Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 5

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PORT CHARLOTTE, FL - MARCH 18: Caden Bodine (18) of the <a class= — PORT CHARLOTTE, FL - MARCH 18: Caden Bodine (18) of the Tampa Bay Rays runs after a hit during a minor league spring training game against the Baltimore Orioles on March 18, 2026 at Charlotte Sports Park in Port Charlotte, Florida. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Adam Sanford

Mon, May 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM UTC ·

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This was the 5th week of full minor league play ( stats are entering play on Monday, May 11th ).

According to FanGraphs ( which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues ), 19-year old Caden Bodine has regained his spot as the top hitter spot in the Rays system. The backstop is proving to be too advanced for Single-A as he was hitting .411 entering play on Sunday. After a zero hit performance though, he has dropped to .397/.442/.629 with 4 HR, registering a 184 wRC+ over 131 plate appearances..

Meanwhile, Aidan Cremarosa is still the team’s top minor league pitcher and among the top performers in all of minor league baseball. The 22-year old was taken by the Rays in the 8th round of the 2025 draft out of Fresno State. Thus far over six starts in Single-A, Cremarosa has a 2.38 ERA | 2.01 FIP with a 38.3 K% & 3.9 BB% over 34 IP. Most recently, Cremarosa completed a complete game no-hitter, a rarity in Rays organizational history.

RUMBLINGS

RHP TJ Nichols began a rehab assignment with the FCL Rays
INF Andreimi Antunez, a 2024 international signing, had quite the day on Friday. He was 4-6 on the day and homered twice in the first inning, including a grand slam. Overall he had the 2 homeruns, 2 doubles, and 10 RBI.
Baseball America highlighted 12 prospects with impressive exit velocties early on this season; Taitn Gray and Nathan Flewelling are mentioned.
Baseball America has also updated their top 100 prospect rankings, the Rays have players make the cut ( this is a huge shake up, so I will not be updating the top 10 prospects futher below until Baseball America fully updates their rankings ).
- 36. Theo Gillen
- 55. Brody Hopkins
- 91. Nathan Flewelling
- 95. Caden Bodine
- 97. Cooper Flemming

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 60 TBF & PA )

Tampa Bay Rays

Top 10 Prospects

None currently on active roster

Durham Bulls

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .323, Victor Mesa Jr ( hasn’t played since 4/15 )
OBP: .417, Victor Mesa Jr ( hasn’t played since 4/15 )
SLG: .565, Victor Mesa Jr ( hasn’t played since 4/15 )
HR: 5, Blake Sabol & Dom Keegan
wRC+: 153, Victor Mesa Jr ( hasn’t played since 4/15 )
SB: 17, Jacob Melton ( Placed on the IL on 4/23 )

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 1.62, Kodi Whitley
FIP: 3.01, Kodi Whitley & Trevor Martin
K%: 40.0%, Joe Rock
BB%: 6.3%, Kodi Whitley
WHIP: 0.90, Kodi Whitley
AVG: .135, Evan Reifert
WHIFF%: 15.9%, Joe Rock

Top 10 Prospects

#1 Brody Hopkins
- AAA:3.79 ERA | 5.26 FIP | 25.3 K% | 19.6 BB% | .210 AVG | 14.2 WHIFF% | 35.2 IP
#3 Jacob Melton
- AAA:.231/.346/.431 | 40.2 K% | 15.9 BB% | 1 HR | 17 SB | 98 wRC+ | 82 PA
  - 4/23: Suffered sprained ankle. Expected to miss 4-6 weeks.

Montgomery Biscuits

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .341, Cooper Kinney ( promoted to AAA on 5/5 )
OBP: .440, Xavier Isaac
SLG: .605, Xavier Isaac
HR: 8, Xavier Isaac
wRC+: 170, Xavier Isaac
SB: 21, Austin Overn

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 1.71, Michael Forret
FIP: 2.60, Alexander Alberto
K%: 33.3%, Alexander Alberto
BB%: 4.4%, Hayden Snelsire
WHIP 0.76, Hayden Snelsire
AVG: .157, Michael Forret
WHIFF%: 16.1%, Hayden Snelsire

Top 10 Prospects

#4 T.J. Nichols
- AA: 1.80 ERA | 1.71 FIP | 25.0 K% | 0.0 BB% | .300 AVG | 12.3 WHIFF% | 5 IP
- CPX: 4.50 ERA | 3.05 FIP | 11.1 K% | 0.0 BB% | .333 AVG | 18.5 WHIFF% | 2 IP
  - 4/7: Placed on Injured List
  - 5/9: Began rehab assignment in Complex League
#6 Santiago Suarez
- AA:5.70 ERA | 5.58 FIP | 28.7 K% | 5.9 BB% | .226 AVG | 13.9 WHIFF% | 23.2 IP
  - 4/25: Placed on Injured List
  - 5/5: Activated from Injured List
#8 Michael Forret
- AA: 1.71 ERA | 5.08 FIP | 26.2 K% | 11.5 BB% | .157 AVG | 15.5 WHIFF% | 31.2 IP

Bowling Green Hot Rods

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .309, Nathan Flewelling
OBP: .471, Tony Santa Maria
SLG: .610, Theo Gillen
HR: 8, Connor Hujsak
wRC+: 156, Theo Gillen
SB: 15, Tony Santa Maria

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 1.72, Jacob Kmatz
FIP: 1.87, Jacob Kmatz
K%: 41.0%, Jacob Kmatz
BB%: 4.9%, Jacob Kmatz
WHIP: 0.83, Jacob Kmatz
AVG: .172, Jacob Kmatz
WHIFF%: 17.7%, Jacob Kmatz

Top 10 Prospects

#2 Theo Gillen
- A+:.280/.404/.610 | 26.3 K% | 15.2 BB% | 7 HR | 11 SB | 156 wRC+ | 99 PA
#5 Anderson Brito
- A+: 4.24 ERA | 4.17 FIP | 33.6 K% | 10.3 BB% | .250 AVG | 14.5 WHIFF% | 23.1 IP
#10 Aidan Smith
- A+: Hasn’t played in 2026
- CPX:.200/.333/.333 | 11.1 K% | 16.7 BB% | 0 HR | 1 SB | 77 wRC+ | 18 PA
  - 4/2: Placed on the Injured List
  - 5/2: Began rehab assignment

Charleston River Dogs

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .397, Caden Bodine
OBP: .442, Caden Bodine
SLG: .629, Caden Bodine
HR: 5, Taitn Gray
wRC+: 184, Caden Bodine
SB: 12, Alberth Palma

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 1.96, Trey Pooser
FIP:2.01, Aidan Cremarosa
K%: 38.3%, Aidan Cremarosa
BB%: 3.9%, Aidan Cremarosa
WHIP: 0.79, Aidan Cremarosa
AVG: .172, Jacob Kuhn
WHIFF%: 18.9%, Aidan Cremarosa

Top 10 Prospects

#7 Daniel Pierce
- A:.247/.314/.403 | 29.1 K% | 5.8 BB% | 3 HR | 4 SB | 96 wRC+ | 86 PA
  - 4/22: Placed on the 7-day IL
  - 5/2: Activated from the IL
#9 Brendan Summerhill
- A:.188/.235/.375 | 23.5 K% | 3.9 BB% | 3 HR | 0 SB | 62 wRC+ | 51 PA
  - 4/22: Placed on the 7-day IL
  - 5/11: Began a rehab assignment with the CPX Rays