Willy Del Jesus Aybar

Positions: Third Baseman, Designated Hitter and Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 9, 1983 in Bani, Peravia, Dominican Republic
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 2005 (Age 22)   vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Rays/Dodgers/Braves 2005-2010
Agents: Luis Valdez, previously: Rob Plummer [*]
Final Game: October 3, 2010 (Age 27)   vs. KCR 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Relatives: Brother of Erick Aybar
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• 1/17 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Hector Luna Home Run The Difference as Cibaenas 4-Hits Oriente in Pitchers’ Duel: It’s a common refrain for Rays fans- it’s great to get outstanding outings from your starting pitchers, but if you...
• 1/16 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Juan Miranda Homer The Difference as Obregon Edges Culiacan: Sometimes a role player comes out of nowhere to be a hero in one isolated game. Other times, an otherwise ordinary player can...
• 1/15 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Romulo Sanchez, Jean Machi Overpowering as Magallanes Edges Lara: Not too often that a middle reliever grabs a headline here in our Rays Minor League Recap, but Romulo Sanchez deserved it. Admittedly...
• 1/14 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Fernando Rodney Stays Untouchable in Winter Ball Debut: Greatness is awfully hard to achieve, let alone sustain. Fernando Rodney was able to do that over the course of an entire season...
• 1/12 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Pablo Sandoval, Reggie Corona Influential As Magallanes Win In 10 Innings: Friday’s games were filled with plenty of excitement and close scores as players Manny Ramirez, Asdrubal Cabrera, Pablo...
• 1/9 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Manny Ramirez Homers, But Willy Aybar’s 3 RBI Lead Escogido Over Cibaenas: We’ll only discuss two games today, but both were the type of classics we expect to see in the playoffs. Dominican Winter...
• 1/4 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Juan Miranda Singles in Winning Run in 11th as Obregon Wins: There’s nothing better than coming up huge in the Postseason. Not too often under normal circumstances does a player join...

• 12/20 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Alexander Torres Strikes Out 7, Ryan Reid Strikes Out 5 More in Relief in Zulia Win: You think your stuff is pretty electric. Then a reliever comes out of your bullpen looking absolutely lights out and completely...
• 12/19 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Manny Notches 4 Hits in Cibaenas Victory, Jon Weber Extends Hitting Streak to 10: Is Manny Ramirez done? He’s going to turn 41 in May so conventional thought would think so. And on December 5th, Ramirez...
• 12/17 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: No Stopping Jorge Cantu, Willy Aybar Stays Perfect: One of my favorite Jorge Cantu stats: not even his platoon splits could say consistent. In 2005, his coming-out party for the...
• 12/16 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Jorge Cantu Stays Red-Hot, Wes Bankston Drives in 2: Jorge Cantu is one of the most inconsistent players in the history of baseball. Not once, but twice in his major league career...
• 12/15 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Estrellas Cannot Stop Hector Luna: Hector Luna had a hit in each of his last three games before heading into action on Friday. Yesterday, he doubled that total in...
• 12/14 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Joel Peralta, Juan Cruz Sharp in Winter Debuts, Wes Bankston Suddenly Red-Hot Again: In Winter Ball, major league players like to go their hometown team and get a few relaxing games in. Their intentions are nice,...
• 12/9 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Jorge Cantu Homers Twice, Almost Singlehandedly Leads Hermosillo Over Mazatlan: Jorge Cantu‘s professional baseball career has been a roller coaster ride. And lately, it has been all downhill. Since slamming...

