The Tampa Bay Rays are selling infielder Junior Caminero to the majors, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Caminero, 20, might be skipping over the Triple-A degree after showing in simply 81 Double-A contests.
Caminero hit .309/.373/.548 with 20 house runs and 62 RBI in 351 journeys to the plate. He essentially seemed at 3rd base, regardless that the Rays additionally gave him publicity at shortstop to beef up his versatility and their optionality.
CBS Sports ranked Caminero the seventeenth prospect within the minors again in June. Rest confident, he would rank a lot upper now after setting up that the troubles about his way have been flawed. Here’s what we wrote on the time:
We recognized Caminero, who the Rays initially bought from the Guardians for journeyman Tobias Myers, as a breakout candidate prior to the season. He’s delivered to this point, posting a daft batting line in opposition to High-A contest that is three-plus years his senior. Caminero has one primary worry going through him now that the subject of his long-term defensive house has been settled (he is most commonly performed 3rd this 12 months), and that’s the reason with appreciate to his way. His strikeout fee has higher this 12 months whilst his stroll fee has remained static. Make no mistake about it: Caminero’s formative years and skill to affect the baseball bode smartly for his long term potentialities. We simply suspect he’ll face extra of a problem in Double-A till he turns into extra selective.
It’s to be observed how precisely the Rays deploy Caminero, who they initially bought in a business from the Cleveland Guardians. In principle, he may see motion at 3rd base and shortstop (if the Rays are at ease together with his glove there in spurts) in addition to at designated hitter, the place they have in recent years deployed a rotating solid, together with infielder Jonathan Aranda and injured outfielder Luke Raley.
The Rays will input Friday with a 1.5-game deficit within the American League East via distinctive feature of getting gained on Thursday whilst the Baltimore Orioles misplaced.