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• Rays prospect Xavier Isaac returns to action in first game since undergoing brain surgery

The Rays prospect had a heartfelt moment on Saturday....2026
• 2026 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 13

Previous Winner 12. Xavier Isaac, 1B22 | L/L | 6’3” | 240AA | .201/.366/.446 (144 wRC+) 175 PA, 9 HR, 1 SB, 19.4% BB, 29.7% K Isaac had his season cut short large-in-part due to the discovery of a brain tumor, disrupting an otherwise great start to the season that duplicated his cup of coffee […]...2026
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• Rays Prospect Xavier Isaac “Fully Recovered” After Brain Surgery
Rays outfield prospect Xavier Isaac was limited to 41 Double-A games in 2025, and he didn’t play after June 25 due to what was thought to be a continuation of the wrist and elbow injuries that hampered him earlier in the season. However, Isaac revealed in an Instagram post that he actually underwent a “life…...2025
• Rays former first-round pick 'fully recovered' after brain surgery

Xavier Isaac revealed in an Instagram post that he actually underwent a "life-saving" brain surgery on July 3, following a routine brain scan for what seemed to be just a dehydration issue....2025
• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 18

Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images Forrest Whitley has been quite good since joining the Durham Bulls This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. This was the 18th week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), there is a new #1 in the Rays system and this newcomer Ja...2025
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 17

Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images Baseball America has updated their top 30 to include the 2025 draft class This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. This was the 17th week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), there is a new #1 in the Rays system as ...2025
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• Rays prospect Xavier Isaac returns to action in first game since undergoing brain surgery
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• Rays Prospect Xavier Isaac “Fully Recovered” After Brain Surgery
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• Rays former first-round pick 'fully recovered' after brain surgery
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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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• Men’s college basketball rankings: Breaking down the top 25 teams after NBA Draft declaration deadline

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Here’s our early top 25 rankings for the upcoming men’s college basketball season. After two months of portal madness and dozens of stay-or-go NBA Draft decisions, we finally have a pretty clear picture of what most rosters are going to look like for the 2025-26 men’s college basketball season. With that in mind, let’s update some early rankings. 1. Hou...2025
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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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• Men’s college basketball top 25 rankings after transfer portal closed

Christine Tannous/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The team that came excruciatingly close to cutting down the nets in 2025 is the early favorite to get the job done in 2026. The moving and shaking is far from finished, but the closing of the transfer portal leaves us with more clarity about the landscape of the 2025-26 men’s college basketball season than we had three weeks ...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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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 5

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Tre Morgan leaps up the board. Previous Winner Tre’ Morgan, 1B22 | L/L | 6’0” | 215 A | .320/.398/.440 (149 wRC+) 115 PA, 2 HR, 9 SB, 8.7% BB, 11.3% KA+ | .371/.447/.558 (184 wRC+) 231 PA, 6 HR, 10 SB, 11.3% BB, 7.8% KAA | .211/.322/.342 (102 wRC+) 91 PA, 2 HR, 1 SB, 13.2% BB, 18.7% K The inverse of Xavier Isaac, and a year ahead develo...2025
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"Xavier Isaac, 1B22 | L/L | 6’3” | 240AA | ."

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"Xavier Isaac 90.Xavier Isaac awed scouts for the better part of the 2024 season and surged up rankings, but a poor showing following a late season promotion to Double-A has led some to be skeptical; regardless, he is still making the cut and is considered one of the best first base prospects in the game."

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"He then struggled a bit (by his standards) at the start of the second innings with a leadoff walk to Xavier Isaac and gave up a single to Francisco Mejía after striking out Jake Mangum."

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"Xavier Isaac, 1B - 55 Grade BA views Isaac’s hit tool as the best in the entire Rays system, and view him as, “absolutely among the best first base prospects in the game,” per JJ Coopers Q&A after the list was published."

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"Here’s the latest notable news on that front: The Rays have agreed to terms with first-round selection Xavier Isaac."

• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 18
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 17
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 16

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Brody Hopkins delivered a perfect inning during 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 16th 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 is 25-y...2025
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• Baseball America has updated their top 30 Rays prospects
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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 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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• 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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• Thursday Rockpile: Gameplanning the trade deadline for the Rockies

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, June 12, 2025 We’re about a month-and-a-half away from MLB’s trade deadline on July 31st. Many teams are already considering their options in regards to this most special of days, trying to determine what path to take to set them on the road to success. Rumors swirl about names such as Luis Robert Jr., Zac Gallen,...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 18
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 15
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• White Sox Minor League Update: June 11, 2025

Going yard: George Wolkow’s two-run blast propelled the Cannon Ballers to the organization’s only victory of the day. | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The affiliates finished 1-4, with Grant Umberger and George Wolkow providing the highlights in the organization’s only victory Durham Bulls 5, Charlotte Knights 1 (Statcast box)The Knights (32-33) fell back below .500 aft...2025
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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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• Sunday Notes: Xavier Isaac Wants To Make Contact (But Not Soft Contact)
Plus Bubba Chandler on facing Marcelo and Roman, Christian Vázquez on his biggest at-bats, Drew Gilbert on his strengths, the other Randy Johnsons, facts and stats galore, and more....2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 5
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 4

Xavier Isaac #23 of the Tampa Bay Rays reacts as he returns to the dugout after hitting a two run game tying homerun in the top of the sixth inning during a spring training game against the Minnesota Twins at Lee County Sports Complex on March 16, 2024 in Fort Myers, Florida. | Photo by Christopher Pasatieri/Getty Images Xavier Isaac moves up to three! Previous Winner 3. Xavier Isaac, 1B/O...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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• Rays prospect Xavier Isaac returns to action in first game since undergoing brain surgery
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 16
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• Thursday Rockpile: Gameplanning the trade deadline for the Rockies
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 11
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• Cub Tracks’ finale countdown

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The season is almost over but that game may have shown glimpses of a brighter future. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated...2024
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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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• 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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• Strider strikes out six, offense struggles as Braves fall to Rays

Albies went yard vs the Rays | Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports Spencer Strider looked sharp, and Ozzie Albies went yard. Other than that, we can be thankful this was just a spring training game. With only four more spring training games left before the regular season begins, Spencer Strider took the mound for the Atlanta Braves against the Tampa Bay Rays featuring a sparkling 0.00 ERA and b...2024
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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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• Draft Signings: Rays, Giants, Cubs, Brewers, Red Sox
With three days left for teams to sign draftees, agreements continue to trickle in. Here’s the latest notable news on that front: The Rays have agreed to terms with first-round selection Xavier Isaac. Jim Callis of MLB.com reports (on Twitter) he’ll receive a $2.5489MM bonus that matches the pick’s slot value. The lefty-hitting high schooler is something…...2022
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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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• 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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• Arizona Fall League: Get to know the Mesa Solar Sox

Despite the NY on his jersey, Ben Cowles is a Cub | Photo by Diamond Images via Getty Images The 2024 Arizona Fall League starts today. Here’s what you need to know about the Mesa Solar Sox. The Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League take the field tonight at 6:30 Mountain Standard Time at Sloan Park, the Spring Training home of the Chicago Cubs. There are eight Cubs minor leaguers on t...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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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 18
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• Men’s college basketball rankings: Breaking down the top 25 teams after NBA Draft declaration deadline
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• Men’s college basketball top 25 rankings after transfer portal closed
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List
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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

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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• 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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• 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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