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1997 Major League Baseball expansion draft
The 1997 Major League Baseball expansion draft was held on November 18, 1997, at the Phoenix Civic Plaza in Phoenix, Arizona. The expansion draft allowed two expansion teams in Major League Baseball (MLB)—the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays—to build their rosters prior to their inaugural seasons.
Both teams subsequently began play in the 1998 season, increasing the size of the American League and National League from 14 to 15 teams each. Arizona was placed in the National League West division and Tampa Bay was played in the American League East division. This remains the most recent expansion draft conducted by MLB.
Following the success of the 1993 expansion, which added the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins, Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1994 set up an expansion committee to add two expansion teams. The Tampa Bay area in Florida and the city of Phoenix, Arizona, were chosen for the two expansion franchises.
Similar to the 1992 expansion draft, both expansion teams selected 35 players. The draft was divided into three rounds. Each team would select 14 players in round 1, 14 players in round 2, and 7 players in round 3. Tampa Bay general manager Chuck LaMar and Arizona general manager Joe Garagiola Jr. oversaw their teams' selections.
The Devil Rays and Diamondbacks could pick any player not on the protected lists of the 28 other teams, although no team could lose more than one player in a given round. The protected list for each team consisted of:
As with the 1992 expansion draft, the order was determined by a coin toss. The winner of the toss could choose either: (a) The first overall pick in the expansion draft or (b) allow the other team to pick first and receive both the second and third overall expansion draft picks and the right to pick first in the subsequent rounds of the expansion draft. Arizona won the toss and chose to select second.
The Devil Rays reportedly considered trading the player they were to select first. They chose Tony Saunders from the Florida Marlins.
Note, each noted All-Star player achieved that status in later season(s).
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1997 Major League Baseball expansion draft
The 1997 Major League Baseball expansion draft was held on November 18, 1997, at the Phoenix Civic Plaza in Phoenix, Arizona. The expansion draft allowed two expansion teams in Major League Baseball (MLB)—the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays—to build their rosters prior to their inaugural seasons.
Both teams subsequently began play in the 1998 season, increasing the size of the American League and National League from 14 to 15 teams each. Arizona was placed in the National League West division and Tampa Bay was played in the American League East division. This remains the most recent expansion draft conducted by MLB.
Following the success of the 1993 expansion, which added the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins, Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1994 set up an expansion committee to add two expansion teams. The Tampa Bay area in Florida and the city of Phoenix, Arizona, were chosen for the two expansion franchises.
Similar to the 1992 expansion draft, both expansion teams selected 35 players. The draft was divided into three rounds. Each team would select 14 players in round 1, 14 players in round 2, and 7 players in round 3. Tampa Bay general manager Chuck LaMar and Arizona general manager Joe Garagiola Jr. oversaw their teams' selections.
The Devil Rays and Diamondbacks could pick any player not on the protected lists of the 28 other teams, although no team could lose more than one player in a given round. The protected list for each team consisted of:
As with the 1992 expansion draft, the order was determined by a coin toss. The winner of the toss could choose either: (a) The first overall pick in the expansion draft or (b) allow the other team to pick first and receive both the second and third overall expansion draft picks and the right to pick first in the subsequent rounds of the expansion draft. Arizona won the toss and chose to select second.
The Devil Rays reportedly considered trading the player they were to select first. They chose Tony Saunders from the Florida Marlins.
Note, each noted All-Star player achieved that status in later season(s).