Jiménez last played Friday. He’s hit just .270/.331/.369 with two homers in 157 plate appearances for Durham this season.

After a slow start to the season, Jiménez has heated up of late, going 12-for-38 (.316) over his last 10 games with four extra base hits, one home run, and 12 RBI. That has also come with six strikeouts and three walks. There doesn’t appear to be any room for him in Tampa Bay, unless they want to play him in the outfield, but if he continues to hit like this, the Rays or some other MLB team will want to see if they can get him to produce at the big league level again.

No real surprises here since Jiménez was informed earlier this week that he wasn’t going to make Tampa Bay’s season-opening roster over former top prospect Curtis Mead.

Rays manager Kevin Cash praised Jiménez for his efforts this spring and said that the 28-year-old could be a “huge part” of Tampa Bay’s roster before the end of the year. Unfortunately for Jiménez, this is as much about how good Curtis Mead was this spring as it is that Jiménez is a poor defender and has struggled at the highest level over the past few seasons.