The Rays were clinging to an 8-7 lead with two outs in the ninth on Sunday when Aaron Judge hit a deep fly ball against reliever Jason Adam. The right-hander leaned over and put his hands on his knees, thinking the game was tied. But instead the ball settled into the glove of center fielder Jose Siri for the game’s final out.

Adam, hand on his chest, let out what appeared to be a “whoa” before finally switching to a full-on grin.

“I thought it was 30 rows deep,”  Adam said. “But thankfully, [Judge] missed it more than I thought.”

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Sunday was graduation day at Prospect University.

Any player who began the season with zero Major League experience and cracked an Opening Day roster exceeded the 45-day rookie standard on Sunday. That makes this as good a time as any to make some alterations to the MLB Pipeline Top 100 prospect rankings.

With Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe graduating already on at-bats and Cardinals outfielder Jordan Walker in Triple-A, we weren’t going to technically lose any Top 100 prospects this weekend, but after roughly six weeks of play across all levels, we have a slightly better understanding of who the top talents in the game are, and we want the Top 100 to reflect that.

To get there, we’ve revoted on the Top 15 spots, moved anyone who warranted a sizable jump or fall (i.e. 10 or more spots), dropped a few names and added some of 2023’s breakout prospects to the new-look list.

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The upcoming week features several intriguing matchups, including a pair of Interleague series between first-place squads.

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