Baseball America Prospect Report

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Thursday’s Stars

Ryan Jeffers, DH, Twins. Jeffers went 3-for-4 with two home runs, three runs scored and three RBIs. He provided more than enough offense by himself as Cedar Rapids beat Beloit 10-1. Jeffers, a surprise second round pick out of UNC Wilmington, had an excellent pro debut this year, hitting .344/.444/.502 between Rookie-level Elizabethton and low Class A Cedar Rapids.

Francisco Mejia, C, Padres. Mejia made his first start for the Padres yesterday and it’s hard to imagine how it could have gone much better. Mejia homered twice. He caught up top 96 and 97 mph fastballs to hit them out. Mejia faces questions about his over-aggressiveness at the plate, but there has never been any doubt as to his ability to catch up to quality fastballs.

Rowdy Tellez, 1B, Blue Jays. Tellez adjustment to the major leagues could not be going any better. He went 3-for-4 yesterday with three doubles. That gives him four doubles in just five big league at-bats for a .800/.800/1.600 slash line. Tellez put up modest numbers this year in Triple-A, but he’s giving Toronto something to remember in his first two MLB games.

Harold Ramirez, OF, Blue Jays. Ramirez went 3-for-4 with a triple and a walk for Double-A New Hampshire in the playoffs.

Vidal Brujan, 2B, Rays. Brujan was sent back to low Class A Bowling Green to help his old club in the playoffs. He went 2-for-3 with a triple and a walk and three runs scored as the Hot Rods beat Lansing in the Midwest League playoffs.

Corbin Martin, RHP, Astros. Martin’s outstanding first full pro season just keeps getting better. He retired the first 11 batters in order and allowed only one hit and one walk over 5.1 scoreless innings while striking out nine. Martin’s excellent outing helped Corpus Christi jump out to a 2-0 lead in their playoff series against San Antonio.

Nestor Cortes, LHP, Yankees. Cortes was even better than Martin as he helped Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to a 2-0 lead in their playoff series against Lehigh Valley. Cortes allowed a first-inning walk, then retired 20 batters in a row. He carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning as he held Scranton scoreless over eight innings.

Jhoan Duran, RHP, Twins. Duran has been great for Cedar Rapids ever since he was acquired from the D-Backs in the Eduardo Escobar trade in July. Duran struck out 10 in six innings, allowing one run while walking three and allowing three hits.

