | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Rnd/Ovr | Pos | Class | School | Status | Recommendation | Bonus | Difference |
| Brendan McKay | 1/4 | 1B/LHP | Jr | Louisville | Signed | $6,153,600 | $7,007,500 | $853,900 |
| Drew Rasmussen | CBA/31 | RHP | Jr | Oregon State | Not expected to sign | $2,134,900 | ||
| Michael Mercado | 2/40 | RHP | HS | Westview | Signed | $1,714,500 | $2,132,400 | $417,900 |
| Taylor Walls | 3/79 | SS | Jr | Florida State | Signed | $720,600 | $612,500 | -$108,100 |
| Drew Strotman | 4/109 | RHP | Jr | St. Mary's | Signed | $492,200 | $367,500 | -$124,700 |
| Josh Fleming | 5/139 | LHP | Jr | Webster | Signed | $367,500 | $272,500 | -$95,000 |
| Zach Rutherford | 6/169 | SS | Jr | Old Dominion | Signed | $276,100 | $262,500 | -$13,600 |
| Hunter Schryver | 7/199 | LHP | Sr | Villanova | Signed | $215,200 | $17,500 | -$197,700 |
| Riley O'Brien | 8/229 | RHP | Sr | Col. of Idaho | Signed | $170,600 | $7,500 | -$163,100 |
| Andrew Gist | 9/259 | LHP | Sr | Georgia | Signed | $146,500 | $7,500 | -$139,000 |
| Phoenix Sanders | 10/289 | RHP | Sr | South Florida | Signed | $136,400 | $7,500 | -$128,900 |
| Justin Lewis | 11/319 | RHP | Jr | Kentucky | Will not sign | |||
| Carl Chester | 12/349 | CF | Jr | Miami | Signed | $125,000 | ||
| Erik Ostberg | 13/379 | C | Jr | Hartford | Signed | $100,000 | ||
| Vincent Byrd | 14/409 | 1B | J2 | Long Beach City College | Signed | $100,000 | ||
| Bryce Brown | 15/439 | CF | Jr | Jackson State | Signed | $90,000 | ||
| Caleb Bolden | 16/469 | RHP | HS | Pleasant Grove | Not expected to sign | |||
| Chris Muller | 17/499 | RHP | Jr | UT San Antonio | Signed | $50,000 | ||
| Michael Smith | 18/529 | CF | J2 | San Jacinto North | Signed | $197,500 | $72,500 | |
| Tyler Day | 19/559 | RHP | 5S | Colorado Mesa | Signed | $3,000 | ||
| Andrew Quezada | 20/589 | RHP | J2 | Cypress | Committed to CS Fullerton | |||
| Paul Campbell | 21/619 | RHP | Jr | Clemson | Signed | $50,000 | ||
| Alex Valverde | 22/649 | RHP | J2 | Miami Dade College | Committed to Alabama | |||
| Zack Mozingo | 23/679 | RHP | 5S | Mount Olive | Signed | $3,000 | ||
| Jordyn Muffley | 24/709 | C | J2 | Parkland | Signed | $100,000 | ||
| Andrew Miller | 25/739 | C | J2 | Southwest Tennessee CC | Signed | $60,000 | ||
| Scott Schreiber | 26/769 | 1B | Jr | Nebraska | Undecided | |||
| Blake Pflughaupt | 27/799 | LHP | J2 | Galveston College | Signed | $100,000 | ||
| Justin Bridgman | 28/829 | SS | Sr | Nevada | Signed | $2,000 | ||
| Ryan Askew | 29/859 | RHP | Sr | Mercer | Signed | $2,000 | ||
| Gavin Williams | 30/889 | RHP | HS | Cape Fear | Will not sign | |||
| Chris Williams | 31/919 | C | Jr | Clemson | Not expected to sign | |||
| Seaver Whalen | 32/949 | 3B | Sr | Lewis-Clark State | Signed | $2,000 | ||
| Ivan Pelaez | 33/979 | LHP | Sr | Faulkner | Signed | $2,000 | ||
| Trey Hair | 34/1009 | 2B | Sr | Evansville | Signed | $2,000 | ||
| Garrett Anderson | 35/1039 | RHP | Sr | Florida Gulf Coast | Signed | $2,000 | ||
| Kyle Goodbrand | 36/1069 | RHP | RJr | UC San Diego | ||||
| Cole Cabrera | 37/1099 | CF | HS | Punahou | Committed to Cal Poly | |||
| JJ Schwarz | 38/1129 | C | Jr | Florida | Will not sign | |||
| Jonathan Stroman | 39/1159 | RHP | HS | La Cueva | "Unlikely to sign" | |||
| Allen Smoot | 40/1189 | 3B | 5S | San Francisco | Signed | $2,000 | ||
| Total | $10,393,200 | $11,687,400 | $374,200 | |||||
| Total + 5% | $10,912,860 | |||||||
| Remaining w/ no pen. * | $145,460 | |||||||
| * If Rasmussen doesn't sign |
Kudos to a post on Bluebird Banter for inspiring this format. I just made a few tweaks.