Carson Williams Among Rays Players Set to Participate in Spring Breakout
Rosters have been announced for the second Spring Breakout, a four-day event showcasing the future of baseball with games between the best prospects in each farm system across Grapefruit and Cactus League ballparks. The Tampa Bay Rays roster features several of the organization's top-rated minor league players, including top prospect
Rosters have been announced for the second Spring Breakout, a four-day event showcasing the future of baseball with games between the best prospects in each farm system across Grapefruit and Cactus League ballparks. The Tampa Bay Rays roster features several of the organization's top-rated minor league players, including top prospect Carson Williams, who is likely to begin the 2025 campaign with Durham.
Williams, 21, in addition to being rated the top Rays prospect is also listed as the ninth-best overall prospect in baseball by MLB.com entering the 2025 campaign. The California native spent the entire 2024 season with Double-A Montgomery, posting a .256 average (111-433), adding 83 runs, 20 doubles, six triples, 20 homers, and 69 RBI across 115 contests. He was drafted by the Rays as the 28th overall selection in the first round of the 2021 MLB Draft out of Torrey Pines High School.
Other notable players listed on Tampa Bay's Spring Breakout roster includes eight of MLB.com's top ten Rays prospects, including Williams (1), fellow infielders Xavier Isaac (2), Brayden Taylor (3), Tre' Morgan (4), as well as outfielders Theo Gillen (5), Aidan Smith (6), Chandler Simpson (7), and right-hander Santiago Suarez (9). Isaac, Taylor, Morgan, and Simpson could also very well join Williams in Durham at some point this year.
Tampa Bay's Spring Breakout game is slated for Thursday, March 13 against the Boston Red Sox at 7:05pm ET. All Spring Breakout games will be streamed live for free at MLB.com. See below for Rays' full Spring Breakout roster, and learn more about Spring Breakout by clicking here.
Pitchers
Hackson Baumeister
Derrick Edington
Paul Gervase
JJ Goss
Trevor Harrison
Gary Gill Hill
Trevor Martin
Ben Peoples
Santiago Suarez
Austin Vernon
Catchers
Nathan Flewelling
Kenny Piper
Infielders
Mac Horvath
Xavier Isaac
Cooper Kinney
Tre’ Morgan
Emilien Pitre
Adrian Santana
Will Simpson
Brayden Taylor
Carson Williams
Outfielders
Theo Gillen
Brailer Guerrero
Colton Ledbetter
Chandler Simpson
Aidan Smith
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