Tim Beckham was just 18 years old when the Rays plucked him out of the green-gold ranks of central Georgia’s Griffin High School with the first overall pick of the 2008 draft and placed the future of baseball’s youngest franchise on his slight shoulders. He’s spent the past decade trying to get over it.
Orioles’ Tim Beckham, free of high expectations, finally hitting like a star
Tim Beckham was just 18 years old when the Rays plucked him out of the green-gold ranks of central Georgia’s Griffin High School with the first overall pick of the 2008 draft and placed the future of baseball’s youngest franchise on his slight shou…