Carson Williams #7

Selected out of Torrey Pines (Calif.) High School…hit .495/.598/.979 (48-for-97) with 10 2B, 11 HR, 35 RBI and 34 SB in 31 games as a high school senior…committed to UC Berkeley before signing with the Rays.

2024

Spent the entire season with Double-A Montgomery, hitting .256/.352/.469 (111-for-433) with 20 2B, six 3B, 20 HR, 69 RBI and 33 SB in 115 games…named MiLB Defensive Player of the Year, Top MLB Prospect in the Southern League and a SL postseason All-Star by MLB.com…named a Minor League All-Star and Double-A All-Star by Baseball America…led the SL in RBI, runs (83) and triples (tied) while ranking second in slugging percentage, extra-base hits and total bases (203), and third in home runs and OPS (.821)…selected to Team USA’s 2024 WBSC Premier12 roster…ranked by Baseball America as the No. 7 overall prospect in baseball and the Rays No. 1 prospect following the season… the publication tabbed him as the Best Defensive Infielder and having the Best Infield Arm in the Rays organization, while crediting him as the Best Defensive Shortstop, having the Best Infield Arm and being the Most Exciting Player in the Southern League in its Best Tools survey.

2023

Slashed .257/.356/.497 (112-for-435) with 21 2B, seven 3B, 23 HR, 81 RBI and 20 SB in 115 games across three levels of the Rays system…was named Defensive Player of the Year by the Rays Baseball Operations department for the second consecutive season…ranked among Rays farmhands in triples (tied-second), XBH (tied-fourth, 51), HR (fifth), RBI (T5th) and total bases (sixth, 216)…named to the Rays Organizational All-Star Team and the South Atlantic League postseason All-Star Team by MLB.com…named to the Arizona Fall League Rising Stars Game after hitting .246 (17-for-69) with two 2B, six RBI and five SB in 19 games for the Peoria Javelinas…ranked by Baseball America as the No. 37 overall prospect in the Minors and the No. 2 prospect in the Rays system following the season.

2022

In 113 games for Class-A Charleston, hit .252 (114-for-452) with 22 2B, 10 3B, 19 HR, 70 RBI and 28 SB…named Defensive Player of the Year by the Rays Baseball Operations department and claimed the Rawlings Gold Glove Award as the Best Defensive Shortstop in the minors…named a Carolina League postseason All-Star…ranked among CL leaders in triples (tied-first), HR (second), extra-base hits (second, 51), slugging percentage (third, .471), RBI (fourth), runs (fourth, 81), hits (sixth) and OPS (sixth, .818)…ranked among Rays minor leaguers in triples (second), extra-base hits (tied-third), HR (tied-fifth), runs (tied-fifth), walks (seventh, 57), hits (eighth), steals (eighth) and RBI (ninth).

2021

Made his professional debut with the FCL Rays, batting .282 (11-for-39) with four 2B, one 3B and eight RBI in 11 games…ranked by Baseball America as the Rays No. 7 prospect following the season.