Arizona Fall League Prospect Report

Image credit: JJ Bleday (Photo by Bill Mitchell)

JJ Bleday, OF, Marlins — The JJ Bleday Experience was in full swing on Monday in Mesa, where his Solar Sox played to a tumultuous, topsy-turvy, 10-inning tie, with a final score of 15-15. In the midst of all that offense, Bleday collected five hits, and was a triple shy of the cycle through three innings. With the big game, Bleday bumped his average to .400 and inched atop the league RBI leaders, with 18. All three of his triple-slash categories are among the top five in the league, and his 1.180 OPS ranks fourth. If you’d like to see how his swings on four of those hits looked from the open side, here you go.

Lars Nootbaar, OF, Cardinals — If it’s a day that ends in -y, Nootbaar is hitting. On Monday, the Cardinals prospect continued his white-hot AFL with two hits, two runs and two RBIs in Glendale’s win over Salt River. His five home runs are tied for first in the Fall League and his .813 slugging percentage is the best in the league by a large margin. It’s not a huge surprise that Nootbaar is raking n the AFL given he hit his way to the big leagues this year (to say nothing of the overall state of pitching in the AFL), but his continued performance will further cement his place on the prospect landscape.

Willie MacIver, C, Rockies — One of three Rockies Futures Game representatives this summer, MacIver put together a strong first portion of the season in High-A before struggling at Double-A. He snapped out of a bit of a funk on Monday by collecting three hits in Salt River’s loss to Glendale, including one single with an exit velocity of 105.1 mph. Entering the game, he’d gone just 2-for-13 for the Fall League. All five of his hits have been singles, and he’s sprinkled three walks into his stat line as well.

Curtis Mead, 3B, Rays — Mead’s regular season was impressive enough—he played a part in three MiLB championship clubs and had a successful turn at Triple-A in a year when he got his first official time outside of Rookie ball. He’s carried that success over from the AFL, including a 2-for-4 Monday with a double and two runs in Scottsdale’s win over Surprise. The double was Mead’s eighth extra-base hit of the fall, tying him with JJ Bleday and Richie Palacios for fourth place in the league.

Jackson Cluff, SS, Nationals — Pitching prospects rightly got most of the buzz in the Washington system—at least until the team’s sell-off at the deadline netted them crown jewel catcher Keibert Ruiz—but Cluff is doing what he can in the AFL to bump himself into the mix. He went 3-for-5 in the Surprise leadoff spot on Monday, bumping his AFL average to .378, good for sixth in the league. His on-base and OPS numbers both rank No. 10 in the league as well.

HITTERS

ORG	CLASS	RANK	PLAYER	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	NOTES
ARI	AFL		Dominic Canzone, RF	4	2	2	1	.333	BB (5), SB (1),
ATL	AFL		Jesse Franklin, OF	5	2	1	0	.088	BB (5),
BAL	AFL		Greg Cullen, 2B	4	2	2	4	.261	2B (2), HR (2), BB (4),
BOS	AFL		Kole Cottam, C	3	1	1	2	.207	2B (2), BB (5),
BOS	AFL		Triston Casas, 3B	2	1	1	2	.313	2 BB (9),
CHC	AFL		Nelson Velazquez, LF	6	0	1	0	.397
CHC	AFL		Andy Weber, SS	6	2	2	1	.340
CIN	AFL		Ivan Johnson, 2B	3	1	1	1	.235	HR (4), BB (7), E (3),
CLE	AFL		Jose Tena, SS	3	0	1	0	.406	2 BB (7), CS (1),
CLE	AFL		Mike Amditis, C	4	1	0	0	.094	BB (4),
CLE	AFL		Richard Palacios, 2B	4	2	1	1	.292	2B (5),
COL	AFL		Willie MacIver, C	4	1	3	0	.294	CS (1),
COL	AFL		Ezequiel Tovar, SS	3	0	0	0	.157
COL	AFL		Michael Toglia, 1B	4	0	1	3	.277
COL	AFL		Ryan Vilade, LF	4	1	0	0	.250	BB (6), E (3),
CWS	AFL		Yoelkis Cespedes, OF	3	2	1	0	.214	2B (3), SB (2),
CWS	AFL		Jose Rodriguez, IF	4	1	1	2	.250	BB (3), SB (2), E (2),
DET	AFL		Eric De La Rosa, OF	4	0	0	0	.250
HOU	AFL		Pedro Leon, OF	1	2	0	0	.182	3 BB (6), SB (1),
KC	AFL		Jake Means, 3B	4	1	1	0	.130	2B (3),
KC	AFL		Seuly Matias, OF	4	0	0	1	.240
LAA	AFL		Jeremiah Jackson, SS	5	0	0	0	.146
LAA	AFL		Anthony Mulrine, C	2	1	0	1	.040	BB (3),
LAD	AFL		James Outman, CF	5	0	2	1	.294	2 2B (4),
LAD	AFL		Kody Hoese, 3B	4	0	0	0	.179
MIA	AFL		Kameron Misner, OF	4	1	0	0	.178	BB (10), E (2),
MIA	AFL		JJ Bleday, OF	6	2	5	4	.400	2B (5), HR (3), E (2),
MIA	AFL		Will Banfield, C	1	0	0	0	.238	E (1),
MIL	AFL		David Hamilton, SS	4	1	1	0	.286	2B (1),
MIN	AFL		Michael Helman, 2B	5	1	2	0	.242	2B (2), 2 SB (4),
NYM	AFL		Carlos Cortes, 2B	2	0	0	0	.235	2 BB (8), CS (1),
NYM	AFL		Brett Baty, 3B	3	0	1	0	.240	BB (8),
NYY	AFL		Austin Wells, C	4	1	1	0	.300	3B (2), BB (9),
NYY	AFL		Elijah Dunham, OF	3	0	1	0	.390	2 BB (12),
OAK	AFL		Jonah Bride, 3B	2	2	1	2	.229	HR (2), 2 BB (8), E (3),
OAK	AFL		Logan Davidson, SS	6	2	2	1	.256	E (1),
PHI	AFL		Simon Muzziotti, CF	4	1	2	1	.293	2 BB (10), SB (2), E (2),
PHI	AFL		Logan O’Hoppe, C	4	2	2	1	.318	2 2B (6), 2 BB (14),
PHI	AFL		Bryson Stott, SS	5	2	0	1	.367	2 BB (14),
PIT	AFL		Nick Gonzales, SS	5	2	1	1	.333	2 BB (9),
PIT	AFL		Ji-Hwan Bae, SS	3	3	0	0	.320	3 BB (10), 3 SB (5),
SD	AFL		Eguy Rosario, 2B	5	1	1	0	.262	BB (4), SB (2),
SD	AFL		Matt Batten, 2B	4	2	2	1	.286	2 BB (7), 2 SB (4),
SEA	AFL		Zach DeLoach, CF	4	0	2	2	.150	2 BB (11),
SF	AFL		Hunter Bishop, OF	4	0	1	0	.269	BB (1),
SF	AFL		Marco Luciano, SS	4	0	0	1	.186	BB (9),
STL	AFL		Juan Yepez, 1B	4	0	0	0	.286	BB (8),
STL	AFL		Lars Nootbaar, RF	4	2	2	2	.354	2B (5),
TB	AFL		Curtis Mead, 2B	4	2	2	0	.314	2B (3), SB (1),
TEX	AFL		Ezequiel Duran, 2B	5	0	1	0	.372
TOR	AFL		Gabriel Moreno, C	6	2	2	0	.351
TOR	AFL		Spencer Horwitz, 1B	4	1	2	1	.415	2 BB (8), SB (1), E (1),
WAS	AFL		Drew Millas, C	4	0	0	0	.143	E (2),
WAS	AFL		Donovan Casey, RF	4	0	2	1	.250
WAS	AFL		Jackson Cluff, SS	5	0	3	0	.378

