Outs Per Swing: Reid Brignac Called Up To Rays

I had a friend that decided one day to only talk only hardcore gibberish and brignac (right after braddiac-nern, of course) was a word he used quite often. He ended up missorting himself on a United Parcel Service carousel and I never heard from him again. Gleep-gleep, old friend, and a hearty hurgnebble welcome to Reid Brignac!

To replace Bartlett the Rays recalled a pair of short stops from Durham including one of their top prospects, Reid Brignac. I’m expecting and hoping that Brignac will take over the starting duties while Bartlett is out with Zobrist being here as a backup plan.  This will give the Rays a chance to see what a future left side of Brignac and Evan Longoria would look like at the Major League level. Brignac was hitting .265/.312/.431 with 7 HR and 38 RBI at Durham. His defense according to several scouting reports has improved tremendously in the past year to two years

It will also allow the Rays to showcase Brignac to other teams as he is one of the Rays most attractive trade pieces. Many wondered about the future of Brignac once the Rays acquired Bartlett and Brignac’s future became even more cloudy when the Rays drafted SS, Tim Beckham, with the 1st overall pick.  I have wondered if the Rays would move Brignac to RF, but we won’tl see him play anything but the middle IF in this call up.