The division reports debuted last year. The goal of this article series is to provide a quick overview of all dynasty-relevant information from each division. Each team has multiple minor league levels, each containing plenty of impactful prospects which can feel impossible to keep up with. This article series, which will be updated once per month, will help dynasty managers stay up-to-date on performances, injuries, promotions, and more. New this season is the inclusion of tiers in the rankings. Next to their rank, each prospect is assigned a tier. The tier range is 1-5.
- Tier 1: A potential difference-making dynasty prospect. Somebody who would rank in the top-20ish prospects for dynasty baseball
- Tier 2: A still very good dynasty prospect who holds plenty of value. This prospect would typically rank in the 21-75 range
- Tier 3: A mid-tier prospect who could be valuable but has questions and concerns present in his profile ranking in the 76-150 range
- Tier 4: A prospect who is worth knowing, but is reserved for deeper leagues. This prospect would rank 151-250
- Tier 5: The rest of the prospects fall into Tier 5
The Tampa Bay Rays have long been the gold standard of player development in the American League East. With fewer resources and poor attendance, the Rays had to get creative and utilize their system in ways that other teams in the division didn’t have to. Even as the team became successful, their farm system remained strong and is still among the best in all of baseball. Here are the Rays top prospects!
Notable Prospect Promotions and News
- Rays top pitching prospect Brody Hopkins was named to the 2025 Futures Game during All-Star weekend. The right-hander tossed a perfect sixth inning in the AL loss to the NL. This season, Hopkins has a 3.03 ERA in 20 starts, pitching entirely at Double-A. Hopkins has been quite good since coming to the Tampa organization from Seattle last summer and is on a short list of the top pitching prospects in the Minors.
Notable Prospect Performances
- Following an injury-plagued June, 1B prospect Tre Morgan looked like himself again in July. Morgan hit .266 with four homers, 10 RBI, and nine runs scored in 18 games played. The sudden power surge is odd for Morgan, a player who has terrific bat-to-ball skills but lacks significant power. On three of his four homers, his EVs looked good (106.5, 95.1, 104.9, 105.1). His underlying metrics still show poor EVs, and I’m not sure there is anything actionable with Morgan moving forward, but if the batted-ball data suddenly makes a jump, his stock could soar.
- 2023 7th-rounder Ty Cummings is putting together a nice season in 2025. Overall, Cummings has a 2.95 ERA with 70 strikeouts in 85 1/3 innings. Bat missing isn’t a high priority for Cummings, a pitcher heavily reliant on an above-average slider. He did manage a 24.7% strikeout rate across 110 innings in 2024, but there isn’t a significant upside in that realm. What Cummings could be is a middle reliever who can work in a bulk role, utilizing his slider as he currently does and getting groundballs at a high clip as he does presently.
