Rays prospects and minor leagues: Baz wins silver medal

The U.S. came up short in its quest for gold, but it was still a good showing in baseball’s first appearance in the Olympics since 2008. Shane Baz had a rough appearance, but it was certainly valuable experience. Former Rays Edwin Jackson, Scott Kazmir, and Joe Ryan were also on the team.

Baseball America updated its Rays top 30 last week, so the players guaranteed to be featured in each weekly update have changed a bit. DRaysBay is also working on an updated top 30.

Triple-A Durham Bulls (55-28, 1st out of 7)

Bulls hand Liberatore another loss
Durham falls to Memphis
Bulls’ 1st-inning run not enough
Durham crushes Memphis with 11-run 6th
Lowe stays hot in win
Bulls rally to win series

Vidal Brujan: 9-for-23, 5 R, 4 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 4-for-4 SB (.863)
Josh Lowe: 7-for-22, 6 R, 1 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 4 BB, 7 K, 2-for-2 SB (.910)
Taylor Walls: 5-for-17, 9 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 9 BB, 2 K, 2-for-3 SB (.908)
Miles Mastrobuoni: 6-for-19, 4 R, 1 2B, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 5 K, 1-for-1 SB (.898)

Tommy Romero: 6 ¹⁄₃ IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 6 K (10.50)
Brent Honeywell: 9 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K (3.66)
Tobias Myers: 5 ²⁄₃ IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (8.56)

Double-A Montgomery Biscuits (47-36, 2nd out of 4)

Cardenas, McGee lead Biscuits to series-opening win
Shenton grand slam caps route of Smokies
Montgomery rallies to edge Tennessee
McKay’s rehab assignment transferred to Montgomery in loss
Shenton, Biscuits rebound to split doubleheader
Murray’s dominant start not enough
McGee, bullpen shut out Smokies to clinch series

Xavier Edwards: 4-for-18, 4 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1-for-1 SB (.774)
Austin Shenton: 7-for-17, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 4 K (.819)
Jonathan Aranda: 2-for-9, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 1-for-1 SB (.983)
Ruben Cardenas: 3-for-20, 2 R, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 9 K, 0-for-1 SB (.853)

Brendan McKay: 1 ¹⁄₃ IP, 2 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Jordan Brink: 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K (3.74)
Easton McGee: 11 IP, 12 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 16 K (4.44)
Jayden Murray: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K (3.12)
Ivan Pelaez: 5 ¹⁄₃ IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 10 K (4.75)

High-A Bowling Green Hot Rods (59-25, 1st out of 7)

Hot Rods edge Blue Rocks in opener
Bowling Green limits Wilmington to 1 hit in win
Hot Rods crushed by Blue Rocks
Bradley shines in High-A debut
Doxakis, homers lead Hot Rods to win
Bowling Green crushed in finale

Greg Jones: 7-for-18, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 5 K, 1-for-2 SB (.916)
Curtis Mead: 3-for-18, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 5 K (.773)
Blake Hunt: 2-for-16, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 4 K (.735)

Taj Bradley: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K (0.00)
John Doxakis: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K (3.27)
Chris Gau: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K (3.09)

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (60-23, 1st out of 4)

Brecht, DaCosta pitch RiverDogs to win
Charleston sweeps doubleheader behind Hernandez, Johnson
Driscoll homers twice in win
Gaston throws 4 hitless innings in full-season debut
RiverDogs win another solid Moncada start
Charleston sweeps Augusta

Alika Williams: 7-for-18, 5 R, 4 2B, 5 RBI, 4 BB, 7 K (.668)
Osleivis Basabe: 5-for-19, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 4 K, 4-for-4 SB (.628)
Logan Driscoll: 7-for-15, 6 R, 1 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 4 K (.938)
Jonathan Embry: 7-for-13, 4 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 4 BB, 3 K, 1-for-1 SB (.885)

Seth Johnson: 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (4.01)
Franklin Dacosta: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (2.70)
Joe LaSorsa: 4 ²⁄₃ IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K (1.72)

Florida Complex League Rays (22-7, 1st out of 8)

FCL Rays open week with another win
Quiroz grand slam highlights slugfest win
FCL Rays pitch better to sweep doubleheader
FCL Rays rally to win again
Merino grand slam starts FCL Rays’ winning rally
FCL Rays suffer rare defeat

Tanner Murray: 6-for-16, 3 R, 4 2B, 5 RBI, 2 K (1.249)
Shane Sasaki: 6-for-18, 5 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 4 K, 3-for-3 SB (.836)
Willy Vasquez: 6-for-14, 4 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 0 K (.829)

Aneudy Cortorreal: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K (0.96)
Victor Munoz: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (2.36)
Matthew Peguero: 10 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 15 K (5.01)

Stats are from Baseball Reference.

