Rays activating SS Taylor Walls for home opener

Field Level Media|published: 04/06/2026, 10:52am EDT

Aug 3, 2025; Tampa, Florida, USA; Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Taylor Walls (6) singles against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fifth inning at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images

The Tampa Bay Rays activated shortstop Taylor Walls from the 10-day injured list ahead of their home opener on Monday against the Chicago Cubs, according to MLB.TV.

Fellow shortstop and top prospect Carson Williams was optioned to Triple-A Durham in a corresponding move.

Walls, 29, landed on the IL on March 19 with a right oblique strain that he sustained in the batting cage.

The light-hitting Walls is a stellar defender. He batted .220 with four homers, 38 RBIs and 14 steals in 101 games last season, his fifth campaign with the Rays.

Williams, 22, is batting .130 (3-for-23) with no homers, three RBIs and nine strikeouts in seven games this season.

--Field Level Media