Tampa Bay Rays minor league players

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

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.

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

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 Triple–A Durham Bulls to begin the 2024 season.

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 $10 1⁄3$ 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 $101 1⁄3$ innings.



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 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.

Mason Montgomery
Mason Jack Montgomery (born June 17, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Montgomery grew up in Leander, Texas and attended Leander High School. Montgomery was selected in the 39th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft by the Chicago White Sox, but opted not to sign with the team.

Montgomery played college baseball for the Texas Tech Red Raiders for three seasons. He went 5–3 with a 3.82 ERA and 84 strikeouts in $63 2/3$ innings pitched over 14 outings as a junior.

Montgomery was selected in the sixth round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft by the Tampa Bay Rays. After signing with the team he was assigned to the Rookie-level Florida Complex League Rays, where he allowed one earned run and struck out 20 batters in $10 2/3$ innings pitched. Montgomery was assigned to the High-A Bowling Green Hot Rods to begin the 2022 season.


 * Texas Tech Red Raiders bio

Tre' Morgan
John Edward Morgan III (born July 16, 2002) is an American professional baseball first baseman 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.


 * 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 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 AA 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 undrafted after the 2020 MLB draft and signed with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Reifert sent his first professional season in 2021 with the Carolina Mudcats and Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. On November 13, 2021, the Brewers traded him to the Tampa Bay Rays for Mike Brosseau. Reifert spent the 2022 season with the Florida Complex League Rays, Charleston RiverDogs, Bowling Green Hot Rods and Montgomery Biscuits. After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League.

Joe Rock
Joseph Richard Rock (born July 29, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

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.


 * Ohio Bobcats bio

Ian Seymour
Ian Albert Seymour (born December 13, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Seymour attended Saint John's High School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. He went 4–0 with a 0.48 ERA as a senior in 2017. Following graduation, he enrolled at Virginia Tech where he played college baseball. As a freshman in 2018, he made appeared in 14 games (13 starts) in which he compiled a 4.17 ERA and seventy strikeouts over 69 innings. In 2019, he started 13 games, going 4–5 with a 3.97 ERA and 81 strikeouts. After the 2019 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He pitched only $20 1⁄3$ innings in 2020 before the remainder of the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seymour was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the second round with the 57th overall selection of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft. He signed for $1.2 million. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the season caused by the pandemic. He began the 2021 season with the Charleston RiverDogs of the Low-A East and earned promotions to the Bowling Green Hot Rods of the High-A East and the Durham Bulls of the Triple-A East during the season. Over 14 games (13 starts) for the 2021 season, Seymour went 4–0 with a 1.95 ERA and 87 strikeouts over $55 1⁄3$ innings. He was assigned to the Montgomery Biscuits of the Double-A Southern League to begin the 2022 season. He made five starts before undergoing Tommy John surgery, forcing him to miss the remainder of the season. He returned to play in 2023 and pitched 42 innings between the Rookie-level Florida Complex League Rays, Charleston, Bowling Green and Montgomery, going 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA and 46 strikeouts. He was assigned to Montgomery to open the 2024 season.

Chandler Simpson
Chandler Lenard Simpson (born November 18, 2000) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Simpson began his college baseball career at UAB. He entered his true freshman season as the Blazers' starting shortstop and played 14 games before it was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. Simpson batted .288 and stole 24 bases as a redshirt freshman. After the season he transferred to Georgia Tech. In his only season playing for the Yellow Jackets, Simpson led Division I with a .434 batting average. After the 2022 season he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

Simpson was selected in the Competitive Balance section of the second round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft. He was assigned to the Florida Complex League Rays after signing with the team and batted .370 with eight stolen bases in eight games played.


 * UAB Blazers bio
 * Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets bio