Shane Baz Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 2" / 190 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 6/17/1999 (23)
- Experience
- 0
- College
- None
Shane Baz Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Shane Baz News
Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Shane Baz (elbow) will make his season debut as the team's starting pitcher for Saturday's game against the Minnesota Twins, according to Rays manager Kevin Cash. Baz underwent surgery on his right elbow back in March and he's been working his way back ever since. He made four rehab starts at Triple-A over the past month and performed well. Across 13 innings, he allowed eight hits, four walks and two earned runs while striking out 20. The 22-year-old has immense upside and is worth rostering in all fantasy leagues. The team may limit his innings over the next few weeks, but he has the potential to be a difference-maker for fantasy managers during the latter half of the 2022 season.
Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Shane Baz (elbow) will join the team's starting rotation this weekend against the Minnesota Twins, but it's still undecided on what day he will pitch, according to manager Kevin Cash. The 22-year-old will make his season debut this weekend after making his fourth minor league rehab start for Triple-A Durham on Sunday. He allowed just two earned runs on eight hits while walking four and striking out 20 in 13 innings on his rehab assignment. Baz will take the rotation spot of Ryan Yarbrough, who was optioned to Durham on Tuesday. The young right-hander has plenty of fantasy upside after he looked great in his first three big-league starts last year (2.03 ERA, 18 K's) in 13 1/3 frames.
Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Shane Baz (elbow), the No. 12 overall prospect in baseball per MLB Pipeline, had a career-high 10 strikeouts while allowing one run on four hits in 4 1/3 innings in his fourth minor league rehab start for Triple-A Durham on Sunday. The 22-year-old prospect was scheduled to go five innings, but he was pulled after retiring the first batter of the fifth inning on his 79th pitch. Baz is eligible to be activated from the 60-day injured list on Monday after recovering from surgery to remove loose bodies in his right elbow on March 22, but it's unknown if the Rays will reinstate him just yet. The 12th overall pick in 2017 has a 20:4 K:BB ratio in 13 rehab innings while limiting opponents to only two runs and a .167 average. Baz should be stashed everywhere.
Batting Order
| 1 | Randy Arozarena |
| 2 | Ji-Man Choi |
| 3 | Yandy Díaz |
| 4 | Josh Lowe |
| 5 | Luke Raley |
| 6 | Taylor Walls |
| 7 | Jonathan Aranda |
| 8 | Rene Pinto |
| 9 | Brett Phillips |
Shane Baz Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
| 1 | Randy Arozarena |
| 2 | Ji-Man Choi |
| 3 | Yandy Díaz |
| 4 | Josh Lowe |
| 5 | Luke Raley |
| 6 | Taylor Walls |
| 7 | Jonathan Aranda |
| 8 | Rene Pinto |
| 9 | Brett Phillips |
Baz debuted in late 2021, throwing just 13.1 innings but posting a sparkling line of a 2.03 ERA, a 0.68 WHIP, a 37% K%, and a 6% BB%. It is wise to take those numbers with a large grain of salt, but they become a bit more believable when you look at what he did in the minor leagues. In 78.2 innings between AA and AAA, he gave up just 18 earned runs (a 2.17 ERA) while striking out 113 batters and walking just 13. Those are very impressive numbers regardless of who he put them up against, most young pitchers cannot get that many strikeouts while limiting walks to that extent. In the Majors, his four-seam fastball averaged 97 miles per hour and racked up a very high 13% SwStr% (on 108 offerings). He also posted excellent swinging-strike rates on his curveball (18.9%) and slider (23.8%). This is a very impressive pitch arsenal and an even more impressive minor league track record. Fantasy players seem privy to all of this, as Baz is being drafted in the top 150. The Rays are also not likely to let him exceed 150 innings next year, which takes away some of the upside, but the sky is the limit for what this kid can do while he's on the mound. It would be wise to buy in at this price while you can.
