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Tampa Bay Rays 2026 Minor League Roundup: Week 6

This was the 6th week of full minor league play (stats are entering play on Monday, May 18th).

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 was recently added to Baseball America’s top 100 prospect rankings and is up to 4th in the Rays system.

Meanwhile, Aidan Cremarosa is still the team’s top minor league pitcher and among the top performers in all of minor league baseball and is also now ranked 27th in the Rays system by Baseball America. The 22-year old was taken by the Rays in the 8th round of the 2025 draft out of Fresno State. Thus far over seven starts in Single-A, Cremarosa has a 2.54 ERA | 2.33 FIP with a 37.7 K% & 4.1 BB% over 39 IP.

Baseball America has updated their top 30 prospect rankings, I will feature the statlines of the updated top 10 going forward.
Three Rays prospects were featured on Baseball America’s Hot Sheet: Theo Gillen, Austin Overn, and Emilien Pitre
OF Brailer Gurrero has been placed on the Injured List
1B Tre’ Morgan began a rehab assignment

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 70 TBF & PA)

None currently on active roster

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: 6, Blake Sabol
wRC+: 152, Victor Mesa Jr (hasn’t played since 4/15)
SB: 17, Jacob Melton (Placed on the IL on 4/23)

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 2.37, Evan Reifert
FIP: 2.99, Trevor Martin (promoted to MLB on 5/15)
K%: 34.6%, Joe Rock
BB%: 6.4%, Jonathan Heasley
WHIP: 1.21, Evan Reifert
AVG: .164, Evan Reifert
WHIFF%: 14.4%, Jonny Cuevas

#2 Brody Hopkins
- AAA: 3.35 ERA | 5.23 FIP | 24.9 K% | 19.9 BB% | .206 AVG | 13.3 WHIFF% | 40.1 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.

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .341, Cooper Kinney (promoted to AAA on 5/5)
OBP: .432, Cooper Kinney (promoted to AAA on 5/5)
SLG: .612, Xavier Isaac
HR: 11, Xavier Isaac
wRC+: 168, Cooper Kinney (promoted to AAA on 5/5)
SB: 27, Austin Overn

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 1.67, Michael Forret
FIP: 2.70, Alexander Alberto
K%: 33.3%, Alexander Alberto
BB%: 1.4%, Gary Gill Hill
WHIP 0.93, Michael Forret
AVG: .156, Michael Forret
WHIFF%: 15.6%, Michael Forret

#9 T.J. Nichols
- AA: 1.80 ERA | 1.74 FIP | 25.0 K% | 0.0 BB% | .300 AVG | 12.3 WHIFF% | 5 IP
- CPX: 1.80 ERA | 2.63 FIP | 20.0 K% | 0.0 BB% | .300 AVG | 9.2 WHIFF% | 5 IP
  - 4/7: Placed on Injured List
  - 5/9: Began rehab assignment in Complex League
#10 Santiago Suarez
- AA: 5.93 ERA | 5.46 FIP | 28.8 K% | 5.1 BB% | .245 AVG | 13.7 WHIFF% | 27.1 IP
  - 4/25: Placed on Injured List
  - 5/5: Activated from Injured List

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .327, Theo Gillen
OBP: .454, Tony Santa Maria
SLG: .645, Theo Gillen
HR: 9, Connor Hujsak
wRC+: 168, Theo Gillen
SB: 15, Tony Santa Maria

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 3.49, Anderson Brito
FIP: 4.42, Anderson Brito
K%: 30.2%, Jacob Kmatz
BB%: 6.4%, Garrett Gainey
WHIP: 1.33, Garrett Gainey
AVG: .217, Trevor Harrison
WHIFF%: 13.6%, Anderson Brito

#1 Theo Gillen
- A+: .327/.427/.645 | 25.2 K% | 13.7 BB% | 8 HR | 14 SB | 168 wRC+ | 131 PA
#3 Nathan Flewelling
- A+: .290/.378/.532 | 25.2 K% | 11.9 BB% | 8 HR | 3 SB | 131 wRC+ | 143 PA
#6 Anderson Brito
- A+: 3.49 ERA | 4.42 FIP | 30.2 K% | 12.4 BB% | .248 AVG | 13.6 WHIFF% | 28.1 IP

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .379, Caden Bodine
OBP: .433, Caden Bodine
SLG: .614, Caden Bodine
HR: 5, Taitn Gray & Caden Bodine
wRC+: 179, Caden Bodine
SB: 13, Alberth Palma

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 2.00, Trey Pooser
FIP: 2.33, Aidan Cremarosa
K%: 37.7%, Aidan Cremarosa
BB%: 3.8%, Aidan Cremarosa
WHIP: 0.77, Aidan Cremarosa
AVG: .171, Aidan Cremarosa
WHIFF%: 18.2%, Aidan Cremarosa

#4 Caden Bodine
- A: .379/.433/.614 | 3.9 K% | 9.2 BB% | 5 HR | 1 SB | 179 wRC+ | 152 PA
#5 Cooper Flemming
- A: .308/.405/.469 | 16.3 K% | 11.8 BB% | 3 HR | 5 SB | 143 wRC+ | 153 PA
#7 Daniel Pierce
- A: .250/.318/.417 | 29.0 K% | 5.6 BB% | 4 HR | 5 SB | 102 wRC+ | 107 PA
  - 4/22: Placed on the 7-day IL
  - 5/2: Activated from the IL
#8 Taitn Gray
- A: .270/.387/.451| 22.0 K% | 15.3 BB% | 5 HR | 3 SB | 131 wRC+ | 150 PA