Rays prospects got to celebrate even more over the weekend. Peoria prevailed in the AFL Championship with contributions from Lucius Fox, Dalton Moats, and former Rays minor leaguer Anthony Misiewicz.
Hitters
2B Jonathan Aranda, Liga Mexicana del Pacífico
This week: 0 AB
Offseason: 2 AB, .000 BA/.000 OBP/.000 SLG
C Chris Betts, Australian Baseball League
This week: 14 AB, 3 R, 3 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 3 K
Offseason: 14 AB, .214 BA/.313 OBP/.429 SLG
Betts has missed a lot of time with injuries, but he was good enough to be a top-20 prospect in the New York-Penn League ($). The extra at-bats will certainly help.
OF Ryan Boldt, Arizona Fall League
This week: 0 AB
Offseason: 18 AB, .278 BA/.350 OBP/.278 SLG
2B Vidal Brujan, Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana
This week: 0 AB
Offseason: 13 AB, .077 BA/.077 OBP/.077 SLG
OF Carl Chester, ABL
This week: 15 AB, 4 R, 5 H, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/1 SB
Offseason: 15 AB, .333 BA/.375 OBP/.400 SLG
Chester was solid in 2018 for Class-A Bowling Green and Class A-Advanced Charlotte.
SS Lucius Fox, AFL
This week: 10 AB, 3 R, 3 H, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 4 BB, 1 K
Offseason: 86 AB, .326 BA/.437 OBP/.384 SLG
Fox concluded a quality AFL campaign by reaching base three times, picking up a steal, and scoring a run in the AFL Championship.
OF Moises Gomez, Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional
This week: 16 AB, 2 R, 3 H, 1 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 3 K
Offseason: 70 AB, .271 BA/.273 OBP/.471 SLG
Gomez’s five-game hitting streak that included three extra-base hits ended during the week.
IF Tristan Gray, ABL
This week: 10 AB, 3 R, 4 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 7 BB, 4 K, 2/3 SB
Offseason: 10 AB, .400 BA/.647 OBP/1.000 SLG
Gray has done a little — or a lot — of everything so far in Australia.
OF Emilio Gustave, LIDOM
This week: 12 AB, 2 R, 4 H, 1 BB, 6 K, 0/1 SB
Offseason: 21 AB, .381 BA/.409 OBP/.381 SLG
Gustave also recently lost a five-game hitting streak.
OF Guillermo Heredia, LIDOM
This week: 9 AB, 3 H, 2 K
Offseason: 9 AB, .333 BA/.333 OBP/.333 SLG
Veterans tend to populate the rosters in the Caribbean leagues, but Heredia is the first to pop up for the Rays so far this offseason.
C Ronaldo Hernandez, AFL
This week: 7 AB, 3 R, 4 H, 1 3B, 2 RBI
Offseason: 14 AB, .357 BA/.438 OBP/.500 SLG
Hernandez reached base in all four of his AFL games.
OF Joe McCarthy, AFL
This week: 0 AB
Offseason: 46 AB, .239 BA/.375 OBP/.370 SLG
Per Marc Topkin, McCarthy broke his hand but should be ready to play next season.
C Rene Pinto, LVBP
This week: 5 AB, 1 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 1 K
Offseason: 53 AB, .208 BA/.263 OBP/.358 SLG
C David Rodriguez, LVBP
This week: 12 AB, 1 R, 5 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 BB
Offseason: 69 AB, .362 BA/.389 OBP/.536 SLG
OF Jesus Sanchez, LIDOM
This week: 0 AB
Offseason: 15 AB, .200 BA/.294 OBP/.267 SLG
Pitchers
LHP Kyle Bird, LMP
This week: 3 1⁄3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K
Offseason: 18 IP, 2.00 ERA, 0.89 WHIP
Bird continued his nice work in Mexico and now has a strikeout in nine straight appearances.
RHP Yoel Espinal, LIDOM
This week: 0 IP
Offseason: 0 IP, *.** ERA, *.** WHIP
LHP Matt Krook, AFL
This week: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K
Offseason: 13 2⁄3 IP, 5.93 ERA, 1.54 WHIP
Krook ended his AFL season with his best outing, striking out five in three scoreless innings.
RHP Brandon Lawson, AFL
This week: 1 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Offseason: 15 2⁄3 IP, 7.47 ERA, 1.79 WHIP
Lawson’s last appearance, on the other hand, was his worst.
LHP Resly Linares, LIDOM
This week: 0 IP
Offseason: 7 IP, 2.57 ERA, 1.29 WHIP
LHP Dalton Moats, AFL
This week: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Offseason: 10 2⁄3 IP, 0.84 ERA, 0.47 WHIP
Moats was finally charged with an earned run in his final regular-season AFL appearance. In the championship, he struck out two in one inning.
LHP Luis Moncada, LVBP
This week: 0 IP
Offseason: 12 1⁄3 IP, 2.92 ERA, 1.14 WHIP
RHP Jesus Ortiz, Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente
This week: 1 1⁄3 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Offseason: 1 1⁄3 IP, 6.75 ERA, 1.50 WHIP
Ortiz — who mostly pitched for short-season Hudson Valley this season — is the Rays’ only player in Puerto Rico so far.
RHP Joe Peguero, ABL
This week: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K
Offseason: 2 IP, 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP
Peguero was ranked as the No. 31 prospect in the organization entering the season, but he struggled again for Rookie-level Princeton.
RHP Angel Rodriguez, LVBP
This week: 0 IP
Offseason: 1 1⁄3 IP, 0.00 ERA, 1.50 WHIP
RHP Jhonleider Salinas, LVBP
This week: 0 IP
Offseason: 4 IP, 2.25 ERA, 1.00 WHIP
LHP Cristopher Sanchez, ABL
This week: 1 1⁄3 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
Offseason: 1 1⁄3 IP, 6.75 ERA, 3.00 WHIP
Perth is expecting some big contributions from Sanchez this season.
RHP Phoenix Sanders, AFL
This week: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Offseason: 13 2⁄3 IP, 7.90 ERA, 1.90 WHIP
Sanders had eight strikeouts in six innings over his final three appearances, but he was also charged with three runs.
Australian stats are through games of Nov. 18. All other stats are through games of Nov. 17.