Arizona Fall League Prospect Report — October 15, 2021

Image credit: Brett Baty (Photo by Bill Mitchell)

Lars Nootbaar, OF, Cardinals — One of the better success stories in the Cardinals’ organization, Nootbaar got significant time in the big leagues this season. He put forth five homers and a .739 OPS. He led Glendale’s hit parade on Thursday with three hits, including a pair of homers, as part of the Desert Dogs’ 14-hit attack. 

Grae Kessinger, 3B, Astros — Another member of the Desert Dogs’ dinger dudes, Kessinger slammed his first homer of the AFL in the fourth inning against Braves prospect Viktor Vodnik. The longball was part of a three-hit effort which also included two singles. 

Ji-Hwan Bae, 2B, Pirates — Bae was in the middle of everything for Peoria on Thursday. The speedster hit a home run, walked three times and scored four times. Bae is recognized as a player with typical leadoff-type skills, but popped eight homers this year after not hitting any over the first 457 at-bats in the first two seasons of his career. 

Brett Baty, 3B, Mets — One of the Mets’ best prospects, Baty’s start to the AFL has been blazing hot. In his first seven plate appearances, he was 5-for-5 with a pair of walks. He was retired twice on Thursday but still cobbled together a 2-for-4 effort with a double (his team’s lone extra-base hit).

Owen White, RHP, Rangers — Though he was drafted in 2018, White did not make his professional debut until this season. Injuries and the pandemic kept him on the shelf until now, and even this year was limited by an early hand injury. On Thursday, he was matched against a Salt River lineup which featured three 2021 Futures Gamers (Spencer Torkelson, Michael Toglia and Brett Baty) and Herculean Brewers outfielder Joey Wiemer. Even with all that firepower, White threw up five zeroes. The big-armed righthander danced around a pair each of hits and walks to whiff five in his Fall League debut. White put himself back on the map this season, and he could use the AFL to become a household name. 

HITTERS

ORG CLASS RANK PLAYER AB R H RBI AVG NOTES
ARI AFL   Cooper Hummel, OF 4 0 0 0 .000  
ATL AFL   Luke Waddell, SS 5 0 1 0 .200  
ATL AFL   Jesse Franklin, OF 4 0 1 1 .250  
BAL AFL   Yusniel Diaz, RF 3 1 1 1 .333 2B (1), 3 BB (3),
BAL AFL   Kyle Stowers, OF 5 1 2 1 .222 2B (1), BB (1),
BAL AFL   Ramon Rodriguez, C 5 2 2 0 .400  
BOS AFL   Triston Casas, 3B 4 0 0 0 .250  
BOS AFL   Christian Koss, SS 2 1 0 0 .000 2 BB (2),
BOS AFL   Kole Cottam, C 4 1 1 0 .200  
BOS AFL   Jeter Downs, SS 2 1 1 1 .500 3 BB (3), SB (1),
CHC AFL   Luis Vazquez, SS 6 2 2 2 .222  
CHC AFL   Andy Weber, SS 4 1 0 1 .000 BB (1),
CIN AFL   Mike Siani, CF 2 0 0 0 .000 BB (1),
CIN AFL   Drew Mount, OF 3 0 1 0 .333 2B (1),
CIN AFL   Ivan Johnson, 2B 3 1 1 1 .333 HR (1),
CLE AFL   Richard Palacios, 2B 3 0 1 2 .400 2B (2), BB (3),
COL AFL   Ezequiel Tovar, SS 4 0 1 0 .250  
COL AFL   Willie MacIver, C 1 0 0 0 .000  
COL AFL   Michael Toglia, 1B 3 0 1 0 .250 BB (1),
COL AFL   Ryan Vilade, LF 5 0 1 0 .200  
CWS AFL   Yoelkis Cespedes, OF 3 0 1 0 .286  
DET AFL   Spencer Torkelson, 3B 3 0 1 0 .286 2 BB (3),
DET AFL   Ryan Kreidler, 3B 3 0 0 0 .143 BB (2),
HOU AFL   Grae Kessinger, SS 5 3 3 2 .600 HR (1),
KC AFL   Jake Means, 3B 3 0 0 0 .167  
LAA AFL   Anthony Mulrine, C 5 0 0 0 .000  
LAD AFL   James Outman, CF 4 2 1 1 .200 HR (1), BB (2),
LAD AFL   Jacob Amaya, SS 3 2 2 3 .667
HR (1), 2 BB (2), SB (1),
MIA AFL   JJ Bleday, OF 4 1 2 4 .250 2B (1), 2 BB (2),
MIA AFL   Troy Johnston, OF 5 2 3 3 .600 BB (1), SB (1),
MIL AFL   Mario Feliciano, C 3 0 0 0 .000  
MIL AFL   Joey Wiemer, OF 4 0 0 0 .000  
MIN AFL   Michael Helman, 2B 2 1 1 0 .500 2 BB (2),
NYM AFL   Brett Baty, 3B 4 0 2 0 .714 2B (1), BB (2),
NYY AFL   Austin Wells, C 3 0 1 0 .200  
NYY AFL   Andres Chaparro, 3B 2 0 0 0 .000 BB (1),
OAK AFL   Jeremy Eierman, SS 5 1 2 0 .400 BB (1),
OAK AFL   Logan Davidson, SS 2 2 2 0 .400
2 2B (2), 3 BB (4),
PHI AFL   Simon Muzziotti, CF 4 1 0 0 .000 BB (1),
PHI AFL   Bryson Stott, SS 3 1 1 2 .600 2B (2), 2 BB (5),
PIT AFL   Ji-Hwan Bae, SS 2 4 1 2 .500
HR (1), 3 BB (3),
PIT AFL   Canaan Smith-Njigba, LF 1 0 0 0 .250  
SD AFL   Chandler Seagle, C 3 0 0 0 .000  
SD AFL   Matt Batten, 2B 5 2 2 1 .444  
SEA AFL   Cade Marlowe, LF 5 1 1 2 .100 2B (1), SB (1),
SEA AFL   Zach DeLoach, CF 4 0 0 0 .125 BB (2),
SF AFL   Hunter Bishop, OF 2 0 0 0 .000  
SF AFL   Marco Luciano, SS 3 0 0 0 .143  
SF AFL   Will Wilson, SS 4 1 1 1 .250  
STL AFL   Nolan Gorman, 3B 5 1 2 0 .429  
STL AFL   Juan Yepez, 1B 4 1 2 1 .286
2B (1), HR (1), BB (1), E (1),
STL AFL   Brendan Donovan, 3B 5 0 0 0 .000  
STL AFL   Lars Nootbaar, RF 5 2 3 4 .429
2 HR (2), BB (2),
TB AFL   Heriberto Hernandez, C 2 0 0 1 .000  
TEX AFL   Ezequiel Duran, 2B 3 0 0 0 .000 E (1),
TOR AFL   Leonardo Jimenez, 2B 1 0 0 0 .000  
WAS AFL   Drew Millas, C 3 0 0 0 .000  
WAS AFL   Donovan Casey, RF 4 0 0 0 .111  

