Baseball America Prospect Report — September 25, 2018

Image credit: Ronald Guzman (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)

Monday’s Stars

Ronald Guzman, 1B, Rangers. Guzman hit his 16th home run and his 18th double of the season yesterday. Guzman’s season overall has been below the bar teams look for in a first baseman (.233/.305/.412), but he is a 23-year-old so there’s hope there is more ahead of him.

Juan Soto, LF, Nationals. Soto went 2-for-4 with his 21st home run. Soto’s season isn’t over yet, but it can be argued that it’s the best by a teenager ever. At the worst, it’s one of the two or three best ever by a teenager. Here’s how Soto’s season stacks up against all teenagers with 300 or more plate appearances since 1901 (thanks to Fangraphs leaderboard). Home runs (21): third Batting average (.295): fourth. Isolated power (.222): second. OBP (.406): first. Slugging percentage (.516): second. wOBA (.392): second. Walks (74): first.

Shohei Ohtani, DH, Angels. Ohtani hit his 21st home run of the season yesterday. Ohtani’s power production has improved since he was shut down as a pitcher. He is averaging a home run every 16.5 plate appearances and slugging .574 since July 1.

— BATTERS —
TEAM		CLASS		PLAYER, POS		AB		R		H		BI		AVG
ARI		MAJ		Brito, Socrates LF		3		0		0		0		.172
ARI		MAJ		Vargas, Ildemaro PH		1		0		0		0		.077
ARI		MAJ		Walker, Christian 1B		3		0		0		0		.163
BAL		MAJ		Mullins, Cedric CF		3		0		0		0		.262		BB (16)
BAL		MAJ		Nunez, Renato 3B		4		0		3		0		.257
BAL		MAJ		Stewart, DJ RF		2		0		0		0		.259
BAL		MAJ		Wilkerson, Steve 2B		3		0		0		0		.207
CHC		MAJ		Caratini, Victor C		4		0		1		0		.243
CHC		MAJ		Mills, Alec P		0		0		0		0		.333
CLE		MAJ		Allen, Greg CF		4		1		2		0		.247		2B (10), BB (14), SB (18)
CLE		MAJ		Gonzalez, Erik SS		4		0		0		0		.265
COL		MAJ		Hampson, Garrett PH-2B		1		0		1		1		.289		2B (3)
COL		MAJ		McMahon, Ryan PH-1B		1		1		1		0		.235
COL		MAJ		Musgrave, Harrison P		0		0		0		0		.000
HOU		MAJ		Davis, J.D. 3B		4		0		1		0		.179
LAA		MAJ		Hermosillo, Michael LF		3		1		1		1		.212		HR (1), BB (3)
LAA		MAJ		Ohtani, Shohei DH		5		1		1		1		.280		HR (21)
LAA		MAJ		Ward, Taylor 3B		4		0		1		0		.168
LAD		MAJ		Farmer, Kyle PH		1		0		0		0		.239
LAD		MAJ		Ferguson, Caleb P		0		0		0		0		.200
LAD		MAJ		Locastro, Tim PR		0		1		0		0		.182
LAD		MAJ		Verdugo, Alex PH-LF		1		0		0		0		.270
MIA		MAJ		Alcantara, Sandy P		2		0		0		0		.000
MIA		MAJ		Anderson, Brian 3B		3		0		1		1		.272
MIA		MAJ		Brinson, Lewis CF		4		0		0		1		.201
MIA		MAJ		Sierra, Magneuris RF		3		0		0		0		.194		BB (6)
MIL		MAJ		Peralta, Freddy P		1		0		0		0		.038
NYY		MAJ		Andujar, Miguel 3B		4		0		1		0		.298
NYY		MAJ		Torres, Gleyber 2B		2		0		1		0		.276		BB (41)
NYY		MAJ		Voit, Luke 1B		4		0		1		0		.304		2B (3)
OAK		MAJ		Laureano, Ramon CF		5		0		1		0		.298
PHI		MAJ		Cozens, Dylan LF		1		0		0		0		.087
PHI		MAJ		Crawford, J.P. PH		0		0		0		0		.217		BB (13)
PHI		MAJ		Kingery, Scott SS		3		0		0		0		.226
PHI		MAJ		Quinn, Roman CF		2		0		1		0		.282		3B (4), BB (7)
PHI		MAJ		Suarez, Ranger P		0		0		0		0		.000
PIT		MAJ		Kramer, Kevin PH		1		0		0		0		.115
PIT		MAJ		Luplow, Jordan CF		3		0		0		0		.182		BB (10)
PIT		MAJ		Moran, Colin PH-3B		1		0		0		0		.277
PIT		MAJ		Newman, Kevin SS		3		1		0		0		.181		BB (4)
SD		MAJ		Mejia, Francisco C		5		1		1		0		.217		2B (2)
SF		MAJ		Garcia, Aramis 1B		4		0		1		0		.333
SF		MAJ		Shaw, Chris LF		3		0		0		0		.208		BB (7)
SF		MAJ		Slater, Austin PH		1		0		0		0		.254
STL		MAJ		Bader, Harrison CF		4		0		1		0		.271		2B (20)
STL		MAJ		Flaherty, Jack P		2		0		1		0		.156
STL		MAJ		Hicks, Jordan P		0		0		0		0		.000
STL		MAJ		Hudson, Dakota P		0		0		0		0		.000
STL		MAJ		Munoz, Yairo 2B		3		1		1		0		.277		BB (28)
STL		MAJ		O’Neill, Tyler PH		0		0		0		0		.252
TB		MAJ		Adames, Willy PH		0		0		0		0		.271		BB (29)
TB		MAJ		Bauers, Jake 1B		4		0		0		0		.195
TB		MAJ		Ciuffo, Nick C		2		0		0		0		.188
TB		MAJ		Lowe, Brandon 2B		3		0		0		0		.226
TB		MAJ		Meadows, Austin RF		3		0		0		0		.250
TEX		MAJ		Calhoun, Willie LF		4		0		1		0		.239
TEX		MAJ		Guzman, Ronald 1B		4		1		2		1		.236		2B (18), HR (16)
TOR		MAJ		Gurriel, Lourdes SS		1		0		0		0		.281
TOR		MAJ		McKinney, Billy PH		1		0		0		0		.269
TOR		MAJ		Tellez, Rowdy PH		1		0		0		0		.365
TOR		MAJ		Urena, Richard 2B		4		0		3		0		.289
WAS		MAJ		Robles, Victor PH		1		0		0		0		.222
WAS		MAJ		Soto, Juan LF		4		1		2		1		.295		HR (21)
WAS		MAJ		Stevenson, Andrew PH		1		0		0		0		.257

