Previous Winner Tre’ Morgan, 1B22 | L/L | 6’0” | 215 A | .320/.398/.440 (149 wRC+) 115 PA, 2 HR, 9 SB, 8.7% BB, 11.3% KA+ | .371/.447/.558 (184 wRC+) 231 PA, 6 HR, 10 SB, 11.3% BB, 7.8% KAA | .211/.322/.342 (102 wRC+) 91 PA, 2 HR, 1 SB, 13.2% BB, 18.7% K The … Read more
Previous Winner 3. Xavier Isaac, 1B/OF21 | L/L | 6’3” | 240A+ | .287/.381/.535 (157 wRC+) 302 PA, 15 HR, 14 SB, 12.3% BB, 30.1% KAA | .211/.346/.349 (113 wRC+) 133 PA, 3 HR, 1 SB, 15.8% BB, 40.6% K One of the hardest hitting prospects in minor league baseball, Isaac had some contact issues … Read more
Previous Winner Brayden Taylor, 2B/3B23 | L/R | 6’0” | 180A+ | .269/.389/.514 (154 wRC+) 383 PA, 14 HR, 26 SB, 15.9% BB, 24.8% KAA | .194/.290/.435 (113 wRC+) 125 PA, 6 HR, 3 SB, 12.0% BB, 36.8% K On the whole Taylor was one of the best performers in the Rays system last year, … Read more
Welcome back to the 15th annual DRaysBay Community Prospect List! Starting this list is usually not a great challenge, as there is typically a clear favorite, but we will indeed be voting each round just to see if our community agrees with the greater blogosphere. The full rules on how to vote and links to … Read more
Welcome back to the 15th annual DRaysBay Community Prospect List vote. Given that the Rays roster appears to be largely set, we are going to get this year’s voting started a little early this year on January 6th. Here’s how you vote: There will be a selection of players listed in the article and then … Read more
This article has become a favorite tradition here at the site, my tenth at the helm. We had ~5.3 million page views this year, and for that I am grateful! I appreciate all of you and your readership. Before we get to the top ten most-read articles, here are a few honorable mentions : Now … Read more
Over the offseason, the Draybay community takes part in an exercise in which we compile a list of 30 prospects in the Rays system based on popular vote. Now that the 2024 season has concluded, we can look back at these rankings and see how each individual player performed. Reminder, this is a review of … Read more
The Rays recently signed Danny Jansen to be their primary catcher. Jansen has had some very bad years and some amazing good years. Here we are taking you on a walk through his career to help familiarize you with the newest Ray. Way back when in the world before COVID19 and $800M contracts, Danny Jansen … Read more