When the Rays traded Blake Snell to the Padres, they were able to turn a couple years of Blake Snell into a couple of prospects, adding to the system a potential everyday catcher in Blake Hunt, but importantly adding Snell’s successor.
And the first taste of the future is here in the promotion of Luis Patiño.
Luis Patiño, @MLBPipeline’s No. 23 overall prospect and part of the reported haul for the Rays, is one of the best young arms in the game. pic.twitter.com/xFf6Xby1eS
— MLB (@MLB) December 28, 2020
Promoted to the Rays five years and two days after the date Snell himself was promoted, Luis Patiño is a different pitcher but has the potential to reach that same Cy Young ceiling, and I write that knowing exactly how crazy those words look on the page when it remains a question in the prospect blogosphere whether he will stick in the rotation or move to the bullpen.