Baseball America Prospect Report — Sept. 4, 2020

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Chicago White Sox

—No. 1 prospect Luis Robert crushed his 11th home run, a three-run shot in the seventh inning that left the bat at 113 mph and traveled 458 feet, in the team’s win over the Royals. The 23-year-old center fielder is hitting .278 with 27 RBIs. 

Houston Astros

Blake Taylor turned in his 10th consecutive outing without allowing an earned run in the team’s win over the Rangers. The 25-year-old lefthander walked one in a scoreless inning to lower his ERA to 1.08 with 15 strikeouts and nine walks in 16.2 innings.

Kansas City Royals

Edward Olivares went 2-for-5 with two runs scored in his first game as a member of the Royals. The 24-year-old outfielder was traded from the Padres to the Royals with a player to be named later for righthander Trevor Rosenthal on Aug. 29. Olivares is hitting .211 with a home run, three RBIs and six runs scored.

 

 

Tyler Zuber struck out two in a scoreless inning, relying on his four-seam fastball that averaged 93.7 mph and mixing in his slider for four swings and misses. The 25-year-old righthander is 1-2, 5.28 with 17 strikeouts and 14 walks in 15.1 innings.

Los Angeles Angels

Jo Adell reached base twice in the team’s win over the Padres, walking two times in three plate appearances. The 21-year-old outfielder is hitting .163 with two home runs and four RBIs in 80 at-bats.

Philadelphia Phillies

—Third baseman Alec Bohm, the Phillies’ No. 2 prospect, collected three more hits, all singles. In addition, he notched the game-winning sacrifice fly in his team’s extra-innings defeat of Washington. One of his hits left the bat at 103.2 mph, marking his 18th batted ball of greater than 100 mph. 

 

 

 

Pittsburgh Pirates

—Righthander JT Brubaker picked up his first big league win, allowing one run on seven hits and a walk and striking out five in five innings. The Pirates No. 21 prospect is 1-0, 3.96 with 27 strikeouts and 11 walks in 25 innings.

 

 

 

San Diego Padres

—No. 16 prospect Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-3 in the team’s loss to the Angels. The 26-year-old second baseman/shortstop leads all rookies in average (.346) and OPS (1.001).

Texas Rangers

Nick Solak collected his third three-hit game of the season in the team’s win over the Astros. The 25-year-old second baseman/outfielder is hitting .279 with two home runs, 14 RBIs and three stolen bases.

Washington Nationals

—Second baseman Luis Garcia went 3-for-4 with two runs. Garcia, the youngest player in the game, is 18-for-62 with three doubles and a home run to start his big league career. He can also play a little defense.

 

HITTERS

TEAM CLASS PLAYER AB R H BI AVG NOTES
ARI MAJ Varsho, Daulton DH 4 0 0 0 .108  
BOS MAJ Dalbec, Bobby 1B 3 0 0 0 .133 BB (1)
CWS MAJ Mendick, Danny 2B 5 1 1 0 .230  
CWS MAJ Robert, Luis CF 4 2 1 3 .271 HR (11), BB (11)
HOU MAJ Toro, Abraham 3B 3 1 0 0 .159 SB (1)
KC MAJ Olivares, Edward CF 5 2 2 0 .400 2B (1)
LAA MAJ Adell, Jo RF 1 0 0 0 .147 2 BB (6)
LAA MAJ Walsh, Jared 1B 3 1 1 0 .118 2B (2)
NYM MAJ Gimenez, Andres 2B 0 0 0 0 .265  
PHI MAJ Bohm, Alec 3B 4 0 3 1 .364  
PIT MAJ Alford, Anthony CF 4 0 0 0 .222  
SD MAJ Cronenworth, Jake 2B 3 0 1 0 .355  
SD MAJ Mateo, Jorge CF 2 0 0 0 .235  
TEX MAJ Solak, Nick 2B 4 3 3 0 .282 2 2B (9)
TEX MAJ Taveras, Leody CF 4 0 0 0 .179 BB (4)
TOR MAJ Espinal, Santiago SS 2 0 0 0 .222  
TOR MAJ McGuire, Reese C 2 0 0 0 .073  
WAS MAJ Garcia, Luis 2B 4 2 3 0 .305  

PITCHERS

TEAM CLASS PLAYER IP H R ER BB K ERA NOTES
NYY MAJ Abreu, Albert 0 1 2 1 0 0 20.25 L (0-1)
PHI MAJ Romero, JoJo 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0  
PIT MAJ Brubaker, JT 5 7 2 1 1 5 4.05 W (1-0)
TOR MAJ Kay, Anthony 1 2 0 0 1 2 2.93  

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