Vidal Brujan

Brujan has a perplexing combination of rare stolen-base upside and no clear path to regular playing time. He has been at least 10 percent better than league average at every minor-league stop where he has played in double-digit games. However, his 111 wRC+ at Triple-A was his worst such mark to date, the product of a .262/.345/.440 slash line that came with 12 home runs, an 11.1 BB% and a 15.4 K%. The most relevant number was 44 stolen bases on 52 attempts in 103 games. He clearly worked on getting more loft in his swing at the alternate training site, as his 41.4 GB% was easily the lowest mark of his career. Even so, his 25.6 Hard% was mediocre, and the switch-hitting utility man simply doesn't have the juice to be more than 10-15 homer threat. This puts a cap on his real-life upside, which means the Rays don't have much incentive to shoehorn him into the lineup if he is not finding other ways to be productive. He can play anywhere on the diamond, but he's not good enough anywhere to unseat any of the Rays' regulars, and he's a notably worse defensive infielder than Taylor Walls and a notably worse defensive outfielder than Josh Lowe -- two unproven players who will also be trying to earn playing time in 2022. A trade to a second-division team is possible, and it would immediately send his rotisserie-league stock soaring, but barring that, it seems unlikely that he will play enough to be more than a one-category contributor.