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• Baseball America has updated their top 30 Rays prospects

Photo by Natalie Buchanan/Minor League Baseball Not so rosy an outlook for the system ahead of the 2025 MLB draft. We are more than halfway through the regular season and with that, Baseball America has updated their top 100 prospects in the game and their top 30 prospects within each team’s system. The entire list is behind a paywall, but I will highlight the top 10 as well as some of t...2025
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 15

Photo by Natalie Buchanan/Minor League Baseball via Getty Images The Rays top prospect has been placed on the Injured List This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. This was the 15th week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top hitter in the R...2025
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• Rays Trade Target: Byron Buxton

Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images The Rays are set to begin their final road trip of the first half in Minnesota on Friday, with an Independence Day matinee against the Twins. The postseason picture is becoming clear, and the Twins seem to be outside of it. On the other hand, the Rays find themselves in a three-team race for the AL East. On Thursday, the Blue Jays overtook the Yankees for sole pos...2025
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• Feeling a draft in here (Part 1)

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Prospects, they will break your heart. Let’s look at who the Braves drafted recently and the players who were drafted around them by other teams. I’ll tell you a brief story from my intern year in baseball operations with the Atlanta Braves. It was … a while ago. But one of the main responsibilities I was warned about was that I was going to have to do all sorts ...2025
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 14

Photo by Natalie Buchanan/Minor League Baseball via Getty Images Brody Hopkins will represent the Rays at the Futures’ Game This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. This was the 14th week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top hitter in the ...2025
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 13

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Rays top prospect, Carson Williams, is having a torrid June This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Tuesday. This was the 13th week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top hitter in the Rays ...2025
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• Baseball America has updated their top 30 Rays prospects
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 8

Photo by Zac BonDurant/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images T.J. Nichols had a stellar start and is getting national attention This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. This was the eigth week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top hitter in the ...2025
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 7

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images One of the Rays top pitching prospects has landed on the Injured List This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. This was the seventh week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top hitter in t...2025
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• Atlanta Braves Minor League Preview 5/6: Ian Anderson makes return appearance

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images The former Braves top draft pick is back in the system and hoping to find a way to re-establish himself as an option among the Braves pitching plans. Tuesday brings a full slate of five games with a set of new opponents for the Atlanta Braves system. As of this writing most of the starting pitchers aren’t finalized, though one of the two already name...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List

Carson Williams #65 and Brayden Taylor #93 of the Tampa Bay Rays run off the field during the first ever spring training Spring Breakout game | Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Eleven new players enter the annual top prospect list. Welcome back to the annual DRaysBay Community Prospect List, a treasured tradition at the site where our community diligently votes ...2025
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• Are the Rays Changing the Cooking Time for Prospects?

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Slow and low is no longer how the Rays do things. Editor’s Note: Please join me in welcoming Jason Collette back to DRaysBay. He has written across the blogosphere at Baseball Prospectus, Rotowire, and more. We’re lucky to have him! - DR It is truism accepted by many that the Rays slow cook their prospects like brisket on a smoker. An...2025
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• Ian Anderson gives up one run in his 2025 spring training debut

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The 26-year-old right-hander looked to get his spring started on a good note as the Braves had their spring home opener today. The Atlanta Braves had their spring training home opener today at CoolToday Park and it was a very intriguing occasion, indeed — all eyes were on Ian Anderson as he made his spring training debut for the year as he looks to lock d...2025
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• Baseball Prospectus finds new ways to insult the Rays

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Baseball Prospectus compares the Rays way of operating to the people firing air traffic controllers. We think that insults the reader’s intelligence more than it does the Rays. Sometimes being a Rays fan feels like being part of a dysfunctional and much-maligned family. We are aware — hyperaware! — of our family problems. We resent having to share Thanksgiv...2025
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"Carson Williams 65.Gary Gill Hill Carson Williams once again receives high praise from prospect pundits, with his defensive wizardry helping to make him the best shortstop prospect in all of baseball."

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"Birdsell walked three, struck out two and gave up two home runs to 2021 first-round pick Carson Williams."

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"Minter came back and struck out Carson Williams for the second out and then got Tristan Gray to fly out to end the game."

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"The Rays announced they’ve come to terms with first-round draft choice Carson Williams."

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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 15
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• Rays Trade Target: Byron Buxton
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• Feeling a draft in here (Part 1)
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 14
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 13
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 12

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images Eloy Jimenez began a rehab assignment This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Tuesday. This was the 12th week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top hitter in the Rays farm system has changed once again. 25-year old Trist...2025
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 11

Photo by Joe Sullivan/MLB Photos via Getty Images Ian Seymour made his big league debut This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Wednesday. This was the 11th week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top hitter in the Rays farm system has changed once...2025
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 10

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images One of the Rays top prospects, Tre’ Morgan, has been placed on the Injured List This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Wednesday. This was the tenth week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top ...2025
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 8
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 15
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 7
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 6

Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images Suddenly Seymour is leading the Rays organization in homeruns This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. This was the sixth week of minor league play with all of the Rays full season minor league teams having completed their first full week of pla; the Complex League ...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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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin’s big day sparks United States win

