Baseball America Prospect Report -- September 13, 2018

Image credit: Ramon Laureano (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

Wednesday’s Stars

Juan Soto, OF, Nationals. Soto hit his 19th home run of the season yesterday, adding to what can be said to be the best season baseball has ever seen from a teenager. Among hitters in Major League Baseball from 1901 to present, Soto’s 19 home runs is the third most ever in a season by a teenager. Soto also has the most walks (70) by a teenager, easily the best on-base percentage (.420), the best slugging percentage (.534), the fifth-best batting average (.305) and the second-best isolated power (.220).

Josh Naylor, LF, Padres. Naylor went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a walk. He helped the San Antonio Missions to an early lead, but . . .

Keibert Ruiz, C, Dodgers. Ruiz went 2-for-5 with a home run to help Tulsa come back and then the Drillers won on a walk-off wild pitch.

Ramon Laureano, OF, A’s. Laureano is an example of how players can continue to get better. Laureano was always considered a solid defender with a plus arm. But even scouts who had seen Laureano play for multiple seasons were stunned to watch his epic throw from deep left-center field against the Angels. It was the perfect example of an 80 arm on the 20-to-80 scouting scale, which is at least a grade better than what scouts put on his arm in the minors. Laureano also has improved in center field, where he now has made highlight play after highlight play. Laureano went 3-for-5 with a triple and a stolen base yesterday.

J.P. Crawford, SS, Phillies. Crawford lives! Crawford was brought back to the big league roster on Sept. 4, but even on a team without a true shortstop, Crawford didn’t get his first start since being called back up and he responded by going 3-for-4 with a home run.

Rowdy Tellez, 1B, Blue Jays. Tellez doubled. Of course. Tellez now has 22 MLB at-bats. He has seven MLB doubles. Russell Martin has 289 at-bats for the Blue Jays this year. He has eight doubles.

