Curtis Mead has rediscovered his stroke since returing to Triple-A
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 13 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 continues to be the bester performer in the Rays organization. Since his promotion to Double-A, Simpson has played in 24 games and is hitting .387/.417/.491 with 21 stolen bases registering a 166 wRC+; Simpson is also maintaining a 6.1 BB% and 4.3 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 14 starts, Seymour has a 1.97 ERA | 2.80 FIP with a 29.6 K% and 5.8 BB% over 77 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: .287, Curtis Mead
OBP: .375, Austin Shenton
SLG: .503, Curtis Mead
HR: 10, Kameron Misner
wRC+: 121, Curtis Mead
SB: 22, Kameron Misner
Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 2.36, Angel Sanchez
FIP: 3.28, Michael Gomez
K%: 32.0%, Justin Sterner
BB%: 5.5%, Angel Sanchez
WHIP: 1.09, Justin Sterner
AVG: .193, Enmanuel Mejia
WHIFF%: 16.1%, Edwin Uceta
Top 10 Prospects
Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .387, Chandler Simpson
OBP: .417, Chandler Simpson
SLG: .538, Carson Williams
HR: 11, Carson Williams
wRC+: 170, Carson Williams
SB: 25, Dru Baker
Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 1.97, Ian Seymour
FIP: 2.80, Ian Seymour
K%: 29.6%, Ian Seymour
BB%: 4.6%, Sean Hunley
WHIP: 0.75, Ian Seymour
AVG: .155, Ian Seymour
WHIFF%: 20.4%, Austin Vernon
Top 10 Prospects
Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .310, Xavier Isaac
OBP: .409, Brayden Taylor
SLG: .579, Xavier Isaac
HR: 12, Xavier Isaac
wRC+: 165, Xavier Isaac
SB: 20, Brayden Taylor
Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 1.69, Alex Cook
FIP: 2.39, Owen Wild
K%: 30.0%, Owen Wild
BB%: 4.6%, T.J. Fondtain
WHIP: 1.00, Duncan Davitt
AVG: .197, Alex Cook
WHIFF%: 17.2%, Alex Cook
Top 10 Prospects
Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .247, Angel Mateo
OBP: .423, Noah Myers
SLG: .418, Angel Mateo
HR: 6, Angel Mateo
wRC+: 142, Noah Myers
SB: 28, Adrian Santana
Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 2.03, Chris Villaman
FIP: 2.18, Chris Villaman
K%: 29.0%. Adam Boucher
BB%: 1.8%, Chris Villaman
WHIP: 0.81, Chris Villaman
AVG: .197, Chandler Murphy
WHIFF%: 15.8%. Adam Boucher
Top 10 Prospects
Team Offensive Leaders (min. 60 PA):
AVG: .358, Larry Martinez
OBP: .452, Brailer Guerrero
SLG: .469, Larry Martinez
HR: 2, Brailer Guerrero
wRC+: 153, Brailer Guerrero
SB: 13, Brailer Guerrero
Team Pitching Leaders (min. 60 TBF):
ERA: 1.69, Joel Canizalez
FIP: 3.56, Michael Saturria
K%: 34.4%, Jeremy Pilon
BB%: 6.4%, Trevor Harrison
WHIP: 1.03, Trevor Harrison
AVG: .169, Joel Canizalez
WHIFF%: 19.2%, Jeremy Pilon
Team Offensive Leaders (min. 40 PA):
AVG: .319, Roosbert Tapia
OBP: .500, Jean Santana
SLG: .532, Roosbert Tapia
HR: 2, Roosbert Tapia & Deinys Gonzalez
wRC+: 152, Jean Santana
SB: 9, Willian Trinidad
Team Pitching Leaders (min. 40 TBF):
ERA: 1.13, Yereny Teus
FIP: 2.05, Yereny Teus
K%: 38.6%, Yereny Teus
BB%: 1.5%, Jharold Clemente
WHIP: 0.81, Yereny Teus
AVG: .167, Chariel Radney
WHIFF%: 54.7%, Yereny Teus