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Drake Baldwin got the start for USA baseball, and he excelled to help them to a close win Drake Baldwin got the start in the United States final super round game, and Baldwin showed up to play for the United States. Baldwin found himself in a key spot in two United States rallies, the first coming in the first inning when he drew a walk and came around to sc...2024
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin pinch hits, USA loses again

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Drake Baldwin struck out to end the United States’s 8-2 loss Drake Baldwin was once again left on the bench against Chinese Taipei, and the United States lost a big one as they will now likely find themselves in the bronze medal game unless they can pull off a huge win over Venezuela on the final day of the super round. Baldwin had an at bat with two runners on in...2024
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 11
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• Baseball Prospectus finds new ways to insult the Rays
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• Rays Projected 2025 Opening Day Roster

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images The offense has mostly taken shape. What’s left to do? Last season things did not go the Rays way, and the team triggered a rebuild at the trade deadline by dealing star players Randy Arozarena, Isaac Paredes, and Zach Eflin — dramatically overhauling the farm system and setting up 2025 to be a transition year. Indeed, the organization is stocked with lef...2024
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• WBSC Premier12 Final: Chinese Taipei stuns Japan, wins gold medal

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Chinese Taipei pulled off an upset against the heavily-favored Samurai Japan in the gold medal final The final day of the WBSC Premier12 featured a repeat of the last day of the super round, with the United States and Venezuela matching up for the bronze medal and Chinese Taipei and Japan capping the tournament with a gold medal game. For those following the...2024
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin’s big day sparks United States win
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin strikes out, USA opens super round with loss

Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images Japan torched the United States for a blowout win, with Braves prospect Drake Baldwin having one pitch hit appearance where he struck out. Drake Baldwin didn’t get a start for the United States in their loss to Japan, though he did get an appearance late in the game as a pinch hitter. With a runner on and two outs Baldwin came in to face Japa...2024
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin notches first hit

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Baldwin had a hit and an RBI in a comfortable win for USA baseball. USA Baseball is now 2-0 in games started by Drake Baldwin, and in his third game played Baldwin finally broke through with his first hit along with driving in a run. Baldwin’s RBI came in the United States’s four-run first inning, hit ground out scoring Colby Thomas for the final run of that inni...2024
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• Kyle Wright debuts, Vaughn Grissom collects three hits as Braves beat Rays
John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports Wright allowed four runs over 2 2/3 innings in his first action of the spring. Vaughn Grissom had three hits while Matt Olson homered again to help the Atlanta Braves grab a 6-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Kyle Wright made his spring debut and retired Yandy Diaz and Wander Franco before allowing a solo home run to Brandon Lowe on a 3-0 pitch. He then a...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Franklin homers in return; Ritchie leaves with injury
Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images It’s been 377 days since Jesse Franklin V last suited up, and in his first game back he made a bang with a long home run It was a busy day on the farm for the Atlanta Braves, with a few injury-related items headlining the action. Travis d’Arnaud made his second appearance in his rehab stint with Gwinnett, and down in Mississippi Jess...2023
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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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• Nick Loftin, Gavin Cross headline Royals to play in Arizona Fall League

Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports The league is a stepping stone to the big leagues. The Arizona Fall League announced roster today with eight Royals heading there for play - infielders Nick Loftin, Peyton Wilson, outfielder Gavin Cross, and pitchers Eric Cerantola, Rylan Kaufman, Jacob Wallace, Beck Way, and Angel Zerpa. The league is considered to be an opportunity for advanced prospects to g...2023
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• Could the Royals make a trade for Randy Arozarena work?

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The Rays are reportedly listening to trade offers. Winter is coming for the Royals, and by that I mean the Winter Meetings are quick on the horizon. Hopefully, for our sake, the offseason ahead for Kansas City finishes better than the final season of Game of Thrones did. The organization made a smaller move this week, signing utilityman Garrett Hampson t...2023
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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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• Minor League Wrap: Kevin Alcántara breaks out, but Smokies get walloped by Biscuits

Kevin Alcántara | Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Pelicans snap their losing streak. The Smokies lose, but Kevin Alcántara breaks out with four hits. Right-handers Julio Teheran and Chris Kachmar have joined the Iowa Cubs. We have something unusual tonight. Myrtle Beach was the only team to win. Iowa Cubs Rained out. They’ll play a doubleheader tomorrow. Tennessee Smoki...2024
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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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• 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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• 2025 Tampa Bay Rays Top Prospects
The Rays have the deepest minor league system, and I’m not sure it’s close. The top of the system takes a hit with Junior Caminero’s promotion, but Carson Williams is no slouch. I worry about how much he’ll hit, but he has fantasy-friendly tools and can pick it at shortstop. I loved the Rays’ selection […] The post 2025 Tampa Bay Rays Top Prospects first appeared on ....2024
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 15
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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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• Ian Anderson gives up one run in his 2025 spring training debut
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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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• Game Report for 19th Annual SAC Baseball Research Conference, TWIMBH Greatness!!

The much-anticipated annual gathering of baseball researchers at Montgomery arrived on Saturday, hosted at the Farley Auditorium at the Alabama Dept. of Archives and History. A community outreach by the Rickwood Field SABR chapter, along with the Montgomery Biscuits and their owner Lou DiBella, it marks the first time in the 21st century that Montgomery baseball history has been given the fu...2024
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