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The franchise's first minor league games took place in the 1996 season. On November 7, 1997, Larry Rothschild was named the team's first manager. The team acquired 35 players in the Expansion Draft on November 18, 1997. Tony Saunders from the Florida Marlins was the first player drafted by the Devil Rays.
Tampa Bay Rays (2018 –present) Career highlights and awards. All-Star (2019) All-MLB Second Team (2020) Brandon Norman Lowe (/ laʊ / LAU; [ 1 ] born July 6, 1994) is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2018 and was an MLB All-Star in 2019.
The Tampa Bay area has a long association with amateur and professional baseball. Tampa and St. Petersburg were among the first hosts of Major League Baseball spring training in the 1910s, the Tampa Smokers and St. Petersburg Saints were two of the founding members of the minor league Florida State League (FSL) in 1919, and several other communities in the area also hosted FSL teams in the ...
Blake Ashton Snell (born December 4, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays and San Diego Padres. The Rays selected Snell in the first round of the 2011 MLB draft and he made his MLB debut with the Rays in 2016.
Kevin James Kiermaier (/ ˈkɪərmaɪ.ər /; born April 22, 1990) is an American professional baseball center fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays. Kiermaier was part of amateur championship teams at both the high school and college levels.
Longoria was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays as the third overall pick in the 2006 Major League Baseball draft. Longoria was called the "best pure hitter" among college players in the 2006 draft class by Baseball America. [11] He was the highest draft selection in school history. Tampa Bay gave him a $3 million signing bonus. [7]
The Tampa Bay Rays are a professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) American League (AL). Since their inaugural season in 1998, the Rays have played their home games at Tropicana Field. [ 1 ] The team was originally known as the "Tampa Bay Devil ...
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays selected Vogt in the 12th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft, [32] with the 365th overall selection. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] He spent the first few years of his minor league career in the Class A divisions of the Rays organization, [ 8 ] starting with the Hudson Valley Renegades of the short-season New York–Penn League .