Rays' Isaac carrying his power (and attitude) into fall season

October 11th, 2024

MESA, Ariz. ¨C From the moment set foot in Arizona, his confidence was sky high. It took all of one batting practice session for MLB¡¯s No. 36 prospect to know that with a left-handed swing geared to send the ball soaring over the fence, he¡¯d have a blast hitting in the Fall League.

While the 20-year-old got his first hit out of the way in his opening salvo Monday, he made his first significant impact during Mesa¡¯s 6-4 loss to Salt River on Thursday afternoon at Sloan Park -- and it was a loud one.

There are just seven ranked prospects across baseball who have earned a 65 or higher power grade from MLB Pipeline, and Isaac belongs to that group. All are also ranked in the Top 100 Prospects list, with Isaac and Kansas City¡¯s Jac Caglianone the only ones currently taking cuts in the AFL. In many regards that makes the Rays first baseman one of the most prolific sluggers on the circuit.

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When the Rays selected Isaac during the first round of the 2022 Draft out of the North Carolina high school ranks, his power potential was evident. At 6-foot-3 and 240 pounds, he has unleashed some prodigious wallops during his first two full Minor League seasons. But of those 37 homers across three levels, just one came against a southpaw.

Which made Isaac¡¯s first Fall League homer all the more unique as he took a left-hander -- Dustin Saenz (Nationals) -- way out to right-center field. The first two pitches of the second at-bat of the game for the Rays¡¯ No. 2 prospect were called strikes, but when the third offering was a near replica of the first, he took a hearty cut.

¡°First pitch, I got a pitch up and I didn¡¯t swing and it kind of irritated me,¡± Isaac said. ¡°So I was like, ¡®If he goes up again, I have to kill it.¡¯ So he went down for the second-pitch strike. I was like, ¡®All right, well, cool. I think he's gonna throw it here, so just be ready.¡¯ He ended up throwing it [up] and I just made sure I didn't miss it.¡±

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As Isaac strode down the third-base line toward the plate, he broke out the ¡°rock the baby to sleep¡± celebration against a pitcher who had the age advantage in 99.1 percent of his plate appearances. Isaac has put that particular move on display throughout 2024, a season in which he homered 18 times across two levels.

While there are countless powerful swinging left-handers for young sluggers to model their approach after, Isaac has an affinity for a former two-time Fall Leaguer -- Bryce Harper. Isaac was in elementary school when the two-time MVP was getting his feet wet in pro ball on the premier prospect circuit for Scottsdale in 2010 and ¡®11, but now he¡¯s on the same stage.

¡°I can't wait to meet him,¡± Isaac said of Harper. ¡°Just his mentality to the game, how he brings it, his leadership. ¡­ I think people think that's cocky, but it's just that he's confident in himself and he knows every time he goes up there, he's probably gonna hit a homer. I love watching him swing the bat.¡±

Isaac helps to form a formidable cadre of Rays prospects on hand in the Fall League. Having taken over as the top-ranked farm system in baseball during MLB Pipeline's 2024 in-season ranking, the organization has been aggressive in challenging its top talent with the fall assignment, having tabbed MLB¡¯s No. 4 overall prospect and 2024 MiLB Defensive Player of the Year Carson Williams last year.

Isaac played alongside Williams for a late-season spell with Double-A Montgomery, en route to a Southern League Championship Series berth. While the overall numbers (.694 OPS, 40.6 K rate) didn¡¯t jump off the page for the 20-year-old in his first stint at the higher level, he closed out the season with hits in 11 of his final 15 games and posted a .368 on-base percentage in September.

When Tampa Bay went through with a name change to become just the Rays prior to the 2008 season, Isaac was 4 years old. But proud of its roots, the organization recently reintroduced the ¡°Devil Rays¡± throwback uniforms as an alternate, leading Isaac and other prospects to convince involved parties that it should be worn during the Fall League.

¡°This is the best jersey,¡± Isaac said. ¡°Everything looks good with it.¡±

Especially home runs from top prospects.

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