TAMPA BAY RAYS MINOR LEAGUE ROUNDUP: WEEK 6

Every Monday during the regular season, each minor league team has the day off. This serves as an excellent check point system to check in on how each team and individual prospect is performing. We are now five weeks into the 2024 campaign and some prospects have certainly continued their ascent up the organizational ladder while others are off to less than stellar starts.

According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top hitter in the Rays farm system right now is the top prospect in the Rays system, 20-year old Junior Caminero.

Meanwhile, the top pitcher is 25-year old southpaw Ian Seymour. After dealing with injuries throughout the start of his profesisonal career, Seymour is finally healthy and is dominating in Double-A. Over five starts, he has a 2.10 ERA | 3.06 FIP with a 35.1 K% and 7.2 BB% over 25 2/3 innings pitched.

Let’s break it down by team; the offensive players must still be at that level and have at least 40 plate appearances; the pitchers must have at least 10 innings logged, exlcuding the FCL which just began play. All stats were recorded prior to the start of play on Tuesday.

Durham Bulls

Record: 13-20, 10 games back (last place in the International League East)

Team Offensive Leaders:

AVG: .349, Jake Mangum

OBP: .417, Jake Mangum

SLG: .662, Junior Caminero

HR: 6, Junior Caminero

wRC+: 162, Junior Caminero

SB: 10, Kameron Misner

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Team Pitching Leaders:

ERA: 0.82, Taj Bradley

FIP: 2.31, Michael Gomez

K%: 39.5%, Taj Bradley

BB%: 4.2%, Mason Montgomery

WHIP: 0.45, Taj Bradley

AVG: .057, Taj Bradley

WHIFF%: 17.0%, Taj Bradley

Top 10 Prospects

• Junior Caminero: .324/.378/.662 | 21.6 K% | 8.1 BB% | 6 HR | 1 SB | 162 wRC+ | 74 PA
• Osleivis Basabe: .224/.270/.276 | 22.2 K% | 1.6 BB% | 1 HR | 1 SB | 42 wRC+ | 63 PA. Currently on the 7-day IL with a fracture wrist suffered on 4/16
• Shane Baz: 9.00 ERA | 8.96 FIP | 0.0 K% | 7.7 BB% | .250 AVG | 3 IP. Began rehab assignment with Durham last weekend after undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2022.

Montgomery Biscuits

Record: 15-12, 2-way tie for first in the Southern League South

Team Offensive Leaders:

AVG: .333, Carson Williams

OBP: .409, Nick Schnell

SLG: .605, Heriberto Hernandez

HR: 5, Heriberto Hernandez

wRC+: 186, Heriberto Hernandez

SB: 13, Dru Baker

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Team Pitching Leaders:

ERA: 1.35, Jeff Belge

FIP: 3.06, Ian Seymour

K%: 35.1%, Ian Seymour

BB%: 2.1%, Sean Hunley

WHIP: 0.78, Ian Seymour

AVG: .130, Jeff Belge

WHIFF%: 18.7%, Alfredo Zarraga

Top 10 Prospects

• Carson Williams: .333/.380/.548 | 28.0 K% | 5.0 BB% | 4 HR | 7 SB | 178 wRC+ | 100 PA
• Dom Keegen: .217/.356/.386 | 22.1 K% | 15.4 BB% | 4 HR | 0 SB | 126 wRC+ | 104 PA

Bowling Green Hot Rods

Record: 13-14, 2 games back - 2nd place in the South Atlantic League South

Team Offensive Leaders:

AVG: .333, Chandler Simpson

OBP: .420, Chandler Simpson

SLG: .513, Cooper Kinney

HR: 3, Xavier Isaac & Colton Ledbetter

wRC+: 164, Cooper Kinney

SB: 23, Chandler Simpson

Team Pitching Leaders:

ERA: 1.64, JJ Goss

FIP: 2.66, JJ Goss

K%: 33.3%, Duncan Davitt

BB%: 2.6%, T.J. Fondtain

WHIP: .087, Drew Sommers

AVG: .139, Yoniel Curet

WHIFF%: 16.0%, T.J. Fondtain

Top 10 Prospects

• Xavier Isaac: .202/.284/.357 | 30.5 K% | 9.5 BB% | 3 HR | 4 SB | 88 wRC+ | 95 PA

Brayden Taylor: .247/.404/.416 | 26.3 K% | 21.2 BB% | 2 HR | 8 SB | 143 wRC+ | 99 PA

Charleston River Dogs

Record: 11-14, five games back, 5th place in the Carolina League South

Team Offensive Leaders:

AVG: .288, Tre’ Morgan

OBP: .419, Noah Myers

SLG: .461, Angel Mateo

HR: 3, Angel Mateo

wRC+: 141, Noah Myers & Angel Mateo

SB: 11, Noah Myers

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Team Pitching Leaders:

ERA: 1.32, Chandler Murphy

FIP: 2.46, Santiago Suarez

K%: 28.8%, Adam Boucher & Hayden Snelsire

BB%: 2.3%, Santiago Suarez

WHIP: 0.88, Santiago Suarez

AVG: .136, Hayden Snelsire

WHIFF%: 15.9%, Hayden Snelsire

Top 10 Prospects

Adrian Santana: .164/.267/.221 | 24.4% | 9.3 BB% | 0 HR | 9 SB | 54 wRC+ | 86 PA

FCL Rays

Record: 2-0

Team Offensive Leaders:

AVG: .500, Jose Monzon

OBP: .571, Jose Sanabria

SLG: .500, Jose Monzon

HR: 0, whole team tied

wRC+: 200, Jose Monzon

SB: 3, Brailer Guerrero & Mason Auer

Team Pitching Leaders:

ERA: 0.00, Andy Rodriguez & Joel Canizalez

FIP: -0.14, Jonatha Russell

K%: 37.5%, Jonathan Russell

BB%: 0.0%, Roberto Medina & Jonathan Russell

WHIP: 0.30, Roberto Medina

AVG: .000, Andy Rodriguez

WHIFF%: 33.3%, Andy Rodriguez

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