Xavier Isaac and Carson Williams were both dinged up this past week
Every Monday during the regular season, each minor league team has the day off (excluding the Florida Complex League and Dominican Summer League). This serves as an excellent check point system to check in on how each team and individual prospect is performing. We are now 11 weeks into the 2024 campaign and some prospects have certainly continued their ascent up the organizational ladder while others are off to less than stellar starts.
According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top hitter in the Rays farm system right now is outfielder Chandler Simpson. The 23-year old has been relentless since his promotion to Double-A. Thus far in his 22 games at Double-A, Simpson is hitting .374/.402/.485 with 17 stolen bases registering a 159 wRC+; Simpson is also maintaining a 5.6 BB% and 4.7 K%.
Meanwhile, the top pitcher is still 25-year old southpaw Ian Seymour. After dealing with injuries throughout the start of his professional career, Seymour is finally healthy and is dominating in Double-A. Over 13 starts, Seymour has a 2.04 ERA | 2.94 FIP with a 29.7 K% and 6.4 BB% over 70 2/3 innings pitched.
Before we get to the statistical breakdowns. Here is some news from around the Rays system.
Let’s break it down by team; the offensive players must still be at that level and have at least 100 plate appearances; the pitchers must have at least 100 batters faced, excluding the FCL and DSL which just began play. All stats were recorded prior to the start of play on Tuesday.
Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .290, Curtis Mead
OBP: .393, Austin Shenton
SLG: .519, Curtis Mead
HR: 8, Junior Caminero & Kameron Misner
wRC+: 119, Curtis Mead
SB: 21, Kameron Misner
Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 2.10, Angel Sanchez
FIP: 2.95, Michael Gomez
K%: 32.1%, Justin Sterner
BB%: 5.7%, Joe Rock & Angel Sanchez
WHIP: 1.06, Justin Sterner
AVG: .202, Enmanuel Mejia
WHIFF%: 16.2%, Edwin Uceta
Top 10 Prospects
Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .374, Chandler Simpson
OBP: .402, Chandler Simpson
SLG: .552, Carson Williams
HR: 10, Carson Williams
wRC+: 172, Carson Williams
SB: 24, Dru Baker
Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 2.04, Ian Seymour
FIP: 2.94, Ian Seymour
K%: 29.7%, Ian Seymour
BB%: 4.2%, Sean Hunley
WHIP: 0.78, Ian Seymour
AVG: .158, Ian Seymour
WHIFF%: 20.0%, Austin Vernon
Top 10 Prospects
Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .310, Xavier Isaac
OBP: .395, Xavier Isaac
SLG: .579, Xavier Isaac
HR: 12, Xavier Isaac
wRC+: 164, Xavier Isaac
SB: 16, Brock Jones
Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 1.69, Alex Cook
FIP: 3.00, Trevor Martin
K%: 30.1%, Trevor Martin
BB%: 5.0%, T.J. Fondtain
WHIP: 1.04, Alex Cook & Duncan Davitt
AVG: .192, Yoniel Curet
WHIFF%: 16.2%, Alex Cook
Top 10 Prospects
Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .239, Angel Mateo
OBP: .423, Noah Myers
SLG: .393, Angel Mateo
HR: 5, Angel Mateo
wRC+: 142, Noah Myers
SB: 23, Adrian Santana
Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 0.90, Chris Villaman
FIP: 1.83, Chris Villaman
K%: 28.6%, Santiago Suarez & Chris Villaman
BB%: 1.9%, Santiago Suarez & Chris Villaman
WHIP: 0.67, Chris Villaman
AVG: .175, Chris Villaman
WHIFF%: 15.9%, Santiago Suarez
Top 10 Prospects
Team Offensive Leaders (min. 50 PA):
AVG: .407, Larry Martinez
OBP: .491, Jose Perez
SLG: .525, Larry Martinez
HR: 2, Brailer Guerrero
wRC+: 175, Larry Martinez & Jose Perez
SB: 11, Brailer Guerrero
Team Pitching Leaders (min. 50 TBF):
ERA: 1.69, Joel Canizalez
FIP: 2.78, Michael Saturria
K%: 33.7%, Trevor Harrison
BB%: 6.5%, Trevor Harrison
WHIP: 1.00, Trevor Harrison
AVG: .167, Roberto Medina
WHIFF%: 18.8%, Roberto Medina
Team Offensive Leaders (min. 30 PA):
AVG: .406, Leonardo Pineda
OBP: .524, Leonardo Pineda
SLG: .656, Leonardo Pineda
HR: 2, Deinys Gonzalez
wRC+: 199, Leonardo Pineda
SB: 4, Xavier Guillen & Alberth Palma
Team Pitching Leaders (min. 30 TBF):
ERA: 1.64, Yereny Teus
FIP: 1.22, Yereny Teus
K%: 43.9%, Yereny Teus
BB%: 0.0%, Jharold Clemente
WHIP: 0.91, Yereny Teus
AVG: .167, Chariel Radney
WHIFF%: 60.5%, Yereny Teus