Garrett Whitley

After signing his first pro contract yesterday, worth nearly $3 million, Niskayuna graduate Garrett Whitley will head to the Gulf Coast League affiliate of the Rays to start his professional baseball career. Whitley was on the field yesterday at "The Trop," hanging out with Rays players and taking batting practice...

Niskayuna graduate Garrett Whitley is now officially a professional baseball player. The standout outfielder has foregone a college career at Wake Forest University and signed with the Tampa Bay Rays. Whitley was in Tampa yesterday to sign the deal, which is worth $2,962,100...

Niskayuna outfielder Garrett Whitley was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays last Monday. Now in negotiations and faced with the decision to go pro or the college route at Wake Forest, Whiltey's clear on his intentions.

What an exciting week of baseball it was for the Capital Region. It started on Monday with the selection of Niskayuna senior Garrett Whitley in the MLB Draft. Whitley was taken No. 13 overall by the Tampa Bay Rays. The good week continued on Wednesday with the selection of two more players out of Section II in CBA grad Trevor Lacosse and Greenwich senior John Stewart...

Last night, Niskayuna standout baseball player Garrett Whitley was selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Tampa Bay Rays. Whitley, the toolsy OF, went 13th overall. Mock drafts had him pegged anywhere between the early teens and the mid-20s...

The selection of Niskayuna OF Garrett Whitley is not just big for Garrett Whitley. It's not even just big for Niskayuna. It's big for the Capital Region, and it's big for the Northeast. We covered it all throughout our coverage of Whitley's draft prospects: Players in the Northeast generally go overlooked and underscouted...

As Niskayuna superstar Garrett Whitley heard his name called on Monday night, MLB analysts reacted to the Capital Region product going No. 13 overall to the Rays:

On Monday night, Niskayuna outfielder Garrett Whitley was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays as the No. 13 overall pick.

Tonight is a huge night for the Capital Region, as Niskayuna senior Garrett Whitley figures to be selected in the first round of the MLB Draft. Whitley, the speedy OF, will be one of three players in attendance at the draft. We've been chronicling Whitley's draft prospects for the last few weeks, and today, we bring you our final national expert in the Prep Baseball Reports Nathan Rode... Read Mor

With Niskayuna's Garrett Whitley expected to be one of the many high schoolers drafted in the first round of the 2015 MLB Draft on Monday night, Buster Olney discussed the transition for a high schooler to the minors:

With the Major League Baseball Draft coming up on Monday, we are going all out in our coverage of Niskayuna standout Garrett Whitley. Earlier today, we spoke to Whitley about his emotions, the draft process, and why teams should draft him...

We are just days away from the start of the Major League Baseball draft which means we are just days away from the inevitable selection of Niskayuna star Garrett Whitley. Whitley will look to become the second player from the Capital Region drafted in the first round in as many years (Shaker's Jeff Hoffman went No...