From the Sidelines

The second day of the Major League Baseball draft is underway. So far, three players from Washington have been drafted and all three have been drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Rays selected Bishop Blanchet’s Josh Sale, a highly touted prospect, with the No. 17 pick then followed that up by taking Central Kitsap’s Drew Vettleson with the 42nd overall pick. Today, the Rays selected Highline’s Ryan Brett. That gives the Rays Washington’s top three prospects.

It will be interesting to see if any area players get token selections. While some players, like Newport’s Trace Tam Sing, have already committed to college (in Tam Sing’s case, with Washington State), you just never know what could happen once your name gets called by a big league club.

I’ll be sure to pass across any more Washington draftees.

Update, 11:39 a.m.Washington has its fourth selection come off the board – Oregon State pitcher Greg Peavey, a Hudson’s Bay grad. Peavey was selected with the 182nd pick by the New York Mets.

Update, 12:23 p.m.Jackson grad and Lewis-Clark State catcher Kawika Emsley-Pai was picked by the Diamondbacks with the 301st pick.

Update, 12:45 p.m. I somehow missed the Mariners selecting Woodinville’s Luke Taylor in the ninth round. Taylor is a 6-foot-6, 200-pound right-handed pitcher.

Update, 12:57 p.m. University of Portland right-hander Zach Varce was selected in the 11th round by the Yankees. Varce is a West Seattle grad. varce is teammates with Bellevue grad Jeff Melby at the University of Portland.

Update, 2:07 p.m. San Francisco selects Edmonds Community College right-handed pitcher Ryan Bean with the 528th overall pick in the 17th round. Bean is 6-foot-4 and 225 pounds.

Update, 2:24 p.m. Two Washington products taken in 18th round. Detroit takes second baseman Josh Ashenbrenner, a senior second baseman at Lewis-Clark State who prepped at Lake Washington High School in Kirkland with the 553rd pick. The Dodgers nabbed Chad Arnold out of Washington State nine picks later. The right-handed pitcher is a graduate of Southridge High School.

Update, 2:42 p.m. St. Louis nabs West Seattle High School shortstop Travis Martin in the 20th round.