With the offseason rolling on, the Tampa Bay Rays recently got a massive influx of talent into their farm system following a couple of trades. Now, the group is becoming even stronger. 

It has been an interesting offseason for the Rays so far, with the team seemingly being both a buyer and seller so far. Tampa Bay started out the winter with the signings of three veterans to help improve some areas of need. The Rays added Cedric Mullins, Jake Fraley, and Steven Matz to help provide support for the outfield and the starting rotation. 

Following those moves that indicated the team was trying to be a contender in 2025, the team then traded Brandon Lowe and Shane Baz for a haul of prospects. The decision to trade Lowe, especially, is one that is going to have a massive impact on the offense and replacing that production is going to be challenging. However, this is now a loaded farm system for Tampa Bay, and that is exciting to think about. 

While there is a plethora of new talent coming in, the Rays had a pitcher in 2025 who was elite in the minors for a key metric. Recently, Sam Dykstra and Jonathan Mayo of MLB wrote about pitcher Ty Johnson from Tampa Bay and his elite strikeout-to-walk ratio. 

Johnson Elite in Key Statistic