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Rays Designate Osleivis Basabe For Assignment

By Steve Adams | February 3, 2025 at 1:06pm CDT

The Rays announced Monday that they’ve designated infielder Osleivis Basabe for assignment. His spot on the 40-man roster will go to newly acquired righty Alex Faedo, whose previously reported trade from Detroit to Tampa Bay has now been formally announced by the clubs.

Basabe, 24, made his big league debut with Tampa Bay in 2023, which now stands as his lone season with MLB work. He appeared in 31 games and tallied 94 plate appearances, hitting .218/.277/.310 during that span. It certainly wasn’t a great debut effort, but the .296/.351/.426 slash (95 wRC+) Basabe had posted in Triple-A Durham was a good bit more encouraging — particularly for someone whom scouting reports praise as a solid defender at either position on the left side of the infield.

The 2024 campaign, however, saw Basabe take a step back in virtually every meaningful category. Those offensive rate stats plummeted to .248/.293/.336 in Triple-A — a drop that left him about 36% worse than league-average at the plate, by measure of wRC+. His walk rate fell from 7.3% to 4.9% as his strikeout rate climbed from 15.5% to 18%. Basabe averaged 89 mph with a 39.7% hard-hit rate with Durham in 2023 but was only at 86.3 mph and 31.3%, respectively, in 2024.

Though Basabe’s 2024 season was nightmarish, he’s only a year removed from ranking as a top-10 prospect in a strong Rays system. He also has a minor league option remaining, so any team that acquires him would be able to send him to the minors without first needing to pass him through waivers. He’s capable of playing any of shortstop, third base or second base, which should add to his appeal. Basabe hits from the right side but has traditionally had more consistent offensive production in right-on-right matchups than he has versus lefties.

The Rays will have five days to trade Basabe. At that point, he’d need to be placed on waivers, as outright waivers are 48-hour process themselves and the maximum window for a DFA to be resolved is one week.

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6 Comments

  1. Braves_saints_celts

    6 months ago

    Someone will come a callin’

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    • Gwynning

      6 months ago

      Preller on hold, line 2.

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  2. mariosalotelli

    6 months ago

    Que up the MIami Marlins., added INF Depth & Options for this season. Could see the White Sox being interested. Wouldn’t mind the Brewers taking a look as INF competition for ST.

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  3. Rays in the Bay

    6 months ago

    Another AAAA player in the Rays system. He had potential a few years ago but never put it all together, just like Vidal Brujan and Curtis Mead. Some team will probably take a chance to sign him. I hope he improves and makes an MLB roster.

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    • Purehitter6

      6 months ago

      This is so true and seems to be becoming an issue here in Tampa. Hoping we can generate that depth into MLB caliber players. Arranda is the next AAAA guy….

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  4. Bob Lablah

    6 months ago

    Nah man Aranda can hit. He needs AB’s and to stay healthy.

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