Is Taylor Walls Still With Tampa Bay Rays?

Taylor Walls is still with the Tampa Bay Rays.

Walls signed with the Rays and debuted in the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League with the Hudson Valley Renegades, batting.213 with one home run in 46 games.

In 120 games with the Bowling Green Hot Rods of the Class A Midwest League, Walls slashed.304/.393/.428 with six home runs, 57 RBIs, and 31 stolen bases, earning him All-Star honors.

Walls began the 2019 season as an All-Star with the Charlotte Stone Crabs of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League. Due to a quadriceps injury, he missed three weeks of the season.

In June, he was promoted to the Class AA Southern League’s Montgomery Biscuits, where he ended the season. Walls hit.270/.343/.452 with 10 home runs, 46 RBIs, and 28 stolen bases in 96 games between the two teams.

Due to the postponement of the minor league season due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the Walls did not play a minor league game in 2020. He was added to the 40-man roster on November 20, 2020.

He was assigned to the Durham Bulls of the Triple-A East to begin the 2021 season.

Walls got promoted to the big leagues for the first time on May 22, 2021.

On that day, he made his MLB debut and blasted his first home run, a double against Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Robbie Ray.

Over 152 at-bats, Walls slashed.211/.314/.296 with one home run, 15 RBIs, and 10 doubles for Tampa Bay in 2021.