— PITCHERS —
TEAM		CLASS		CARD CODE		IP		H		R		ER		BB		K
CHC		MAJ		Mills, Alec		1.0		0		0		0		1		1
COL		MAJ		Musgrave, Harrison		1.0		1		0		0		0		2
CWS		MAJ		Hamilton, Ian		1.0		2		1		1		0		0
LAA		MAJ		Buttrey, Ty		1.0		2		1		1		0		1
LAD		MAJ		Ferguson, Caleb		1.0		0		0		0		0		1
MIA		MAJ		Alcantara, Sandy		4.0		7		6		6		5		3
MIL		MAJ		Burnes, Corbin		0.2		1		0		0		0		1
MIL		MAJ		Peralta, Freddy		3.2		3		1		1		0		3
PHI		MAJ		Suarez, Ranger		3.0		3		1		0		1		1
SEA		MAJ		Rumbelow, Nick		1.0		0		0		0		1		2
STL		MAJ		Flaherty, Jack		5.1		4		3		3		2		5
STL		MAJ		Hicks, Jordan		1.0		1		1		1		2		1
STL		MAJ		Hudson, Dakota		0.2		0		0		0		1		0
TB		MAJ		Castillo, Diego		2.0		2		0		0		0		3
TB		MAJ		Schultz, Jaime		1.0		0		0		0		0		2
TB		MAJ		Yarbrough, Ryan		5.0		5		3		3		2		3