Baseball America Prospect Report—April 19, 2021

Yermín Mercedes, DH, White Sox — He did it again. Mercedes hit his fourth home run of the season on Sunday. For a player who seemingly made the team as a bench bat, Mercedes has had quite the April. Mercedes leads the American League in batting average (.415) and hits (22). His .456 on-base percentage is fourth in the league (behind Mike Trout, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Yuli Gurriel. His .717 slugging percentage is fourth in AL also (behind J.D. Martinez, Trout and Nelson Cruz).

Jazz Chisholm, 2B, Marlins — Chisholm went 1-for-3 with a single on Sunday. There was nothing remarkable about his day, but once again he got a hit. It was Chisholm’s seventh consecutive game with a hit. He’s now hitting .325/.451/.675. He’s cut his strikeout rate from 30.6 percent of plate appearances last year to 25.5 percent this year while more than doubling his walk rate from 8.1 percent to 18.8 percent.

Nick Heath, OF, D-Backs — Just four days after the Royals designated him for assignment and then traded him to Arizona for RHP Eduardo Herrera, Heath found himself on the D-Backs active roster and in the lineup. And the speedy 27-year-old responded by going 3-for-4 in his D-Backs debut. He was thrown out on a steal attempt. Heath had only 2 hits in 18 plate appearances with the Royals, so he’s already topped his Kansas City hits total.

Akil Baddoo, OF, Tigers — It’s been a great first few weeks in the majors for Baddoo, but this weekend offered a reminder that he also is adapting after never playing above Class A before this year. Baddoo went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts on Sunday. He’s now 0-for-11 in his past three games with eight strikeouts. That’s hacked his slash line to a still impressive .263/.274/.684.

BATTERS

TEAM CLASS RANK PLAYER, POS AB R H BI AVG NOTES
BOS MAJ #3 Bobby Dalbec PH-1B 1 0 1 0 .229  
CIN MAJ #3 Jonathan India 2B 2 0 0 0 .375  
CLE MAJ #30 Yu Chang 1B 3 1 2 0 .300  
CLE MAJ #3 Andres Gimenez SS 0 0 0 0 .200  
CWS MAJ #27 Zack Collins C 2 0 0 0 .182 BB (3)
CWS MAJ #3 Nick Madrigal 2B 3 1 2 2 .257 2B (2)
CWS MAJ #1 Andrew Vaughn LF 3 0 1 0 .176 2B (2)
DET MAJ #17 Akil Baddoo RF 4 0 0 0 .321  
KC MAJ #6 Kyle Isbel LF 3 0 2 0 .290 BB (2)
MIA MAJ #4 Jazz Chisholm 2B 3 0 1 0 .231  
PHI MAJ #13 Mickey Moniak CF-LF 3 0 0 0 .000 BB (2)
STL MAJ #1 Dylan Carlson CF 3 0 0 0 .233  
STL MAJ #30 John Nogowski PH 1 0 0 0 .111  
STL MAJ #15 Justin Williams LF-RF 3 0 0 0 .200  
TOR MAJ #5 Alejandro Kirk C 2 0 0 0 .071 2 BB (3)

PITCHERS

TEAM CLASS RANK PLAYER IP H R ER BB K ERA NOTES
ATL MAJ #5 Bryse Wilson 5.0 7 3 2 1 1 3.60 W (1-0)
BOS MAJ #8 Tanner Houck 4.1 6 3 3 0 2 4.35 L (0-2)
CLE MAJ #15 Emmanuel Clase 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 0.00 Sv (2)
CWS MAJ #4 Garrett Crochet 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00  
CWS MAJ #15 Matt Foster 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 13.50 W (1-0)
CWS MAJ #2 Michael Kopech 3.0 1 1 1 1 4 0.96  
SF MAJ #20 Camilo Doval 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00  

 

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