— BATTERS —

TEAM	CLASS	PLAYER, POS	AB	R	H	BI	AVG
ARI	AA	Leyba, Domingo 2B	4	1	1	0	.250	2B (2)
ARI	HiA	Chisholm, Jazz SS	4	1	1	2	.222	HR (1), BB (1)
ARI	HiA	Ellis, Drew 3B	4	0	0	0	.125	BB (1)
ARI	HiA	Grier, Anfernee CF	4	0	1	1	.250
ARI	HiA	Smith, Pavin 1B	3	1	0	0	.167	BB (2)
ARI	HiA	Varsho, Daulton C	3	0	0	0	.333	BB (2)
CLE	AA	Clement, Ernie SS	4	1	1	0	.222	2B (1)
CLE	AA	Krieger, Tyler LF	3	0	0	1	.000
CLE	AA	Mathias, Mark 2B	4	0	0	0	.000
HOU	AAA	Reed, AJ 1B	4	0	1	1	.125	BB (1)
HOU	AAA	Straw, Myles CF	3	2	1	1	.250	2B (2), 2 BB (2)
HOU	AAA	Tucker, Kyle RF	5	2	2	3	.333	HR (1)
LAD	AA	Jackson, Drew 2B	2	2	1	0	.286	3 BB (3), 2 SB (2)
LAD	AA	Lux, Gavin SS	4	2	2	0	.375	BB (2)
LAD	AA	Peters, DJ CF	5	0	1	2	.111
LAD	AA	Ruiz, Keibert C	5	1	2	2	.333	HR (1)
LAD	HiA	Kendall, Jeren CF	4	1	0	0	.000
LAD	HiA	Santana, Cristian 3B	5	2	2	3	.333	2B (1), HR (1)
LAD	HiA	Wong, Connor C	5	1	2	1	.444	2B (1)
MIL	AA	Erceg, Lucas 3B	3	0	1	1	.429	BB (1)
MIL	AA	Grisham, Trent RF	3	1	0	0	.250	BB (1)
MIL	AA	Hiura, Keston 2B	3	0	1	1	.143	BB (1)
MIL	AA	Ray, Corey CF	3	1	0	0	.143	BB (2)
NYY	AAA	Ford, Mike DH	4	1	1	2	.143	HR (1)
SD	AA	Allen, Austin C	4	0	0	0	.000
SD	AA	Gettys, Michael CF	4	0	0	0	.000
SD	AA	Miller, Owen SS	5	1	3	1	.400	2B (1)
SD	AA	Naylor, Josh LF	4	0	3	2	.556	2 2B (2), BB (1)
SD	AA	Potts, Hudson 3B	4	0	0	0	.250
STL	AAA	Arozarena, Randy LF	4	0	2	0	.375
STL	AAA	Edman, Tommy 2B	3	0	1	0	.625
STL	AAA	Knizner, Andrew C	4	1	2	0	.375
STL	AAA	Schrock, Max 3B	2	0	0	1	.000	BB (2)
STL	AAA	Sosa, Edmundo PH-SS	1	0	0	0	.000
STL	AAA	Williams, Justin RF	4	0	1	0	.222
STL	LoA	Baker, Luken DH	2	0	0	0	.000	2 BB (2)
STL	LoA	Dunn, Nick 2B	4	0	1	0	.250
STL	LoA	Gorman, Nolan 3B	4	0	0	0	.000
TB	AAA	Cronenworth, Jake SS	4	0	1	1	.125	SB (1)
TB	AAA	McCarthy, Joe LF	4	0	0	0	.143
TB	AAA	Meadows, Austin CF	4	0	0	0	.125
TB	LoA	Brujan, Vidal 2B	2	0	0	0	.000	BB (1)
TB	LoA	Hernandez, Ronaldo C	4	0	0	0	.000
TOR	AA	Bichette, Bo SS	5	0	2	0	.222
TOR	AA	Pentecost, Max C	5	0	0	0	.000
TOR	AA	Ramirez, Harold DH	2	1	0	0	.167	BB (1)
TOR	AA	Wall, Forrest CF	4	1	2	0	.500	SB (1)
ATL	MAJ	Acuna, Ronald LF	4	0	1	0	.290	BB (42)
BAL	MAJ	Mullins, Cedric CF	4	0	0	0	.240
BAL	MAJ	Nunez, Renato 3B	0	0	0	0	.237
BAL	MAJ	Sisco, Chance PH-DH	1	0	0	0	.184
BAL	MAJ	Stewart, DJ LF-RF	3	0	0	0	.000
BAL	MAJ	Wynns, Austin C	3	0	0	0	.250
CHC	MAJ	Caratini, Victor PH-C	2	0	0	0	.257
CIN	MAJ	Stephens, Jackson P	0	0	0	0	.000
CLE	MAJ	Allen, Greg PH-CF	1	0	0	0	.238
CLE	MAJ	Gonzalez, Erik 3B	2	0	0	0	.280
CLE	MAJ	Haase, Eric C	0	0	0	0	.000
COL	MAJ	Hampson, Garrett PR	0	0	0	0	.261
COL	MAJ	Murphy, Tom PH	1	0	1	0	.231
DET	MAJ	Lugo, Dawel 2B	3	0	0	0	.255	BB (4)
DET	MAJ	Reyes, Victor CF	3	1	0	0	.237	BB (5)
DET	MAJ	Stewart, Christin LF	4	0	1	0	.250	2B (1), BB (3)
KC	MAJ	Gallagher, Cam C	0	0	0	0	.190
KC	MAJ	O’Hearn, Ryan 1B	2	0	0	0	.260	3 BB (17)
KC	MAJ	Phillips, Brett PR	0	0	0	0	.202
LAA	MAJ	Fletcher, David 2B	5	0	1	0	.277
LAA	MAJ	Hermosillo, Michael CF	0	0	0	0	.167
LAA	MAJ	Ohtani, Shohei DH	3	1	2	0	.295	2B (19), BB (33)
LAA	MAJ	Ward, Taylor 3B	3	1	0	0	.207	BB (7)
LAD	MAJ	Ferguson, Caleb P	0	0	0	0	.200
LAD	MAJ	Verdugo, Alex LF	1	0	0	0	.250	BB (8)
MIA	MAJ	Anderson, Brian 3B	3	0	1	0	.272
MIA	MAJ	Brinson, Lewis CF	3	0	0	0	.204
MIA	MAJ	Richards, Trevor P	0	0	0	0	.080
MIA	MAJ	Sierra, Magneuris RF	3	0	0	0	.156
MIN	MAJ	Garver, Mitch C	0	0	0	0	.260
NYM	MAJ	Nido, Tomas C	4	2	1	0	.185
NYY	MAJ	Andujar, Miguel 3B	4	0	1	0	.299
NYY	MAJ	Torres, Gleyber 2B	3	0	0	0	.275
NYY	MAJ	Voit, Luke DH	2	1	0	0	.304	BB (8)
OAK	MAJ	Barreto, Franklin PH-2B	1	0	0	0	.242
OAK	MAJ	Fowler, Dustin PH-RF	0	0	0	0	.223	BB (8)
OAK	MAJ	Laureano, Ramon CF	5	1	3	0	.293	2B (8), 3B (1), BB (11), SB (5)
PHI	MAJ	Alfaro, Jorge C	1	0	0	0	.257
PHI	MAJ	Cozens, Dylan PH	1	0	0	0	.091
PHI	MAJ	Crawford, J.P. SS	4	1	3	1	.220	HR (3)
PHI	MAJ	De Los Santos, Enyel P	0	0	0	0	.000
PIT	MAJ	Kramer, Kevin 3B	4	0	0	0	.231
PIT	MAJ	Luplow, Jordan RF	4	2	3	1	.233
PIT	MAJ	Newman, Kevin SS	4	0	2	0	.170
SD	MAJ	Mejia, Francisco DH	4	1	1	0	.263
SEA	MAJ	Vogelbach, Daniel PH	0	0	0	0	.209
SF	MAJ	Moronta, Reyes P	0	0	0	0	.000
SF	MAJ	Shaw, Chris PH	1	0	0	0	.048
SF	MAJ	Slater, Austin PH	1	0	0	0	.270
STL	MAJ	Bader, Harrison CF	3	0	1	0	.270	BB (28), SB (15)
STL	MAJ	Flaherty, Jack PR	0	0	0	0	.150
STL	MAJ	Kelly, Carson C	1	1	0	0	.118	BB (3)
STL	MAJ	Munoz, Yairo SS-3B	4	1	1	0	.281
STL	MAJ	O’Neill, Tyler RF	4	0	1	0	.250
TB	MAJ	Adames, Willy PH-SS	1	0	0	0	.262
TB	MAJ	Bauers, Jake 1B	2	0	0	0	.191	BB (49)
TB	MAJ	Lowe, Brandon 2B	3	1	1	0	.244	3B (1)
TEX	MAJ	Guzman, Ronald 1B	3	0	0	0	.236
TOR	MAJ	Gurriel, Lourdes SS	4	0	0	0	.282
TOR	MAJ	Jansen, Danny C	2	0	0	0	.263	BB (7)
TOR	MAJ	McKinney, Billy RF	4	0	0	0	.329
TOR	MAJ	Tellez, Rowdy 1B	3	0	1	0	.409	2B (7)
TOR	MAJ	Urena, Richard PR	0	0	0	0	.250
WAS	MAJ	Soto, Juan LF	4	1	1	1	.305	HR (19)
WAS	MAJ	Stevenson, Andrew PH	1	0	0	0	.246
— PITCHERS —

