Source: www.draysbay.com --- Wednesday, December 27, 2017
After 20 years of Rays Baseball, we’re counting down the top prospects in franchise history. Continuing on our list of the Top-20 prospects in team history, we have our first prospect who was not drafted by the Rays . In fact, a majority of his minor league innings came with two other organizations. 20. SS Reid Brignac 19. RHP Matt White 18. RHP Chris Archer Acquired: Traded by Cubs (2011) Baseball America Top-100 rankings: 27 (2010*), 36 (2012), 89 (2011) Organization Top-30 ranks: 1 (2010*), 2 (2012), 3 (2011), 15 (2009*) League Top-20 ranks: 2 (2010 Florida State League), 3 (2012 International League), 4 (2013 IL), 9 (2010 Southern League), 11 (2011 SL), 16 (2009 Midwest League) Organizational best tools: Best fastball (2010*), Best slider (2010*, 2011, 2012) *With Cubs Archer actually peaked as a prospect with the Cubs, but he still had a very good showing after his second season in the Rays organization. In his first season in the organization, control problems that plagued Archer for much of his career to that point came back. His 86 walks were fifth in the minors. It was the second time in his career he walked over 80 batters in a season. He wasn’t hopeless, though. He still finished that season ranked in Baseball America’s Top-100. Although he had a 4.42 ERA with Montgomery, his second season in the Southern League, and continued to walk batters throughout the entire season, his results did improve after the first couple ...
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