Rays prospects and minor leagues: Jones among latest group of promotions

Among the players on Baseball America’s preseason top 30 for the organization, 11 have played at multiple levels this season, not including rehab assignments. Greg Jones and Blake Hunt are now among them after last week’s promotions to Double A. The Rays have rewarded players who have shown they’re ready for the next level this season, and a player like Jones is now at the level he probably would’ve been at even if he hadn’t missed an entire season.

Triple-A Durham Bulls (57-32, 1st out of 7)

Bulls allow 4 unanswered runs in opening loss
Durham swept in doubleheader
Myers settles in at new level despite loss
Bulls drop another
Durham snaps losing streak
Baz returns to Bulls in finale win

Vidal Brujan: 6-for-18, 3 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 2 K, 2-for-3 SB (.860)
Josh Lowe: 3-for-17, 5 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 4 BB, 5 K, 1-for-1 SB (.890)
Taylor Walls: 4-for-17, 4 R, 1 3B, 4 BB, 10 K (.879)
Miles Mastrobuoni: 2-for-8, 1 RBI, 1 BB (.863)

Nick Anderson: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Shane Baz: 3 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (2.08)
Tommy Romero: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K (9.00)
Brent Honeywell Jr.: 5 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (4.06)
Tobias Myers: 6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K (6.41)

Double-A Montgomery Biscuits (50-39, 2nd out of 4)

Biscuits stun Blue Wahoos with furious rally in suspended game
McKay struggles in second AA appearance
Montgomery unable to erase early deficit
Whalen’s homer supports solid Murray start
Jones hits 1st AA homer in win
Biscuits’ rally falls short

Xavier Edwards: 3-for-18, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 5 K, 2-for-2 SB (.745)
Greg Jones: 3-for-20, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 8 K, 1-for-1 SB (.490)
Blake Hunt: 2-for-12, 2 R, 1 2B, 6 K (.417)
Austin Shenton: 4-for-17, 1 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 8 K (.752)
Jonathan Aranda: 4-for-19, 4 R, 1 3B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 6 K (.965)
Ruben Cardenas: 5-for-23, 4 R, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 2 BB, 3 K (.825)

Brendan McKay: 2 ²⁄₃ IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Easton McGee: 5 ²⁄₃ IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (4.30)
Jayden Murray: 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K (2.82)

High-A Bowling Green Hot Rods (63-27, 1st out of 7)

Hot Rods use home-run barrage to top Drive
Bowling Green wins behind Wisely’s two homers
Hot Rods rally for 11-inning win
Alexander’s 3 homers not enough
Bowling Green edges Greenville
Hot Rods drop finale

Curtis Mead: 6-for-23, 2 R, 3 2B, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 4 K (.769)
Hill Alexander: 4-for-12, 4 R, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 5 K (1.005)
Brett Wisely: 8-for-21, 7 R, 4 HR, 9 RBI, 3 BB, 4 K (1.392)

Taj Bradley: 5 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 8 K (3.60)
Angel Felipe: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K (6.75)
Ezequiel Zabaleta: 4 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K (3.54)

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (63-26, 1st out of 4)

RiverDogs waste outstanding Seymour start
Charleston scores 6 unanswered runs in win
Dacosta leads shutout of Pelicans
Charleston pounds Myrtle Beach
RiverDogs edged by Pelicans
Charleston drops finale despite solid Seymour start

Alika Williams: 7-for-23, 3 R, 2 2B, 6 RBI, 2 BB, 5 K (.676)
Osleivis Basabe: 6-for-24, 3 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-for-1 SB (.624)
Heriberto Hernandez: 1-for-4, 1 K (.834)

Seth Johnson: 4 ²⁄₃ IP, 6 H, 2 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 4 K (3.72)
Franklin Dacosta: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 8 K (1.80)
Ian Seymour: 9 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 18 K (2.97)

Florida Complex League Rays (22-11, 1st out of 8)

FCL Rays drop back-and-forth game
FCL Rays crushed in rare rout
FCL Rays shut out
FCL Rays lose another

Kyle Manzardo: 1-for-6, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K (.619)
Freddvil Chevez: 2-for-6, 1 2B, 1 K (.764)
Alejandro Pie: 2-for-10, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 4 K, 1-for-1 SB (.609)

Antonio Jimenez: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K (1.95)
Anthony Molina: 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K (2.79)
Matthew Peguero: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 5 K (4.28)

Stats are from Baseball Reference.

