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Tampa Bay Rays 2026 Minor League Roundup: Week 10

This was the 10th week of full minor league play (stats are entering play on Monday, June 15th).

According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), 22-year old Caden Bodine remains the top hitter spot in the Rays system. The backstop was recently added to Baseball America’s top 100 prospect rankings (80) and is up to 4th in the Rays system.

Meanwhile, Aidan Cremarods is back as the top performing pitcher system. The 22-year old Cremarosa is having a solid debut season within the Rays system. The 2025 8th round pick is currently in Single-A and holds a 2.59 ERA | 2.68 FIP with a 31.4 K% & 5.3 BB% over 48.2 IP.

Emilien Pitre has been promoted to Double-A. The 23-year old 2nd round draft from 2024 was having an excellent campaign in his second season in High-A. At the the tine of his promotion, he was hitting .297/.429/.413 with 2 HR, registering a 129 wRC+ over 221 PA.
Trace Phillips signed the second largest deal for an undrafted free agent in history last year, signing a $629,200 deal with the Rays. He was one of the top prospects eligible for the draft last Summer but went unselected. He made his debut las week, pitching a scoreless inning.
Theo Gillen’s great season keeps getting better. Thus far in June, he is hitting .409/.536/.500.

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 110 TBF & PA)

None currently on active roster

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .258, Blake Sabol
OBP: .344, Logan Davidson
SLG: .470, Tatem Levins
HR: 9, Tatem Levins
wRC+: 100, Carson Williams
SB: 24, Raynel Delgado (Traded to the Astros on 6/10)

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 1.85, Ty Johnson
FIP: 3.30, Ty Johnson
K%: 29.1% Evan Reifert
BB%: 5.2%, Jonathan Heasley
WHIP: 0.97, Ty Johnson
AVG: .174, Evan Reifert & Ty Johnson
WHIFF%: 14.0%, Ty Johnson

#2 Brody Hopkins
- AAA: 4.09 ERA | 4.90 FIP | 26.7 K% | 20.6 BB% | .183 AVG | 12.6 WHIFF% | 55 IP

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .309, Austin Overn (placed on the IL on 5/27)
OBP: .384, Xavier Isaac
SLG: .533, Austin Overn (placed on the IL on 5/27)
HR: 12, Xavier Isaac
wRC+: 141, Austin Overn (Placed on IL on 5/27)
SB: 28, Austin Overn (placed on the IL on 5/27)

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 1.96, Chris Clark
FIP: 2.50, Chris Clark
K%: 34.5%, Alexander Alberto
BB%: 4.2%, Gary Gill Hill
WHIP 0.94, Alexander Alberto
AVG: .184, Alexander Alberto
WHIFF%: 16.2%, Alexander Alberto

#9 T.J. Nichols
- AA: 8.36 ERA | 4.58 FIP | 17.6 K% | 11.8 BB% | .350 AVG | 10.4 WHIFF% | 14 IP
- CPX: 1.80 ERA | 2.49 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
  - 5/19: Activated from Injured List
#10 Santiago Suarez
- AA: 5.93 ERA | 5.15 FIP | 22.3 K% | 4.3 BB% | .260 AVG | 12.5 WHIFF% | 44 IP
  - 4/25: Placed on Injured List
  - 5/5: Activated from Injured List

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .335, Theo Gillen
OBP: .444, Tony Santa Maria
SLG: .577, Connor Hujsak
HR: 15, Connor Hujsak
wRC+: 161, Theo Gillen
SB: 25, Theo Gillen

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 1.73, Jacob Kisting
FIP: 2.81, Jacob Kisting
K%: 40.5%, Jacob Kmatz (Promoted to AA on 6/9)
BB%: 5.4%, Jacob Kisting
WHIP: 0.91, Jacob Kisting
AVG: .185, Jacob Kisting
WHIFF%: 21.7% Jacob Kmatz (Promoted to AA on 6/9)

#1 Theo Gillen
- A+: .335/.443/.572 | 24.3 K% | 14.0 BB% | 10 HR | 25 SB | 161 wRC+ | 235 PA
#3 Nathan Flewelling
- A+: .240/.361/.441 | 26.6 K% | 13.9 BB% | 10 HR | 3 SB | 110 wRC+ | 244 PA
#4 Caden Bodine
- A+: .301/.394/.446 | 6.1 K% | 9.1 BB% | 3 HR | 2 SB | 121 wRC+ | 99 PA
- A: .379/.433/.614 | 3.9 K% | 9.2 BB% | 5 HR | 1 SB | 181 wRC+ | 152 PA
#6 Anderson Brito
- A+: 3.34 ERA | 4.53 FIP | 28.8 K% | 14.4 BB% | .240 AVG | 13.4 WHIFF% | 32.1 IP
  - 5/23: Placed on 7-day Injured List

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .379, Caden Bodine (Promoted to A+ on 5/19)
OBP: .433, Caden Bodine (Promoted to A+ on 5/19)
SLG: .614, Caden Bodine (Promoted to A+ on 5/19)
HR: 6, Taitn Gray
wRC+: 179, Caden Bodine (Promoted to A+ on 5/19)
SB: 19, Alberth Palma

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 1.97, Trey Pooser
FIP: 2.68, Aidan Cremarosa
K%: 31.7%, Mason Nichols
BB%: 3.6%, Aidan Haugh
WHIP: 0.84, Aidan Cremarosa
AVG: .175, Aidan Cremarosa
WHIFF%: 16.3%, Aidan Cremarosa

#5 Cooper Flemming
- A: .278/.371/.425 | 16.1 K% | 10.9 BB% | 5 HR | 6 SB | 121 wRC+ | 248 PA
#7 Daniel Pierce
- A: .252/.336/.390 | 28.6 K% | 7.9 BB% | 4 HR | 6 SB | 103 wRC+ | 140 PA
  - 4/22: Placed on the 7-day IL
  - 5/2: Activated from the IL
#8 Taitn Gray
- A: .286/.406/.474 | 21.9 K% | 16.1 BB% | 6 HR | 4 SB | 144 wRC+ | 192 PA
  - 6/1: Placed on the 7-day IL