By Anthony Franco | at November 5, 2026 9:38pm CDT
The Rays are in agreement with right-hander Levi Stoudt on a minor league contract with a non-roster invite to Spring Training, reports Marc Topkin of The Tampa Bay Times. Topkin also reported this week that Tampa Bay was re-signing righty Kodi Whitley with a camp invite.
Stoudt, who’ll be 29 next month, has four games of major league experience. Those came with the 2023 Reds, for whom he tossed 10 1/3 innings of 11-run ball. Stoudt subsequently spent time in the Baltimore organization and was on a minor league contract with the Phillies for 2026. He was out to a great start to the season, combining for 22 2/3 frames without an earned run between the top two minor league levels. There’s a decent chance he’d have earned himself a look in the Philadelphia bullpen had he not suffered an elbow injury in June that ended his season.
A third-round pick by the Mariners in 2019, Stoudt got some prospect attention early in his career on the strength of a mid-90s fastball and good control. He averaged 96 mph on his fastball in Triple-A this year but threw his mid-80s slider at a massive 85% clip. The pre-injury results were encouraging, as Stoudt struck out 11 of 39 Triple-A opponents while allowing a total of six baserunners in 11 innings.
Whitley will be on his third season in the Tampa Bay system. The 31-year-old righty (32 in February) tossed 32 innings with a 2.81 ERA out of the bullpen at Triple-A Durham this year. He struck out a solid 24% of opponents against an excellent 6.2% walk percentage. Whitley pitched parts of three seasons with the Cardinals (2020-22), compiling a 3.38 ERA across 42 2/3 career innings.
It’s a good thing he found work, considering the family brewery closed down in 2020.
Went downhill fast once the Levi broke, lost all of their suds. Not that they weren’t forewarned though, some dude at the plant, think his name was Robert, kept yellowing some apocalyptic message
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