This week’s games

Durham

Tuesday, Aug. 17 vs. Jacksonville 6:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Wednesday, Aug. 18 vs. Jacksonville 6:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Thursday, Aug. 19 vs. Jacksonville 6:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Friday, Aug. 20 vs. Jacksonville 6:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Saturday, Aug. 21 vs. Jacksonville 6:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Sunday, Aug. 22 vs. Jacksonville 5:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)

Montgomery

Tuesday, Aug. 17 vs. Mississippi 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Wednesday, Aug. 18 vs. Mississippi 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Thursday, Aug. 19 vs. Mississippi 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Friday, Aug. 20 vs. Mississippi 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Saturday, Aug. 21 vs. Mississippi 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Sunday, Aug. 22 vs. Mississippi 4:33 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)

Bowling Green

Tuesday, Aug. 17 vs. Rome 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Wednesday, Aug. 18 vs. Rome 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Thursday, Aug. 19 vs. Rome 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Friday, Aug. 20 vs. Rome 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Saturday, Aug. 21 vs. Rome 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Sunday, Aug. 22 vs. Rome 3:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)

Charleston

Tuesday, Aug. 17 vs. Columbia 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Wednesday, Aug. 18 vs. Columbia 5:05 p.m. ET DOUBLEHEADER (MiLB.TV)
Thursday, Aug. 19 vs. Columbia 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Friday, Aug. 20 vs. Columbia 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Saturday, Aug. 21 vs. Columbia 6:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Sunday, Aug. 22 vs. Columbia 5:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)

Florida Complex League Rays

Tuesday, Aug. 17 @ FCL Twins 12 p.m. ET
Thursday, Aug. 19 vs. FCL Twins 12 p.m. ET
Friday, Aug. 20 @ FCL Braves 6 p.m. ET
Saturday, Aug. 21 vs. FCL Braves 10 a.m. ET
Monday, Aug. 23 @ FCL Pirates Gold 12 p.m. ET

Scouting the opposition

Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (Miami)
51-39 (2nd out of 7)
Offense: 406 R (15th out of 20) .721 OPS (14th out of 20)
Pitching: 4.19 ERA (6th out of 20) 1.32 WHIP (5th out of 20)
Top-30 prospects: RHP Edward Cabrera (5), 1B Lewin Diaz (11), OF Monte Harrison (17), RHP Nick Neidert (21), RHP Jordan Holloway (24), C Payton Henry (29)

Mississippi Braves
53-37 (1st out of 4)
Offense: 386 R (7th out of 8) .696 OPS (6th out of 8)
Pitching: 3.67 ERA (1st out of 8) 1.28 WHIP (4th out of 8)
Top-30 prospects: C Shea Langleliers (4), RHP Spencer Strider (6), SS Braden Shewmake (7), RHP Bryce Elder (14), RHP Freddy Tarnok (16), RHP Indigo Diaz (18), RHP Daysbel Hernandez (20), RHP Victor Vodnik (21), OF Dustin Dean (26), OF Trey Harris (27)

Rome Braves
40-49 (5th out of 7)
Offense: 378 R (11th out of 12) .662 OPS (11th out of 12)
Pitching: 4.08 ERA (3rd out of 12) 1.33 WHIP (6th out of 12)
Top-30 prospects: OF Michael Harris (3), LHP Jared Shuster (9), OF Jesse Franklin (12), RHP Darius Vines (19), RHP Trey Riley (25), SS Luke Waddell (28)

Columbia Fireflies (Kansas City)
42-47 (3rd out of 4)
Offense: 462 R (7th out of 12) .705 OPS (8th out of 12)
Pitching: 3.93 ERA (2nd out of 12) 1.31 WHIP (2nd out of 12)
Top-30 prospects: OF Darryl Collins (22)