The Tampa Bay Rays have announced the winners of their 2025 Minor League awards: Minor League Player of the Year: Infielder Bob Seymour Seymour, 26, hit .263/.327/.553 (106-for-403) with 21 doubles, three triples, a career-high 30 home runs, 87 RBI, 38 walks and 70 runs scored over 105 games for

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TAMPA -- Carson Williams had a debut to remember Friday. But you’ll excuse the Rays’ No. 1 prospect if some of the images from his big night are a little hazy.

TAMPA -- Rays first baseman Bob Seymour says that shortstop Carson Williams is one of the best baseball players he has seen. Everyone will now get a chance to see why Williams has been showered with such high praise. The Rays called up Williams, their No. 1 prospect and one

In need of help at the shortstop position, the Rays are turning to the brightest young star in their system. Tampa Bay is calling up top prospect Carson Williams on Thursday ahead of his Major League debut. The 22-year-old shortstop had spent this entire season with Triple-A Durham, producing a

It's mid-August, the dog days of summer. But players are acting like the season just began, still motivated and energized. On Sunday, the best performances from across the Minor Leagues came from familiar faces excelling at higher levels, both at the plate and on the mound. Here is a sampling

The Rays’ farm system may have lost a little of its shine in the first half of the 2025 season, but there are still bits of sun breaking through the Minors. The organization boasted five Top 100 prospects entering the summer, but after MLB Pipeline’s in-season update on Monday, that

On Sunday across the Minor Leagues, the good times kept rolling for some of the game's top prospects. The Minor Leagues' home run leader reached an impressive milestone and strikeout leader cashed in one more great start before jumping up to a new level. That was just the beginning.

There was a little bit of everything as the calendar flipped to August. Double-A firsts by Top 100 prospects Braden Montgomery and Josue Briceño highlighted the offensive exploits, while Trey Yesavage, Robby Snelling and Quinn Mathews all stood out on the mound.

The final day of July brought not only a Trade Deadline for the ages, but also an exciting night of action around the Minor League landscape. Kaelen Culpepper (MIN) and Walker Jenkins (MIN) rocked a doubleheader at Double-A, Matt Koperniak (STL) flexed for the Redbirds and on the mound, Brandon

The Orioles have had some wildly successful Drafts. Their best ever came in 1978, when they snagged Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. in the second round and 134-game winner Mike Boddicker in the sixth in 1978. Other standout efforts include Baltimore grabbing Don Baylor and Bobby Grich with their

TAMPA -- For the Rays, Day 1 of the 2025 MLB Draft was dominated by high school hitters. Four of their five picks on Sunday, including first-round selection Daniel Pierce, were position players taken out of the prep ranks. The other was a college hitter, outfielder Brendan Summerhill. Acknowledging that

BOSTON -- Daniel Pierce showed up to the Rays’ pre-Draft workout at George M. Steinbrenner Field under less-than-ideal circumstances. His original flight was canceled, so he landed in Miami around 2 a.m. before getting on a 5 a.m. flight to Tampa. His luggage was lost at the airport, so the

Offense was on display during a busy Friday night around the Minors with Top 100 prospects standing tall. Jett Williams and Jefferson Rojas both cracked a pair of homers, while Blake Mitchell broke through in a big way. Speaking of big, Spencer Jones continued to tear the cover off the

BOSTON -- The All-Star break will begin sometime late Sunday afternoon, when the Rays wrap up their four-game series against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. But Sunday will be a very busy, very long and very important night for the front office executives gathered in Tampa Bay’s temporary office

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It was a big night for some of the Minors' brightest stars, led by Owen Caissie's first two-homer game of 2025. Fellow Top 100 prospect Carson Williams got in on the long ball action, going deep for a third consecutive game while hurlers Gage Jump and Nolan McLean continued to

A no-hitter, a seven-inning complete game and continued excellence from Top 100 prospects highlighted another busy day of Minor League action. Alex McFarlane helped High-A Jersey Shore make history while extending his own unhittable streak and Lazaro Montes continued to feast on Double-A pitching. Not to be outdone, Carter Jensen