Baseball Opinion - 2008 Rule 4 Draft

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2008 Rule 4 Draft

Christopher Solberg, Editor
6/5/2008

With the first pick in the 2008 draft, the Tampa Bay Rays selected shortstop Tim Beckham. The Rays continued to stock up their already good farm system with more talent. Beckham has the best chance of the players in the draft to be a star.

There is some decent talent in this year's draft, but not as good as what's been available the past few years. But there's a few players that could be very, very good.

There were a few steals. Justin Smoak fell all the way to the Texas Rangers at number 11. Also the Kansas City Royals took Tim Melville, a pitcher who many felt would go in the first round, with the 115th pick.

Also, the draft saw some head scratchers. The Astros took catcher Jason Castro with the 10th overall pick. Many experts had him going late in the first round. They passed up Justin Smoak and Jermile Weeks for him.

The Twins second pick, number 27 overall, was pitcher Carlos Guitierrez. Carlos was expected to go in the third round and end up a reliever.

It'll be interesting to see how these picks turn out five years from now.

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