Brody Hopkins

Below is a partial list of minor league baseball players in the Tampa Bay Rays system:

Players

Mason Auer

Mason Bradley Auer (born March 1, 2001) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Auer attended Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri. He was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 39th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft but did not sign and played college baseball at Missouri State University. After one year at Missouri State, he transferred to San Jacinto College. He was then drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fifth round of the 2021 MLB draft.

Auer made his professional debut with the Florida Complex League Rays. He started 2022 with the Charleston RiverDogs before being promoted to the Bowling Green Hot Rods.

Homer Bush Jr.

Homer Bush Jr. (born October 13, 2001) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Bush was born in Toronto.

Bush Jr. attended Carroll Senior High School in Southlake, Texas and played college baseball at Grand Canyon University. In 2022, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star. He was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the fourth round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.

Bush Jr. signed with the Padres and made his professional debut with the Arizona Complex League Padres. He was later promoted to the Lake Elsinore Storm and San Antonio Missions.

On July 28, 2024, Bush, Dylan Lesko, and J.D. Gonzalez were traded to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Jason Adam.

His father, Homer Bush, was also drafted by the Padres and played in Major League Baseball (MLB).

Ryan Cermak

Ryan Austin Cermak (born June 2, 2001) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. He played college baseball for the Illinois State Redbirds.

Cermak grew up in Riverside, Illinois and attended Riverside Brookfield High School, where he played baseball and basketball.

Cermak played college baseball at Illinois State for three seasons. He slashed .208/.296/.396 with three doubles, two home runs, and seven RBIs in 13 games during his true freshman season before it was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. Cermak was named first-team Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) after batting .284 with 11 home runs and 40 RBIs. As a junior, he repeated as a first-team All-MVC selection after hitting .340 with 19 home runs.

Cermak was selected in the Competitive Balance section of the second round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Rays on July 21, 2022, and received a $750,000 signing bonus. Cermak was assigned to the Florida Complex League Rays after signing and batted .273 with two home runs and five RBIs in seven games.

Illinois State Redbirds bio

Ty Cummings

Ty Brendan Cummings (born November 1, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Cummings attended Corinth Holders High School and played college baseball at Campbell University. In 2022, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star. After his junior season, he was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the seventh round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft. He signed for $225,000.

Cummings made his professional debut in 2024 with the Everett AquaSox, starting 25 games and going 4-5 with a 4.17 ERA and 124 strikeouts over innings. On October 4, 2024, Cummings was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays as the player to be named later in the Randy Arozarena trade. He was assigned to the Montgomery Biscuits to open the 2025 season and was named the Southern League Pitcher of the Week in April.

Campbell Camels bio

Yoniel Curet

Yoniel Curet (born November 3, 2002) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Curet signed with the Tampa Bay Rays as an international free agent on July 2, 2019. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On November 14, 2023, the Rays added Curet to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. He was optioned to the Double–A Montgomery Biscuits to begin the 2024 season. In 26 starts split between the High-A Bowling Green Hot Rods and Double-A Montgomery, Curet accumulated a 9-7 record and 2.95 ERA with 159 strikeouts across 119 innings pitched.

Curet was optioned to the Triple-A Durham Bulls to begin the 2025 season.

Matthew Etzel

Matthew Derrick Etzel (born April 30, 2002) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Etzel attended Clear Creek High School, in League City, Texas, and played college baseball at Panola College, and the University of Southern Mississippi. In 2023, his lone season at Southern Mississippi, he appeared in 66 games and hit .317 with seven home runs and 51 RBIs. After the season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Etzel was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the tenth round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.

Etzel signed with the Orioles and split his first professional season with the Florida Complex League Orioles, Delmarva Shorebirds, and Aberdeen IronBirds, batting .323 with two home runs over thirty games. He was assigned to Aberdeen to open the 2024 season and was promoted to the Bowie Baysox in early June.

On July 26, 2024, Etzel was traded (alongside Mac Horvath and Jackson Baumeister) to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Zach Eflin. The Rays assigned him to the Montgomery Biscuits, with whom he finished the season. Over 119 games between Aberdeen, Bowie, and Montgomery, Etzel slashed .272/.345/.540 with 11 home runs, 66 RBIs, and 45 stolen bases. He was assigned to Montgomery to open the 2025 season.

Southern Miss Golden Eagles bio

Trevor Harrison

Trevor Michael Harrison (born August 8, 2005) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Harrison attended J. W. Mitchell High School in Trinity, Florida. He was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fifth round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.

Harrison signed with the Rays and spent his first professional season in 2024 with the Florida Complex League Rays and Charleston RiverDogs.

Gary Gill Hill

Gary Anthony Gill Hill (born September 20, 2004) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Hill attended John F. Kennedy Catholic Preparatory School in Somers, New York. He was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the sixth round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.

Hill signed with the Rays and spent his first professional season in 2023 with the Florida Complex League Rays and Charleston RiverDogs. He started 2024 with Charleston.

