At this point a year ago, Brandon Lowe was preparing to start his season in Double-A Montgomery as the 16th ranked prospect in the Rays system, per MLB Pipeline.
Picking up on a short stint with the Biscuits at the end of 2017, Lowe looked to improve on his .659 OPS through 24 games to end the 2017 campaign. And he did just that.
Lowe looked like a completely different player at the beginning of 2018, posting a .908 OPS in 54 games with Montgomery, with eight homers and a 156 wRC+. Lowe was one RBI short of breaking the Biscuits’ record for RBI in a month, with 28 runners batted in during the month of May.