Our All Time Top 50 Tampa Bay Rays have been revised to reflect the 2024 Season.
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Tampa Bay Rays.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.
Please note that our algorithm has changed, which yielded minor changes throughout the baseball lists.
Last year, the Rays finished 80-82 and missed the playoffs. There were two new entrants and multiple elevations coming from the 2024 season.
As always, we present our top five, which saw one change.
3. Ben Zobrist
5. David Price
You can find the entire list here.
Based on the revisions, Kiermaier overtook Price for #4.
Brandon Lowe moved up from #16 to #9.
Third Baseman Yandy Diaz was not able to move past last year’s #10.
Outfielder Randy Arozarena, who was traded to Seattle during the season, advanced two spots to #17.
Pitcher Zach Eflin, who was traded to Baltimore during last season, enters at #50.
We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.
Our All Time Top 50 Tampa Bay Rays have been updated to reflect the 2022 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022 revision of our top Tampa Bay Rays.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, Tampa was not able to make the playoffs, but they were contenders. On a young team, this allowed, four new entrants on our Top 50.
As always, we present our top five, which was not affected by the last season:
3. Ben Zobrist
4. David Price
5. Kevin Kiermaier
You can find the entire list here.
Kiermaier, who is now a Toronto Blue Jay, did not do enough to move past his number five spot.
Brandon Lowe, moved up one rank to #15.
Of the highest four new entries, we have Infielder, Yandy Diaz, who enters this list at #29.
2021 American League Rookie of the Year, Randy Arozarena, debuts at #30.
An All-Star last year, Shane McClanahan enters at #43, and fellow hurler, Tyler Glasnow moved up two spots to #45.
Outfielder, Manuel Margot debuts at #50.
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
Notinhalloffame names Marcus Semien the 2021 Second Baseman of the Year
The process continues.
We here are Notinhalloffame.com have plans to create our own set of post-season awards, which we will look back and retroactively present from 1901 on. That will take a while, but it has never stopped us before!
Our awards are not be league specific.
Now it is time for our 2021 positional awards.
We will be awarding a positional player of the year, but not only that, offer up the runner-up and second runner-up, meaning that we will have First, Second and Third All-MLB players.
Let’s work our way around the diamond and award the best of the best in Baseball!
*Please note that to qualify, a player must appear in that position at least 50% of the time.
First Team All-MLB: Second Baseman of the Year: Marcus Semien, Toronto Blue Jays. 7.1 bWAR, 6.6 fWAR, 173 H, 45 HR, 115 R, 102 RBI, 15 SB, .265/.334/.538/873.
A nine-year veteran, Semien is in his first year north of the border, and the acquisition has thus far proved golden for the Blue Jays. Semien led the American League in Plate Appearances and Extra Base Hits, went to his first All-Star Game, and threw up career-highs in Home Runs, RBIs and Slugging Percentage. With all due respect to the other Second Basemen, this was one of the easier positional awards.
Second Team All-MLB: Second Base: Brandon Lowe, Tampa Bay Rays. 4.8 bWAR, 5.2 fWAR, 132 H, 39 HR, 97 R, 99 RBI, 1 SB, .247/.340/.534/863.
Lowe might have been an All-Star two years ago, but arguably this was his breakout year, showing the power numbers he could do in a full season.
Third Team All-MLB: Second Base: Jose Altuve, Houston Astros. 4.4 bWAR, 5.2 fWAR, 167 H, 31 HR, 117 R, 83 RBI, 5 SB, .278/.350/.489/839.
Altuve went to his seventh All-Star Game this year, and he washed away the poor COVID-2020 season.
9. Brandon Lowe
Selected by the front office in the third round of the 2015 draft, Brandon Lowe quickly developed into one of the most feared left-handed power threats at his position. Armed with an explosive, high-effort swing that targeted right-handed pitching, "Bamm-Bamm" overcame immense physical roadblocks to anchor multiple pennant chases under the tropical sun.
His initial phase marked an immediate national breakthrough, earning an award. Debuting late in 2018 and remaining rookie-eligible into 2019, he made checking inside fastballs a key personal habit. Lowe adapted his stance to hit a strong .270 with 17 home runs, earning his only American League All-Star selection and placing third in Rookie of the Year voting. This impressive achievement is notable given that severe shin and quad injuries limited him to only 82 games.
He brilliantly demonstrated that his short peak was no lucky break during the pandemic-shortened 2020 schedule. As the driving force behind an energetic lineup that made it all the way to the World Series, Lowe hit 14 home runs with a fantastic .554 slugging percentage. These achievements earned him a spot on the All-MLB Second Team and an eighth-place finish in the AL Most Valuable Player voting.
Once the season resumed according to the standard calendar, his offensive identity achieved its definitive peak. His 2021 regular-season performance served as a comprehensive demonstration of middle-of-the-order power. Lowe systematically dominated junior circuit pitching staffs, resulting in a remarkable career-high of 39 home runs and 99 runs batted in over 149 games, earning him a well-deserved tenth-place finish in the American League MVP voting.
The subsequent trajectory required confronting a highly frustrating physical crossroads. Across the 2022, 2023, and 2024 schedules, a brutal gauntlet of lower-back inflammation, oblique strains, and a fractured kneecap repeatedly sapped his mobility and mechanical leverage, turning his middle-ground reality into a choppy, injury-plagued stretch in which he struggled to maintain high-volume durability.
Faced with external doubts, Lowe delivered a resilient bounce-back during the 2025 campaign. Playing away from Tropicana Field due to storm damage from Hurricane Milton, his body was fully stabilized. He put on a magnificent offensive showcase, mashing a stellar 31 home runs with 70 runs batted in, highlighted by a career-best 20-game hitting streak that tied a franchise record and his fifth career grand slam to move into a tie for the most in Rays history.
As Lowe enters his final guaranteed season of his contract, Rays president Erik Neander made a major winter trade. In December 2025, the Rays traded Lowe, their veteran second baseman, to the Pittsburgh Pirates for top prospects, including Jacob Melton. During his eight seasons with Tampa Bay, he amassed 598 hits and 157 home runs.
