Baseball America Prospect Report — September 12, 2018
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Tuesday’s Stars
Juan Soto and Ronald Acuna, OF, Nationals and Braves. The National League Rookie of the Year race keeps getting more interesting. Acuna went 1-for-3 with a triple and two walks yesterday. Soto went 3-for-4 with a walk, a double and two home runs. Acuna is now hitting .298/.368/.578 while Soto is hitting .306/.421/.529. Soto is 83 plate appearances short of the 504 needed to meet qualifying standards to lead the league with 17 games remaining. He would need to average a highly unlikely five plate appearances a game to clear that bar, but if he somehow does, he has a chance to lead the league in on-base percentage. His .421 OBP matches Joey Votto for the best in the league. Paul Goldschmidt is currently second in the league with a .403 OBP.
Nick Pratto, 1B, Royals. Pratto went 2-for-3 with a triple, walk and a stolen base as his outstanding playoff run continues.
M.J. Melendez, DH, Royals. Melendez went 2-for-4 with his first playoff home run.
Jackson Kowar, RHP, Royals. Kowar helped set the stage for Pratto and Melendez’s heroics as he threw five scoreless innings, striking out five while allowing two hits as Lexington evened the South Atlantic League championship series at 1-1.
Nick Burdi, RHP, Pirates. Burdi made his MLB debut yesterday. But the moment he has long dreamed of did not go as hoped. Burdi gave up two hits and a walk, a long home run to Tyler O’Neill and four runs (three earned). Burdi, a Rule 5 pick from the Twins, has spent the entire season rehabbing from Tommy John surgery. He’s been activated now and will fulfill the first month of the 90 days he will have to spend on the active roster to meet Rule 5 requirements. He will have to be kept on the Pirates 25-man roster for the first two months of next season, but if he does so after that he will be eligible to be optioned next year like any other young big league pitcher.
Kohl Stewart, RHP, Twins. Stewart had one of the odder lines we’ll see this month. He worked 3.1 innings, allowing two hits, three runs and five walks. Most disconcertingly, he struck out no one. Stewart now has 15 runs allowed, 15 walks and 14 strikeouts, which is not a ratio that is conducive to long-term success.
— BATTERS — | ||||||||||||||||||||
TEAM | CLASS | PLAYER, POS | AB | R | H | BI | AVG | |||||||||||||
ARI | AA | Leyba, Domingo 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | 2B (1) | ||||||||||||
ARI | AA | Miller, Jared P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||||||
ARI | AA | Widener, Taylor P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||||||||||
ARI | HiA | Chisholm, Jazz SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | |||||||||||||
ARI | HiA | Ellis, Drew 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 | HR (1) | ||||||||||||
ARI | HiA | Grier, Anfernee CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | |||||||||||||
ARI | HiA | Smith, Pavin 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | BB (1) | ||||||||||||
ARI | HiA | Varsho, Daulton C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .667 | HR (1), BB (1) | ||||||||||||
ARI | HiA | Wilson, Marcus DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) | ||||||||||||
CHC | SS | Sierra, Jonathan RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .182 | |||||||||||||
CHC | SS | Velazquez, Nelson LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .364 | 2B (1), BB (1) | ||||||||||||
CHC | SS | Weber, Andy 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | BB (1) | ||||||||||||
CLE | AA | Clement, Ernie SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | |||||||||||||
CLE | AA | Krieger, Tyler DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) | ||||||||||||
CLE | AA | Mathias, Mark 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||||||||||
COL | R | Lavigne, Grant 1B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 BB (2) | ||||||||||||
COL | R | Montano, Daniel CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||||||||||
CWS | R | Sosa, Lenyn SS | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .333 | |||||||||||||
HOU | AAA | Alvarez, Yordan DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | BB (1) | ||||||||||||
HOU | AAA | Reed, AJ 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||||||||||
HOU | AAA | Straw, Myles CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | 2B (1) | ||||||||||||
HOU | AAA | Stubbs, Garrett C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2B (1) | ||||||||||||
HOU | AAA | Tucker, Kyle RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | BB (1) | ||||||||||||
HOU | HiA | Arauz, Jonathan SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |||||||||||||
HOU | HiA | Beer, Seth DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||||||||||
HOU | HiA | Matijevic, J.J. LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 BB (2) | ||||||||||||
KC | LoA | Isbel, Kyle CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .400 | |||||||||||||
KC | LoA | Melendez, M.J. DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .375 | HR (1) | ||||||||||||
KC | LoA | Pratto, Nick 1B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .375 | 2B (1), BB (2), SB (1) | ||||||||||||
LAD | AA | Jackson, Drew 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .200 | |||||||||||||
LAD | AA | Lux, Gavin SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | BB (1) | ||||||||||||
LAD | AA | Peters, DJ CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||||||||||
LAD | AA | Ruiz, Keibert C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 | BB (1) | ||||||||||||
LAD | HiA | Kendall, Jeren CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||||||||||
LAD | HiA | Santana, Cristian 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | |||||||||||||
LAD | HiA | Wong, Connor C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | |||||||||||||
MIL | AA | Erceg, Lucas 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2B (1) | ||||||||||||
MIL | AA | Grisham, Trent RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .400 | 2B (1) | ||||||||||||
