Baseball America Prospect Report (Aug. 8)

THE LINEUP

Newsmakers from Monday’s action:

Jay Groome, LHP, Greenville (Red Sox): After a particularly brutal July, Groome is rounding into form in August. His five shutout innings last night come on the heels of six scoreless in his previous outing. He’s allowed four hits and three walks while striking out 14 in August. That’s helped him cut his ERA from 10.13 to 6.68.

Matt Manning, RHP, West Michigan (Tigers): Manning’s low Class A debut was a rough one as he didn’t make it out of the second inning. Strike-throwing was Manning’s issue, as he walked three while giving up four runs.

Brent Rooker, OF, Fort Myers (Twins): Rooker’s pro debut has been a mix of good and bad. His batting average (.252 overall) is lower than one would like, but his power has been every bit as advertised. Rooker now has 11 home runs. He’s hitting a home run every 14.5 at-bats.

Ryan McMahon, 2B, Albuquerque (Rockies): McMahon hit his 19th home run of the season and raised his overall batting average to .355 with his minor-league leading 149th hit of the season.

— BATTERS —

TEAM		CLASS		PLAYER, POS		AB		R		H		BI		AVG
ARI		AA		Reyes, Victor RF		5		2		3		1		.281		2 2B (27)
ARI		AAA		Brito, Socrates RF		5		2		1		0		.327		3B (6)
ARI		AAA		Reinheimer, Jack 3B		5		1		2		3		.289		2B (15)
ARI		AAA		Vargas, Ildemaro 2B		5		2		3		1		.306		2B (28)
ARI		AAA		Walker, Christian 1B		4		2		3		1		.310		2 2B (30), BB (49)
ARI		R		Kennedy, Buddy 3B		5		2		2		0		.282		3B (6)
ARI		R		Rose, Joey 3B		5		1		1		0		.305		2B (9)
ARI		R		Yerzy, Andy C		4		1		1		2		.267		HR (6)
ARI		SS		Duzenack, Camden SS		4		2		1		0		.315		2B (12), BB (11), SB (4)
ARI		SS		Holmes, Tra’Mayne CF		4		1		2		0		.220		2 2B (4)
ARI		SS		Smith, Pavin 1B		5		1		1		2		.331		2B (11)
ARI		SS		Varsho, Daulton C		4		0		1		1		.312		2B (11)
ATL		AAA		Acuna, Ronald CF		4		0		2		0		.354
ATL		HiA		Davidson, Braxton DH		4		0		1		2		.222		2B (13)
BAL		AAA		Sisco, Chance C		5		1		2		0		.278		2 2B (23)
BAL		R		Robertson, Will RF-LF		5		0		2		0		.326		2B (12)
BAL		SS		Craport, Trevor 3B		4		0		1		0		.295		2B (6)
BAL		SS		McCoy, Mason SS		3		1		1		2		.323		HR (1)
BOS		LoA		Baldwin, Roldani C		3		0		1		2		.293		2B (31), 2 BB (14), SB (1)
BOS		LoA		Netzer, Brett 2B		5		1		2		1		.217
CHC		AAA		Zagunis, Mark RF		3		1		3		0		.265
CHC		LoA		Pieters, Chris RF		4		0		1		0		.250		2B (10)
CHC		MAJ		Almora, Albert CF		4		0		2		1		.275
CHC		SS		Hughes, Brandon RF		1		1		1		2		.283		2B (9), 2 BB (10), SB (4)
