TB depth chart 2027

PROJ81-81=TOTAL81-81

Total WAR +33.4

hWAR +15.8

pWAR +17.6

C+1.6

1B+2.8

2B+0.9

SS-0.2

3B+4.2

LF+1.4

CF+0.9

RF+1.6

DH+2.5

SP+12.2

BP+5.4

Depth chart data updated: October 28, 2026

Infield

CSO FAR +0.0

Nick Fortes B/RPlatoon · vs Lage 30

WAR+0.5

wRC+71

vL·vR73·70

BSR+0.3

FLD+1.8

PT277 PA

Liam HicksPlatoon · vs R+DH/1B wRC+112 vL·vR92·119 BSR+0.1 FLD-0.8 PT233 WAR+1.4

Replacement (call-up)wRC+75PT138WAR+0.0

Position TotalPA648wRC+82FLD+0.9PROJ+1.6TOTAL+1.6

1BSO FAR +0.0

Jonathan Aranda B/LStarterage 29

WAR+2.4

wRC+125

vL·vR107·132

BSR+0.2

FLD+2.9

PT516 PA

Liam HicksPlatoon · vs R+C/DH wRC+112 vL·vR92·119 BSR+0.0 FLD-0.3 PT85 WAR+0.5

Yandy DíazStarter+DH wRC+123 vL·vR133·120 BSR+0.0 FLD-0.1 PT47 WAR+0.2

Position TotalPA648wRC+119FLD+2.5PROJ+2.8TOTAL+2.8

2BSO FAR +0.0

Richie Palacios B/LPlatoon · vs Rage 30

WAR+0.9

wRC+100

vL·vR87·105

BSR+1.4

FLD-1.8

PT296 PA

Ben WilliamsonPlatoon · vs L+3B wRC+82 vL·vR92·78 BSR+0.4 FLD-2.3 PT160 WAR-0.0

OPENwRC+75PT192WAR+0.0

Position TotalPA648wRC+89FLD-4.1PROJ+0.9TOTAL+0.9

SSSO FAR +0.0

Taylor Walls B/SStarterFAage 31

WAR-0.4

wRC+58

vL·vR58·58

BSR+2.1

FLD-2.0

PT399 PA

Carson WilliamsReserve wRC+75 vL·vR85·71 BSR+1.1 FLD-2.2 PT217 WAR+0.1

Replacement (call-up)wRC+75PT32WAR+0.0

Position TotalPA648wRC+67FLD-4.2PROJ-0.2TOTAL-0.2

3BSO FAR +0.0

Junior Caminero B/RStarterage 24

WAR+4.2

wRC+134

vL·vR138·133

BSR+0.4

FLD-3.7

PT611 PA

Ben WilliamsonPlatoon · vs L+2B wRC+82 vL·vR92·78 BSR+0.1 FLD-0.5 PT37 WAR-0.0

Position TotalPA648wRC+131FLD-4.3PROJ+4.2TOTAL+4.2

Outfield

LFSO FAR +0.0

Chandler Simpson B/LStarterage 26

WAR+1.0

wRC+86

vL·vR74·90

BSR+5.8

FLD+3.4

PT491 PA

OPENwRC+75PT157WAR+0.0

Position TotalPA648wRC+88FLD+3.4PROJ+1.4TOTAL+1.4

CFSO FAR +0.0

Cedric Mullins B/LPlatoon · vs RFAage 32

WAR+1.0

wRC+89

vL·vR90·88

BSR+2.1

FLD-1.0

PT462 PA

OPENwRC+75PT186WAR+0.0

Position TotalPA648wRC+84FLD-1.0PROJ+0.9TOTAL+0.9

RFSO FAR +0.0

Victor Mesa Jr. B/LPlatoon · vs Rage 25

WAR+0.8

wRC+108

vL·vR95·113

BSR+0.4

FLD-0.0

PT281 PA

Jonny DeLucaReserve · vs L wRC+82 vL·vR91·79 BSR+1.5 FLD+1.2 PT160 WAR+0.2

Ryan ViladeReserve · vs L wRC+107 vL·vR118·103 BSR+0.5 FLD+0.4 PT102 WAR+0.4

Austin SlaterReserve · vs LFA wRC+89 vL·vR99·86 BSR+0.1 FLD+0.5 PT96 WAR+0.1

Replacement (call-up)wRC+75PT9WAR+0.0

Position TotalPA648wRC+100FLD+2.1PROJ+1.6TOTAL+1.6

DHSO FAR +0.0

Yandy Díaz B/RStarter+1Bage 35

WAR+1.9

wRC+123

vL·vR133·120

