Could the Mets be the Rays of the future?
One look at the Rays’ farm system and it’s enough to make anyone jealous:
Wil Myers – Ranked 4th Overall
Taylor Guerreri – Ranked 41st Overall
Jake Odorizzi – Ranked 42nd Overall
Chris Archer – Ranked 43rd Overall
Hak Ju Lee – Ranked 53rd Overall
Not to mention: Enny Romero, Blake Snell, Mike Montgomery, Mikie Mahtook, Alex Colome, and Tim Beckham
The Rays...
Rays prospect Hak-Ju Lee injures knee, will likely miss rest of season
During Saturday night's Durham Bulls-Norfolk Tides game, Tampa Bay Rays shortstop prospect Hak-Ju Lee of Durham suffered a gruesome looking knee injury in the fourth inning. LJ Hoes of Norfolk hit a grounder to second baseman Tim Beckham, who flipped to Lee at short to try to turn a double play. Travis Ishikawa of the Tides slid into second base, and his head collided with Lee...
Rays pull out a win against the Twins
The Rays were on the verge of dropping a second straight game when they played the Minnesota Twins Tuesday afternoon. But an eighth inning rally completed their comeback to win 8-5. Starting pitcher Matt Moore started a bit shaky after giving up two runs in the first inning. He would be unable to get out of the third inning with two outs and finished his outing with two runs, two...
The starting lineups: Red Sox vs. Rays
A part of me hopes that today's game against the Rays has a little extra "something" at some point during game play. It's always fun to see rival teams, especially within the division going at it in spring training. I believe it sets the mood for the season.
I can always hope right? Here are today's starting lineups and pitchers for the 1:35pm game at JetBlue...
2013 Minor League Preview: Tampa Bay Rays
Organizational Talent Rankings via Baseball America
2012 (11) | 2011 (3) | 2010 (1) | 2009 (4) | 2008 (1)
2012 Affiliate Records
MLB: [90-72] AL East
AAA: [66-78] International League – Durham
AA: [74-63] Southern League – Montgomery
A+: [55-79] Florida State League – Charlotte
A: [80-60] Midwest League – Bowling Green
A(ss): [52-24] New York-Penn League — Hudson Valley...
Tampa Bay Rays Top 15 Prospects (2012-13)
The Rays continue to have one of the best farm systems in Major League Baseball, both in terms of high ceiling talent and depth. The off-season trade that added Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi, Mike Montgomery and Patrick Leonard added to the Rays’ embarrassment of riches.
#1 Wil Myers (OF)
Age
PA
H
2B
HR
BB
SO
SB
AVG
OBP
SLG
wOBA
21
591
165
26
37
61
140
6
.316
.389
.602
.425...
Tim Beckham Has Left The Building
After the Rays traded for Yunel Escobar, I began working on a piece discussing prospect ETA’s and how off-season moves affected players like Tim Beckham. In it, I closed the door on Beckham and the Rays due to Ben Zobrist and his team friendly contract manning second base for the next three seasons.
With each read, I re-worked and lightened my wording because of Zobrist’s ability...
Dodgers new Yankees in MLB
Teams cannot be trusted when they say they are "out" on certain players, but the Rangers are fairly insistent that they will not trade one of their two young shortstops, Elvis Andrus or Jurickson Profar, for Diamondbacks right fielder Justin Upton.
If that is indeed the case - and if the Rangers cannot find some other way to structure a deal for Upton - then the Rays might...
Prime Nine: Tampa Bay Rays
As recently as a year ago, Andrew Friedman was the resident genius in baseball. This was especially true when it came to building a farm system. It’s a lot easier to build a farm system when you have one of the top picks in the draft every season. Since 2008, they have not picked in the top twenty at any time because of their success on the field. They have been able...
MLB.com Top Ten Shortstop Prospects
Today brings the shortstop prospects according to Jonathan Mayo and MLB.com. Unlike the other positions, hardballchat.com and MLB.com are in complete agreement on the top ten shortstop prospects. So, maybe we aren’t completely off our rocker here. As we saw with the other positions, remember that the rankings are based on Mayo’s opinions before the season.
1) Manny...
Reviewing the Top 100 Prospects List, 25-1
We’re wrapping up the review of my pre-season Fangraphs Top 100 Prospects list. You can read the previous three parts of this series by clicking the links below:
Prospects 100-76 Prospects 75-51 Prospects 50-26
25. Arodys Vizcaino, RHP, Atlanta: Vizcaino was haunted by elbow injuries in previous years and finally succumbed to Tommy John surgery at the beginning of the year. He...
Top Ten Shortstop Prospects Update #3
Some shortstops are on the move within their organizations and there are bound to be a few on the move to other organizations as we near the trade deadline. The July deadline is the best time for teams near the basement to restock their farm system with good young players. As the clock nears zero, we will see some of these guys in new uniforms.
Javier Baez– Chicago...
