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Tampa Bay Rays 2026 Minor League Roundup: Week 3

This was the 3rd week of full minor league play (stats are entering play on Sunday, April 26th).

According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), 22-year old backstop Caden Bodine continues to be the top hitter in the Rays system; the Rays acquired the former 1st round pick in the Shane Baz deal. Bodine is currently hitting .408/.457/.662 with 3 HR over 83 PA; notably, he has only struck out twice (2.4%).

Meanwhile, Aidan Cremarosa is still the team’s top minor league pitcher. The 22-year old was taken by the Rays in the 8th round of the 2025 draft out of Fresno State. Thus far over four starts, Cremarosa has a 3.60 ERA | 1.76 FIP with a 39.5 K% & 3.7 BB% over 20 IP.

SO MANY INJURIES
- Jacob Melton looked awkward rounding third base and had to be assisted off the field. The injury would be disclosed as a sprained ankle and he is expected to miss 4-6 weeks.
- Daniel Pierce was placed on the 7-day Injured List
- Brendan Summerhill was placed the 7-day Injured List.
- Other players placed on the IL (Some of these were last week):
  - RHP Jacob Kisting, RHP Nate Knowles, C Brady Donay, OF James Quinn-Irons, RHP Luke Jackson, & LHP Drew Dowd.
Baseball America highlighted Taitn Gray as a player that might be rising within the Rays system. The 3rd round 2025 draft pick is having a stellar start to his professional career and launched his 3rd homerun of the season on Sunday.

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 30 TBF for pitchers)

None currently on active roster

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .323, Victor Mesa Jr
OBP: .417, Victor Mesa Jr
SLG: .565, Victor Mesa Jr
HR: 4, Justyn-Henry Malloy and Dom Keegan
wRC+: 157, Victor Mesa Jr
SB: 17, Jacob Melton

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 0.00, Trevor Martin
FIP: 2.93, Andrew Wantz
K%: 35.3%, Logan Workman
BB%: 9.0%, Chase Solesky
WHIP: 1.12, Kodi Whitley
AVG: .171, Trevor Martin
WHIFF%: 16.0%, Alex Cook

#1 Brody Hopkins
- AAA: 2.96 ERA | 5.03 FIP | 25.0 K% | 19.2 BB% | .195 AVG | 14.0 WHIFF% | 24.1 IP
#3 Jacob Melton
- AAA: .231/.346/.431 | 40.2 K% | 15.9 BB% | 1 HR | 17 SB | 101 wRC+ | 82 PA
  - 4/23: Suffered sprained ankle. Expected to miss 4-6 weeks.

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .306, Cooper Kinney
OBP: .431, Xavier Isaac
SLG: .571, Xavier Isaac
HR: 4, Will Simpson & Xavier Isaac
wRC+: 159, Xavier Isaac
SB: 18, Austin Overn

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 1.80, Michael Forret
FIP: 2.79, Derrick Edington
K%: 29.7%, Santiago Suarez
BB%: 2.4%, Tommy McCollum
WHIP 0.73, Garrett Edwards
AVG: .130, Garrett Edwards
WHIFF%: 14.2%, Santiago Suarez

#4 T.J. Nichols
- AA: 1.80 ERA | 1.79 FIP | 25.0 K% | 0.0 BB% | .300 AVG | 12.3 WHIFF% | 5 IP
  - 4/7: Placed on Injured List
#6 Santiago Suarez
- AA: 5.94 ERA | 5.53 FIP | 29.7 K% | 8.1 BB% | .239 AVG | 14.2 WHIFF% | 16.2 IP
#8 Michael Forret
- AA: 1.80 ERA | 6.52 FIP | 24.1 K% | 17.2 BB% | .146 AVG | 12.3 WHIFF% | 15 IP

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .364, Nathan Flewelling
OBP: .464, Tony Santa Maria
SLG: .867, Theo Gillen
HR: 6, Theo Gillen & Connor Hujsak
wRC+: 213, Theo Gillen
SB: 9, Tony Santa Maria

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 0.93, Andres Galan
FIP: 2.05, Anderson Brito
K%: 32.8%, Anderson Brito
BB%: 6.3%, Anderson Brito
WHIP: 1.2, Andres Galan
AVG: .216, Trevor Harrison & Andres Galan
WHIFF%: 14.7%, Anderson Brito

#2 Theo Gillen
- A+: .333/.412/.867 | 23.5 K% | 7.8 BB% | 6 HR | 3 SB | 213 wRC+ | 51 PA
#5 Anderson Brito
- A+: 3.68 ERA | 2.05 FIP | 32.8 K% | 6.3 BB% | .259 AVG | 14.7 WHIFF% | 14.2 IP
#10 Aidan Smith
- A+: Hasn’t played in 2026
  - 4/2: Placed on the Injured List

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .408, Caden Bodine
OBP: .457, Caden Bodine
SLG: .662, Caden Bodine
HR: 3, Caden Bodine, Cooper Flemming, Brendan Summerhill and Daniel Pierce
wRC+: 190, Caden Bodine
SB: 6, Derek Datil

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 1.80, Trey Pooser
FIP: 1.76, Aidan Cremarosa
K%: 39.5%, Aidan Cremarosa
BB%: 2.3%, Trey Pooser
WHIP: 0.80, Alex Wallace & Trey Pooser
AVG: .156, Jacob Kuhn
WHIFF%: 18.5%, Aidan Cremarosa

#7 Daniel Pierce
- A: .286/.364/.510 | 34.5 K% | 7.3 BB% | 3 HR | 4 SB | 132 wRC+ | 55 PA
  - 4/22: Placed on the 7-day IL
#9 Brendan Summerhill
- A: .188/.235/.375 | 23.5 K% | 3.9 BB% | 3 HR | 0 SB | 60 wRC+ | 51 PA
  - 4/22: Placed on the 7-day IL