Rays prospects and minor leagues: Durham adjusts to life with just 3 top 100 prospects

As MLB.com’s Adam Berry noted, Wander Franco had been playing a little more third base in the past week. He also essentially stopped playing second base. That doesn’t guarantee anything, but I would imagine the organization was trying to prepare him for what he would be doing in the majors.

Triple-A Durham Bulls (28-13, 1st out of 7)

Durham drops series opener in Norfolk
Baz decent in AAA debut
Roe has rough outing in loss
Kelly grand slam lifts Bulls
Brujan, Patino lead rout of Tide
Bulls win Franco finale

Wander Franco: 9-for-26, 5 R, 1 2B, 4 3B, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 4 K, 1-for-2 SB (.954)
Vidal Brujan: 5-for-22, 4 R, 1 2B, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 3 K (.877)
Josh Lowe: 7-for-20, 1 R, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 4 K, 1-for-1 SB (.984)
Kevin Padlo: 1-for-14, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 8 K (.707)
Deivi Grullon: 5-for-12, 4 R, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 3 K (1.145)

Chaz Roe: 1 ¹⁄₃ IP, 3 H, 5 R (4 ER), 3 BB, 2 K
Luis Patino: 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K (2.93)
Shane Baz: 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (2.25)
Joe Ryan: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (4.11)
Brent Honeywell Jr.: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (1.26)

Double-A Montgomery Biscuits (17-24, 3rd out of 4)

Biscuits lose late lead
Battenfield dominates AA debut
Montgomery’s late rally falls short
Cardenas hits 1st AA homer in loss
Bats silent in doubleheader sweep
Biscuits edged in extra innings

Xavier Edwards: 7-for-22, 1 RBI, 4 BB, 4 K, 1-for-2 SB (.753)
Moises Gomez: 4-for-14, 4 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 4 BB, 4 K, 1-for-1 SB (.631)
Ford Proctor: 3-for-11, 3 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB, 4 K (.588)

Peyton Battenfield: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K (0.00)
Faustino Carrera: 11 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (2.92)
Cristofer Ogando: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K (0.00)

High-A Bowling Green Hot Rods (27-13, 1st out of 7)

Edwards homers off Toussaint in Hot Rods win
Hot Rods shut out
Murray, Hot Rods turn tables with shutout
Bowling Green wins in extras

Greg Jones: 1-for-9, 1 R, 1 2B, 4 K (.882)
Blake Hunt: 3-for-14, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 6 K (.773)
Pedro Martinez: 2-for-16, 1 R, 2 BB, 7 K (.600)
Niko Hulsizer: 5-for-16, 4 R, 1 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 1 BB, 7 K, 1-for-1 SB (1.076)

John Doxakis: 3 ¹⁄₃ IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (10.80)
Jacob Lopez: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 7 K (2.54)
Jayden Murray: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K (1.67)

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (26-14, 1st out of 4)

Charleston scores 5 in the 1st in win
RiverDogs rally for comeback win
Johnson returns to rotation in shutout
Bradley dominates in another shutout
Wisely, Ramirez homers lift Charleston
RiverDogs can’t finish sweep

Nick Schnell: 3-for-20, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 BB, 10 K, 0-for-1 SB (.664)
Heriberto Hernandez: 5-for-19, 3 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 7 K, 0-for-1 SB (.783)
Osleivis Basabe: 10-for-21, 4 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-for-2 SB (.775)
Curtis Mead: 11-for-27, 6 R, 5 2B, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 1 BB, 3 K, 2-for-2 SB (.917)

Cole Wilcox: 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 6 K (1.46)
Seth Johnson: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K (2.42)
Taj Bradley: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K (2.73)

Stats are from Baseball Reference.

This week’s games

Durham

Tuesday, June 22 @ Jacksonville 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Wednesday, June 23 @ Jacksonville 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Thursday, June 24 @ Jacksonville 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Friday, June 25 @ Jacksonville 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Saturday, June 26 @ Jacksonville 6:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Sunday, June 27 @ Jacksonville 6:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)

Montgomery

Tuesday, June 22 @ Biloxi 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Wednesday, June 23 @ Biloxi 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Thursday, June 24 @ Biloxi 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Friday, June 25 @ Biloxi 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Saturday, June 26 @ Biloxi 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Sunday, June 27 @ Biloxi 2:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)

Bowling Green

Tuesday, June 22 @ Hickory 7:00 p.m. ET
Wednesday, June 23 @ Hickory 7:00 p.m. ET
Thursday, June 24 @ Hickory 7:00 p.m. ET
Friday, June 25 @ Hickory 7:00 p.m. ET
Saturday, June 26 @ Hickory 7:00 p.m. ET
Sunday, June 27 @ Hickory 3:00 p.m. ET

Charleston

Tuesday, June 22 vs. Augusta 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Wednesday, June 23 vs. Augusta 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Thursday, June 24 vs. Augusta 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Friday, June 25 vs. Augusta 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Saturday, June 26 vs. Augusta 6:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Sunday, June 27 vs. Augusta 5:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)

Scouting the opposition

Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (Miami)
23-17 (3rd out of 7)
Offense: 188 R (10th out of 20) .750 OPS (10th out of 20)
Pitching: 4.50 ERA (10th out of 20) 1.38 WHIP (10th out of 20)
Top-30 prospects: RHP Sixto Sanchez (1), LHP Braxton Garrett (9), OF Monte Harrison (11)

Biloxi Shuckers (Milwaukee)
15-27 (4th out of 4)
Offense: 189 R (5th out of 8) .682 OPS (6th out of 8)
Pitching: 4.93 ERA (8th out of 8) 1.42 WHIP (8th out of 8)
Top-30 prospects: SS Brice Turang (1), LHP Ethan Small (5), OF Tristen Lutz (23)

Hickory Crawdads (Texas)
15-27 (7th out of 7)
Offense: 173 R (8th out of 12) .612 OPS (12th out of 12)
Pitching: 4.46 ERA (8th out of 12) 1.26 WHIP (5th out of 12)
Top-30 prospects: 2B Justin Foscue (6), C David Garcia (19), RHP Avery Weems (29)

Augusta GreenJackets (Atlanta)
19-22 (3rd out of 4)
Offense: 180 R (9th out of 12) .684 OPS (9th out of 12)
Pitching: 4.80 ERA (8th out of 12) 1.41 WHIP (8th out of 12)
Top-30 prospects: SS Vaughn Grissom (22), OF Stephen Paolini (30)