TEAM	CLASS	CARD CODE	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
ARI	AA	Duplantier, Jon	0.2	1	3	3	5	0
CLE	AA	Sandlin, Nick	0.2	0	0	0	1	0
LAD	AA	Alvarez, Yadier	2.0	1	0	0	1	3
LAD	HiA	Santana, Dennis	2.0	1	1	1	0	3
MIL	AA	Ponce, Cody	1.0	2	0	0	0	3
NYY	AAA	Cortes, Nestor	6.0	2	2	2	3	6
SD	AA	Munoz, Andres	0.2	1	2	2	3	2
STL	AAA	Cabrera, Genesis	1.0	2	1	1	0	2
STL	AAA	Greene, Conner	1.0	2	2	2	1	0
STL	LoA	Oviedo, Johan	5.0	3	4	4	2	6
TB	AAA	Poche, Colin	3.0	2	2	2	0	4
TB	LoA	Myers, Tobias	5.0	3	0	0	3	4
TOR	AA	Harris, Jon	6.1	5	1	1	0	7
BAL	MAJ	Carroll, Cody	1.0	3	2	2	1	1
CIN	MAJ	Stephens, Jackson	1.0	1	0	0	1	1
CWS	MAJ	Hamilton, Ian	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
DET	MAJ	Baez, Sandy	2.1	1	0	0	0	0
KC	MAJ	Skoglund, Eric	5.0	2	2	2	2	3
KC	MAJ	Smith, Burch	2.0	2	2	2	1	2
LAA	MAJ	Almonte, Miguel	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
LAA	MAJ	Jerez, Williams	1.0	2	1	1	1	0
LAD	MAJ	Ferguson, Caleb	1.0	1	0	0	0	3
MIA	MAJ	Richards, Trevor	5.0	7	6	4	1	2
PHI	MAJ	De Los Santos, Enyel	2.0	1	0	0	0	2
SD	MAJ	Lucchesi, Joey	5.0	6	3	3	2	3
SD	MAJ	Wingenter, Trey	1.0	0	0	0	0	3
SEA	MAJ	Festa, Matt	0.2	1	0	0	0	0
SF	MAJ	Moronta, Reyes	0.0	1	0	0	2	0