And it's not like the Rays make great use of their first round draft picks either. It's rather astonishing. Since 2010 they have these first round draft picks. Very few have become good major leaguers.
2010 Josh Sale OF Bishop Blanchet HS (WA) 17 $1,620,000
2010 Justin O'Conner C Cowan HS (IN) 31 $1,025,000
2010 Drew Vettleson OF Central Kitsap HS (WA) 42 $845,000
2011 Taylor Guerrieri RHP Spring Valley HS (SC) 24 $1,600,000
2011 Mikie Mahtook OF LSU 31 $1,150,000
2011 Jake Hager SS Sierra Vista HS (NV) 32 $963,000
2011 Brandon Martin SS Santiago HS (CA) 38 $860,000
2011 Tyler Goeddel 3B St. Francis HS (CA) 41 $1,500,000
2011 Jeff Ames RHP Lower Columbia College 42 $650,000
2011 Blake Snell LHP Shorewood HS (WA) 52 $684,000
2011 Kes Carter OF Western Kentucky University 56 $625,000
2011 Grayson Garvin LHP Vanderbilt University 59 $370,000
2011 James Harris OF Oakland Technical HS (CA) 60 $490,000
2012 Richie Shaffer 3B Clemson University 25 $1,712,500
2013 Nick Ciuffo C Lexington HS (SC) 21 $1,974,700
2013 Ryne Stanek RHP University of Arkansas 29 $1,758,300
2014 Casey Gillaspie 1B Wichita State University 20 $2,035,500
2015 Garrett Whitley OF Niskayuna HS (NY) 13 $2,962,100
2016 Josh Lowe 3B Pope HS (GA) 13 $2,600,000
2017 Brendan McKay 1B/LHP University of Louisville 4 $7,005,000
2017 Drew Rasmussen RHP Oregon State University 31 Did Not Sign
2018 Matthew Liberatore LHP Mountain Ridge HS (AZ) 16 $3,497,500
2018 Shane McClanahan LHP University of South Florida 31 $2,230,100
2018 Nick Schnell OF Roncalli HS (IN) 32 $2,297,500
2019 Greg Jones SS UNC Wilmington 22
2019 J.J. Goss RHP Cypress Ranch Hill HS (TX) 36
2019 Seth Johnson RHP Campbell University 40
2020 Nick Bitsko RHP Central Bucks HS East (PA) 24
2020 Alika Williams SS Arizona State University 37
2021 Carson Willams SS Torrey Pines HS (CA) 28
2021 Cooper Kinney