Tampa Bay Rays prospect Chandler Simpson has become the first Minor or Major League player since 2012 to reach 100 stolen bases in a season.
Simpson is the Rays\' No. 5 prospect.
After stealing 81 bases in \'22 and 94 in \'23, Simpson reached the 100-steal mark with a week to go in the regular season.
\"I\'m feeling ecstatic, feeling relieved, but I feel great,\" he said. \"It was a lot of pressure the whole week, especially with my family coming up. I really wanted to do it in front of them and do it at home. I knew that the other team was trying to stop it and didn\'t want it to happen. When I got on first and took second, it was just a sigh of relief and then all of that emotion just came out in a scream.\"
Since 2005, only two other Minor Leaguers have reached the milestone. Billy Hamilton swiped 103 bases in 2011 and 155 in \'12, while Delino DeShields nabbed 101 in \'12.
No Major Leaguer has hit the century mark since Vince Coleman stole 109 bases for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1987.
Via Ben Weinrib/MLB