Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 11

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 again. 25-year old Tristan Peters continues to hold the top spot. The Rays originally acquired Peters from the Giants in a 40-man roster deadline deal following the 2022 season. Thus far in 2025, Peters is hitting .291/.377/.466 with 6 HR and 7 SB over 236 plate appearances, registering a 123 wRC+

Meanwhile, the top pitcher continues to be Ian Seymour. However, Seymour’s iron grip on the top spot may lapse now that the Rays have given him a call up to the big leagues. Seymour’s time on the Rays active roster may be brief as he will likely be optioned today after making his debut during Monday’s game, collecting his first big league win. His full season numbers are listed further below.

BASEBALL AMERICA

• New Top 100

— Theo Gillen is the big riser. He is up to 79th.
— Carson Williams fell from 11th to 32nd.
— Tre’ Morgan, Brayden Taylor, Gary Gill Hill, and Trevor Harrison all fell out of the top 100
— Chandler Simpson rose into the top 100 and is 84th

• Updated top 30 rankings

— Just like the top 100, Gillen rose up the top 30 and is now 3rd overall
— Noah Myers, an indy league signing in 2024, has made his way to 28th overall

RUMBLINGS

• Ian Seymour received news he was being promoted to the big leagues during the 8th inning of a Durham Bulls game in Jacksonville on Saturday. He quickly got to share the news with his mother, who was at the game. Seymour’s mother would actually drive him to Tampa ahead of the Rays playing the Marlins on Sunday.
• Chandler Simpson had just the third 3 strikeout game of his career in his first game back with the Bulls after being optioned. Then on Sunday, Simpson had the first five hit game of his career.
• Andrew Lindsey, acquired from the Marlins after the 2023 season, started a rehab assignment after missing nearly all of the 2024 season
• According to Baseball America, two of the Rays top pitching prospects, Yoniel Curet and Santiago Suarez, are both expected back by the end of the month.

TEAM LEADERS

• (minimum of 100 PA for hitters and 100 TBF for pitchers)
• Baseball America’s top twenty prospects are featured below each team they’re currently assigned to.

Tampa Bay Rays

Top 20 Prospects

• #15 Ian Seymour
  AAA: 2.95 ERA | 3.72 FIP | 32.7 K% | 5.8 BB% | .245 AVG | 16.4 WHIFF% | 61 IP
  MLB: 0.00 ERA | 4.07 FIP | 22.2 K% | 22.2 BB% | .00 AVG | 6.9% | 2 IP
  Made big league debut on 6/9

Durham Bulls

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .323, Chandler Simpson
OBP: .416, Tre’ Morgan (IL since 5/29)
SLG: .473, Bob Seymour
HR: 13, Bob Seymour
wRC+: 123, Tristan Peters
SB: 11, Carson Williams & Chandler Simpson

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 1.50, Joe Boyle
FIP: 3.26, Joe Boyle
K%: 38.7%, Paul Gervase
BB%: 5.0%, Joey Krehbiel
WHIP: 0.85, Paul Gervase
AVG: .151, Paul Gervase
WHIFF%: 18.5%, Joe Boyle

Top 20 Prospects

• #1 Carson Williams:
  AAA: .197/.296/.394 | 35.2 K% | 11.6 BB% | 9 HR | 11 SB | 80 wRC+ | 233 PA
• #6 Tre’ Morgan
  AAA: .298/.416/.362 | 22.1 K% | 14.2 BB% | 0 HR | 0 SB | 115 wRC+ | 113 PA
  Placed on the IL on 5/29
• #4 Chandler Simpson
  AAA: .323/.340/.344 | 11.9 K% | 3.0 BB% | 0 HR | 11 SB | 82 wRC+ | 101 PA
  MLB: .285/.315/.317 | 10.5 K% | 4.5 BB% | 0 HR | 19 SB | 84 wRC+ | 133 PA | 0.0 fWAR
  Promoted to the MLB on 4/19
  Optioned to Triple-A on 5/30
• #18 Dominic Keegan
  CPX: .292/.469/.625 | 18.8 K% | 25.0 BB% | 2 HR | 0 SB | 183 wRC+ | 32 PA
  AAA: .188/.278/.250 | 30.6 K% | 11.1 BB% | 0 HR | 0 SB | 45 wRC+ | 36 PA
  Activated from IL on 5/26

Montgomery Biscuits

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .295, Homer Bush Jr
OBP: .436, Tatem Levins
SLG: .497, Cooper Kinney
HR: 10, Cooper Kinney
wRC+: 160, Xavier Isaac
SB: 19, Colton Ledbetter

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 3.16, Jonny Cuevas
FIP: 2.95, Ty Johnson
K%: 35.2%, Ty Johnson
BB%: 3.8%, Duncan Davitt
WHIP: 1.08, Duncan Davitt
AVG: .168, Ty Johnson
WHIFF%: 17.2%, Ty Johnson

