Mitsui joins Shorewood teammate Snell in being selected by Tampa Bay in Major League Baseball draft

Trevor Mitsui at bat.  Photo by Wayne Pridemore.

Shorewood baseball teammates Trevor Mitsui and Blake Snell could continue next year as teammates at the University of Washington or they could end up as teammates on a minor-league affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays.

After Tampa Bay made left-handed pitcher Snell a second-round selection Monday, the Rays made first baseman Mitsui a 12th-round pick Tuesday.

The two were the second and seventh Washington state players taken in the draft and the first and third Washington high-school players selected along with four college players from the State.

The one Washington high school player drafted between Snell and Mitsui was Austin Jones from Edmonds-Woodway, one of the three teams to defeat Shorewood during the 2011 season.

Tampa Bay also took Gonzaga University pitcher Ryan Carpenter in the 12th round.

Mitsui and Snell had already accepted scholarship offers to play for Washington, but, if either or both sign contracts with Tampa Bay they could go to a Tampa Bay rookie-league team in the Gulf Coast or Appalachian leagues or to the Hudson Valley team of the short-season New York/Penn League. Tampa Bay has Class A teams in Bowling Green of the Midwest League and Charlotte of the Florida State League, a AA team in Montgomery of the Southern League and a AAA team in Durham of the International League.

Snell was the 52nd player drafted, Mitsui the 390th of about 900 first- and second-day draftees.

A Seattle Times list of first- at second-day draft picks from the State is here:

See information about Tampa Bay minor-league affiliates here: