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• Spring Breakout roster announced

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Carson Williams headlines an exciting group of Rays prospects MLB has announced each team’s prospect participants for the annual Spring Breakout games. Carson Williams headlines the Rays group of prospects. Williams is considered a top ten prospect in the game by multiple publications; MLB has the superb defender ranked as the 9th top p...2025
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• Tre’ Morgan: The Rays’ Next Swiss Army Knife

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Elite Bat-to-Ball Skills, Defensive Versatility, and a High Floor Make Tre’ Morgan Prospect to Keep an Eye on The Rays reported to Port Charlotte about two weeks ago, and with 72 players on the active Spring training roster, the Rays are looking at all options for the present and future. One of those exciting players of the future is Tre’ Morgan. Morgan w...2025
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• 14 Rays players ranked on various top 100 prospect lists

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images How deep this this system? The Tampa Bay Rays have one of the best farm systems in all of baseball and one of the most divisive when it comes to ranking the individual players within the system. The organization features a variety of players with higher floors that look like safe bets for becoming quality big leaguers, such as SS Carson Williams, INF Bray...2025
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• Keith Law’s Top 20 Rays prospects

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Law says that Carson Williams is the most enigmatic prospect in the minors Prospect season continues as Keith Law, the former front office exectuive, big league scout, and current writer for The Athletic, has released his Top 100 prospects entering the 2025 season as well as his Top 20 prospects in the Rays system. Keith Law seems lowe...2025
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• Tampa Bay Rays place five prospects among MLB Pipeline’s Top 100

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Four former first round selections, plus a third round pick are included MLB Pipeline has published their top 100 prospects entering the 2025 season and like many other publications, their list is littered with Tampa Bay Rays. There were no surprises for the Rays on the rankings. Carson Williams, who has been ranked among the top 10 prospects in the game by m...2025
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• Rays announce 30 Non-Roster Invites to Spring Training for 2025

Joey Krehbiel returns | Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images Via team press release. The Tampa Bay Rays announced today that 30 players on minor league contracts have been invited to major league spring training in 2025. The following is a positional list of the non-roster invites joining the Rays in Port Charlotte, Florida. RIGHT-HANDED PITCHERS (13): Garrett Acton, Alex Cook, Michael ...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 3

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Brayden Taylor wins the election for No. 2 in the system. Previous Winner Brayden Taylor, 2B/3B23 | L/R | 6’0” | 180A+ | .269/.389/.514 (154 wRC+) 383 PA, 14 HR, 26 SB, 15.9% BB, 24.8% KAA | .194/.290/.435 (113 wRC+) 125 PA, 6 HR, 3 SB, 12.0% BB, 36.8% K On the whole Taylor was one of the best performers in the Rays system last year, an...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 2

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images No. 1 goes to Carson Williams, surprise! To absolutely no one’s surprise, the organizations top prospect went to Carson Williams, a unanimous top five prospect in baseball and lauded as the best defender in minor league baseball, wins the first poll. But it wasn’t unanimous! We also got a vote for Brayden Taylor, the heir apparent to ...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 1!

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Let’s get it started! Welcome back to the 15th annual DRaysBay Community Prospect List! Starting this list is usually not a great challenge, as there is typically a clear favorite, but we will indeed be voting each round just to see if our community agrees with the greater blogosphere. The full rules on how to vote and links to resour...2025
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• DRB Prospect Review: #1 Junior Caminero

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Despite nagging injuries, Junior Caminero proved he could be a slugger in the big leagues Over the offseason, the Draybay community takes part in an exercise in which we compile a list of 30 prospects in the Rays system based on popular vote. Now that the 2024 season has concluded, we can look back at these rankings and see how each individual player p...2024
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• DRB Prospect Review: #3 Shane Baz

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Shane Baz returned from Tommy John surgery and flashed glimpses of his former self Over the offseason, the Draybay community takes part in an exercise in which we compile a list of 30 prospects in the Rays system based on popular vote. Now that the 2024 season has concluded, we can look back at these rankings and see how each individual player performed....2024
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• DRB Prospect Review: #5 Curtis Mead

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images It’s a been a struggle for Mead at the Major League level Over the offseason, the Draybay community takes part in an exercise in which we compile a list of 30 prospects in the Rays system based on popular vote. Now that the 2024 season has concluded, we can look back at these rankings and see how each individual player performed. Reminder, this is a review...2024
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 20

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports JUNIOR CAMINERO IS HEADING TO THE SHOW This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. We are now 20 weeks into the 2024 minor league campaign campaign and several prospects have certainly continued their ascent up the organizational ladder while others have seen their stock continue to dro...2024
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 19

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Montgomery Biscuits lineup now features Chandler Simpson, Carson Williams, Xavier Isaac, & Brayden Taylor This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. We are now 19 weeks into the 2024 minor league campaign campaign and several prospects have certainly continued their a...2024
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• Biscuits Face Montgomery Jinx, Rebels No Hitters & Grey Sox History!

WHAT'S COOKIN, DOC? I am happy to mention that there are a couple new projects of interest coming up. Dr. Miraculous has been invited to feature as a co-host on a new podcast along with our good friend from the ballpark, Uncle Mikey, starting this fall. I will be offering background and detailed info as we discuss a variety of players, teams and fields that were involved in some o...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out seven

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Smith-Shawver’s changeup was dominant, but the Bulls clocked him for three home runs It’s been a few weeks since we’ve had a weekly report as I’ve been working on the draft and the our top 30 list, but it’s time again to talk about the observations over the past week in the Atlanta Braves minor league system (or past two, or three, wherever I see fit to...2024
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"Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images 2023 1st round selection Brayden Taylor was among the six The Tampa Bay Rays continue to receive excellent grades regarding their farm system."

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"Here is the the top ten: Carson Williams, SS Brayden Taylor, 3B Tre’ Morgan, 1B Xavier Isaac, 1B Gary Gill Hill, RHP Trevor Harrison, RHP Santiago Suarez, RHP Chandler Simpson, OF Brailer Guerrero, OF Theo Gillen, OF Here are some of the fun tool grades given by Baseball America: Carson Williams: 70 Field | 70 Arm Tre’ Morgan: 65 Hit | 80 Field Xavier Isaac: 55 Run Santiago Suarez: 70 Control Chandler Simpson: 70 Hit | 80 Run Carson Williams has been the Rays consensus top prospect for over a year now as he is a five tool player with above average power and elite defense."

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"com/7hL93v0j8r— Mississippi State Baseball (@HailStateBB) February 26, 2023 Other sites had a second round expectation, FanGraphs ranked Ledbetter Number 45 (calling him a, “bankable, quick-moving bat”) and MLB Pipeline Number 49; nevertheless, Ledbetter (like Brayden Taylor) was one of seven players who attended the MLB Draft in person in Seattle as MLB continues to approximate other professional sports in developing the draft into a live event."

• Tre’ Morgan: The Rays’ Next Swiss Army Knife
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• Tampa Bay Rays place five prospects among MLB Pipeline’s Top 100
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• Rays announce 30 Non-Roster Invites to Spring Training for 2025
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• Four Rays eligible for Prospect Promotion Incentive (PPI) in 2025

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Four Rays players technically have the potential to add Prospect Promotion Incentive eligibility this season. Here’s a quick reminder on how eligibility works, from Baseball America: The Prospect Promotion Incentive rewards teams for carrying top prospects on Opening Day rosters and keeping them in the major leagues all season as rook...2025
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• Brayden Taylor is among the best third base prospects in baseball

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images The 2023 first round draft pick has a promising future Sometimes, it can be easy to overlook Brayden Taylor when looking through prospects in the Tampa Bay Rays system. He is the kind of player that is above average at everything, but not elite. He’ll hit for a respectable average, provide solid enough pop, steal some bases, and play d...2025
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• Six Rays prospects featured among Baseball America’s Top 100

