Willy Adames scores one run Sunday. Willy Adames went 2-for-2 with a run scored in the Rays' 1-0 win over the Orioles on Saturday. A 22-year-old native of the Dominican Republic, Adames has quickly climbed the minor league ladder every year he's been in the Rays' system. Make sure to check out all of our 2020 prospect rankings:The Rays acquired Willy Adames as part of the trade sending David Price to Detroit at the 2014 Trade Deadline. Get the latest Willy Adames fantasy baseball news, stats and injury updates, player profile, fantasy rankings, daily matchup ratings, DFS projections and more. Fantasy Impact.
At the time of his acquisition Adames was viewed as the prize of the deal, and while he ultimately emerged as one of the elite prospects in the game the early results at the highest level have been modest. Player News. Maintaining the improvement, along with the other metrics, would cement him as a strong average option.Obviously things would look better if he offered some speed,though that’s never going to be a true strength in his game. Instead the key is going to come from hispower, and whether or not he can take another step forward after he had 46total extra base hits a year ago (25 doubles, 1 triple and 20 HR). He showed a surge in the second half, with 10HR coming courtesy of an 18.2% HR/FB, and at 24-years old is it a stretch tothink that another step is coming?While there may not be another significant step forward,could Adames at least be a .260ish hitter with 25+ HR? Could he be even more, reaching the 30 HRplateau? While he’s not a can’t miss, hehas room to grow and emerge as a must start option and potentially find his wayinto the Top 10 at the position. Thiscould be your last chance to buy him at a discount, so kick the tires and seewhat’s out there.Prior to the 2018 season Prospect 361 had this to say about Adamesand his power:So Adames hits the ball hard, uses the entire field and doesn’ttake a fly ball heavy approach. Clearly he’snot a sub-.250 hitter, especially with the power he showed, and the fact thathe improved his approach in the second half only helps to strengthen thecause. Just look at the Whiff% from July1 moving forward:The average was mediocre, though he took a significant stepforward in the second half (.237 in the first half, jumping to .278 in thesecond). It would appear that the spikeis highly believable, considering these metrics all season long:
| RotoBaller Get the latest stats, rankings, scouting reports, and more about Tampa Bay Rays player Willy Adames on Baseball America His average, OPS and RBI numbers were all top-20 in the International League, a circuit where gaudy hitting numbers are usually rare, and he finished with the third-most hits and fifth-most total bases among league regulars.
He's been named a League Mid-Season All-Star in each of the last three years, and was a Southern League Postseason All-Star and MLB Futures Game selection in 2016."And then Willy's going to go back.
To fill it, Tampa called up Willy Adames, the team's No. Keith Law's 2018 top 100 prospects -- Nos.
But saying that, we're excited to have him up here. Fantasy Impact. Willy Adames was back up to the plate for his second plate appearance in the bottom of the 4th with Chris Sale still on the mound, with Boston leading 3-0. Prospect Rankings. Register Batting. The Rays acquired Willy Adames as part of the trade sending David Price to Detroit at the 2014 Trade Deadline. Add Your Blog Posts Here; Player News Archive; Player News RSS Feed; Hide MLB. That’s not to say they were bad, but these marks in his first full season in the Majors won’t blow you away:His strikeout rate was 23.9% overall in the second half, but he was even better than that in August (22.5%) and September (20.5%). At the time of his acquisition Adames was viewed as the prize of the deal, and while he ultimately emerged as one of the elite prospects in the game the early results at …
Everybody is excited. 2 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, to make his big league debut on Tuesday night against Chris Sale and the Red Sox. Adames is MLB Pipeline's fifth-ranked shortstop prospect. The Rays on Tuesday promoted shortstop prospect Willy Adames after placing infielder Joey Wendle on the paternity-leave list. Hide Foreign. Hide Minors. Willy Adames went 2-for-4 with a run scored in Sunday's win over the Blue Jays. After Tampa Bay acquired him in a trade in 2014, he reported to Class A Bowling Green, but shortly moved up to A Advanced Charlotte in 2015, AA Montgomery in 2016, and finally Durham in 2017. Willy Adames. He's been even better in his second stint in AAA, delivering a .311/.387/.466 line with four homers and 25 RBI in his first 40 games.