• 11/21 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Willy Aybar Notches First 2-Hit Game in Way Too Long: It’s amazing how easy it is to go from a solid major league hitter to a player who needs his best game of the season to...
• 11/18 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Leonardo Reginatto Notches 3 Hits in Brazil’s World Baseball Classic Win: Hard to think of anything cooler than getting the opportunity to represent your home country and coming up the hero. World Baseball...
• 11/14 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Alex Torres Gets Back on Track vs. Henry Wrigley’s Caracas Squad: Alex Torres is out of time. He’s out of options and if he doesn’t make the Rays out of spring training, his time in...
• 11/12 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Jurickson Profar Slams Walk-Off HR off Enny Romero as Licey Beats Escogido: Sometimes you do everything you can and the player on the other side is just too good. You just have to shake your head and move...
• 11/11 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Willy Aybar Is Alive (And Out of Jail): You have go back to 2010 in the majors with the Rays to find Willy Aybar playing affiliated baseball. But apparently the ex-Ray...

• 10/16 Rays Colored Glasses: The Day Evan Longoria Played Shortstop: For one day, the baseball world diverted from its usual orbit. Evan Longoria is the Rays’ third baseman. He has been and...

• 11/28 MLBTradeRumors: International Links: Hanley, Ortiz, Aybar: Links are in Spanish... As the Marlins' courtship of Jose Reyes enters its second month, it remains unclear what the addition...

• 9/16 NY Baseball Digest: Jose Canseco Highlights From His Indy Baseball Comeback: Every Friday I take a look at what is going on with independent baseball. This week will be the final installment as most indy...

• 6/15 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Listless Dodgers Fall Further Behind: For the fourth time in five starts, Chad Billingsley allowed more than four earned runs, and the Dodgers were unable to avoid...

• 5/15 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 5/8/11 - 5/14/11: A look back at the week that was here at MLBTR ... The Red Sox mulled alternatives to the struggling catching duo of Jason...
• 5/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Willy Aybar joins Independent LeagueFree-agent 1B Willy Aybar (Rays) has signed with Edmonton of the Independent North American Baseball League....[+] Free-agent 1B Willy Aybar (Rays) has signed with Edmonton of the Independent North American Baseball League.
• 5/10 MLBTradeRumors: Edmonton Capitals Sign Willy Aybar: The Edmonton Capitals of the independent North American League have signed Willy Aybar, the league announced. The Rays non-tendered...

• 3/22 The Process Report: The Last Kotchman Post of The Spring (Hopefully): FreeZo wrote about the Casey Kotchman option today. This is an impossible argument to have without knowing specifics as so much...
• 3/16 MLBTradeRumors: Delaying Free Agency: Some teams don't concern themselves with service time mani**** for example the Braves in the case of Jason Heyward last year. ...
• 3/9 MLBTradeRumors: Possible Plan Bs For Chase Utley: Phillies team physician Dr. Michael Ciccotti released a statement this morning regarding second baseman Chase Utley; here's an...
• 3/3 MLBTradeRumors: Youngest Remaining Free Agents: We're weeks into Spring Training now, so few notable free agents remain. But some players (min. 50 PAs) and pitchers (min. 20...

• 2/28 My Pinstripes: FullCountPitch - Band of Brothers: There have been many brother tandems that have played in the Major Leagues over the years, but there have been few that have jointly...
• 2/25 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Tampa Bay Rays: The Rays are next in our Offseason In Review series. Major League Signings Johnny Damon, LF/DH: one year, $5.25MM. Kyle...
• 2/19 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Available Middle Infielders: David Eckstein in Green and Gold? What about Willy Aybar? Cristian Guzman? These are the cream of your crop for free-agent middle...
• 2/17 MLBTradeRumors: Joe Crede Hits Free Agency: The Rockies announced that Joe Crede, who had signed a minor league deal with Colorado, decided not to report to Spring Training...
• 2/11 It's About the Money (Stupid): The over-maligned A-Rod contract.: A lot of the comments in the thread on Albert Pujols's next contract is that, whichever team winds up signing Pujols, they...
• 2/8 The Process Report: Choosing Between Elliot Johnson and Felipe Lopez: There appeared to be two positional battles heading into camp. One appears settled – at least for now – while the other is...
• 2/7 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees Sign Eric Chavez: Via Sweeny Murti of WFAN: Yanks bringing in veterans Ronnie Belliard and Eric Chavez as non-roster invites. No cost...