CHC		SS		Young, Jared 2B		4		1		1		0		.176		2B (2), BB (8), SB (5)
CIN		AAA		Walker, Adam Brett LF		5		1		2		1		.125		HR (3)
CIN		HiA		Friedl, T.J. CF		5		2		2		0		.230
CIN		LoA		Siri, Jose CF		3		1		2		1		.296		2B (21), BB (25), 2 SB (32)
CIN		LoA		Trammell, Taylor LF		3		1		1		1		.278		HR (9), BB (53)
CLE		AA		Mejia, Francisco C		5		1		2		2		.316		HR (12)
CLE		LoA		Ice, Logan C		5		2		3		0		.233
CLE		R		Freeman, Tyler SS		3		1		1		1		.289		HR (2)
CLE		SS		Clement, Ernie 2B		4		0		2		0		.307
COL		AAA		McMahon, Ryan 2B		4		1		1		2		.377		HR (13), BB (17)
COL		AAA		Patterson, Jordan 1B		4		1		1		1		.289		3B (6)
COL		R		Gonzalez, Pedro DH		4		2		3		2		.305		2 2B (12), HR (3), BB (16), CS (5)
COL		SS		Jipping, Daniel DH		4		0		2		2		.232
CWS		AA		Michalczewski, Trey 3B		4		1		2		1		.230		HR (7)
CWS		AAA		Gillaspie, Casey 1B		4		0		2		0		.228
CWS		R		Nunez, Amado 3B		4		1		2		1		.205		BB (7)
CWS		R		Rivera, Laz SS		4		1		2		1		.288
CWS		R		Taylor, Logan LF		4		1		2		1		.375		BB (6)
CWS		R		Yurchak, Justin 1B		4		3		2		0		.299		BB (24)
DET		AAA		Jones, JaCoby CF		4		1		2		0		.236		2B (18), SB (9)
DET		HiA		Azocar, Jose RF		4		1		2		3		.223		3B (6), HR (3)
DET		HiA		Robson, Jacob CF		5		1		2		0		.293		2 SB (9)
DET		LoA		Hill, Derek DH		4		2		2		1		.268		3B (4), BB (10), SB (9)
DET		LoA		Paredes, Isaac SS		3		2		2		3		.272		HR (9), BB (33)
HOU		AAA		Reed, A.J. 1B		4		1		1		2		.251		2B (19), BB (57)
HOU		SS		Matijevic, J.J. DH		4		1		1		0		.261		2B (10)
HOU		SS		Shaver, Colton 1B		4		0		2		0		.222
KC		LoA		Viloria, Meibrys C		3		0		2		0		.256
LAA		AA		Thaiss, Matt 1B		5		1		2		1		.320		2B (5), BB (14), SB (3)
LAA		AA		Ward, Taylor C		6		1		2		2		.333		HR (2)
LAA		AAA		Hermosillo, Michael RF		4		1		2		2		.211		HR (1), SB (1)
LAA		R		Adell, Jordon DH		2		1		1		0		.333		3B (5)
LAD		R		Hansen, Mitch LF		5		2		2		2		.208		2B (1), SB (1)
MIA		AAA		Anderson, Brian 3B		6		2		3		1		.310		HR (5)
MIA		R		Baranek, Cameron CF		4		0		1		2		.252		2B (6), CS (3)
MIA		SS		Jones, Thomas RF		3		2		2		2		.201		HR (1), BB (21), SB (4)
MIL		LoA		Hiura, Keston DH		3		0		1		2		.373		2B (9)
MIN		AAA		Palka, Daniel LF		4		0		2		0		.266
MIN		HiA		Rooker, Brent 1B		4		1		2		3		.216		HR (4)
MIN		LoA		Rortvedt, Ben C		4		2		2		0		.219		2 2B (14)
NYM		AAA		Cecchini, Gavin 2B		4		0		2		1		.263		BB (36)
NYM		AAA		Reynolds, Matt SS		5		1		2		0		.333		2B (7)
NYM		AAA		Smith, Dominic 1B		5		0		1		1		.330		2B (34)
NYM		HiA		Alonso, Pete 1B		3		1		1		2		.291		2B (20), BB (21)
NYY		LoA		Lidge, Ryan C		4		0		1		0		.294		2B (1)
NYY		LoA		Sensley, Steven DH		4		1		1		0		.323		2B (4)
