The Tampa Bay Rays have a lot of promise coming their way with a surplus of prospects that can break into the league in these upcoming seasons featuring Willy Adames. Adames was a huge piece of the 2014 trade that took former star SP David Price to the Tigers for a hand-fold of prospects in return. The return is now paying off for the Rays as Willy Adames is ranked #22 in MLB Pipelines top 100 list and ranked #2 in the organization. Adames is 23, who played in Triple-A in 2017 thriving for the Durham Bulls. Adames played in 130 games batting .277 with 5 triples, 10 home runs, and 62 rbi's. Willy's key attributes to his game are his glove and his bat. His fielding is above average with quick feet and smooth footwork to cover enough ground, a quick glove that can make the transfer from glove to throwing position at a plus rate, and a above average arm that gives him the strength to be a solid SS. His hitting is solid having great control of the barrel hitting line drives to all sides of the field and with a solid knowledge of the strikezone lets him work the count in any at-bat. Willy's power is slowly developing and his is speed is average compared to the league's which is another plus to his game. The problems with Adames is his flexibility with position and his patience at the plate. Sometimes it can hurt being too patient at the plate when your best pitch is not available and don't capitalize for the best pitch in the at-bat. For his flexibility on the field and athleticism he's only 6ft tall and young but has only played at SS so if he can't play at SS will he be able to still perform with the bat moving to a different position like 2nd or 3rd base. Those are minor setbacks that Adames could encounter, but in general is a solid player that we can expect to see in the show by either this upcoming season or the next. The future is getting brighter in Tampa and Adames is a key piece to their new movement. We'll most likely see Adames shine next year so lookout because Willy's coming in faster than what we thought.
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