Top 20 Prospects

• #5 Brayden Taylor:
  AA: .184/.276/.310 | 29.6 K% | 11.6 BB% | 4 HR | 5 SB | 79 wRC+ | 199 PA
• #2 Xavier Isaac:
  AA: .213/.373/.489 | 32.2 K% | 18.6 BB% | 7 HR | 1 SB | 160 wRC+ | 118 PA
• #11 Brody Hopkins
  AA: 4.08 ERA | 3.91 FIP | 27.3 K% | 11.6 BB% | .229 AVG | 11.8 WHIFF% | 57 ¹⁄₃ IP
• #14 Cooper Kinney:
  AA: .280/.320/.497 | 25.2 K% | 5.3 BB% | 10 HR | 0 SB | 143 wRC+ | 206 PA
• #19 Yoniel Curet
  AA: Currently on the Injured List. Hasn’t played this season
• #16 Homer Bush
  AA: .295/.374/.368 | 19.8 K% | 7.4 BB% | 0 HR | 16 SB | 128 wRC+ | 217 PA

Bowling Green Hot Rods

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .303, Noah Myers
OBP: .451, Noah Myers
SLG: .443, Mac Horvath
HR: 10, Mac Horvath
wRC+: 156, Noah Myers
SB: 20, Adrian Santana

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 2.68, Garrett Edwards
FIP: 3.42, Hayden Snelsire
K%: 31.9%, T.J. Nichols
BB%: 1.7%, Marcus Johnson
WHIP: 0.86, Hayden Snelsire
AVG: .185, Hayden Snelsire
WHIFF%: 15.7%, T.J. Nichols

Top 20 Prospects

• #9 Santiago Suarez
  A+: 1.78 ERA | 3.07 FIP | 28.3 K% | 5.1 BB% | .170 AVG | 14.8 WHIFF% | 25 ¹⁄₃ IP
  Placed on the Injured List on 5/9
• #10 Gary Gill Hill
  A+: 5.14 ERA | 4.76 FIP | 19.4 K% | 6.2 BB% | .268 AVG | 10.0 WHIFF% | 56 IP
• #12 T.J. Nichols
  A+: 3.86 ERA | 4.78 FIP | 31.9 K% | 5.2 BB% | .238 AVG | 15.7 WHIFF% | 51 ¹⁄₃ IP
• #13 Aidan Smith
  A+: .232/.363/.364 | 30.2 K% | 15.4 BB% | 4 HR | 16 SB | 114 wRC+ | 182 PA
• #17 Emilien Pitre
  A+: .223/.305/.350 | 29.1 K% | 9.4 BB% | 4 HR | 7 SB | 87 wRC+ | 223 PA

Charleston River Dogs

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .283, Theo Gillen
OBP: .438, Theo Gillen
SLG: .453, Theo Gillen
HR: 4, Brailer Guerrero & Theo Gillen
wRC+: 161, Theo Gillen
SB: 19, Narciso Polanco

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 2.72, Jose Urbina
FIP: 3.20, Andy Rodriguez
K%: 27.8%, Jose Urbina
BB%: 2.7%, Andy Rodriguez
WHIP: 1.05, Jose Urbina
AVG: .199, Jose Urbina
WHIFF%: 14.4%, Ryan Andrade

Top 20 Prospects

• #3 Theo Gillen
  A: .283/.438/.453 | 23.7 K% | 19.4 BB% | 4 HR | 17 SB | 161 wRC+ | 139 PA
• #7 Trevor Harrison
  A: 3.22 ERA | 3.33 FIP | 22.0 K% | 12.4 BB% | .221 AVG | 12.4 WHIFF% | 44 ²⁄₃ IP
• #8 Brailer Guerrero
  A: .244/.350/.407 | 30.8 K% | 12.6 BB% | 4 HR | 6 SB | 121 wRC+ | 143 PA
• #20 Jose Urbina
  A: 2.72 ERA | 4.20 FIP | 27.8 K% | 8.9 BB% | .199 AVG | 13.1 WHIFF% | 43 IP

Complex League

Minimum 40 PA & 50 TBF

Team Offensive Leaders:
AVG: .364, Alberth Palma
OBP: .500, Alberth Palma
SLG: .436, Alberth Palma
HR: 1, Alfonzo Martinez & Derek Datil
wRC+: 163, Alberth Palma
SB: 9, Alberth Palma

Team Pitching Leaders:
ERA: 0.54, Alexander Campos
FIP: 3.24, Alexander Campos
K%: 30.3%, Yereny Teus
BB%: 4.5%, Alexander Campos
WHIP: 0.65, Danny Hilario
AVG: .130, Danny Hilario
WHIFF%: 19.0%, Danny Hilario

Top 20 Prospects

None currently on active roster

Dominican Summer League

Waiting for more players to reach minimum thresholds

Top 20 Prospects

None currently on active roster