J.J. Goss

Jamey Russell Goss (born December 25, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Goss attended Cypress Ranch High School in Cypress, Texas. In 2019, his senior year, he went 11–2 with a 0.64 ERA. He had committed to play college baseball at Texas A&M University. Goss was a key contributor in the 2019 Perfect Game All American Classic, pitching a 1-2-3 top of the fifth, helping the West squad secure a 4–2 victory.

Considered one of the top prospects for the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, Goss was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays with the 36th overall pick in the Competitive Balance Round A. He signed for $2.05 million and made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Rays. Over nine games (eight starts), he went 1–3 with a 5.82 ERA, striking out 16 over 17 innings. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Goss returned to the Gulf Coast Rays in 2021, pitching a total of innings while recovering from a shoulder injury. He was assigned to the Charleston RiverDogs for the 2022 season. Over 25 starts, he went 4–5 with a 4.00 ERA and 101 strikeouts over innings.

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Brody Hopkins

William Brody Hopkins (born January 18, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Hopkins played college baseball at the College of Charleston for two years before transferring to Winthrop University for one year. He was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the sixth round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.

On July 25, 2024, the Mariners traded him to the Tampa Bay Rays along with Aidan Smith and Ty Cummings in exchange for Randy Arozarena.

His brother, TJ Hopkins, plays in Major League Baseball.

Sean Hunley

Sean Everett Hunley (born July 5, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Hunley attended Mount Juliet High School in Mount Juliet, Tennessee and played college baseball at the University of Tennessee. In 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 19th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.

Hunley made his professional debut with the Florida Complex League Rays. He played 2022 with the Bowling Green Hot Rods and Montgomery Biscuits. Hunley started 2023 with Montgomery before being promoted to the Durham Bulls.

Xavier Isaac

Xavier Francis Isaac (born December 17, 2003) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays.

Isaac graduated from East Forsyth High School in Kernersville, North Carolina. He was named an All-American in 2022. He committed to play college baseball at the University of Florida.

The Tampa Bay Rays selected Isaac in the first round, with the 29th overall selection, of the 2022 MLB draft. He signed with the Rays, receiving a $2.5 million signing bonus.

Ty Johnson

Ty Roman Johnson (born September 25, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Johnson attended Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, Indiana and played college baseball at Ball State University. He was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 15th round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.

Johnson started his professional career in 2024 with the debut with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans and South Bend Cubs. On July 28, 2024 the Cubs traded Johnson, Christopher Morel and Hunter Bigge to the Tampa Bay Rays for Isaac Paredes. He began his Rays career that year with the Bowling Green Hot Rods. He started 2025 with the Montgomery Biscuits.

Nathan Lavender

Nathan James Lavender (born January 20, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Lavender attended El Paso–Gridley High School in El Paso, Illinois, and played college baseball at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 14th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.

Hartwig made his professional debut with the Florida Complex League Mets. In 2022, he played for the St. Lucie Mets and Brooklyn Cyclones. He started 2023 with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies before being promoted to the Syracuse Mets.

On May 17, 2024, Lavender underwent a variation of Tommy John surgery in which an internal brace was added to his elbow ligament. He subsequently missed the remainder of the season as a result of the procedure.

On December 11, Lavender was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays eighth overall in the Rule 5 draft.

Tre' Morgan

John Edward Morgan III (born July 16, 2002) is an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Morgan attended Brother Martin High School in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he played baseball. As a junior in 2019, he batted .483 with 16 stolen bases. He did not play a game as a senior in 2020 after suffering a UCL injury as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, which ended Brother Martin's season after 13 games. Morgan went unselected in the shortened 2020 Major League Baseball draft and enrolled at Louisiana State University (LSU) to play college baseball.

As a freshman for LSU in 2021, Morgan played in 63 games and hit .357 with six home runs, 42 RBIs, and 15 stolen bases. He batted .324 with five home runs and 54 RBIs over 62 games as a sophomore in 2022, and spent that summer playing for the United States national baseball team. As a junior in 2023, he played in 69 games and batted .316 with nine home runs and 53 RBIs, helping lead LSU to win the 2023 Men's College World Series. After the season, Morgan was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the third round with the 88th overall pick of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the team for $783,800.

Morgan made his professional debut with the Florida Complex League Rays and was quickly promoted to the Charleston RiverDogs. Over 14 games between the two teams, he hit .396 with one home run and six RBIs. Morgan opened the 2024 season with Charleston and was promoted to the Bowling Green Hot Rods in mid-May. He was selected to represent the Rays (alongside Xavier Isaac and Chandler Simpson) in the All-Star Futures Game at Globe Life Field. He was promoted once again, to the Montgomery Biscuits, in late August. Over 100 games between the three teams, Morgan batted .324 with ten home runs, 68 RBIs, and twenty stolen bases.

LSU Tigers bio

Tristan Peters

Tristan Dimitri Peters (born February 29, 2000) is a Canadian professional baseball outfielder in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Peters played college baseball at Chandler-Gilbert Community College and Southern Illinois University. He was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the seventh round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft.

