Kansas senior second baseman Robby Price has been selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 14th round of the Major League Baseball first-year player draft with the 401st overall pick.
Price becomes the second Jayhawk selected in this year’s draft, and the second position player taken from KU. Earlier in the day, junior third baseman Tony Thompson was selected by the Oakland A’s in the sixth round.
Price was solid throughout his KU career, ranking in the team’s top 10 in career games played (232), at bats (847), hits (261), runs (204), triples (12), walks (139), and is the career leader in sacrifice bunts (55). Price also recorded a career fielding percentage of .979, committing just 22 errors in 1,003 chances.
Price becomes the third brother in his family taken in the MLB draft, as older brothers Ritchie (New York Mets, 2006) and Ryne (San Francisco Giants, 2008) were both taken after their senior years at Kansas.
