Baseball America updates their Top-100 MLB prospects list with some regularity throughout the year, but the most meaningful mid-season update follows the conclusion of both the MLB Draft and MLB Trade Deadline. Now that the dust has settled, the Rays have seven prospects ranked in the new Top-100, including two in the top twenty.
5. Theo Gillen, OF
The jump in Power has turned Gillen’s profile into one of the best in baseball. This morning in the Slack chat Cole Mitchem comped Gillen’s current profile to Brewers CF Garrett Mitchell or Phillies CF from 2023-2025 Brandon Marsh. Gillen is 8 years younger than both.
Scouting Grades: Hit: 60 | Power: 60 | Run: 60 | Field: 60 | Arm: 45
13. Grady Emerson, SS
A prep short stop was a prototypical Rays selection at No. 2 overall, but the offensive profile at 17-years young made this the obvious choice as well.
Scouting Grades: Hit: 65 | Power: 50 | Run: 55 | Field: 55 | Arm: 60
54. Nathan Flewelling, C
Tampa Bay’s third round pick from 2024 has risen this year, as BA praises his improving defense and consistent power from his lefthanded swing.
Scouting Grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 55 | Run: 30 | Field: 50 | Arm: 50
59. Caden Bodine, C
The 30th overall selection of the 2025 draft, Bodine might be the star of the loaded Shane Baz trade return, having already rocketed up to Double-A after demolishing the A and A+ levels.
Scouting Grades: Hit: 60 | Power: 40 | Run: 40 | Field: 60 | Arm: 45
64. Cooper Flemming, SS / 3B
The team’s 2nd round pick from last season (53rd overall in 2025) boasts a 130 wRC+ in Low-A, outpacing fellow draftees SS Daniel Pierce (100 wRC+, 14th overall in 2025) and OF Brendan Summerhill (98 wRC+, 42nd overall), and in lock step with…
Scouting Grades: Hit: 55 | Power: 50 | Run: 45 | Field: 50 | Arm: 55
76. Taitn Gray, 1B
… last season’s third round selection, the switch hitting Gray (128 wRC+, 86th overall in 2025). He’s a bit positionless at the moment, and needed a minor elbow surgery to clean up loose bodies, but the bat is real at 18 years young.
Scouting Grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 60 | Run: 50 | Field: 45 | Arm: 50
82. Brody Hopkins, RHP
The key return in the Randy Arozarena trade (now that OF Aidan Smith — who was not a Top-100 prospect — has been traded), Hopkins has seen his walk rate spike to 22% in 85 innings at Triple-A while the Rays try to simplify his delivery mid-season, but the quality of his stuff is still respected.
Scouting Grades: Fastball: 65 | Curveball: 70 | Changeup: 40 | Cutter: 65 | Sweeper: 60 | Control: 40
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