Colton Ledbetter Fantasy Stats

The St. Louis Cardinals acquired outfielder Colton Ledbetter from the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday in a three-team deal that also included the Seattle Mariners, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today Sports. Ledbetter, 24, was originally a second-round pick by the Rays in 2023 out of Mississippi State. The left-handed hitter has recorded a .269/.341/.428 slash line with a .768 OPS, 25 home runs, 126 RBI, 142 runs scored, and 74 stolen bases in his three minor-league seasons in the Rays system. He hit .265/.337/.378 with seven home runs and 37 steals in 123 games at Double-A Montgomery last year. Ledbetter can play anywhere in the outfield and will now become organizational outfield depth for the Cardinals. He may open the 2026 campaign in his new digs at Triple-A Memphis.

Tampa Bay Rays outfield prospect Colton Ledbetter earned Southern League Player of the Week honors after a hot six-game stretch from June 23-29 for Double-A Montgomery. The 2023 second-round draft pick went 12-for-23 (.522) with three doubles, a home run, four RBI, eight runs scored, one steal, and a 5:4 BB:K. The outburst pushed his season-long slash line to .280/.362/.414 with 19 extra-base hits (five HR) and 22 steals over 64 games. The Rays' 25th-ranked prospect is striking out at an elevated rate of 26.1 percent on the year, but it's an improvement over last year's 28.3 percent at High-A, and somewhat offset by a better-than-average 10.9 percent walk rate. After a 16-homer, 34-steal campaign last year, the 23-year-old continues to show decent pop with some good speed, and could be an intriguing fantasy option when he makes it to the majors, which could be sometime later next year.