• 1/31 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Blue Jays and No-Trade List Updates: Buster Olney says a third team could be in the mix for the rumored Chone Figgins – Kevin Kouzmanoff deal, that team he opines...
• 1/31 My Pinstripes: BD Hot Stove: The Unemployed | Baseball Digest: BD Hot Stove: The Unemployed | Baseball DigestYou can never compare athletes to people out in the real world, but there are a...
• 1/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Hot And Not: Brilliance either way: The overwhelming reactions to the Rays “combo” signings of Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez have...
• 1/21 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals Sign Nick Punto: The Cardinals announced that they signed Nick Punto to a one-year deal, according to MLB.com's Matthew Leach (on Twitter). Agent Charles...
• 1/17 The Process Report: The Other Options Besides Andruw Jones: Buster Olney suggests the New York Yankees are the frontrunners in the Andruw Jones’ sweepstakes. If they should advance their...
• 1/6 The Process Report: More Information on Russ Canzler: If Google referrals are to be believed, then Russ Canzler is a surprisingly po**** player. More people find this site through...

• 12/30 MLBTradeRumors: Examining The Mariners' Offseason: Jack Zduriencik’s furiously busy 2009-10 offseason prompted many to pick the Mariners as a breakout candidate for 2010. The...
• 12/14 Fonzie Forever: Interesting 2011 Free Agents, Part 1 - Infielders: You can read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of my series on non-tendered players by clicking the links. Below, I'll profile a few...
• 12/7 Fonzie Forever: Interesting 2011 Non-Tenders, Part 2: Last episode, we took a look at five guys who might help the Mets this season as they try to rebuild and retool their roster....
• 12/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Four non-tendered: The Tampa Bay Rays non-tendered RP J.P. Howell, RP Lance Cormier, 1B Willy Aybar and C Dioner Navarro Thursday, Dec. 2, making...[+] them free agents, according to The Tampa Tribune's Roger Mooney. The team is optimistic that they will re-sign Howell.
• 12/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Several non-tender candidates: Tampa Bay Rays RP Lance Cormier, 1B Willy Aybar and 1B Dan Johnson are all candidates to be non-tendered by the team by Thursday,...[+] Dec. 2, which would make them free agents, according to MLB.com's Bailey Stephens.

• 11/25 COSFBA: 2010 Fantasy Baseball Awards: 10/09/2010: The 2010 regular season is now behind us and it's time to hand out some hardware. The Baseball Bloggers Alliance has new names...
• 11/7 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 10/31/10 - 11/6/10: Free agency officially began this week, which makes for some busy times around MLBTR. Let's take a look back at the last seven...
• 11/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Decline options on Dan Wheeler, Willy Aybar: The Tampa Bay Rays declined their options for the 2011 season on RP Dan Wheeler and 1B Willy Aybar Wednesday, Nov. 3, according...[+] to The Tampa Tribune's Roger Mooney. Wheeler's option was worth $4 million and will instead receive a $1 million buyout. Aybar's option was worth $2.2 million and will instead receive a $275,000 buyout.
• 11/3 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Decline Options On Aybar, Wheeler: The Rays have declined their 2011 options on utilityman Willy Aybar and reliever Dan Wheeler, tweets Marc Topkin of the St....

