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MLB.com releases Rays Top-30 prospect list for 2016

Blake Snell
Blake Snell
Jim Donten

MLB Pipeline, MLB.com's brand for anything prospect related had already ranked their top ten Rays prospects earlier this off-season and also broke down the top ten prospects at their position with a couple of Rays making appearances.

Now this afternoon they released their full scale breakdown of the Rays organization with their top 30 prospects, as well as the players with the best tools in the system.

Coming in at number one on the Top-30 is the obvious choice, Blake Snell, as he has been ranked the team's number one prospect by pretty much everyone since mid-July. After that there are quite a few jumps and falls from last year's list.

Here they are with mlb.com's scouting grades:

#1 Blake Snell, LHP

Scouting grades: Fastball: 65 | Slider: 60 | Changeup: 55 | Control: 45 | Overall: 60

#2 Brent Honeywell, RHP

Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Screwball: 65 | Curveball: 45 | Changeup: 55 | Control: 55 | Overall: 55

#3 Willy Adames, SS

Scouting grades: Hit: 55 | Power: 50 | Run: 50 | Arm: 60 | Field: 50 | Overall: 55

#4 Garrett Whitley, OF

Scouting grades: Hit: 55 | Power: 50 | Run: 60 | Arm: 50 | Field: 60 | Overall: 55

#5 Jake Bauers, 1B/OF

Scouting grades: Hit: 55 | Power: 50 | Run: 40 | Arm: 50 | Field: 55 | Overall: 50

#6 Taylor Guerrieri, RHP

Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Curveball: 60 | Changeup: 50 | Control: 55 | Overall: 50

#7 Daniel Robertson, SS

Scouting Grades: Hit: 55 | Power: 45 | Run: 40 | Arm: 55 | Field: 50 | Overall: 50

#8 Casey Gillaspie, 1B

Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 60 | Run: 20 | Arm: 40 | Field: 50 | Overall: 50

#9 Jacob Faria, RHP

Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Curveball: 45 | Changeup: 60 | Control: 50 | Overall: 50

#10 Mikie Mahtook, OF

Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 50 | Run: 55 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 50

#11 Richie Shaffer, 3B/1B

Scouting grades: Hit: 40 | Power: 55 | Run: 35 | Arm: 60 | Field: 50 | Overall: 50

#12 Ryan Brett, 2B

Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 30 | Run: 60 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45

#13 Chih-Wei Hu, RHP

Scouting grades: Fastball: 55 | Slider: 55 | Changeup: 50 | Palmball: 50 | Control: 55 | Overall: 45

#14 Justin Williams, OF

Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 50 | Run: 45 | Arm: 55 | Field: 45 | Overall: 45

#15 Justin O'Conner, C

Scouting Grades: Hit: 40 | Power: 50 | Run: 35 | Arm: 80 | Field: 55 | Overall: 45

#16 Chris Betts, C

Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 55 | Run: 20 | Arm: 50 | Field: 45 | Overall: 45

#17 Brandon Koch, RHP

Scouting grades: Fastball: 65 | Slider: 65 | Control: 45 | Overall: 45

#18 Ryne Stanek, RHP

Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Curveball: 50 | Slider: 55 | Changeup: 45 | Control: 45 | Overall: 45

#19 Jaime Schultz, RHP

Scouting grades: Fastball: 70 | Curveball: 55 | Changeup: 45 | Control: 40 | Overall: 45

#20 Adrian Rondon, SS

Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 50 | Run: 45 | Arm: 60 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45

#21 Kevin Padlo, 3B

Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 55 | Run: 50 | Arm: 55 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45

#22 Taylor Motter, SS

Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 45 | Run: 55 | Arm: 60 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45

#23 Enny Romero, LHP

Scouting grades: Fastball: 70 | Curveball: 45 | Cutter: 50 | Changeup: 40 | Control: 40 | Overall: 45

#24 Andrew Bellatti, RHP

Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Slider: 50 | Changeup: 55 | Control: 45 | Overall: 45

#25 Jake Hager, SS

Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 30 | Run: 40 | Arm: 60 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45

#26 Nick Ciuffo, C

Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 40 | Run: 30 | Arm: 60 | Field: 55 | Overall: 45

#27 Jose Mujica, RHP

Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Curveball: 45 | Slider: 50 | Changeup: 55 | Control: 50 | Overall: 45

#28 Kean Wong, 2B

Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 35 | Run: 45 | Arm: 45 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45

#29 Andrew Velazquez, SS

Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 30 | Run: 60 | Arm: 55 | Field: 45 | Overall: 45

#30 Riley Unroe, SS

Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 35 | Run: 60 | Arm: 55 | Field: 55 | Overall: 45

Notable omissions include RHP Hunter Wood, OF Johnny Field, 3B Patrick Leonard, and OF Joe McCarthy among many other promising prospects in a very deep organization.

For a full write up on each prospect in the Top-30, as well as to review top tools and video, you can read their coverage in full here.