The Tampa Bay Rays recently promoted four of their better prospects up a level, with three of the moves being ones we could have expected. Jake Bauers and Jacob Faria both advanced from High-A Charlotte to Double-A Montgomery after being about as good as the Rays could have hoped for the Stone Crabs. We’ll discuss the other two later on, but right now let’s talk about Bauers and Faria.
Jake Bauers’ call-up is interesting because he is just so young. He won’t turn 20 until October, making him a full five years younger that the Double-A Southern League’s average age.