Tampa Bay Rays Top 50 Prospects for 2026

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Tampa Bay Rays Top Prospects for Dynasty

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• Tampa Bay Rays Top Prospects for 2026

  • 1. Brody Hopkins, RHP, 24, 6’4”/200, AA

  • 2. Carson Williams, SS, 22, 6’2”/180, MLB

  • 3. Theo Gillen, OF, 20, 6’2”/195, A

  • 4. T.J. Nichols, RHP, 23, 6’5”/189, AA

  • 5. Michael Forret, RHP, 21, 6’3”/190, AA

  • 6. Jacob Melton, OF, 25, 6’3”/208, MLB

  • 7. Santiago Suarez, RHP, 21, 6’2”/175, AAA

  • 8. Ty Johnson, RHP, 24, 6’6”/205, AA

  • 9. Daniel Pierce, SS, Tampa Bay Rays, 6’1”/190

  • 10. Anderson Brito, RHP, 21, 5’10”/155, A+

  • 11. Aidan Smith, OF, 21, 6’2”/190, A+

  • 12. Slater De Brun, OF, 18, 5’9”/180, HS

  • 13. Brendan Summerhill, OF, 22, 6’3”/200, A

  • 14. Jose Urbina, RHP, 20, 6’3”/180, A+

  • 15. Xavier Isaac, 1B, 22, 6’3”/240, AA

  • 16. Trevor Harrison, RHP, 20, 6’4”/225, A+

  • 17. Nathan Flewelling, C, 19, 6’2”/200, A+

  • 18. Caden Bodine, C, 22, 5’10”/200, A

  • 19. Austin Overn, OF, 22, 6’0”/175, AA

  • 20. Cooper Flemming, SS, 19, 6’3”/190, HS

  • 21. Gary Gill Hill, RHP, 21, 6’2”/160, A+

  • 22. Jadher Areinamo, MI, 22, 5’8”/160, AA

  • 23. James Quinn-Irons, OF, 22, 6’5”/230, A

  • 24. Tre’ Morgan, 1B, 23, 6’0”/215, AAA

  • 25. Brailer Guerrero, OF, 19, 6’1”/215, A

  • 26. Jackson Baumeister, RHP, 23, 6’4”/223, AA

  • 27. Taitn Gray, C, 18, 6’4”/220, HS

  • 28. Dominic Keegan, C, 25, 6’0”/210, AAA

  • 29. Homer Bush Jr., OF, 24, 6’2”/200, AA

  • 30. Cooper Kinney, 2B, 23, 6’1”/200, AA

Format: Name, Position, 2026 OD Age, Height/Weight, Highest Level

Tampa Bay Rays Top Prospects for 2026

1. Brody Hopkins, RHP, 24, 6’4”/200, AA

Hopkins has turned out to be a great find by both the Mariners, who drafted him in the sixth round of the 2023 draft, and the Rays, who traded for him in 2024. A product of Winthrop College, Hopkins has electric stuff and might just be one of the best pitching prospects in baseball.

The fastball sits in the 95-97 range and has touched triple digits. Hopkins throws two variations of the fastball, a four-seam and sinker, with the four-seam showing respectable ride and run, but his sinker gets a ton of running life, touching over 20 inches of arm-side movement often. It comes from a low, funky arm slot at 5’, which you can see in the video below, making the riding four-seam even more impressive.

Hopkins’ sweeper is his best pitch, generating impressive whiff rates, sitting 87-89 mph with some depth and 13-15 inches of sweeping action. He mixes in a curveball in the 85-87 range with more depth than the slider and throws a cutter with a shorter horizontal break and more ride. His changeup, around 89 mph, has nice depth and arm-side movement. It plays well off the sinker and is his go-to pitch against left-handed bats.

The surface stats were quite strong as Hopkins posted a 2.72 ERA across 116 innings last year, and he posted a 28.7 percent strikeout rate. Sure, the 12.2 percent walk rate was higher than you would like to see, but the nice thing is that his 62 percent strike rate was close to average. Hopkins has SP2 upside if the command comes along.

FFG: SP3

90th Percentile Peak Outcome: 160 IP/3.30 ERA/185 K

Variance: Very High

Buy/Sell: Buy

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