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images 2023 1st round selection Brayden Taylor was among the six The Tampa Bay Rays continue to receive excellent grades regarding their farm system. Baseball America released their list of the top 100 prospects in the game entering the 2025 season and it featured six members of the Rays organization. 11. Carson Williams 65. Brayden Taylor 80. Tre’ Morgan 87. ...2025
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• Rays land 9 prospects on BP’s Top 101

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Carson Williams headlines the list of nine players The Tampa Bay Rays have landed nine players on Baseball Prospectus rankings of the top 101 prospects in the game entering the 2025 season. Here are where those 9 players ranked: 7. Carson Williams57. Brody Hopkins60. Jackson Baumeister67. Xavier Isaac69. Dominic Keegan70. Brayden Taylor...2025
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• Biscuits Face Montgomery Jinx, Rebels No Hitters & Grey Sox History!
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out seven
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Nacho Alvarez hits a home run

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Alvarez has now gone deep five times for Gwinnett in 18 games Gwinnett’s offense suddenly seems high-powered, with them torching the St. Paul Saints for another double digit performance. Nacho Alvarez keeps on hitting for the Stripers, and while I am not of the opinion that he is ready it is going to steadily amplify the voices that w...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez stays hot

Credit: Garrett Spain - Battery Power Alvarez and Drake Baldwin led the Gwinnett offense this past week It is hot outside, but the earth isn’t the only thing scorching. The Atlanta Braves system is picking up steam, with Nacho Alvarez and Drake Baldwin excelling in their promotions to Triple-A. Blake Burkhalter and Lucas Braun led the pitchers last week, then down lower in the system Rober...2024
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• Tampa Bay Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 13

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Curtis Mead has rediscovered his stroke since returing to Triple-A Every Monday during the regular season, each minor league team has the day off (excluding the Florida Complex League and Dominican Summer League). This serves as an excellent check point system to check in on how each team and individual prospect is performing. We are now 13 weeks into the ...2024
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• Tampa Bay Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 12

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Xavier Isaac and Carson Williams were both dinged up this past week Every Monday during the regular season, each minor league team has the day off (excluding the Florida Complex League and Dominican Summer League). This serves as an excellent check point system to check in on how each team and individual prospect is performing. We are n...2024
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• Tampa Bay Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 11

Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports Ruben Cardenas, one of the Rays top minor league hitters, was traded for a $1 Every Monday during the regular season, each minor league team has the day off (excluding the Florida Complex League and Dominican Summer League). This serves as an excellent check point system to check in on how each team and individual prospect is performing. We are now 11 weeks into...2024
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• Biscuits Face Montgomery Jinx, Rebels No Hitters & Grey Sox History!
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• Minor League Roundup: Week 18

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images 2023 1st round pick Brayden Taylor is reportedly being promoted to Double-A This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. We are now 18 weeks into the 2024 minor league campaign campaign and several prospects have certainly continued their ascent up the organizational la...2024
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• Minor League Roundup: Week 17

Photo by Ben Catapane/MLB Photos via Getty Images Tre’ Morgan is nearly hitting .400 since his promotion to High-A over a month ago This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. We are now 17 weeks into the 2024 minor league campaign campaign and several prospects have certainly continued their ascent up the organizational ...2024
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• Minor League Roundup: Week 16

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Top prospect Junior Caminero already has three homeruns since beginning his rehab assignment last week. This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. We are now 16 weeks into the 2024 minor league campaign campaign and several prospects have certainly continued their as...2024
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• Minor League Roundup: Week 15

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Tre’ Morgan is on an offensive tear since being promoted to High-A This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. We are now 15 weeks into the 2024 minor league campaign campaign and several prospects have certainly continued their ascent up the organizational ladder whil...2024
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• Tampa Bay Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 14

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images An offensive force since being drafted, Bob Seymour has now reached Triple-A This week’s minor league roundup will only features the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday as most of the Rays affiliates were in action. We are now 14 weeks into the 2024 minor league campaign campaign and several prospects have certainly co...2024
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• Tampa Bay Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 13
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez returns to Mississippi lineup

