When the Rays traded David Price to the Detroit Tigers at the 2014 trade deadline, some Rays fans knew that Willy Adames was the headliner of the deal, and that he would be the shortstop of the future.
Fast forward to 2018, and we got a glimpse of that future. In roughly half a season worth of games, he was an above average major league hitter (109 wRC+), and an average-ish defender (depending on what metric you look at). His ‘18 performance netted him 1.3 fWAR, which projects well above the 2.0 WAR standard over an entire season; respectable for a rookie.