BSR+0.2

FLD-0.9

PT495 PA

Liam HicksPlatoon · vs R+C/1B wRC+112 vL·vR92·119 BSR+0.1 FLD-0.5 PT136 WAR+0.8

Replacement (call-up)wRC+75PT17WAR+0.0

Position TotalPA648wRC+118FLD-1.4PROJ+2.5TOTAL+2.5

Bench

BENCHby expected PA

Jorge MateoReserve · vs LFASS wRC+69 vL·vR80·65 BSR+0.6 FLD-0.0 PT50 WAR+0.1

Nick MadrigalReserve · vs L2B wRC+90 vL·vR99·87 BSR+0.1 FLD+0.1 PT37 WAR+0.1

Rotation

ROTATIONSO FAR +0.0Starting Rotation

Drew RasmussenSP1

WAR+3.7

ERA3.29

FIP3.38

K%25.2

WPA/GS+10.0%

PT169 IP

Outs/GS16.3

Avg Start64

Shane McClanahanSP2

WAR+2.1

ERA3.90

FIP3.91

K%23.1

WPA/GS-1.5%

PT137 IP

Outs/GS15.1

Avg Start54

Nick MartinezSP3

WAR+1.5

ERA4.03

FIP4.35

K%15.8

WPA/GS+1.7%

PT174 IP

Outs/GS17.0

Avg Start53

Ryan PepiotSP5ILIP151GS27Outs/GS16.0ERA4.13K%25.1WPA/GS-1.9%WAR+1.9

Griffin JaxSWINGIP44GS8Outs/GS12.1ERA3.60K%29.0WPA/GS+2.3%WAR+0.5

Joe BoyleDEPTHIP22GS4Outs/GS13.4ERA4.49K%28.2WPA/GS-4.5%WAR+0.6

Ian SeymourDEPTHIP39GS7Outs/GS13.8ERA3.88K%25.9WPA/GS+0.1%WAR+0.2

Freddy PeraltaSPFAIP154GS28Outs/GS16.0ERA4.00K%24.2WPA/GS+3.0%WAR+1.7Avg Start56

SP4OPEN

Section TotalIP891GS162PROJ+12.2TOTAL+12.2

Bullpen

BULLPENSO FAR +0.0Bullpen

Bryan BakerCLHI-LEV

WAR+0.7

ERA3.62

FIP3.70

K%27.9

WPA/App+0.4%

PT62 IP

Outs/App2.9

Kevin KellySUHI-LEVIP68Outs/App3.1ERA3.77K%20.5WPA/App+0.2%WAR+0.6

Tyler WellsSUHI-LEVIP74Outs/App3.7ERA3.77K%24.4WPA/App+0.2%WAR+0.6

Garrett CleavingerHLIP49Outs/App2.7ERA3.73K%31.9WPA/App+0.2%WAR+0.5

Cam BooserHLIP48Outs/App2.9ERA3.87K%27.7WPA/App+0.0%WAR+0.5

Manuel RodríguezMIDIP31Outs/App3.1ERA3.66K%23.2WPA/App+0.3%WAR+0.7

Cole SulserMIDIP54Outs/App3.3ERA3.84K%23.1WPA/App+0.1%WAR+0.6

Steven MatzMIDIP48Outs/App3.9ERA4.60K%18.0WPA/App-1.0%WAR+0.3

Ty JohnsonMIDIP31Outs/App3.1ERA3.54K%29.5WPA/App+0.5%WAR+0.9

Jesse ScholtensLONGIP56Outs/App7.0ERA4.61K%18.3WPA/App-1.0%WAR+0.0

Mason EnglertLONGIP43Outs/App5.3ERA4.55K%21.8WPA/App-0.9%WAR+0.0

Jonathan HeasleyMOPILIP2Outs/App4.3ERA4.93K%15.1WPA/App-1.5%WAR+0.0

NEXT UPEvan ReifertRP · AAAIP24

NEXT UPOwen WildRP · AAAIP31

NEXT UPLogan WorkmanRP · AAAIP26

Section TotalIP567PROJ+5.4TOTAL+5.4

Future Depth Chart — TB

Click a year tab for the projected lineup, rotation, and team WAR

PEAK 2027 · 62W · 15.2 WAR OFF-BOOKS 7YR $111M AGE 24.6 ↗ 27.5 WINDOW no projected contention years

AL East · 2027

#1NYY99#2BOS89#3BAL87#4TB81#5TOR75

Projected: 62–100 Team WAR: 15.2 Avg Age: 24.6 Est. Payroll: $28M FA Budget Room: $210M (CBT $238M) REBUILD

