2025 Stats
AVG
.250
HR
1
RBI
6
R
5
SB
1
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Williams was hit on the hand by a pitch and exited a game June 12 before returning June 18. Before the hit-by-pitch, Williams slashed .294/.376/.552 with 10 home runs, 15 steals and a 27.1 percent strikeout rate in 49 games. After the HBP, he slashed .225/.331/.400 with 10 home runs, 17 steals, and a 29.6 percent strikeout rate in 66 games. It's possible the hand injury hurt his production and he'll be the pre-injury version of himself in 2025, and it's also possible the post-HBP decline was a coincidence and Williams is just the hitter we saw over the whole season (.256/.352/.469, 11.5 BB%, 28.5 K%). He has always had extremely strong tools with the exception of his hit tool -- his power, speed, defense and throwing arm all grading as at least plus. It's easy to get scared off by all the strikeouts, but players like Trevor Story and Jazz Chisholm had similar strikeout and walk rates to Williams in the minors and went on to be excellent fantasy options. The defensive component, particularly at shortstop where Tampa Bay lacks another quality long-term option, should buy Williams a lot of chances at the big-league level in the coming years. He should spend most, if not all of 2025 at Triple-A. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year contract with the Rays in August of 2025.
Ends hitless stretch
Williams went 1-for-2 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored Sunday against the Nationals.
Analysis
Williams entered Sunday's game in a minor slump, going hitless in his last three starts while also striking out six times in 11 at-bats. He had a strong performance Sunday, however, drawing a bases-loaded walk before coming around to score in the second inning. Williams is hitting .250 with a home run, a stolen base, six RBI and five runs scored across his first eight big-league games.
Williams entered Sunday's game in a minor slump, going hitless in his last three starts while also striking out six times in 11 at-bats. He had a strong performance Sunday, however, drawing a bases-loaded walk before coming around to score in the second inning. Williams is hitting .250 with a home run, a stolen base, six RBI and five runs scored across his first eight big-league games.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
+84%
OPS vs RHP
2025
+84%
OPS vs RHP
| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .473 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .200 | ||||
| Since 2023vs Right | .871 | 19 | 1 | 6 | .278 | ||||
| 2025vs Left | .473 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .200 | ||||
| 2025vs Right | .871 | 19 | 1 | 6 | .278 | ||||
| 2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
+223%
OPS at Home
2025
+223%
OPS at Home
| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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| Since 2023Home | 1.500 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .429 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | .465 | 22 | 0 | 3 | .190 | ||||
| 2025Home | 1.500 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .429 | ||||
| 2025Away | .465 | 22 | 0 | 3 | .190 | ||||
| 2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Carson Williams compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
BB/K
0.18BB Rate
6.7%K Rate
36.7%BABIP
.375ISO
.179AVG
.250OBP
.300SLG
.429OPS
.729wOBA
.319Exit Velocity
86.2 mphHard Hit Rate
11.8%Barrels/PA
3.3%Expected BA
.000Expected SLG
.000Sprint Speed
26.4 ft/secGround Ball %
70.6%Line Drive %
17.6%Fly Ball %
11.8%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
Williams has all the tools except the most important tool (hit), but he may be able to make enough contact to still make it as an everyday shortstop in the Willy Adames mold. An athletic 6-foot-1, 180 pounds, Williams is a plus defensive shortstop with above-average speed and a 70-grade arm. After hitting 19 home runs in 113 games in his full-season debut as a 19-year-old, Williams hit 23 homers in just 105 games at High-A before getting bumped to Double-A and Triple-A to finish out the season (since those leagues had longer seasons). He'll head back to Double-A this year, and he'll be promoted as quickly as his hit tool warrants. The Wander Franco situation is difficult to project, but unlike Taylor Walls and Osleives Basabe (not enough offense) or Junior Caminero (not enough range), Williams is a no-doubt everyday shortstop as long as he can keep the strikeout rate in the 25-30 percent range. He has a 31.6 percent strikeout rate for his career and had a 31.4 percent strikeout rate in 2023, so he has plenty of work still to do.
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Swipes first bag
Williams went 1-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base and two runs scored Sunday against the Cardinals.
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Goes yard in major-league debut
Williams went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and an additional run scored in Friday's 10-6 win over the Cardinals.
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Making major-league debut
Williams is starting at shortstop and batting seventh against the Cardinals on Friday.
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Receiving promotion to big leagues
The Rays recalled Williams from Triple-A Durham on Thursday.
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Assigned to Triple-A
Williams will begin the season at Triple-A Durham, MLB.com reports.
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