Over the offseason, the Draybay group takes half in an train through which we compile a listing of 30 prospects within the Rays system primarily based on in style vote.
Now that the 2024 season has concluded, we will look again at these rankings and see how every particular person participant carried out.
Reminder, this can be a assessment of the prospects ranked heading into the 2024 season. This isn’t an up to date rating. Draysbay will start the voting for the 2025 group prime prospects later this offseason.
We have now already coated the next:
We resume the critiques at #4.
4. Xavier Isaac
Earlier than the Season
20 | BT: L/L | 6’ 4” | 240
A-A+ | .285/.395/.521 (.916 OPS, 138 wRC+ in A) 433 PA, 19 HR, 12 SB
The Rays stunned many once they drafted X-man, however now it’s Isaac who’s shocking the baseball world. Highschool first basemen hardly ever go within the first spherical like Isaac did in 2022, and much more hardly ever make the bounce into Prime 100 lists, however right here we’re. In his restricted expertise, Isaac is exhibiting to have a significant league projection in hitting and fielding, and has loads of energy growing. MLB Pipeline has Isaac ranked the highest first base prospect in baseball.
The way it Went
Since being drafted, Xavier Isaac has remodeled himself from a strong first base prospect right into a attainable outfielder with above common pace and stolen base capabilities. He confirmed off these abilities as he pummeled Excessive-A pitching all through the primary half of the 12 months. Amongst gamers with at the least 300 PA in Excessive-A, Isaac had the very best SLG% and third highest wRC+. Isaac could be rewarded with a spot on the Futures Sport roster and a promotion to Double-A in July. Nonetheless, in Montgomery, the holes in Isaac’s sport grew to become obvious, most noticeably a gap in his swing that led to an inflated whiff% and excessive Ok%. Isaac will solely be 21-years previous for the 2025 season, the place he’ll probably spend the higher a part of the 12 months in Double-A.
Remaining 2024 Statline:
A+: .287/.381/.535 | 15 HR | 14 SB | 30.1 Ok% | 12.3 BB% | 157 wRC+ | 302 PAAA: .211/.346/.349 | 3 HR | 1 SB | 40.6 Ok% | 15.8 BB% | 113 wRC+ | 133 PA
