When Tim Tawa was first called up on April 4th for his MLB debut after Ketel Marte’s injury, my expectations were honestly somewhat muted. He had certainly paid his dues in the minor leagues after 420 combined games across all levels and shown he had little to learn at AAA with a .317/.388/.665 slash line in 43 games across two seasons there. But even those kinds of results were only enough to get Tawa into the “dark horse” category and Rule-5 protection in the offseason. It wasn’t enough to move Tawa up in the prospect rankings either as he failed to crack the team’s top-30 ranking since he was drafted back in 2021 in the 11th round out of Stanford.
Thursday Tidbits: Tim “ROY” Tawa