MIL | AA | Hiura, Keston 2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||||||||||
MIL | AA | Ray, Corey CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | 2B (1), BB (1) | ||||||||||||
NYY | AAA | Ford, Mike DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) | ||||||||||||
PHI | LoA | Muzziotti, Simon CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | |||||||||||||
PHI | LoA | Ortiz, Jhailyn RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .375 | 2B (1) | ||||||||||||
PHI | LoA | Vierling, Matt LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .125 | |||||||||||||
SD | AA | Allen, Austin C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |||||||||||||
SD | AA | Baez, Michel P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||||||||||
SD | AA | Miller, Owen SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | |||||||||||||
SD | AA | Naylor, Josh LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .400 | SB (1) | ||||||||||||
SD | AA | Potts, Hudson 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | HR (1) | ||||||||||||
STL | AAA | Arozarena, Randy LF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .250 | BB (1) | ||||||||||||
STL | AAA | Edman, Tommy 2B | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .800 | 2B (1), HR (1) | ||||||||||||
STL | AAA | Knizner, Andrew C | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .250 | BB (1) | ||||||||||||
STL | AAA | Schrock, Max 3B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) | ||||||||||||
STL | AAA | Williams, Justin RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .200 | |||||||||||||
TB | AAA | Cronenworth, Jake SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||||||||||
TB | AAA | McCarthy, Joe LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | BB (1) | ||||||||||||
TB | AAA | Meadows, Austin CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | 2B (1) | ||||||||||||
TOR | AA | Bichette, Bo SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | SB (1) | ||||||||||||
TOR | AA | Pentecost, Max C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) | ||||||||||||
TOR | AA | Ramirez, Harold RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | |||||||||||||
TOR | AA | Wall, Forrest CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2B (1) | ||||||||||||
WAS | HiA | Agustin, Telmito LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||||||||||
WAS | HiA | Garcia, Luis SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | |||||||||||||
ARI | MAJ | Walker, Christian PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .206 | |||||||||||||
ATL | MAJ | Acuna, Ronald LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .290 | 3B (3), 2 BB (41) | ||||||||||||
BAL | MAJ | Mullins, Cedric CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | BB (11) | ||||||||||||
BAL | MAJ | Nunez, Renato 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .237 | |||||||||||||
BAL | MAJ | Wynns, Austin C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 | |||||||||||||
BOS | MAJ | Lin, Tzu-Wei PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .196 | |||||||||||||
CHC | MAJ | Bote, David PH-3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | BB (15) | ||||||||||||
CHC | MAJ | Caratini, Victor C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .260 | 2B (7) | ||||||||||||
CIN | MAJ | Ervin, Phillip LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 | |||||||||||||
CLE | MAJ | Allen, Greg CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 | BB (12) | ||||||||||||
CLE | MAJ | Gonzalez, Erik 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .285 | |||||||||||||
COL | MAJ | Hampson, Garrett PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | |||||||||||||
COL | MAJ | McMahon, Ryan 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .237 | |||||||||||||
COL | MAJ | Musgrave, Harrison P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||||||||||
DET | MAJ | Greiner, Grayson C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .234 | BB (12) | ||||||||||||
DET | MAJ | Lugo, Dawel 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .273 | |||||||||||||
DET | MAJ | Reyes, Victor PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | |||||||||||||
DET | MAJ | Stewart, Christin LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | 2 BB (2) | ||||||||||||
KC | MAJ | Dozier, Hunter 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .233 | CS (3) | ||||||||||||
KC | MAJ | O’Hearn, Ryan 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .265 | 3B (2), BB (14) | ||||||||||||
KC | MAJ | Viloria, Meibrys C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | |||||||||||||
LAA | MAJ | Fletcher, David 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | |||||||||||||
LAA | MAJ | Ohtani, Shohei DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .291 | |||||||||||||
LAD | MAJ | Locastro, Tim PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | |||||||||||||
LAD | MAJ | Verdugo, Alex CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 | BB (7) | ||||||||||||
MIA | MAJ | Anderson, Brian 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .272 | 3B (4) | ||||||||||||
MIA | MAJ | Brinson, Lewis CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .206 | 2B (9) | ||||||||||||
MIA | MAJ | Sierra, Magneuris RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .160 | |||||||||||||
MIL | MAJ | Woodruff, Brandon P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |||||||||||||
NYY | MAJ | Andujar, Miguel 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .299 | |||||||||||||
NYY | MAJ | Torres, Gleyber 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 | |||||||||||||
NYY | MAJ | Voit, Luke 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .312 | |||||||||||||
OAK | MAJ | Laureano, Ramon CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 | |||||||||||||
PHI | MAJ | Alfaro, Jorge C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 | |||||||||||||
PHI | MAJ | Cozens, Dylan PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .095 | |||||||||||||