PITCHERS

ORG	CLASS	RANK	PLAYER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	NOTES
ARI	AFL		Keegan Curtis, RHP	1	2	2	2	1	2	4.15
ARI	AFL		Mitchell Stumpo, RHP	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.50
BAL	AFL		Cameron Bishop, LHP	1	1	5	4	6	0	15.19
CHC	AFL		Danis Correa, RHP	1	0	0	0	2	1	10.13
CLE	AFL		Matt Turner, LHP	2	2	1	1	0	1	7.71
CLE	AFL		Damon Casetta-Stubbs, RHP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
COL	AFL		Reagan Todd, LHP	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
CWS	AFL		Johan Dominguez, RHP	0.2	3	4	4	3	0	16.50
CWS	AFL		J.B. Olson, RHP	1.1	2	0	0	0	2	5.63
DET	AFL		Chavez Fernander, RHP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.50
DET	AFL		Zack Hess, RHP	1	2	1	1	1	2	10.13	L (0-1)
HOU	AFL		R.J. Freure, RHP	1	1	1	1	1	2	16.50
HOU	AFL		Joe Record, RHP	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
KC	AFL		Zach Haake, RHP	3	4	4	4	3	1	5.25	L (1-1)
MIA	AFL		Zach King, LHP	2	2	3	0	1	2	0.00
MIA	AFL		Jefry Yan, LHP	0	2	5	5	3	0
MIL	AFL		Abner Uribe, RHP	2	1	5	4	2	4	10.29
MIN	AFL		Kody Funderburk, LHP	3.2	7	2	2	1	6	8.44	W (1-2)
NYM	AFL		Colin Holderman, RHP	1	1	0	0	0	0	16.62
NYM	AFL		Brian Metoyer, RHP	1	0	0	0	0	2	9.64
NYY	AFL		Blane Abeyta, RHP	0.2	0	1	1	2	1	8.44
NYY	AFL		Harold Cortijo, RHP	2	2	0	0	0	2	4.50
NYY	AFL		Zach Greene, RHP	1	2	2	2	1	1	3.38
NYY	AFL		Tanner Myatt, RHP	1	0	0	0	1	0	9.00
OAK	AFL		Bryce Conley, RHP	1	1	0	0	2	1	5.68
OAK	AFL		Brock Whittlesey, RHP	2	2	0	0	1	0	8.68
PHI	AFL		James McArthur, RHP	0.2	8	9	9	1	2	11.17
PHI	AFL		Damon Jones, LHP	1.1	1	0	0	2	2	1.50
PIT	AFL		Bear Bellomy, RHP	2	2	3	2	1	2	4.15
PIT	AFL		Carmen Mlodzinski, RHP	3	2	2	2	2	1	3.68
SD	AFL		Jesse Scholtens, RHP	1	3	1	1	0	0	4.26
SEA	AFL		Travis Kuhn, RHP	2	1	0	0	0	2	0.00
STL	AFL		Zack Thompson, LHP	3	1	0	0	1	0	1.50	W (2-0)
STL	AFL		Jake Walsh, RHP	1	1	0	0	0	0	9.53	Sv (3)
TB	AFL		Matthew Peguero, RHP	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	4.50
TOR	AFL		Cre Finfrock, RHP	2	2	2	1	2	2	8.22
TOR	AFL		Graham Spraker, RHP	1	1	0	0	0	2	0.00
WAS	AFL		Todd Peterson, RHP	1.1	1	1	0	1	1	5.06