Welcome to this week’s random Rays of the week.
This week, we’ll be checking the letter ‘B’
Jose Bautista came to the Rays during the 2004 season, a season in which he played in the majors with four different organizations. A former top prospect, Bautista was left unprotected during the 2003-2004 offseason and the Baltimore Orioles selected him during the Rule 5 draft.
After two months, the Orioles gave up on the Bautista project, allowing the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to claim him off of the waiver wire. During his short stint with Tampa Bay, Jose Bautista was mostly used as a pinch-runner for Lou Pinella’s squad.