PITCHERS

ORG CLASS RANK PLAYER IP H R ER BB K ERA NOTES
STL AFL   Jordan Hicks, RHP 2.0 1 2 2 1 3 9.00  
ATL AFL   Indigo Diaz, RHP 1.0 4 3 3 0 2 27.00  
ATL AFL   Victor Vodnik, RHP 3.0 7 6 6 2 4 18.00 L (0-1)
ATL AFL   William Woods, RHP 3.0 3 2 2 3 2 6.00  
BAL AFL   Nick Vespi, LHP 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 W (1-0)
CHC AFL   Ryan Jensen, RHP 1.1 3 4 4 4 1 27.00  
CIN AFL   Eddy Demurias, RHP 1.0 1 0 0 2 2 0.00  
CLE AFL   Aaron Pinto, RHP 0.0 5 6 6 1 0   L (0-1)
CLE AFL   Matt Turner, LHP 0.0 4 3 3 1 0    
COL AFL   Matt Dennis, RHP 3.0 1 1 1 0 2 3.00 L (0-1)
COL AFL   Reagan Todd, LHP 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00  
CWS AFL   J.B. Olson, RHP 2.1 3 2 2 0 0 7.71  
DET AFL   Chavez Fernander, RHP 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00  
KC AFL   Stephen Woods, RHP 1.2 2 0 0 1 3 0.00  
LAA AFL   Nathan Burns, RHP 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 W (1-0)
LAA AFL   Zach Linginfelter, RHP 1.2 0 2 0 2 1 0.00  
LAD AFL   Jeff Belge, LHP 1.0 1 2 2 2 2 18.00  
MIA AFL   Josh Simpson, LHP 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0.00  
MIL AFL   Justin Jarvis, RHP 3.0 2 0 0 2 0 0.00  
MIN AFL   Kody Funderburk, LHP 2.0 6 4 4 1 2 18.00  
MIN AFL   Cody Laweryson, RHP 2.1 0 0 0 2 6 0.00  
OAK AFL   Pedro Santos, RHP 2.0 2 1 1 2 2 4.50  
SD AFL   Jesse Scholtens, RHP 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00  
CLE AFL   Damon Casetta-Stubbs, RHP 1.1 0 0 0 4 3 0.00  
SF AFL   R.J. Dabovich, RHP 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0.00  
MIN AFL   Evan Sisk, LHP 1.1 1 0 0 2 0 0.00  
STL AFL   Jake Walsh, RHP 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 9.00 Sv (1)
TEX AFL   Eudrys Manon, RHP 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 Sv (1)
TEX AFL   Owen White, RHP 5.0 2 0 0 2 5 0.00 W (1-0)
TOR AFL   Graham Spraker, RHP 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0.00  

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