First baseman Will Simpson was picked up by the Rays from the A’s in a five-player trade.
Sampson, a 15th-rounder in 2023, hit .282/.378/.482 in a 2024 season spent mostly at high-A Lansing. The A’s gave him a bit of a look at third last year, but he seems pretty well locked in at first, and unfortunately for him, he’s on his way to an organization with two clearly better first base prospects in Xavier Isaac and Tre’ Morgan.
