The Rays and Mets completed a trade Thursday that directly involved one prospect and impacts the pending Major League debut of another.

Tampa Bay sent right-handed reliever Drew Smith, their No. 30 prospect, to New York for Major League first baseman Lucas Duda, the clubs confirmed. Smith will head to Double-A Binghamton, according to MLB.com's Anthony DiComo.

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The White Sox have added another talented prospect to their farm system as part of their grand rebuild.

Chicago acquired first-base prospect Casey Gillaspie from the Rays on Thursday in exchange for Major League left-handed reliever Dan Jennings, both clubs confirmed. 

Marlins RHP Trevor Richards, Double-A Jacksonville: 7 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K, 89 pitches, 58 strikes -- Richards' story continued to get better Wednesday as he pitched a season-high seven scoreless innings for the second time in his last four starts. The 24-year-old right-hander was signed out of the independent Frontier League a year ago and has taken off in his first full Minor League season. He leads the Marlins organization in wins (10), ERA (2.43) and strikeouts (120) over 111 innings between Class A Advanced and Double-A and has moved up to the No. 18 spot in the Marlins' prospect rankings -- not bad for a pitcher who went undrafted out of Drake University. Results aside, Richards doesn't receive eye-popping grades for his three-pitch mix -- his changeup is the only offering considered above-average -- but his control is leading to weak contact and plenty of Ks. 

Joe McCarthy's last college season couldn't have had a worse start, with the University of Virginia standout sidelined following back surgery.

"The timing was terrible," said the Montgomery Biscuits outfielder/first baseman. "I knew I'd miss a lot of time."

For much of the past three seasons, outfielder Derek Hill can regularly be found on either the highlight reel or the disabled list. Now in his third tour with Class A West Michigan, the Tigers' eighth-ranked prospect doesn't let the potential for injury affect how he plays the game.

"The way I see it, if I don't act aggressive, I feel like I'm going to injure myself," Hill said. "Honestly, every time a ball goes up in the air, until it touches the ground I'm going 100 percent. I don't care where it's hit, who hit it. I'm going 110 percent to get to that ball."

Following a trip to the College World Series with Cal State Fullerton this June, Scott Hurst took a week to pack up shop before joining State College. He was eager to prove worthy of the Cardinals' faith in selecting him, and he pressed too hard out of the gate. 

Hurst broke out with Titans his junior year, batting .328 with 12 home runs, but the 21-year-old collected just one hit in his first four games as a professional.

St. Louis was without a first- and second-round pick in the 2017 Draft. He was selected by the organization in the third round just five days following his team's elimination from collegiate postseason play. 

A ballplayer can go through a long career and never log five hits in a game, but after his first five weeks as a pro, Darrell Miller Jr. has done it twice.

"It's kind of crazy, obviously," the Royals catching prospect said. "Some of my teammates have been asking me about or joking about it, and I tell them I don't know. It's like I black out, and then I wake up and I have five hits."

Miller Jr. went 5-for-6 with a double and two runs scored to pace Rookie-level Idaho Falls to a 15-12 win in 10 innings at Missoula on Wednesday.

It looks like Amed Rosario is feeling better.

Just four days after a stomach bug sent him to the hospital, the top Mets prospect extended his hitting streak to 16 games by going 4-for-5 with two runs scored in Triple-A Las Vegas' 8-7 loss to Nashville on Wednesday night.

There may be no second chances to make a good first impression, but Walker Buehler's start Wednesday night revealed much more about him than his Pacific Coast League debut did last week.

"It was nice to have a good outing after [my last start]," Los Angeles' top prospect said. "I wanted to kind of save the 'pen after I killed the 'pen last time."

In a return to form, Buehler gave up one run on one hit and two walks while striking out nine over five innings in Triple-A Oklahoma City's 8-7 victory over visiting Reno.