"Whitmore was among 120 players selected in the six-round draft that also included teams representing New York and Boston. Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred opened the draft by congratulating the WPBL for its launch. The league is scheduled to begin play Aug. 1. Each team made five picks per round, with the order of selection determined by a random draw. Teams will cut their 30-player rosters to 15 for the start of the season."
"Mo'ne Davis, meanwhile, had to wait until the 10th pick before being selected by Los Angeles. The 24-year-old Davis, who is from Philadelphia, competed at the 2014 Little League World Series at age 13 and became the first girl to win a game and pitch a shutout. Japan's Ayami Sato went No. 2 to Los Angeles. The 35-year-old right-hander is a five-time World Cup winner and the only player to earn three tournament MVP honors."
Kelsie Whitmore was selected first overall by San Francisco in the inaugural Women's Pro Baseball League draft. Whitmore made her professional debut with the coed Sonoma Stompers in 2016, has won two World Cup silver medals for the United States, and earned gold at the 2015 Pan-Am Games; she signed with the Staten Island FerryHawks in 2022 and played for the Savannah Bananas this season. The six-round draft included 120 players across teams representing San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Boston. The league opens Aug. 1 after a four-day tryout camp with more than 600 hopefuls.
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