The Rays made a surprising move this afternoon, calling up top prospect Justin Williams from the Durham Bulls and optioning the recently acquired Hoby Milner to AAA.
Regarding Milner and his intriguing lefty delivery — last night’s dinger to Derek Dietrich notwithstanding — he will be back at some point. But the obvious big deal about this transaction is Justin Williams.
Orginally drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks with the 52nd pick of the 2013 draft, the Rays landed JWil in the Jeremy Hellickson trade in 2014.