PHI | MAJ | Crawford, J.P. PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .198 | SB (3) | ||||||||||||
PHI | MAJ | Dominguez, Seranthony P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||||||||||
PHI | MAJ | Kingery, Scott SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .228 | |||||||||||||
PIT | MAJ | Burdi, Nick P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||||||
PIT | MAJ | Holmes, Clay P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||||||||||
PIT | MAJ | Kramer, Kevin 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 | |||||||||||||
PIT | MAJ | Luplow, Jordan PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .196 | BB (6) | ||||||||||||
PIT | MAJ | Moran, Colin 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .278 | |||||||||||||
PIT | MAJ | Newman, Kevin SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .140 | 2B (2) | ||||||||||||
SD | MAJ | Mejia, Francisco C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 | 2B (1) | ||||||||||||
SD | MAJ | Urias, Luis 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .208 | |||||||||||||
SF | MAJ | Garcia, Aramis C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | |||||||||||||
SF | MAJ | Shaw, Chris LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .050 | |||||||||||||
SF | MAJ | Slater, Austin 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 | |||||||||||||
SF | MAJ | Suarez, Andrew P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .070 | |||||||||||||
STL | MAJ | Bader, Harrison CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .269 | BB (27) | ||||||||||||
STL | MAJ | Garcia, Adolis PH-LF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .143 | 2B (1) | ||||||||||||
STL | MAJ | Munoz, Yairo PR-3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .282 | |||||||||||||
STL | MAJ | O’Neill, Tyler PH-RF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .250 | HR (8), BB (5) | ||||||||||||
TB | MAJ | Adames, Willy SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | |||||||||||||
TB | MAJ | Bauers, Jake RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .193 | BB (48) | ||||||||||||
TB | MAJ | Ciuffo, Nick C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | |||||||||||||
TB | MAJ | Lowe, Brandon 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | BB (13) | ||||||||||||
TEX | MAJ | Calhoun, Willie LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |||||||||||||
TEX | MAJ | Guzman, Ronald PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 | |||||||||||||
TEX | MAJ | Robinson, Drew CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .183 | |||||||||||||
TOR | MAJ | Gurriel, Lourdes SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .287 | 2B (8), BB (9) | ||||||||||||
TOR | MAJ | Jansen, Danny C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .273 | |||||||||||||
TOR | MAJ | Tellez, Rowdy PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .421 | |||||||||||||
WAS | MAJ | Fedde, Erick P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .091 | |||||||||||||
WAS | MAJ | Robles, Victor PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | |||||||||||||
WAS | MAJ | Soto, Juan LF | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .306 | 2B (22), 2 HR (18), BB (70) | ||||||||||||
WAS | MAJ | Stevenson, Andrew PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | |||||||||||||
— PITCHERS — | ||||||||||||||||||||
TEAM | CLASS | CARD CODE | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ||||||||||||
ARI | AA | Miller, Jared | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
ARI | AA | Widener, Taylor | 5.0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
CHC | SS | Roberts, Ethan | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
HOU | AAA | Ferrell, Riley | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
KC | LoA | Kowar, Jackson | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
NYY | AAA | German, Domingo | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
NYY | AAA | Sheffield, Justus | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
PHI | LoA | Young, Kyle | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
SD | AA | Baez, Michel | 5.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||
STL | AAA | Elledge, Seth | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
TB | AAA | Gibaut, Ian | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
TOR | AA | Zeuch, T.J. | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
WAS | HiA | Baez, Joan | 4.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||
BAL | MAJ | Ramirez, Yefry | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
BAL | MAJ | Scott, Tanner | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
BOS | MAJ | Velazquez, Hector | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
CLE | MAJ | Bieber, Shane | 6.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||||||
COL | MAJ | Musgrave, Harrison | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
HOU | MAJ | Valdez, Framber | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
KC | MAJ | Keller, Brad | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
LAA | MAJ | Buttrey, Ty | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
MIL | MAJ | Woodruff, Brandon | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
MIN | MAJ | Stewart, Kohl | 3.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
NYY | MAJ | Loaisiga, Jonathan | 1.1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
PHI | MAJ | Dominguez, Seranthony | 1.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
PIT | MAJ | Burdi, Nick | 0.1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
PIT | MAJ | Holmes, Clay | 0.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
SF | MAJ | Suarez, Andrew | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
TB | MAJ | Schultz, Jaime | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
TEX | MAJ | Pelham, C.D. | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
TOR | MAJ | Borucki, Ryan | 6.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
WAS | MAJ | Fedde, Erick | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
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