Photo Credit: Garrett Spain Alvarez missed a few games for undisclosed reasons, but was back in action over the weekend The Atlanta Braves system has been impacted by promotions in the last few weeks, but there is still plenty to watch. Adam Maier and Lucas Braun have dominated the lower levels, while the fun story of the year seems to be infielder David Fletcher making a real conversion t...2024
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• The 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List

Junior Caminero | Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images 36 players get pre-season write ups in this year’s list. Every year the DRaysBay community comes together to vote for the top prospects in the Tampa Bay system. Below are the results from this off-season’s polls. 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List 1. Junior Caminero, 3BMLB | .235/.278/.353 (.631 OPS, 77 wRC+) 36 P...2024
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• MLB Mock Draft: Where do Dylan Crews, Paul Skenes, and Wyatt Langford end up?
Looking at how the top three stack up, along with the rest of the first round The 2023 MLB Draft is just days away. And the Pittsburgh Pirates have a fascinating decision on their hands. Do they add Paul Skenes, the LSU pitcher who was dominant this season and looks like he could step into an MLB rotation right now? Or do they draft his teammate Dylan Crews, the outfielder who brings five tools to...2023
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• Six Rays prospects featured among Baseball America’s Top 100
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• Rays land 9 prospects on BP’s Top 101
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• Baseball America’s top 10 Rays prospects for 2025

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Carson Williams headlines an exciting crop of Rays prospects Baseball America has released their rankings of the Tampa Bay Rays top 10 prospects entering the 2025 season, as well as indicating which players have the best tools in the system. Here is the the top ten: Carson Williams, SS Brayden Taylor, 3B Tre’ Morgan, 1B Xavier Isaac, 1B Gary Gill Hill, RHP ...2024
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• MLB Draft 2023: Tampa Bay Rays select Mississippi State OF Colton Ledbetter at No. 55
Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Rays pick up a high impact bat in the second round. The Tampa Bay Rays have selected Mississippi State outfielder Colton Ledbetter with the No. 55 overall selection in the 2023 MLB Draft. And this selection is a steal for the Rays in the second round, with CBS Sports ranking Ledbetter the No. 28 prospect in the game (ahead of Rays first round selection T...2023
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• ESPN and The Athletic release Rays top prospect lists for 2024

Rays 2023 draft pick Colton Ledbetter | Photo by Gabriella Ricciardi/MLB Photos via Getty Images In a bit of happenstance, both ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel and The Athletic’s Keith Law have dropped their top prospect lists today for the Rays. Both lists are behind a paywall, so I’ll be avoiding the write ups on the players for this article, but you can gain a high level understanding of how both...2024
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• What to know about the Royals and the 2023 draft
Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Royals have a chance to add to their farm system. The Royals will add to their farm system this week with the annual MLB draft, to take place during All-Star week in Seattle. There have been some changes to the draft in recent years, so he’s what you need to know. When is the draft? MLB Network will begin coverage at 5 p.m. CT with the...2023
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• MLB Draft 2023: Tampa Bay Rays select TCU SS Brayden Taylor at No. 19
The Rays top pick of the draft is a low-risk collegiate SS/3B with mixed reviews The Tampa Bay Rays have selected collegiate infielder Brayden Taylor, who mans the left side of the infield for TCU. "This is a young man we've never seen struggle in college baseball." pic.twitter.com/Tilv8po8dt— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) July 10, 2023 And here’s the interview with the player: "This is ...2023

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• Keith Law’s Top 20 Rays prospects
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• Rays announce 30 Non-Roster Invites to Spring Training for 2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 3
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 21

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images A battle for the minor league batting title will be on display in Montgomery This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. We are now 21 weeks into the 2024 minor league campaign campaign and several prospects have certainly continued their ascent up the organizational l...2024
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 20
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• Biscuits Face Montgomery Jinx, Rebels No Hitters & Grey Sox History!
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out seven
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out seven
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Nacho Alvarez hits a home run
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• MLB Mock Draft: Where do Dylan Crews, Paul Skenes, and Wyatt Langford end up?
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