Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 3

This was the 3rd week of full minor league play ( stats are entering play on Sunday, April 26th ).

According to FanGraphs ( which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues ), 22-year old backstop Caden Bodine continues to be the top hitter in the Rays system; the Rays acquired the former 1st round pick in the Shane Baz deal. Bodine is currently hitting .408/.457/.662 with 3 HR over 83 PA; notably, he has only struck out twice (2.4%).

Meanwhile, Aidan Cremarosa is still the team’s top minor league pitcher. The 22-year old was taken by the Rays in the 8th round of the 2025 draft out of Fresno State. Thus far over four starts, Cremarosa has a 3.60 ERA | 1.76 FIP with a 39.5 K% & 3.7 BB% over 20 IP.

RUMBLINGS

• SO MANY INJURIES

  • Jacob Melton looked awkward rounding third base and had to be assisted off the field. The injury would be disclosed as a sprained ankle and he is expected to miss 4-6 weeks.

  • Daniel Pierce was placed on the 7-day Injured List

  • Brendan Summerhill was placed the 7-day Injured List.

  • Other players placed on the IL ( Some of these were last week ):

    • RHP Jacob Kisting, RHP Nate Knowles, C Brady Donay, OF James Quinn-Irons, RHP Luke Jackson , & LHP Drew Dowd.

• Baseball America highlighted Taitn Gray as a player that might be rising within the Rays system . The 3rd round 2025 draft pick is having a stellar start to his professional career and launched his 3rd homerun of the season on Sunday.

TEAM LEADERS

• Must currently be assigned to that team

• Baseball America’s top ten prospects are featured below each team they’re currently assigned to.

• ( minimum of 30 TBF for pitchers )

Tampa Bay Rays

Top 10 Prospects

• None currently on active roster

Durham Bulls

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .323, Victor Mesa Jr
OBP: .417, Victor Mesa Jr
SLG: .565, Victor Mesa Jr
HR: 4, Justyn-Henry Malloy and Dom Keegan
wRC+: 157, Victor Mesa Jr
SB: 17, Jacob Melton

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 0.00, Trevor Martin
FIP: 2.93, Andrew Wantz
K%: 35.3%, Logan Workman
BB%: 9.0%, Chase Solesky
WHIP: 1.12, Kodi Whitley
AVG: .171, Trevor Martin
WHIFF%: 16.0%, Alex Cook

Top 10 Prospects

• #1 Brody Hopkins

  • AAA:2.96 ERA | 5.03 FIP | 25.0 K% | 19.2 BB% | .195 AVG | 14.0 WHIFF% | 24.1 IP

• #3 Jacob Melton

  • AAA:.231/.346/.431 | 40.2 K% | 15.9 BB% | 1 HR | 17 SB | 101 wRC+ | 82 PA

    • 4/23: Suffered sprained ankle. Expected to miss 4-6 weeks.

Montgomery Biscuits

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .306, Cooper Kinney
OBP: .431, Xavier Isaac
SLG: .571, Xavier Isaac
HR: 4, Will Simpson & Xavier Isaac
wRC+: 159, Xavier Isaac
SB: 18, Austin Overn

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 1.80, Michael Forret
FIP: 2.79, Derrick Edington
K%: 29.7%, Santiago Suarez
BB%: 2.4%, Tommy McCollum
WHIP 0.73, Garrett Edwards
AVG: .130, Garrett Edwards
WHIFF%: 14.2%, Santiago Suarez

Top 10 Prospects

• #4 T.J. Nichols

  • AA: 1.80 ERA | 1.79 FIP | 25.0 K% | 0.0 BB% | .300 AVG | 12.3 WHIFF% | 5 IP

    • 4/7: Placed on Injured List

• #6 Santiago Suarez

  • AA:5.94 ERA | 5.53 FIP | 29.7 K% | 8.1 BB% | .239 AVG | 14.2 WHIFF% | 16.2 IP

• #8 Michael Forret

  • AA: 1.80 ERA | 6.52 FIP | 24.1 K% | 17.2 BB% | .146 AVG | 12.3 WHIFF% | 15 IP

Bowling Green Hot Rods

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .364, Nathan Flewelling
OBP: .464, Tony Santa Maria
SLG: .867, Theo Gillen
HR: 6, Theo Gillen & Connor Hujsak
wRC+: 213, Theo Gillen
SB: 9, Tony Santa Maria

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 0.93, Andres Galan
FIP: 2.05, Anderson Brito
K%: 32.8%, Anderson Brito
BB%: 6.3%, Anderson Brito
WHIP: 1.2, Andres Galan
AVG: .216, Trevor Harrison & Andres Galan
WHIFF%: 14.7%, Anderson Brito

Top 10 Prospects

• #2 Theo Gillen

  • A+:.333/.412/.867 | 23.5 K% | 7.8 BB% | 6 HR | 3 SB | 213 wRC+ | 51 PA

• #5 Anderson Brito

  • A+: 3.68 ERA | 2.05 FIP | 32.8 K% | 6.3 BB% | .259 AVG | 14.7 WHIFF% | 14.2 IP

• #10 Aidan Smith

  • A+: Hasn’t played in 2026

    • 4/2: Placed on the Injured List

Charleston River Dogs

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .408, Caden Bodine
OBP: .457, Caden Bodine
SLG: .662, Caden Bodine
HR: 3, Caden Bodine, Cooper Flemming, Brendan Summerhill and Daniel Pierce
wRC+: 190, Caden Bodine
SB: 6, Derek Datil

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 1.80, Trey Pooser
FIP:1.76, Aidan Cremarosa
K%: 39.5%, Aidan Cremarosa
BB%: 2.3%, Trey Pooser
WHIP: 0.80, Alex Wallace & Trey Pooser
AVG: .156, Jacob Kuhn
WHIFF%: 18.5%, Aidan Cremarosa

Top 10 Prospects

• #7 Daniel Pierce

  • A:.286/.364/.510 | 34.5 K% | 7.3 BB% | 3 HR | 4 SB | 132 wRC+ | 55 PA

    • 4/22: Placed on the 7-day IL

• #9 Brendan Summerhill

  • A:.188/.235/.375 | 23.5 K% | 3.9 BB% | 3 HR | 0 SB | 60 wRC+ | 51 PA

    • 4/22: Placed on the 7-day IL