• 10/26 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agent Market For Designated Hitters: With so many quality hitters available to fill designated hitter jobs these days, it's embarrassing for a club to get subpar production...
• 10/13 PaulLebowitz.com: Newsflash---The Rays Weren't That Good: No, they weren't: You can go into the stat zombie tenets of run differential and that the playoffs are a crapshoot if you...
• 10/12 Baseball Musings: Upton On: B.J. Upton leads off the bottom of the seventh with a single. That’s his first hit of the game and he’s only hitting...
• 10/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Kelly Shoppach, Dan Johnson starting in Game 5: Tampa Bay Rays C Kelly Shoppach is starting in Game 5 of the Division Series Tuesday, Oct. 12, over C John Jaso, according to...[+] The Tampa Tribune's Roger Mooney. 1B Dan Johnson is starting over 1B Willy Aybar as the designated hitter.
• 10/11 MLBTradeRumors: Trade Market For Second Basemen: In our post on the free agent market for second basemen, we named nine clubs that may be looking for help at the position this...
• 10/11 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agent Market For Second Basemen: The free agent market for second basemen is short on big names and only offers a few players who would be considered solid regulars. ...
• 10/7 Baseball Musings: Rays Threaten: The Rays draw a walk leading off the bottom of the seventh, then Willy Aybar hits a ball off the wall in center for a double to...
• 10/7 Baseball Musings: Rough ER Rough on Baldelli: The Rays removed Rocco Baldelli from the ALDS roster and replaced him with Willy Aybar: Baldelli felt cramping after Wednesday’s...
• 10/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Willy Aybar activated, to play in Game 2: Tampa Bay Rays 1B Willy Aybar has been activated onto the postseason roster and will serve as the designated hitter in Game 2...[+] of the Division Series Thursday, Oct. 7, according to MLB.com's Bill Chastain. OF Rocco Baldelli (leg) has been taken off the roster with left leg fatigue, which is symptomatic of mitochondrial disorder. Aybar is hitting sixth in the lineup Thursday.
• 10/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Four staying, three sent home: Tampa Bay Rays IF Willy Aybar, SP Jeremy Hellickson, RP Jake McGee and SP Andy Sonnanstine will stay with the team to work out...[+] but were left off the playoff roster, the St. Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin reports. C Dioner Navarro, OF Brad Hawpe and RP Lance Cormier were sent home.

• 9/23 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Where Were You Five Years Ago?: Five years ago tonight, nearing the end of a 71-91 disaster which cost Jim Tracy and Paul DePodesta their jobs, the Dodgers trotted...
• 9/18 Baseball Musings: Two Mistakes: The road to the playoffs for the Red Sox just got much more difficult due to two late inning mistakes in two different games....
• 9/15 My Pinstripes: I Had A Dream: I was watching the Yankees take on the Tampa Bay Rays. First place in the AL East was on the line. The Yankees had come into...
• 9/14 Call to the Pen: Rays Strike First in Pivotal Series: There’s nothing like a pennant race to bring out the best in a team, and that idea was on full display Monday as a Reid...
• 9/12 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: Here at MLBTradeRumors, we're about a lot more than supplying you with up-to-the-minute hot stove news.  We also do a great deal...
• 9/7 MLBTradeRumors: Non-Tender Candidate: Willy Aybar: The Rays are a team built around versatility, and one of their most flexible pieces in recent years has been infielder Willy Aybar....

• 8/27 MLBTradeRumors: Rays To Sign Brad Hawpe: The Rays will sign Brad Hawpe, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. The Red Sox, Rangers and Padres also showed some interest...
• 8/25 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: Tampa Bay Rays: A look at the Rays players who will be arbitration-eligible after the season... First time: Dan Johnson, Andy Sonnanstine...
• 8/10 The UpperCard Network: Eye On Free Agency: Derrek Lee: The Cubs season at this point is a wash. Carlos Zambrano folded under heavy expectations, Lou Piniella announced he would be retiring...

• 7/31 Baseball Press: The 606 - July 31, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...
• 7/19 MLBTradeRumors: The 2011 Rays And Carl Crawford: The Rays are willing to spend this season, but they're lowering payroll under $60MM for 2011. The upcoming payroll drop means...
• 7/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Willy Aybar's single wins Thursday: Tampa Bay Rays IF Willy Aybar's 10th-inning single was the game winner Thursday, July 1, according to The Associated Press, as...[+] the Rays topped the Minnesota Twins 5-4.

