The Rays have selected Gray with the 86th overall pick in the 2025 First-Year Player Draft.
Gray is a high-upside prep catching prospect from Iowa. A 6-foot-4 switch hitter with plus raw power and average speed, Gray needs to work on his receiving, but he has very loud tools.
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Rays' Ryan Pepiot: Suffers seventh loss
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Pepiot (6-7) took the loss Sunday at Boston, allowing four runs (three earned) on seven hits and one walk over six innings with three strikeouts.
Despite being stuck with the loss, Pepiot managed to notch his third consecutive quality start, pushing his season total to 13. The 27-year-old certainly did not have his sharpest stuff, as he managed to generate a subpar six whiffs out of his 88 total pitches. This performance also snapped a nine-start streak over which Pepiot had conceded five or fewer hits and pitched to a 2.60 ERA in 52 innings. Following this effort, the Tampa Bay right-hander enters the All-Star break with a 3.38 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 110:37 K:BB across 114.1 total frames.
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Rays' Dean Moss: Drafted by Rays
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The Rays have selected Moss with the 67th overall pick in the First-Year Player Draft.
Moss is already 19 and may not have the speed for center field or the power potential to fit in an outfield corner, but he has a strong track record of hitting. He grew up in California but moved to Florida to attend IMG Academy in eighth grade. Moss bats from the left side, so if he can add a bit more power or if he develops a plus or better hit tool, he could at least occupy the strong side of left-field platoon in the majors.
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Rays' Cooper Flemming: Snagged by Rays
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The Rays have selected Flemming with the 52nd overall pick in the 2025 First-Year Player Draft.
Flemming is a prep shortstop from California who bats from the left side. At 6-foot-3, 190 pounds, he has a projectable frame and could grow into average or better power. He has a chance to stick at shortstop but isn't a plus runner.
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Rays' Brendan Summerhill: Selected by Rays
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The Rays have selected Summerhill with the 42nd overall pick in the 2025 First-Year Player Draft.
Summerhill missed time this spring with minor injuries, but he managed just 14 home runs in 124 career games at Arizona. The best datapoint in his favor was his All-Star showing in the Cape Cod League last summer, where he slashed .286/.358/.440 with a wood bat while stealing 12 bases with two home runs in 24 games. This spring, Summerhill predictably mastered Big 12 pitching, slashing .343/.459/.556 with four home runs, 11 steals, a 17.4 percent walk rate and an 11.6 percent strikeout rate. He is an above-average runner with a chance to stick in center field, which would put less pressure on him to max out at the plate. At 6-foot-3, 200 pounds, Summerhill looks like he should be able to get to more power than he has thus far, so there could be some untapped potential with him, but there are some tweener characteristics if his glove isn't good enough for center field and he doesn't take a jump in the power department.
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Rays' Daniel Pierce: Popped by Tampa Bay
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The Rays have selected Pierce with the 14th overall pick in the 2025 First-Year Player Draft.
A hard worker and coach's son who should be able to stick at shortstop, Pierce should get to the majors, but his eventual offensive impact is to be determined. He is a plus runner, which would be of use in fantasy even if he's hitting in the bottom third of a lineup. However, there's a chance he develops into a good enough hitter that he could hit top third on a second-division team. Evaluators are split on whether he's hit-over-power or power-over-hit, but he's probably not going to be plus in either department.
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Rays' Ha-Seong Kim: X-rays clean
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Kim (foot) underwent X-rays, which came back clean, following Sunday's 4-1 loss to the Red Sox, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.
Kim fouled a ball off his left foot in the top of the seventh inning before ultimately striking out in his final at-bat of the day. The 29-year-old was forced to exit the contest as a result, bringing his contest to an end having gone 0-for-3 with the punchout. Manager Kevin Cash said following the game that Kim's X-rays were negative and that they'll "see how he feels tomorrow." The infielder can be considered day-to-day before the All-Star break beginning Monday.
Caballero is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.
After going 0-for-7 while picking up starts in right field and at second base over the past two days, Caballero will retreat to the bench. Though Brandon Lowe (oblique) was recently placed on the injured list, Taylor Walls could end up being prioritized at second base ahead of Caballero, who is regarded as an inferior defender and is slashing just .149/.267/.162 since the beginning of June. Despite his lack of a full-time role of late, Caballero still leads the majors with 31 stolen bases on the season.
