Call to the pen
Fansided

Tampa Bay Rays: Scouting Report on SS Lucius Fox

By Benjamin Chase

Aug 30, 2015; St. Petersburg, FL, USA; Tampa Bay Rays hat, gloves and Major League baseball lays in the dugout against the Kansas City Royals at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 30, 2015; St. Petersburg, FL, USA; Tampa Bay Rays hat, gloves and Major League baseball lays in the dugout against the Kansas City Royals at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
1 of 3
Next
Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /

The Tampa Bay Rays acquired SS Lucius Fox in a deadline trade with the San Francisco Giants. What sort of player is he?

Who Is He?

Not the Batman character who becomes one of Bruce Wayne’s closest allies, Lucius Fox was signed by the Giants for a signing bonus of $6M in July of 2015. He was attending high school in Florida, but he utilized the fact that he was born in the Bahamas to establish residency in the country to go through the international market and get much more money than he was likely to get in the draft.

The Giants started Fox right in full-season low-A ball in Augusta of the South Atlantic League. That sort of jump in level with no time in rookie league or short-season ball led to struggles, and his numbers have shown it. He has put up a slash line of .207/.305/.277 with 25 stolen bases. He has walked a tremendous 11.2% of his plate appearances, a great rate for a player in his first pro experience jumping into full-season ball, but on the flip side, he’s also struck out at a rate of 23%, so he’s still striking out plenty.

He was traded as part of the Matt Moore deal to the Rays. This gives the Rays the top-rated prospect of the 2014 international class in Adrian Rondon, who they signed for just under $3M, and the top dollar signee in 2015 in Fox.

Next: Fox's scouting report

Home/Tampa Bay Rays