Obligatory Thread Overflow Post
Blah, blah, blah...I've been swamped and despite the recent not terrible baseball being played, the Cubs don't give me enough reasons to make sure I watch a game.
So I have little to offer today other than a quick recap of Baseball America's recent chat about their midseason Top 50 list which includes one Cub at #25 - Javier Baez (and one former Cub in Hak-Ju Lee at ...
Minor Accomplishments for Week 12
By the numbers, Manny Machado struggled through his first two months of Double-A baseball. It seemed like most nights I looked at Bowie’s box, Machado’s line was 0-fer. But then I’d read something from the O’s about how his current production was of no concern, that he was tweaking his approach, that scouts are still encouraged. Still, it’s hard not to be a little...
MLB Power Rankings: 06/25/2012
Here are this week’s power rankings. Again, the Rangers are at the top and the Twins are at the bottom.
The scores come from a weighed average of a teams record, run differential, and farm system. Record holds the most weight and farm system the least.
Editor’s Note: This was supposed to go live yesterday afternoon, but due to a glitch, it got locked in post purgatory. The numbers...
MLB Power Rankings: 06/18/2012
After another Inter-League weekend, we’re back with a new power rankings. Small shuffling at the top and nothing changed at the bottom.
Rank
Team
Record
Pythagorean
System
Total
Last Week
1
Texas Rangers
28
30
28
57.3
1
40 – 27
43 – 24
Jurickson Profar
2
Los Angeles Dodgers
30
29
7
51.7
3
42 – 25
40 –...
MLB Power Rankings: 06/11/2012
The Rangers continue to roll on, while the Dodgers and Nationals continue to battle for second. At the other end, the Padres, Cubs, and Twins continue to keep the bottom 3 spots.
The rankings come from weighed scores for each teams record, pythagorean record (based off run differential), and their farm system. Record holds the most weight while the farm system holds the least.
...
MLB Power Rankings: 06/04/2012
We’ve seen a couple of fallers this week, along with a Chicago team heating up.
Rank
Team
Record
Pythagorean
System
Total
Last Week
1
Texas Rangers
29
30
29
58.7
1
32 – 22
35 – 19
Jurickson Profar
The Rangers are a juggernaut right now.
2
Los Angeles Dodgers
30
27
9
51.0
2
33 – 21
31 – 23
Zach Lee...
Top Ten Shortstop Prospects Update #2
There have been some interesting developments in the shortstop world. One of these players recently got the call to the big leagues while others have taken a step back. Everything is in a state of flux in the prospect world, so let’s see who’s stock is going up and who’s stock is going down.
Javier Baez– Chicago Cubs (A-)
PA: 10
AVG: .222
OBP: .300
SLG: .222...
MLB Power Rankings: 05/29/2012
A day late due to the holiday. There have been some big changes in the NL East.
Rank
Team
Record
Pythagorean
System
Total
Last Week
1
Texas Rangers
29
30
29
58.7
1
31 – 18
35 – 14
Jurickson Profar
2
Washington Nationals
28
27
16
51.3
6
29 – 19
28 – 20
Anthony Rendon
3
Los Angeles Dodgers...
FanGraphs Prospect Stock Watch – 05/25/12
A.J. Cole, RHP, Oakland Athletics
Current Level: A
2012 Top 15 Prospects Ranking: 3rd (Washington)
Current Value: Diminished
After a successful 2011 season in low-A ball, Cole was one of the prospects packaged up in a deal between Washington and Oakland that saw Gio Gonzalez head to the Nationals. Cole, a 20-year-old starting pitcher, was originally assigned to high-A ball to start...
MLB Power Rankings: 05/21/2012
We’re back with another Power Ranking. This week, we have very little change at the top.
These power rankings take into account how the team is doing in the standings, their run differential (through Bill James’ Pythagorean Record), and the status of their farm system. The score are weighed (most for record, least for system).
Rank
Team
Record
Pythagorean...
MLB Power Rankings: 05/14/2012
The top is the same, but we have another new #2 team in baseball. Check the power rankings to see who’s up and who’s falling.
Rank
Team
Record
Pythagorean
System
Total
Last Week
1
Texas Rangers
29
30
28
58.3
1
23 – 12
25 – 10
Jurickson Profar
Best run differential in the game.
2
Los Angeles Dodgers
30
28
14
53...
MLB Power Rankings – 04/30/2012
Here are the newest power rankings. Starting today, I’m going to attempt to get them on Monday Mornings.
My rankings score each team for how they are doing (Record), how they should be doing (Pythagorean Record), and the state of their farm system. The top at each score for each category is given 30 points, 29 for second, all the way to 1 point for the last team. The 3 categories...
Top Ten Shortstop Prospects Update #1
As we continue through the positions we get to one of the more high profile positions. Keep in mind that many of the best players at other positions on the infield begin at shortstop. Our updates look at the offensive numbers for these guys. We still haven’t gotten the same kind of advanced fielding metrics at the minor league level that we have at the major league...
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