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.
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An expansion draft, in professional sports, occurs when a sports league decides to create one or more new expansion teams or franchises. This occurs mainly in North American sports and closed leagues.
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…
Ice hockey goaltender Marc-André Fleury with the Vegas Golden Knights, the team that selected him in the 2017 NHL expansion draft