Baseball America Prospect Report—September 30, 2021
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Gabriel Arias and Oscar Gonzalez, Triple-A Columbus (Indians)—Arias and Gonzalez combined for six RBIs, five hits and five runs scored in a win over Louisville. Arias hit his 12th homer, finished the day 2-for-5 with three runs scored and raised his slash line to .285/.349/.450. Gonzalez crushed two home runs, giving him 31 on the season between Double-A and Triple-A, and raised his slash line to .294/.330/.545.
M.J. Melendez, C, Triple-A Omaha (Royals)—Another day, another multi-RBI outing for Melendez. The 22-year-old catcher turned in his third consecutive game with two or more RBIs in a win over Iowa. Melendez finished a home run shy of the cycle and raised his season slash line to .288/.386/.634 to go with 41 home runs and 99 RBIs.
Cristian Pache, OF, Triple-A Gwinnett (Braves)—It’s been far from the perfect year for Pache, who was expected to spend the majority of the season in the big leagues but instead struggled with injuries and collected just seven hits in 63 at-bats. The toolsy 22-year-old outfielder is ending the campaign on a high note, however, hitting .320 in August and .288 in September. Pache on Wednesday collected two hits and drove in three runs in a win over Jacksonville.
Justin Williams, OF, Triple-A Memphis (Cardinals)—Williams turned in a season-high five RBIs, homered and doubled in a blowout win over Charlotte. The 26-year-old outfielder missed significant time with injury this season, but he has eight hits in 21 at-bats since returning to Memphis from a rehab assignment.
Cole Winn, RHP, Triple-A Round Rock (Rangers)—Winn impressed at the alternate training site in 2020, showing three above-average or better weapons in his arsenal, and he’s carried that performance over to this season. In his last start of the season, the 21-year-old righthander struck out six and walked four over five one-hit innings to earn his first Triple-A win. Winn finished the year with a 4-3, 2.41 mark, 107 strikeouts and 31 walks in 86 innings.
HITTERS
| ORG | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG | NOTES |
| ARI | AAA | #3 | Alek Thomas, OF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.313 | E (1), |
| ARI | MAJ | #8 | Geraldo Perdomo, SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.242 | |
| ARI | AAA | #18 | Drew Ellis, 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.261 | 3B (3), E (6), |
| ARI | MAJ | #22 | Jake McCarthy, OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.249 | |
| ARI | AAA | #27 | Stuart Fairchild, OF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.282 | BB (23), |
| ATL | AAA | #1 | Cristian Pache, OF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.238 | CS (6), |
| ATL | AAA | #2 | Drew Waters, OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.245 | |
| ATL | AAA | #4 | Shea Langeliers, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.256 | BB (37), |
| BAL | AAA | #1 | Adley Rutschman, C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.287 | |
| BAL | AAA | #17 | Kyle Stowers, OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.282 | 2 BB (72), SB (8), |
| BOS | AAA | #1 | Triston Casas, 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.279 | BB (55), |
| BOS | AAA | #2 | Jarren Duran, CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.249 | 2 BB (37), |
| BOS | AAA | #4 | Jeter Downs, 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.183 | BB (38), SB (18), |
| CHC | AAA | #1 | Brennen Davis, OF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.265 | 2B (24), 3 BB (47), |
| CHC | AAA | #21 | Christopher Morel, SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.228 | |
| CIN | MAJ | #1 | Jose Barrero, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.291 | BB (39), SB (17), |
| CIN | AAA | #20 | Mark Kolozsvary, C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.224 | |
| CIN | AAA | #21 | Alejo Lopez, SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.317 | |
| CIN | MAJ | #22 | T.J. Friedl, OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.270 | BB (46), |
| CLE | AAA | #6 | Gabriel Arias, SS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0.286 | HR (11), BB (39), |
| CLE | MAJ | #15 | Owen Miller, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.249 | |
| CLE | AAA | #16 | Richard Palacios, 2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.295 | 2B (33), |
| CLE | AAA | #29 | Oscar Gonzalez, OF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0.294 | 2 HR (31), |
| COL | AAA | #5 | Elehuris Montero, 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.281 | BB (51), |
| COL | AAA | #10 | Ryan Vilade, OF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.285 | CS (5), |