Peters made his professional debut with the Savannah Bananas in the summer of 2021. He made his debut with affiliated baseball with the Arizona Complex League Brewers and started 2022 with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, for whom he batted .306/.386/.485 in 330 at bats with eight triples and seven home runs.

On August 2, 2022, the Brewers traded Peters to the San Francisco Giants for pitcher Trevor Rosenthal. Playing for Double-A Richmond, he batted .212/.302/.303 in 132 at-bats.

On November 15, 2022, Peters was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays for infielder Brett Wisely.

Evan Reifert

Evan Matthew Reifert (born May 14, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Reifert played college baseball at North Iowa Area Community College. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 30th round of the 2018 MLB draft, but did not sign and returned to North Iowa. In 2020, he transferred to the University of Central Missouri.

Reifert went unselected in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft and signed with the Milwaukee Brewers. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Reifert spent his first professional season in 2021 with the Carolina Mudcats and Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, accumulating a 3-3 record and 2.10
ERA with 103 strikeouts and 8 saves in 60 innings over 37 games.

On November 13, 2021, the Brewers traded him to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Mike Brosseau. Reifert spent the 2022 season with the rookie-level Florida Complex League Rays, High-A Bowling Green Hot Rods and Double-A Montgomery Biscuits. In 31 appearances out of the bullpen for the three affiliates, he accumulated a 7-2 record and 4.58 ERA with 62 strikeouts across innings pitched. After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League.

Reifert only pitched innings split between Bowling Green and the FCL Rays in 2023, missing the majority of the season with right shoulder inflammation. He spent the 2024 season with Double-A Montgomery, registering a 1.96 ERA with 65 strikeouts in innings pitched across 35 appearances.

On December 11, 2024, Reifert was selected by the Washington Nationals fifth overall in the Rule 5 draft. On March 18, 2025, Reifert was returned to the Rays organization.

Joe Rock

Joseph Richard Rock (born July 29, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Rock grew up in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania and attended Hopewell High School.

Rock played college baseball for the Ohio Bobcats. He pitched in 16 games with 11 starts as a freshman and went 2–4 with a 5.19 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 59 innings pitched. In 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League. In 2020, Rock was declared academically ineligible as a sophomore and redshirted the season. He started 14 games as a redshirt sophomore and pitched to an 8–3 record with a 2.33 ERA and 117 strikeouts.

Rock was selected in the second round by the Colorado Rockies in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft. After signing with the team he was assigned to Arizona Complex League Rockies, where he had a 1.13 ERA and 11 strikeouts in eight innings pitched. Rock was assigned to the High-A Spokane Indians at the start of the 2022 season.

On March 21, 2024, Rock was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Greg Jones. In 27 games (23 starts) for the Triple–A Durham Bulls, he logged a 7–8 record and 4.58 ERA with 132 strikeouts over innings pitched. On November 18, 2024, the Rays added Rock to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.

Rock was optioned to Triple-A Durham to begin the 2025 season.

Ohio Bobcats bio

Aidan Smith

Aidan Carlisle Smith (born July 23, 2004) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Smith attended Lovejoy High School in Lucas, Texas. He was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the fourth round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.

On July 25, 2024, the Mariners traded Smith to the Tampa Bay Rays along with Brody Hopkins and Ty Cummings in exchange for Randy Arozarena.

Jacob Watters

Jacob Watters (born March 3, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Watters attended Bland County High School and West Virginia University. In 2021, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. The Oakland Athletics selected Watters in the fourth round, with the 124th overall selection, of the 2022 MLB draft. On December 14, 2024, the Athletics traded Watters, Joe Boyle, Will Simpson, and a Competitive Balance Round A pick in the 2025 Major League Baseball draft to the Tampa Bay Rays for Jeffrey Springs and Jacob Lopez.

Watters' cousin, Jason Michaels, played in the major leagues.

Owen Wild

Owen Andrew Wild (born July 30, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Wild attended Gig Harbor High School in Gig Harbor, Washington, where he played baseball. As a junior in 2019, he went 9-3 with a 1.26 ERA and 112 strikeouts over 78 innings. After graduating, Wild played three seasons of college baseball at Gonzaga University. He also played in various summer leagues, including the West Coast League and Alaska Baseball League. As a junior at Gonzaga in 2023, Wild started 15 games and went 4-7 with a 4.93 ERA and 105 strikeouts over 95 innings. After his junior year, he was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the seventh round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the team for $238,100.

Wild made his professional debut with the Florida Complex League Rays, appearing in one game. He opened the 2024 season with the Charleston RiverDogs and was promoted to the Bowling Green Hot Rods in mid-May. Over 22 starts between the two teams, Wild went 7-1 with a 2.82 ERA and 151 strikeouts over innings. He was assigned to the Montgomery Biscuits to open the 2025 season.https://www.milb.com/app-firstpitch/montgomery/news/montgomery-pitchers-out-dueled-in-5-1-loss-to-clingstones

Gonzaga Bulldogs bio

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