{"id":523611,"date":"2026-01-16T15:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/523611\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T15:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:11:15","slug":"the-rays-gave-a-17-year-old-shortstop-prospect-3-5-million-heres-why-tampa-bay-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/523611\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rays gave a 17-year-old shortstop prospect $3.5 million. Here\u2019s why &#8211; Tampa Bay Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxQUU02RDZGeUxETktxLTVKV25kR3hZVG9hSzk4djFnemY0UU1WbUlVTHQxV0ZfRUdxUktLWXhRaHJYVUlkX3NfLUw3NlA3N2FNNzh4RUFwVW4zNTRtTGZsamZNSTJYV1pyTk9wYU93VDhJUXNrNnI3VWduNGJPUWR2QURWZDF4Smhfd2o0dmQyYnhPR3VFR0R4NjFvNzktQ1J5aGxvQWdTZmM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Rays gave a 17-year-old shortstop prospect $3.5 million. Here\u2019s why<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Tampa Bay Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTE9sRVQxU2QtUF9DOXYtc3lJd3VQN1FKeU9nM3hjT21Uc3V3aHZuemp5MG5ITGtTQ2txWnowTFRrLUd1THFzQ2VYRzNiUGJ3VS1WZm5yRFhvT21SUC1nTVp5d1QtODR0SG45RktWa01kcE85OVRHNXfSAYIBQVVfeXFMTUc3M0ZQMnY4dVFwQWM2NnJSRlA4OElodTVCNkNUTGlMNk01eE05OU1XOVVUUDMyNjJucmxKdGh6c25aRlh3LTY1ZXJzeFlQVFVIeTkyMHAyekVNY19XcHRteGt2dWc2YThhRjlwVVl3b3lGNjMzRjRrbmpza2lHMy0wdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rays land sought-after shortstop among &#8217;26 international signings<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;MLB.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxOcXBtN3gyMm9POUp3UHZONkh3TTZJcW5RamZnLXNiSmZER3dJNkxXQnVXSTAwUU11WUpmTU5fdGRCY1JtaE1GN1hCWHJheTl0d1FpeHdkbVZnZ2RraTFsX0NVRXN6TDlvZ3hWR0RWOHpQZTE0eWgzVjM4TElIenBoYmExYUFsMEN2b0xhQ1ZxMVJjTHl0SmN2cg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rays 2026 International Signing Day Open Thread<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;DRaysBay<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxNNDFwMHZWWmMya0RvU1E1SUxBZnhVdGYxeWlPcVBnQm4yaUlJMkxueU4ybUsxSUw4WjUwbTBKeXpFb0ZkZjg5RTROUmowNlBOX2pFRm1qTHp6RnhpYmFjYzNJSkFOZ2tSVWNuVGtRWVdnSnFDUG5BVUo5SmdBVmlhMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rays get $3.5 million shortstop in international signing<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxNMGI3OWdhWVRHV3FGLXRWVVBWMVFncVh1NDRmMnRSUUg3Y21hbEMtMUVoR1dTdGlZdkdwNDRPSkhqVFhwOVpEVXVoUzlXeGdlOWZsako0WDQ1Zy1vMW1Eb1VEOHhFN0ZZVGR5LWFNYXphTEtmRW9DLWw1dVI0Mmc1VVJYdE1SSXpRQ1JZajlCN3Bsa3N2MUo0ZVFQSnptaEQtd2tQMzVEQVVSSVZDMnlWd2s4YmZ2Q2NROEpmanBvbm5UR0J1cjRrc1Rn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rays Make Massive $3.5 Million Bonus Commitment to International Free Agent Star<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rays gave a 17-year-old shortstop prospect $3.5 million. Here\u2019s why&nbsp;&nbsp;Tampa Bay TimesRays land sought-after shortstop among &#8217;26&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,19476,19475],"class_list":{"0":"post-523611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-section-rays","10":"tag-section-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}