Curtis Mead lofted a tiebreaking home run in the sixth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays salvaged one win in their three-game series with Detroit, taming the hot Tigers 7-5 on Wednesday in St.
Curtis Mead was born in Adelaide, Australia, on October 26, 2000. Mead began his professional baseball career at the age of 16 with the Adelaide Giants of the Australian Baseball League which his father Tim had previously played for.
As is typical for the Rays in a given offseason, they’ve been active on the trade market so far in 2023-24.
I spent a good part of the game envying Minneapolis their early fall weather. That blue sky, the 64 degree temps, what a day! And the Rays bats seemed to appreciate the weather, too.
Curtis Mead major league debut! Issac Paredes to get reacclimatized to Detroit, as he drove in the game’s first two runs to give the Rays a 2-0 lead. Jose Siri drove in Harold Ramirez on a thunderous blast to left-center field in the top of the second.
After being called up earlier in the day, Tampa Bay Rays top prospect Curtis Mead collected his first major league hit against the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.
The Rays are planning to call up top infield prospect Curtis Mead for his Major League debut today, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. He’ll take the roster spot that was vacated when ace Shane McClanahan was placed on the injured list Thursday.
Mead, 22, has still yet to make his major league debut. Initially signed by the Phillies as an international amateur from Australia, he was dealt to Tampa Bay over the 2019-20 offseason for left-hander Cristopher Sánchez.
ESPN’s to prospects list dropped last week, and is behind a paywall, but has the consensus names you’ve come to expect by now. McDaniel offers much of
Overall theme: Ugly swings with high rates of production. Baseball Prospectus has published their Top-10 Rays prospects for 2023. The article is behind a paywall, so we will only have limited highlights below.
The Tampa Bay farm system is led by a bat-first infielder
Curtis Mead won a close race for the number one overall spot. Previous Winner 1B/3B Curtis Mead (6’2” 171, 23 in 2023) Curtis Mead has done nothing but hit after being acquired in a roster cleaning event that sent Cristopher Sanchez to the Philadelphia Phillies in order to avoid losing him in the Rule 5 draft in November 2019.
Rays have many players to choose from, but not many roster spots After a much too fast playoff exit, Rays fans can watch the remaining playoff teams complete, and start to think about 2023.
Mead is ranked as the Rays 2nd best prospect by Baseball America The injury bug continues to wreak havoc throughout the entire Tampa Bay Rays organization as another player has already lost and will continue to lose significant playing time due to a physical ailment.
A pair of the Rays’ top prospects were on the national stage over the weekend. They didn’t stand out in the box score, but Taj Bradley started the game, and Curtis Mead got to bat a few times.
Baseball America has released their midseason Top 100 prospect rankings and several Rays have surged to the top of the list. Overall, the Rays placed 6 players among the top 100 with 3 slotting in among the top 28.
Two of the Tampa Bay Rays’ top prospects will joining the team’s All-Star(s?) in Los Angeles in two weeks. Infielder Curtis Mead and right-handed pitcher Taj Bradley have been selected to participate in the Futures Game.
Curtis Mead’s 2021 breakout was no fluke, and he’s now just one level away from the majors. Curtis Mead was the organization’s top hitter in June. In 25 games across two levels, he batted .333 with a .409 on-base percentage and .635 slugging percentage.
Which Rays prospect will be the next to burst onto the scene? While all players on the 40-man roster have been locked out by the owners, minor leaguers are still being told to proceed with business as usual.
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