OAK		AAA		Munoz, Yairo 3B		6		0		2		2		.273		SB (4)
OAK		AAA		Nunez, Renato DH		4		2		2		0		.256		2 BB (33), SB (2)
OAK		SS		Hargrove, Hunter 1B		5		0		2		0		.304		2B (1)
OAK		SS		Merrell, Kevin SS		5		1		1		0		.295		2B (3)
OAK		SS		Toffey, Will 3B		3		2		2		0		.240		2B (8), BB (24)
PHI		AA		Tocci, Carlos CF		4		0		2		1		.317
PHI		AAA		Crawford, J.P. SS		4		1		2		1		.231		2B (14), BB (64), SB (4)
PHI		AAA		Hoskins, Rhys LF		5		0		2		1		.281		SB (4)
PHI		AAA		Kingery, Scott 2B		5		1		1		0		.293		3B (3)
PHI		AAA		Pullin, Andrew DH		3		0		1		0		.227		2B (14), BB (8)
PHI		LoA		Listi, Austin LF		3		1		1		0		.265		2B (3)
PIT		AAA		Diaz, Elias C		4		1		1		2		.265		2B (9)
PIT		LoA		Cruz, Oneil 3B		3		2		1		0		.571		3B (1), BB (1)
PIT		SS		Meadows, Austin LF		3		0		1		2		.333		2B (1), 2 BB (2)
SD		AAA		Cordero, Franchy LF		6		1		2		2		.308		HR (14)
SD		LoA		Ona, Jorge DH		4		0		1		1		.284		2B (17), BB (31)
SD		LoA		Tatis, Fernando SS		5		0		2		0		.271
SD		MAJ		Asuaje, Carlos 2B		4		1		2		0		.301		2B (8)
SD		MAJ		Margot, Manuel CF		4		0		1		0		.274		2B (12)
SD		SS		Podorsky, Robbie LF		5		0		3		2		.337		2B (5)
SEA		AAA		Motter, Taylor SS		5		3		2		1		.328		2B (4), HR (3), BB (7), SB (5)
SEA		AAA		Vogelbach, Daniel 1B		3		2		1		1		.293		2B (19), 3 BB (65)
SF		AAA		Shaw, Chris LF		4		1		1		0		.286		2B (17)
SF		R		Bond, Aaron LF		3		0		1		1		.304		2B (4), BB (7)
SF		SS		Baldwin, Logan PH-LF		1		1		1		1		.358		HR (3)
SF		SS		Johnson, Bryce CF		5		0		2		0		.333		CS (8)
STL		AAA		Bader, Harrison CF		4		1		1		1		.299		HR (20)
STL		MAJ		DeJong, Paul SS		5		1		1		2		.283		HR (16)
STL		SS		Denton, Bryce RF		3		1		2		0		.282		3B (3)
TB		AA		Ciuffo, Nick DH		5		3		5		2		.245		2B (23)
TB		AA		Williams, Justin RF		6		0		1		1		.286		2B (14)
TB		AAA		Adames, Willy SS		3		0		2		1		.268		BB (59)
TB		SS		Chester, Carl CF		5		1		2		2		.341		BB (6)
TB		SS		McKay, Brendan DH		4		1		1		3		.203		HR (3), BB (9), SB (1)
TEX		AAA		Calhoun, Willie LF		5		1		2		0		.296
TEX		AAA		Guzman, Ronald 1B		4		1		1		1		.317		2B (19)
TEX		SS		Ratliff, Tyler PH-DH		1		0		1		1		.276		2B (7)
TEX		SS		Seise, Chris SS		4		1		2		1		.188		BB (1)
TOR		HiA		Biggio, Cavan 2B		3		1		1		0		.247		2B (14), BB (59)
TOR		SS		Clemens, Kacy DH		5		1		2		2		.280		2B (9)
TOR		SS		Lundquist, Brock RF		5		1		3		0		.233		2B (8), CS (2)
TOR		SS		Warmoth, Logan SS		5		1		2		3		.358		SB (2)
WAS		AAA		Severino, Pedro C		3		0		2		1		.223
WAS		MAJ		Difo, Wilmer SS		3		1		2		0		.272
WAS		R		Bautista, Rafael DH		4		3		2		1		.333		3B (1), BB (1)