| COL | AAA | #19 | Willie MacIver, C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.224 | |
| COL | MAJ | #23 | Colton Welker, 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.245 | 2B (7), |
| CWS | MAJ | #8 | Gavin Sheets, 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.275 | HR (22), |
| CWS | AAA | #9 | Jake Burger, 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.274 | 2 BB (27), |
| CWS | AAA | #17 | Romy Gonzalez, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.279 | |
| CWS | AAA | #18 | Micker Adolfo, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.249 | |
| CWS | AAA | #20 | Blake Rutherford, OF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.250 | 2B (28), |
| DET | AAA | #1 | Spencer Torkelson, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.266 | 2B (28), SB (5), |
| DET | AAA | #2 | Riley Greene, OF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.299 | |
| DET | MAJ | #11 | Daz Cameron, OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.245 | |
| DET | AAA | #12 | Ryan Kreidler, IF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.273 | BB (53), CS (6), |
| DET | R | #21 | Abel Bastidas, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.163 | |
| DET | AAA | #22 | Kody Clemens, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.241 | BB (36), |
| DET | AAA | #27 | Jacob Robson, OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.287 | |
| HOU | AAA | #1 | Korey Lee, C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.281 | 2B (18), |
| HOU | AAA | #2 | Jeremy Pena, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.339 | BB (8), |
| HOU | AAA | #3 | Pedro Leon, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.224 | BB (38), SB (18), |
| KC | AAA | #1 | Bobby Witt, SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.295 | BB (49), |
| KC | AAA | #4 | Nick Pratto, 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.264 | BB (78), |
| KC | AAA | #6 | M.J. Melendez, C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.288 | 2B (21), 3B (3), |
| KC | MAJ | #7 | Kyle Isbel, OF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.269 | 2 BB (51), SB (24), |
| KC | AAA | #24 | Lucius Fox, SS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.241 | 2B (14), HR (4), SB (19), |
| LAA | AAA | #27 | Michael Stefanic, OF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.340 | 2B (26), BB (51), |
| LAD | AAA | #15 | Luke Raley, OF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.268 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #3 | Jesus Sanchez, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.284 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #11 | Lewin Diaz, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.240 | 2B (18), |
| MIA | AAA | #16 | Peyton Burdick, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.226 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #30 | Bryan De La Cruz, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.315 | |
| MIN | AAA | #8 | Jose Miranda, 3B | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.343 | 2 2B (31), |
| MIN | MAJ | #11 | Nick Gordon, OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.261 | |
| MIN | AAA | #15 | Gilberto Celestino, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.249 | |
| NYM | AAA | #4 | Mark Vientos, 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.284 | HR (25), |
| NYM | AAA | #11 | Khalil Lee, OF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.258 | BB (68), |
| NYM | AAA | #21 | Travis Blankenhorn, 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.236 | 2B (13), |
| NYY | AAA | #3 | Oswald Peraza, SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.297 | BB (36), |
| NYY | AAA | #13 | Estevan Florial, OF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.225 | |
| NYY | AAA | #16 | Oswaldo Cabrera, SS | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.268 | 2 BB (40), |
| OAK | AAA | #3 | Nick Allen, SS | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.288 | 2B (17), 2 SB (12), |
| OAK | AAA | #12 | Zack Gelof, 3B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.333 | |
| PHI | AAA | #3 | Bryson Stott, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.309 | BB (64), SB (10), |
| PHI | AAA | #8 | Rafael Marchan, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.207 | |
| PHI | MAJ | #10 | Matt Vierling, OF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.283 | |
| PHI | AAA | #11 | Simon Muzziotti, OF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.286 | BB (5), SB (1), |
| PHI | AAA | #13 | Mickey Moniak, OF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.233 | HR (16), |
| PHI | AAA | #14 | Luke Williams, 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.272 | SB (12), |
| PHI | AAA | #15 | Nick Maton, 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.218 | BB (46), |
