Major League Baseball Draft/2008

2008 June Draft

Rays Picks

Rd.	Pick	Player	Pos.	School	Birthplace	Notes
1	1	Tim Beckham	IF	Griffin HS, Griffin, GA
2	47	Kyle Lobstein	P	Coconino HS, Flagstaff, AZ
3	78	Jake Jefferies	C	University of California Davis
4	113	Ty Morrison	OF	Tigard HS, Tigard, OR
5	143	Michael Sheridan	IF	College of William and Mary
6	173	Shane Dyer	P	South Mountain Community College
7	203	Jason Corder	OF	California State University Long Beach
8	233	Anthony Scelfo	IF	Tulane University
9	263	Shawn Smith	P	Saugus HS, Saugus, CA
10	293	Matthew Hall	IF	Auburn University
11	323	Bradley Furdal	P	Ancaster HS, Ancaster, ON
12	353	Brian Bryles	P	North Little Rock HS, North Little Rock, AR
13	383	Jason McEachern	P	St. Stephens HS, Hickory, NC
14	413	Mike McKenna	OF	Florida Atlantic University
15	443	Brandon Meredith	IF	Montgomery HS, San Diego, CA		Did not sign
16	473	Matt Gorgen	P	University of California Berkeley
17	503	Jeremy Beckham	IF	Georgia Southern University
18	533	David Genao	C	Oral Roberts University
19	563	Trevor Shull	P	Central Valley HS, Spokane Valley, WA
20	593	Jason Tweedy	IF	California State University Long Beach
21	623	Ryan Carpenter	P	Cactus HS, Peoria, AZ		Did not sign.
22	653	Jason Appel	OF	University of North Carolina at Wilmington		Did not sign
23	683	Neil Schenk	P	University of Memphis
24	713	Marquis Fleming	P	California State University Stanislaus
25	743	Josh Satow	P	Arizona State University
26	773	Michael Jarman	P	Oral Roberts University
27	803	Luis Marchena	IF	Otay Ranch HS, Chula Vista, CA		Did not sign
28	833	Tommy Rafferty	P	Arizona State University
29	863	Brandon Magee	OF	Centennial HS, Corona, CA		Did not sign
30	893	Ryan Turner	IF	Midland Junior College		Did not sign
31	923	Gregory Williams	P	Moeller HS, Cincinnati, OH		Did not sign
32	953	Kyle Gaedele	OF	Rolling Meadows HS, Rolling Meadows, IL		Did not sign
33	983	Kyle Hunter	P	Galesburg HS, Galesburg, IL		Did not sign
34	1,013	Matthew Long	P	California State University San Bernardino
35	1,043	Jamie Bagley	P	San Jacinto College
36	1,073	Jordan Leyland	IF	San Dimas HS, San Dimas, CA		Did not sign
37	1,103	Kramer Champlin	P	Olympia HS, Olympia, WA		Did not sign
38	1,133	Anthony Haase	P	Rio Rancho HS, Rio Rancho, NM		Did not sign
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
41	1,223	Brett Parsons	OF	Navarro College		Did not sign
42	1,253	Tim Clubb	P	Missouri State University		Did not sign
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
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
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. 
• "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.