With the recent signings of Rafael Soriano, Chad Qualls and Grant Balfour, the Rays are now up to 10 picks before the second round and 12 of the top 100 in this year’s amateur (Rule 4) draft. Here is are those picks currently. All of the picks could still slide down as other free agents sign with new teams… FIRST ROUND 24 (from Red Sox, Crawford) 31 (from Yankees, Soriano) 32 (Own) SUPPLEMENTAL ROUND 38 (Supplemental, Crawford) 41,Cheap Cincinnati Bengals Jerseys?(Supplemental, Soriano) 42?(Supplemental, Balfour) 52?(Supplemental, Benoit) 56?(Supplemental, Choate) 59?(Supplemental, Hawpe) 60 (Supplemental,cheap cleveland cavaliers jerseys, Qualls) SECOND ROUND 78 (from A’s, Balfour) 93 (Own) Many have wondered aloud if the Rays can afford to sign that many high draft picks. But without a pick in the top 10,cheap falcons jerseys 365djerseys.com Z6, the cost of these players should still be within the Rays’ tight budget. Either way, the 2011 draft is going to be a lot of fun,cheap bears jerseys 365djerseys.com C5. Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus calculated the cost and based on comparable picks from last year’s draft, the Rays will only be responsible for . And as we have stated in the past, the Rays can also use the plethora of picks as a negotiating advantage,cheap phoenix suns jerseys. Even if the Rays don’t sign 23 of the players, it will still be a huge draft haul in a deep draft. So the Rays will have some freedom to play the takeitorleaveit card as needed.