This week’s games

Durham

Tuesday, Aug. 10 @ Gwinnett 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Wednesday, Aug. 11 @ Gwinnett 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Thursday, Aug. 12 @ Gwinnett 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Friday, Aug. 13 @ Gwinnett 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Saturday, Aug. 14 @ Gwinnett 6:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Sunday, Aug. 15 @ Gwinnett 1:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)

Montgomery

Tuesday, Aug. 10 @ Pensacola 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Wednesday, Aug. 11 @ Pensacola 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Thursday, Aug. 12 @ Pensacola 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Friday, Aug. 13 @ Pensacola 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Saturday, Aug. 14 @ Pensacola 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Sunday, Aug. 15 @ Pensacola 5 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)

Bowling Green

Tuesday, Aug. 10 vs. Greenville 7:35 p.m. ET
Wednesday, Aug. 11 vs. Greenville 7:35 p.m. ET
Thursday, Aug. 12 vs. Greenville 7:35 p.m. ET
Friday, Aug. 13 vs. Greenville 7:35 p.m. ET
Saturday, Aug. 14 vs. Greenville 7:35 p.m. ET
Sunday, Aug. 15 vs. Greenville 3:05 p.m. ET

Charleston

Tuesday, Aug. 10 @ Myrtle Beach 7:05 p.m. ET
Wednesday, Aug. 11 @ Myrtle Beach 7:05 p.m. ET
Thursday, Aug. 12 @ Myrtle Beach 7:05 p.m. ET
Friday, Aug. 13 @ Myrtle Beach 7:05 p.m. ET
Saturday, Aug. 14 @ Myrtle Beach 6:05 p.m. ET
Sunday, Aug. 15 @ Myrtle Beach 6:05 p.m. ET

Florida Complex League Rays

Tuesday, Aug. 10 @ FCL Red Sox 7 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 12 @ FCL Orioles Black 12 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 13 vs. FCL Braves 6 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 14 @ FCL Braves 10 a.m.
Monday, Aug. 16 vs. FCL Orioles Black 12 p.m.

Scouting the opposition

Gwinnett Stripers (Atlanta)
46-38 (4th out of 7)
Offense: 446 R (3rd out of 20) .769 OPS (6th out of 20)
Pitching: 4.12 ERA (7th out of 20) 1.29 WHIP (5th out of 20)
Top-30 prospects: OF Cristian Pache (1), OF Drew Waters (2), RHP Jasseel De La Cruz (13)

Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Miami)
42-42 (3rd out of 4)
Offense: 317 R (8th out of 8) .656 OPS (8th out of 8)
Pitching: 3.83 ERA (2nd out of 8) 1.26 WHIP (3rd out of 8)
Top-30 prospects: OF JJ Bleday (2), RHP Max Meyer (3), OF Peyton Burdick (16), RHP Kyle Nicolas (17), OF Jerar Encarnacion (18), OF Griffin Conine (19), RHP Zach McCambley (24), LHP Jake Eder (30)

Greenville Drive (Boston)
45-38 (3rd out of 7)
Offense: 479 R (2nd out of 12) .785 OPS (3rd out of 12)
Pitching: 4.62 ERA (7th out of 12) 1.35 WHIP (8th out of 12)
Top-30 prospects: LHP Jay Groome (9), 3B Brandon Howlett (23), LHP Brendan Cellucci (28)

Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Cubs)
42-42 (2nd out of 4)
Offense: 376 R (9th out of 12) .651 OPS (11th out of 12)
Pitching: 4.18 ERA (5th out of 12) 1.36 WHIP (5th out of 12)
Top-30 prospects: SS Ed Howard (5), SS Luis Verdugo (18), SS Kevin Made (21), OF Jordan Nwogu (24), OF Yohendrick Pinango (26)