| PIT | AAA | #1 | Oneil Cruz, SS | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.310 | 2B (16), HR (16), |
| PIT | AAA | #7 | Tucupita Marcano, UTL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.247 | |
| PIT | AAA | #20 | Cal Mitchell, OF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.278 | |
| PIT | AAA | #23 | Rodolfo Castro, 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.241 | |
| PIT | AAA | #29 | Canaan Smith-Njigba, OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.260 | |
| SEA | MAJ | #5 | Cal Raleigh, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.263 | |
| SEA | AAA | #25 | Luis Liberato, OF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.266 | |
| SEA | AAA | #27 | Donnie Walton, UTL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.288 | 2B (21), |
| SF | AAA | #3 | Heliot Ramos, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.249 | SB (14), |
| SF | AAA | #15 | Ricardo Genoves, C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.273 | HR (14), BB (42), |
| STL | AAA | #3 | Nolan Gorman, 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.278 | |
| STL | AAA | #13 | Justin Williams, OF | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0.203 | 2B (4), HR (10), |
| STL | AAA | #15 | Brendan Donovan, 2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.307 | |
| STL | AAA | #27 | Nick Plummer, OF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.277 | |
| TB | AAA | #2 | Vidal Brujan, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.253 | HR (12), BB (48), SB (45), 2 CS (8), |
| TB | AAA | #5 | Josh Lowe, OF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.294 | 2 BB (61), |
| TB | AAA | #8 | Taylor Walls, SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.230 | 2B (17), |
| TEX | AAA | #2 | Josh Jung, 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.315 | HR (17), |
| TEX | AAA | #9 | Sam Huff, C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.238 | BB (21), E (3), |
| TEX | AAA | #25 | Davis Wendzel, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.240 | |
| TEX | AAA | #27 | Steele Walker, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.248 | |
| TOR | AAA | #1 | Gabriel Moreno, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.367 | |
| TOR | AAA | #7 | Otto Lopez, 2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.320 | 2B (31), |
| TOR | AAA | #18 | Kevin Smith, SS | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.270 | 2B (26), HR (21), |
| WAS | AAA | #14 | Donovan Casey, OF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.277 | 2B (26), BB (36), SB (22), |
| WAS | MAJ | #18 | Riley Adams, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.233 | BB (31), |
| WAS | AAA | #23 | Tres Barrera, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.222 | BB (35), |
PITCHERS
| ORG | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | NOTES |
| ATL | AAA | #6 | Spencer Strider, RHP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.64 | |
| ATL | AAA | #14 | Bryce Elder, RHP | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2.75 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #27 | Zac Lowther, LHP | 5.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6.21 | L (1-9) |
| HOU | MAJ | #19 | Peter Solomon, RHP | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4.43 | |
| KC | MAJ | #2 | Daniel Lynch, LHP | 3.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5.82 | |
| LAA | MAJ | #30 | Austin Warren, RHP | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.83 | |
| MIA | AAA | #21 | Nick Neidert, RHP | 5.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3.97 | L (7-6) |
| MIL | MAJ | #8 | Aaron Ashby, LHP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3.91 | |
| NYY | AAA | #21 | Nick Nelson, RHP | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.09 | |
| NYY | AAA | #28 | Greg Weissert, RHP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1.64 | |
| PIT | MAJ | #6 | Roansy Contreras, RHP | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2.51 | |
| SEA | AAA | #11 | Andres Munoz, RHP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.91 | |
| STL | AAA | #29 | Freddy Pacheco, RHP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4.02 | |
| TB | MAJ | #3 | Luis Patino, RHP | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.04 | |
| TB | MAJ | #27 | Louis Head, RHP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.39 | |
| TEX | AAA | #3 | Cole Winn, RHP | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2.44 | W (3-3) |
| WAS | AAA | #2 | Cade Cavalli, RHP | 0.2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.55 | L (6-9) |
| WAS | MAJ | #10 | Mason Thompson, RHP | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | L (4-6) |
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