Position Players

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Liam Hicks (28)	2.5	$0.8M
	Nathan Flewelling (20)	0.1	$0.0M
1B	Jonathan Aranda (29)	2.8	$5.9M
	Yandy Díaz (35)	0.2	$12.5M
2B	Émilien Pitre (24)	0.6	$0.0M
	Richie Palacios (30)	0.1	$0.8M
SS	Cooper Flemming (20)	0.5	$0.0M
	Andreimi Antunez (20)	0.0	$0.0M
3B	Junior Caminero (24)	4.2	$0.8M
	Brayden Taylor (25)	0.1	$0.0M
LF	Chandler Simpson (26)	1.1	$0.8M
	Marshall Toole (24)	-0.0	$0.0M
CF	Theo Gillen (21)	0.9	$0.0M
	Cedric Mullins (32)	0.1	$4.6M
RF	Victor Mesa Jr. (25)	1.2	$0.8M
	Ryan Vilade (28)	0.1	$0.8M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Pitchers

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Jack Kartsonas (prospect)	0.7	$0.8M
RP	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Off The Books for 2027

No major contracts expired entering this year

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Liam Hicks (29)	2.0	$3.9M
	Nathan Flewelling (21)	0.1	$0.0M
1B	Jonathan Aranda (30)	1.9	$8.0M
	Taitn Gray (20)	-0.0	$0.0M
2B	Émilien Pitre (25)	0.5	$0.0M
	Jadher Areinamo (24)	0.0	$0.0M
SS	Cooper Flemming (21)	0.6	$0.0M
	Adrian Santana (23)	0.0	$0.8M
3B	Junior Caminero (25)	3.9	$8.9M
	Tony Santa Maria (26)	0.0	$0.0M
LF	Chandler Simpson (27)	0.6	$0.8M
	Marshall Toole (25)	0.0	$0.0M
CF	Theo Gillen (22)	1.4	$0.8M
	Jacob Melton (27)	0.0	$0.8M
RF	Victor Mesa Jr. (26)	0.7	$0.8M
	Ryan Vilade (29)	0.1	$0.8M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Jack Kartsonas (prospect)	0.3	$0.8M
RP	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Liam Hicks (30)	1.7	$5.5M
	Nathan Flewelling (22)	0.2	$0.0M
1B	Jonathan Aranda (31)	1.5	$9.4M
	Taitn Gray (21)	0.0	$0.0M
2B	Émilien Pitre (26)	0.7	$0.0M
	Jadher Areinamo (25)	0.0	$0.0M
SS	Cooper Flemming (22)	1.1	$0.0M
	Adrian Santana (24)	0.1	$0.8M
3B	Junior Caminero (26)	3.9	$15.3M
	Brayden Taylor (27)	0.0	$0.8M
LF	Chandler Simpson (28)	0.4	$1.9M
	Noah Myers (29)	0.0	$0.0M
CF	Theo Gillen (23)	2.1	$0.8M
	Austin Overn (26)	0.0	$0.0M
RF	Victor Mesa Jr. (27)	0.7	$0.8M
	Jared Oliva (33)	0.0	$0.8M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Jack Kartsonas (prospect)	0.4	$0.8M
RP	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Liam Hicks (31)	1.3	$6.3M
	Nathan Flewelling (23)	0.2	$0.8M
1B	Taitn Gray (22)	0.4	$0.8M
	Will Simpson (28)	0.0	$0.8M
2B	Émilien Pitre (27)	0.8	$0.0M
	Jadher Areinamo (26)	0.0	$0.8M
SS	Cooper Flemming (23)	1.5	$0.0M
	Andreimi Antunez (23)	0.1	$0.0M
3B	Junior Caminero (27)	3.8	$22.8M
	Brayden Taylor (28)	0.0	$0.8M
LF	Chandler Simpson (29)	0.1	$2.2M
	Noah Myers (30)	0.0	$0.0M
CF	Theo Gillen (24)	2.5	$0.8M
	Brendan Summerhill (26)	0.0	$0.0M
RF	Victor Mesa Jr. (28)	0.6	$2.0M
	Brailer Guerrero (24)	0.0	$0.0M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Jack Kartsonas (prospect)	0.4	$0.8M
RP	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Nathan Flewelling (24)	1.5	$0.9M
	Yirer Garcia (25)	0.1	$0.0M
1B	Taitn Gray (23)	0.5	$0.9M
	Will Simpson (29)	0.0	$0.9M
2B	Émilien Pitre (28)	0.7	$0.9M
	Jadher Areinamo (27)	0.0	$0.9M
SS	Cooper Flemming (24)	1.7	$0.9M
	Andreimi Antunez (24)	0.1	$0.0M
3B	Brayden Taylor (29)	0.1	$0.8M
	Tony Santa Maria (29)	0.0	$0.9M
LF	Noah Myers (31)	0.0	$0.9M
	Brock Jones (30)	0.0	$0.9M
CF	Theo Gillen (25)	2.6	$7.4M
	Brendan Summerhill (27)	0.0	$0.0M
RF	Victor Mesa Jr. (29)	0.4	$2.6M
	Brailer Guerrero (25)	0.0	$0.0M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Jack Kartsonas (prospect)	0.3	$0.8M
RP	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Nathan Flewelling (25)	1.5	$0.9M
	Yirer Garcia (26)	0.1	$0.9M
1B	Taitn Gray (24)	0.6	$0.9M
	Will Simpson (30)	0.0	$0.9M
2B	Émilien Pitre (29)	0.6	$0.9M
	Jadher Areinamo (28)	0.0	$0.9M
SS	Cooper Flemming (25)	1.8	$0.9M
	Andreimi Antunez (25)	0.1	$0.0M
3B	Israfell Bautista (25)	0.1	$0.0M
	Oliver Dunn (34)	0.0	$0.6M
LF	Noah Myers (32)	0.0	$0.9M
	Brock Jones (31)	0.0	$3.0M
CF	Theo Gillen (26)	2.6	$12.8M
	Brendan Summerhill (28)	0.0	$0.9M
RF	Brailer Guerrero (26)	0.3	$0.9M
	Victor Mesa Jr. (30)	0.0	$2.6M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	FA — replacement level	0.0	—
RP	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Nathan Flewelling (26)	1.5	$4.8M
	Alfredo Rodriguez (27)	0.1	$0.9M
1B	Taitn Gray (25)	0.7	$2.4M
	Will Simpson (31)	0.0	$3.0M
2B	Émilien Pitre (30)	0.4	$0.9M
	Ryan Spikes (30)	0.0	$3.0M
SS	Cooper Flemming (26)	1.8	$0.9M
	Andreimi Antunez (26)	0.2	$0.9M
3B	Israfell Bautista (26)	0.1	$0.9M
	Mac Horvath (32)	0.0	$3.0M
LF	Noah Myers (33)	0.0	$0.9M
	Brock Jones (32)	0.0	$5.0M
CF	Theo Gillen (27)	2.5	$18.4M
	Brendan Summerhill (29)	0.0	$0.9M
RF	Brailer Guerrero (27)	0.3	$0.9M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	FA — replacement level	0.0	—
RP	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Minor-league depth by level — TB

