Ryan Soares was signed by the Grizzlies on May 30, 2015. This will begin his second stint in the Frontier League after playing with the Windy City ThunderBolts in 2013 and 2014.
The Harwich, MA native was a 2013 Frontier League All-Star with Windy City in 2013, hitting .290 with 17 doubles, 3 home runs and 49 RBI’s. Soares hit .277 for the ThunderBolts last season and played in all 95 games.
Prior to joining the Frontier League, Soares spent three seasons in the Detroit Tigers organization. He reached as high as A+ ball in 2011 and played a total of 21 games at that level hitting .239. The Tigers selected Soares in the 36th round of the 2010 MLB Draft.
He began his collegiate career at the University of South Florida, before playing his last three seasons at George Mason University.