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— PITCHERS —
TEAM		CLASS		PITCHER		IP		H		R		ER		BB		K		ERA
ARI		AA		Young, Alex		6		4		3		2		2		2		4.00		W (8-6)
ARI		AAA		Duncan, Frank		5		8		3		3		1		4		6.94		W (8-8)
ARI		SS		Duran, Jhoan		4		7		6		6		1		3		5.54		L (2-2)
ATL		LoA		Anderson, Ian		2.2		2		0		0		3		3		3.29
ATL		R		Tarnok, Freddy		2		1		1		1		0		1		4.50		L (0-2)
BAL		AAA		Crichton, Stefan		2.1		1		0		0		2		1		2.15
BAL		AAA		Faulkner, Andrew		1.1		1		0		0		1		1		3.21		W (3-0)
BAL		AAA		Ynoa, Gabriel		4.1		6		2		2		1		5		6.05
BOS		LoA		Groome, Jay		5		3		0		0		2		6		6.68		W (3-4)
CIN		AAA		Astin, Barrett		2		4		1		1		1		0		6.55
CIN		AAA		Garrett, Amir		2		1		0		0		0		0		6.25
CIN		AAA		Herget, Jimmy		1		1		0		0		0		1		2.70		Sv (6)
CIN		AAA		Hernandez, Ariel		1		1		0		0		0		0		3.52
CIN		HiA		Gutierrez, Vladimir		5.1		8		5		5		1		3		4.46		W (7-8)
CIN		HiA		Hendrix, Ryan		1		1		0		0		0		0		4.00
CLE		SS		Morgan, Eli		3		4		1		1		1		3		0.98		L (2-1)
COL		AAA		Almonte, Yency		5		5		4		4		5		6		5.82
COL		R		Gilbreath, Lucas		5		7		3		3		1		3		3.51
CWS		AA		Adams, Spencer		6.2		6		3		3		6		2		4.09		L (7-12)
CWS		LoA		Olson, J.B.		2.2		3		2		2		0		3		5.63
CWS		R		Kincanon, Will		1.1		0		0		0		2		2		5.51
DET		AAA		Labourt, Jairo		2.1		0		0		0		2		1		1.88
DET		HiA		Baez, Sandy		5		7		2		2		0		2		4.32		W (4-7)
DET		HiA		Houston, Zac		2		0		0		0		0		3		0.00
DET		LoA		Manning, Matt		1.2		3		4		4		3		3		21.60
HOU		AAA		Thornton, Trent		4		5		7		7		3		3		5.24
HOU		SS		House, Alex		3		2		1		1		0		5		2.84
HOU		SS		Martin, Hunter		3		2		0		0		0		3		2.63
HOU		SS		Mushinski, Parker		1.2		1		2		1		3		3		3.54
KC		AAA		Zimmer, Kyle		2		2		1		1		0		4		5.64
KC		LoA		Watson, Nolan		4.2		11		6		5		0		3		7.43		L (1-8)
LAA		AA		Castillo, Jesus		4.2		6		5		5		2		4		9.64
LAA		AAA		Pounders, Brooks		1		0		0		0		0		2		3.32
LAD		AAA		Rhame, Jacob		1		1		0		0		0		1		3.60
MIA		AA		Gunkel, Joe		6.1		9		1		1		0		4		4.23		W (4-7)
MIA		HiA		Lopez, Pablo		6.1		8		2		2		1		3		2.79		L (0-1)
MIA		MAJ		Garcia, Jarlin		1		3		1		1		0		0		3.49		L (0-2)
MIA		MAJ		Steckenrider, Drew		1		0		0		0		0		1		2.70
MIL		MAJ		Hader, Josh		1		1		0		0		3		1		0.81
MIN		AA		Romero, Fernando		5		9		6		6		0		0		2.96		L (11-7)
MIN		MAJ		Hildenberger, Trevor		0.2		1		0		0		0		2		2.70
NYM		AAA		Callahan, Jamie		1		2		1		0		1		1		4.50
NYY		AAA		Holder, Jonathan		1.1		1		0		0		0		3		1.93
OAK		AAA		Gossett, Daniel		3.2		3		4		4		3		1		3.78
PIT		AAA		Brault, Steven		7		3		0		0		2		2		2.06		W (9-5)
PIT		MAJ		Williams, Trevor		7		1		0		0		2		5		4.26		W (5-4)
PIT		R		Jennings, Steven		3		3		1		1		2		0		3.31
SD		MAJ		Maton, Phil		0.1		1		1		1		0		0		3.75
SD		R		Gore, MacKenzie		3.1		4		2		1		1		5		0.75
SD		SS		Margevicius, Nick		5		2		0		0		0		3		1.80		W (2-0)
SEA		AAA		Altavilla, Dan		2.2		2		0		0		3		4		1.56
SEA		AAA		Light, Pat		1.1		0		0		0		0		2		5.28
SEA		AAA		Vieira, Thyago		2		2		1		1		2		1		2.70
SEA		LoA		Sears, J.P.		1.1		0		0		0		0		4		0.00
SF		AAA		Okert, Steven		1		0		0		0		1		1		1.62		W (2-0)
SF		AAA		Suarez, Andrew		7		6		2		2		0		6		3.52
SF		SS		Schimpf, Tyler		2		1		0		0		0		3		8.10
STL		AAA		Weaver, Luke		5.2		12		7		7		2		2		2.64		L (9-2)
STL		HiA		Woodford, Jake		5		3		1		1		2		1		3.43		W (6-6)
STL		MAJ		Tuivailala, Sam		1		1		1		1		0		2		2.42
STL		SS		Summerville, Andrew		5		3		1		1		2		6		1.84		W (3-0)
TB		AAA		Hu, Chih-Wei		2.2		3		0		0		0		3		3.12
TB		AAA		Wood, Hunter		2		0		0		0		0		1		5.45
TEX		R		Crouse, Hans		2		0		0		0		0		1		0.69
TEX		SS		Speas, Alex		2		1		1		0		1		3		8.25
TOR		LoA		Gutierrez, Osman		6		7		3		3		3		3		8.05		L (4-9)
TOR		SS		Pearson, Nate		2		2		0		0		0		1		0.00
TOR		SS		Rodning, Brody		3.2		5		5		2		3		4		4.67		W (3-1)