• 6/25 D'Backs Venom: Edwin Jackson throws No-Hitter while Walking 8: Edwin Jackson threw a very improbable no-hitter on Friday, as the Diamondbacks defeated the Rays 1-0. The remarkable thing about...
• 6/25 Baseball Musings: Jackson Goes for a No Hitter in the Ninth: Edwin Jackson comes out for the ninth inning to face B.J. Upton, Hank Blalock and Sean Rodriguez. The DBacks lead the Rays 1-0....

• 5/25 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - Mixed (Week 8): Alcides in the 2 hole means he's roster worthy (AP) Each week Baseball Press will be providing some Under the Radar...
• 5/18 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: May 17: Boy oh boy, it was an awesome night for home runs yesterday. Not only did we have huge ninth-inning home runs from Alex Rodriguez...
• 5/18 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: May 17: Boy oh boy, it was an awesome night for home runs yesterday. Not only did we have huge ninth-inning home runs from Alex Rodriguez...
• 5/17 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: May 15: Home Run of the Day: Willy Aybar, Tampa Bay Rays (Trot Time: 25.04 seconds) [video] Down 2-0 in the bottom of the eighth...
• 5/17 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: May 16: Home Run of the Day: Jason Kubel, Minnesota Twins (Trot Time: 19.82 seconds) [video] When you hit the first grand slam off...
• 5/17 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: May 16: Home Run of the Day: Jason Kubel, Minnesota Twins (Trot Time: 19.82 seconds) [video] When you hit the first grand slam off...
• 5/17 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: May 15: Home Run of the Day: Willy Aybar, Tampa Bay Rays (Trot Time: 25.04 seconds) [video] Down 2-0 in the bottom of the eighth...
• 5/16 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: May 15: Home Run of the Day: Willy Aybar, Tampa Bay Rays (Trot Time: 25.04 seconds) [video] Down 2-0 in the bottom of the eighth...
• 5/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Jesus Colome suffers loss Saturday: Seattle Mariners RP Jesus Colome (0-1) was tagged with the loss Saturday, May 15, against the Tampa Bay Rays, according to The...[+] Associated Press. He allowed a game-winning solo home run to 1B Willy Aybar without recording an out.
• 5/16 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: May 15: Home Run of the Day: Willy Aybar, Tampa Bay Rays (Trot Time: 25.04 seconds) [video] Down 2-0 in the bottom of the eighth...
• 5/15 Baseball Musings: Walk-off Willy: The Mariners scored early, but the Rays scored more late. Seattle scored single runs in the first and fourth innings to take...
• 5/12 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Face Decision On Blalock: Scott Boras indicated to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times that Hank Blalock may exercise the out clause in his contract...
• 5/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Several regulars to be rested over the next few days: Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon is planning to rest some of his regulars as the team wraps up its West Coast road trip, according...[+] to The Associated Press. DH Willy Aybar is scheduled to get a day off Saturday, May 8, with DH Pat Burrell playing in his place. Early next week, 1B Carlos Pena will get a break during one of the team's games against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
• 5/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Willy Aybar seeing more time: Tampa Bay Rays 1B Willy Aybar has been seeing more playing time against left-handed pitchers recently with DH Pat Burrell struggling...[+] against southpaws, according to MLB.com's Bill Chastain. Burrell is hitting .180 (25-for-139) against lefties since joining the team while Aybar hitting .364 against lefties this year.
• 5/3 MLBTradeRumors: 2011 Contract Issues: Tampa Bay Rays: The Rays face two contractual options after the season: Reliever Dan Wheeler has a $4MM club option with a $1MM buyout. ...

• 4/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Willy Aybar away from team: Tampa Bay Rays 1B Willy Aybar (personal) left the team Wednesday, April 21, to be with his pregnant wife, according to the St....[+] Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin. Aybar is expected to return Friday, April 23.