Is Homer Bush Jr. the most underrated prospect in the Rays system?
MONTGOMERY, AL - SEPTEMBER 11: Homer Bush Jr. #35 of the Montgomery Biscuits looks on during the game between the Knoxville Smokies and the Montgomery Biscuits at Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium on Thursday, September 11, 2025 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Photo by Natalie Buchanan/Minor League Baseball via Getty Images) On Thursday afternoon, Homer Bush Jr laced a line drive that just kept carrying.
It quickly soared over the starting pitcher, Owen Murphy. The middle infields jogged lazily into shallow center field as they began to line up for a potential relay throw, but quickly realized it was not going to happen. Then center fielder DaShawn Keirsey Jr.
watched helplessly as the ball cleared the center field wall for a two-run homerun. There was nothing dazzling about the homerun. It had an exit velocity of 102.
4mph and only traveled 379 feet. But it was already the second homerun in Triple-A for Homer Bush Jr. after hitting zero all of last season in Double-A.
A few days prior, Bush Jr. did not look on helplessly as a batter sent a towering flyball to deep right field. Bush Jr.
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