Junior Caminero debut: Rays to promote top infield prospect to majors, per report

The Tampa Bay Rays are selling infielder Junior Caminero to the majors, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Caminero, 20, can 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 basically seemed at 3rd base, even though the Rays additionally gave him publicity at shortstop to enhance 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 means have been unsuitable. Here’s what we wrote on the time:

We recognized Caminero, who the Rays at the beginning got from the Guardians for journeyman Tobias Myers, as a breakout candidate prior to the season. He’s delivered up to now, posting a ludicrous batting line in opposition to High-A contest that is three-plus years his senior. Caminero has one primary fear dealing with 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 is the reason with appreciate to his means. His strikeout charge has higher this 12 months whilst his stroll charge has remained static. Make no mistake about it: Caminero’s early life and skill to have an effect on the baseball bode neatly for his long term possibilities. We simply suspect he’s going to face extra of a problem in Double-A till he turns into extra selective. 

It’s to be noticed how precisely the Rays deploy Caminero, who they at the beginning got in a business from the Cleveland Guardians. In concept, he may see motion at 3rd base and shortstop (if the Rays are at ease along with his glove there in spurts) in addition to at designated hitter, the place they have got 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 through distinctive feature of getting received on Thursday whilst the Baltimore Orioles misplaced.