There had been speculation that Brent Honeywell would get a call up early on in the season specifically with Blake Snell and Austin Pruitt’s struggles, injuries to Matt Andriese, Jake Odorizzi and Alex Cobb. However, the Ray’s felt he needed more seasoning after his promotion from Montgomery to Durham.
As time progressed, Honeywell’s performances were on the rise but the Rays slowly fell out of contention for the post-season while Durham was headed to the post-season nullifying a September call up.
Their decision paid dividends, as Honeywell would pitch not only pitch for the Bulls in the Governors’ Cup Championships, but as well in the Triple-A National Championships against the Memphis Redbirds albeit out of the bullpen, where he would throw 2.