Top projected players at each affiliate level, ranked by 2027 projected WAR. Click a header to sort.

AAA · 9 projected players

Player	Pos	Age	ETA	2027 WAR	cWAR
Justyn-Henry Malloy	RF	27	2028	+0.4	0.3
Gavin Lux	2B	29	2027	+0.1	0.5
Jacob Melton	CF	26	2027	+0.1	0.4
Jared Oliva	RF	31	—	+0.1	-0.1
Dom Keegan	C	26	2028	+0.0	0.0
Jack Suwinski	CF	29	—	-0.1	0.3

AA · 11 projected players

Player	Pos	Age	ETA	2027 WAR	cWAR
Theo Gillen	CF	21	2028	+0.9	19.5
Brayden Taylor	3B	25	2028	+0.6	1.4
Austin Overn	CF	24	2028	+0.2	1.7
Jadher Areinamo	2B	23	2028	+0.1	1.3
J.T. Arruda	SS	29	—	+0.1	0.0
Kenny Piper	C	29	—	+0.1	0.0
PITCHERS
Jack Kartsonas	P	26	2029	+0.7	1.4

A+ · 14 projected players

Player	Pos	Age	ETA	2027 WAR	cWAR
Émilien Pitre	2B	24	2028	+0.6	4.3
Nathan Flewelling	C	20	2028	+0.5	11.8
Tony Santa Maria	3B	25	2028	+0.5	1.3
Adrian Santana	SS	22	2028	+0.1	4.5
Bryan Broecker	C	25	2028	+0.1	0.2
Jose Perez	SS	23	2028	+0.0	0.4

A · 16 projected players

Player	Pos	Age	ETA	2027 WAR	cWAR
Taitn Gray	1B	19	2028	+0.6	4.6
Cooper Flemming	SS	20	2028	+0.5	13.6
Grady Emerson	SS	19	2028	+0.1	7.5
Alberth Palma	SS	21	2028	+0.1	5.9
Daniel Pierce	SS	20	2028	+0.1	5.3
Brody Donay	C	23	2028	+0.1	1.2

ROK · 8 projected players

Player	Pos	Age	ETA	2027 WAR	cWAR
Andreimi Antunez	SS	20	2028	+0.2	8.3
Erison Rojas	SS	18	2028	+0.0	5.1
Lissandro Peralta	SS	19	2028	+0.0	3.2
Franklin Merisu	SS	19	2028	+0.0	2.7
Alfredo Rodriguez	C	21	2028	+0.0	2.0
Elvin Jean	OF	22	2028	-0.1	0.0