Chandler Simpson #14

As a sophomore at Georgia Tech, hit .433 (88-for-203) with eight 2B, three 3B, one HR, 25 RBI and 27 SB in 47 games, leading all NCAA Division I hitters in average…became the first Yellow Jacket to hit .400 in a season since Mark Teixeira (.419) in 2000 and was a thousandth of a percentage point shy of tying Jay Payton’s program record (.434) from 1994 (min. 200AB)…ranked first by Baseball America in the Best Speed category among collegiate players available in the draft…spent two seasons at UAB before transferring to Georgia Tech.

2024

Hit .355/.410/.397 (160-for-451) with 14 2B, one 3B, one HR, 29 RBI, 44 BB, 43 SO and 104 SB in 110 games between Class-A Bowling Green and Double-A Montgomery…named Baserunner of the Year by the Rays Baseball Operations department for the second straight season…selected to the 2024 MLB All-Star Futures Game…led all of Minor League Baseball in batting average, steals and hits… became the first minor leaguer to swipe 100 bags or more in a season since Billy Hamilton (103SB) and Delino DeShields (101SB) in 2012…his 160 hits were the most by a Tampa Bay farmhand since Andrew Toles’ 169 hits for Bowling Green in 2013…recorded a 20-game hitting streak with Montgomery from June 6-July 3, tied for the fourth-longest run by any player in the Minors in 2024…became the 16th minor leaguer in Rays history to hit safely in at least 20 straight games, including the first since Mike Brosseau’s 20-game run with Triple-A Durham from May 10-June 1, 2019…selected to Team USA’s 2024 WBSC Premier12 roster…ranked by Baseball America as the Rays No. 6 prospect following the season…the publication tabbed him the Best Hitter for Average and Fastest Baserunner in the Rays organization, while naming him the Best Baserunner in the South Atlantic League in its Best Tools survey…the survey also tabbed him as the Best Baserunner, Fastest Baserunner and having the Best Strike-Zone Judgment in the Southern League.

2023

Hit .293/.373/.345 (130-for-443) with 13 2B, five 3B, 31 RBI and 94 SB in 115 games between Class-A Carolina and Bowling Green…named Baserunner of the Year by the Rays Baseball Operations department…recorded 94 steals on 109 attempts (86.2%), tied for most among all minor leaguers and tied for the fourth most by any minor leaguer since at least 2005…ranked by Baseball America as the Rays No. 19 prospect following the season, while also tabbing him as the Fastest Baserunner and having the Best Strike-Zone Discipline in the organization…the publication also tabbed him the Best Baserunner, the Fastest Baserunner and the Most Exciting Player in the Carolina League in its Best Tools survey.

2022

Made his professional debut with the FCL Rays, hitting .370 (10-for-27) with three 2B, six BB and eight SB across eight games.