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 —
Jeff Suppan was the 2006 NLCS MVP.
The Rays traded Bobby Abreu prior to the season for Kevin Stocker.
Miguel Cairo has played for 10 different Major League teams at 7 different positions (counting DH).
Dmitri Young was selected by the Devil Rays from the Reds, and then traded back to the Reds.
Fred McGriff
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Frederick Stanley McGriff is an American former first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for six teams from 1986 through 2004. Nicknamed "Crime Dog", a word play on McGruff the Crime Dog, he
1997 Major League Baseball expansion draft
…The Devil Rays traded Dmitri Young to the Cincinnati Reds for Mike Kelly The Devil Rays purchased Fred McGriff from the Atlanta Braves The Diamondbacks traded Gabe Alvarez, Joe Randa, and Matt Drews to the Detroit Tigers for Travis Fryman…
McGriff with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2007
McGriff at Rogers Centre in 2019