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Rays' Taylor Walls: Filling in at keystone
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Walls will start at second base and bat ninth in Sunday's game against the Red Sox, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.
Though he looked like he would lose out on playing time when shortstop Ha-Seong Kim was reinstated from the injured list July 3, Walls has proceeded to start eight of the Rays' ensuing 10 games. He initially benefited from Kim missing three straight starts due to a calf issue, but Walls now has opportunities available at the keystone after Brandon Lowe (oblique) was placed on the IL on Friday. Tampa Bay values Walls primarily for his defense, but he hasn't been a total zero at the plate thus far in July. He'll head into Sunday's contest with a .267 batting average, one home run and two steals through his first 10 games of the month.
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Rays' Danny Jansen: Getting afternoon off
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Jansen is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.
Matt Thaiss will step in behind the plate while Jansen rests after starting at catcher in the Rays' previous two contests. Unless he's used off the bench Sunday, Jansen will wrap up Tampa Bay's first-half slate with a .207 average, nine home runs, 27 RBI and 24 runs over 66 games.
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Rays' Joe Boyle: Works behind Rasmussen on Friday
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Boyle struck out one batter and allowed two earned runs on three hits and two walks over four innings out of the bullpen in Friday's 5-4 loss to the Red Sox.
Boyle was once again used in tandem with Drew Rasmussen, who covered the first two innings. The Rays have made it clear that they intend to limit Rasmussen to around 150 innings this season since he's just two years removed from undergoing the third major elbow operation of his career, and Boyle is expected to piggyback him for at least a few more turns through the rotation. While his results Friday were unremarkable, Boyle has delivered excellent ratios overall between his stops in the majors and at Durham this season, and he'll have improved odds of earning wins while the Rays deploy him in bulk relief. Tampa Bay is listing Rasmussen as its starter for its fifth game of the second half July 22 versus the White Sox, so Boyle's next appearance will presumably come that same day.
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Rays' Shane Baz: Takes tough-luck loss Saturday
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Baz (8-5) completed 6.1 innings, allowing one run on five hits and two walks while striking out three batters in a loss to Boston on Saturday.
Baz was very effective Saturday, allowing just a fourth-inning run despite notching only one 1-2-3 frame. However, opposing hurler Garrett Crochet fired a complete-game shutout, resulting in Baz taking a second consecutive loss. Despite the defeat, this was another strong performance by the right-hander, who has recorded four straight quality starts. He'll head into the All-Star break with a 4.17 ERA, 1.25 WHIP and 107:40 K:BB over 110 innings spanning 19 outings.
Rodriguez (forearm) exited his rehab appearance with Triple-A Durham on Friday after facing only three batters, MLB.com reports.
There hasn't been any official word on why Rodriguez departed, but it wasn't pre-planned and his velocity fell to just 91.6 mph. He will now almost certainly not be activated prior to the All-Star break, but a further timeline is not yet clear.
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Rays' Jake Mangum: Swipes 13th base
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Mangum went 2-for-4 with a walk, a run scored and a stolen base Friday against the Red Sox.
Mangum remains the Rays' regular left fielder, though he notably hit third in the lineup for the first time since June 20 and only the fourth total time this season. He extended his hitting streak to four games and also tallied his second stolen base in that span. Mangum should remain a solid source of batting average and stolen bases in the second half of the campaign.
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Rays' Pete Fairbanks: Loses control in ninth
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Fairbanks (4-3) took the loss and blew a save Friday, allowing two runs on one hit and one walk while recording just one out in the 5-4 defeat to the Red Sox.
Fairbanks ran into trouble in the ninth. After retiring the first batter he faced, the 31-year-old issued a walk to Roman Anthony before surrendering a walk-off two-run homer that erased the Rays' late lead. It marked just his third blown save of the season, but the right-hander has now allowed multiple runs in three of his last 10 appearances, a stretch that has dented an otherwise solid 2025 campaign.
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Rays' Drew Rasmussen: Solid in short start
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Rasmussen did not factor into the decision in Friday's 5-4 loss to Boston, allowing one run on three hits and one walk while striking out one over two innings.
Rasmussen surrendered his lone run in the second inning before exiting at the end of the frame. The Rays have been transparent about managing his workload, and this marked his third straight appearance without completing more than three innings. Over that span, the right-hander has allowed six earned runs on 11 hits while striking out five across seven total innings
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