— BATTERS —

TEAM	CLASS	PLAYER, POS	AB	R	H	BI	AVG
ARI	MAJ	Brito, Socrates RF	1	0	0	0	.105
ARI	MAJ	Vargas, Ildemaro PH	1	0	0	0	.000
ARI	MAJ	Walker, Christian PH	1	1	1	0	.233	2B (2)
ARI	R	Robinson, Kristian LF	3	0	1	0	.300	BB (11), CS (3)
ARI	R	Thomas, Alek CF	4	2	1	0	.341	2B (11)
ATL	MAJ	Acuna, Ronald LF	5	0	0	0	.285	BB (34)
CHC	MAJ	Bote, David 2B	1	1	1	1	.254	2B (8)
CHC	MAJ	Caratini, Victor C	1	0	0	0	.241
CIN	MAJ	Ervin, Phillip LF	4	0	0	0	.265
CIN	R	Ruiz, Victor PH-C	1	0	1	1	.278
CIN	R	Spillane, Bren DH	2	0	0	1	.240	BB (29)
CLE	MAJ	Allen, Greg CF	4	1	2	1	.242	2B (7)
COL	R	Lavigne, Grant DH	2	1	1	0	.350	3 BB (45)
CWS	R	Sosa, Lenyn SS	5	1	1	0	.293
LAA	R	Jackson, Jeremiah SS	3	2	2	0	.198	2B (6), BB (8)
LAA	R	Knowles, D’Shawn CF	4	1	1	1	.321	2B (9)
LAA	R	Maitan, Kevin 3B	3	1	2	2	.248	2 2B (13), BB (19)
MIL	R	Turang, Brice 2B	3	0	0	0	.268	BB (22), CS (1)
SD	MAJ	Lauer, Eric P	1	0	0	0	.080
SD	MAJ	Mejia, Francisco C	4	2	2	4	.400	2 HR (2)
SD	MAJ	Urias, Luis 2B	4	0	0	1	.171
SD	MAJ	Wingenter, Trey P	0	0	0	0	—
TOR	MAJ	Gurriel, Lourdes SS	3	1	1	0	.294	BB (6)
TOR	MAJ	McGuire, Reese C	4	0	1	0	.250	2B (1)
TOR	MAJ	McKinney, Billy RF	3	0	1	0	.351
TOR	MAJ	Tellez, Rowdy 1B	4	1	3	1	.800	3 2B (4)
TOR	MAJ	Urena, Richard PH	1	0	0	0	.255
WAS	MAJ	Robles, Victor PH-CF	2	0	0	0	.250	CS (1)
WAS	MAJ	Severino, Pedro C	0	0	0	0	.168
WAS	MAJ	Soto, Juan LF	5	0	2	0	.300	2B (21)
WAS	MAJ	Stevenson, Andrew PH	1	0	0	0	.246
ARI	AA	Leyba, Domingo 2B	5	0	2	1	.500	2B (1)
ARI	HiA	Chisholm, Jazz SS	3	1	1	1	.250	2 BB (2)
ARI	HiA	Ellis, Drew 3B	4	1	1	0	.143	BB (3)
ARI	HiA	Grier, Anfernee LF	3	1	1	0	.167	BB (2), CS (1)
ARI	HiA	Smith, Pavin 1B	5	0	3	2	.500
ARI	HiA	Varsho, Daulton DH	5	1	1	0	.200
ARI	HiA	Wilson, Marcus CF	2	2	1	3	.429	HR (2), 3 BB (3)
ARI	SS	Kennedy, Buddy DH	3	0	1	0	.143	BB (1)
ARI	SS	McCarthy, Jake CF	4	1	1	0	.286	2B (1)
ARI	SS	Rose, Joey 3B	4	0	0	1	.125
ARI	SS	Yerzy, Andy C	3	0	0	0	.286	BB (1)
CHC	SS	Sierra, Jonathan RF	2	0	0	0	.000	BB (1), CS (1)
CHC	SS	Velazquez, Nelson LF	4	1	1	1	.125	SB (1)
CIN	AA	Aquino, Aristides RF	4	0	1	0	.111
CIN	AA	Friedl, T.J. LF	3	1	1	0	.250	BB (1)
CIN	AA	Gutierrez, Vladimir P	3	0	1	2	.333	2B (1)
CIN	AA	LaValley, Gavin 1B	3	1	2	0	.500	BB (1), CS (1)
CIN	AA	Long, Shed 2B	3	0	0	1	.125
CIN	AA	Siri, Jose CF	4	1	1	0	.125	2B (1)
CIN	HiA	Fairchild, Stuart RF	5	0	0	0	.200
CIN	HiA	Isabel, Ibandel DH	4	1	1	2	.091	HR (1)
CIN	HiA	Rodriguez, Alfredo SS	3	0	1	0	.300	BB (2)
CIN	HiA	Stephenson, Tyler C	4	1	2	0	.333
CIN	HiA	Trammell, Taylor CF	3	0	0	0	.364	BB (2)
CLE	AA	Clement, Ernie SS	4	0	0	0	.250
CLE	AA	Krieger, Tyler DH	4	0	0	0	.286
CLE	AA	Mathias, Mark 2B	3	0	0	0	.000
CLE	HiA	Collins, Gavin DH	4	0	2	1	.375	2 2B (2)
CLE	HiA	Jones, Nolan 3B	5	0	0	0	.250
CLE	SS	Freeman, Tyler SS	4	0	1	0	.250
CLE	SS	Kwan, Steven CF	4	2	2	1	.571	2B (2)
COL	HiA	Boswell, Bret DH	4	1	1	0	.375	2B (1)
COL	HiA	Fernandez, Vince RF	3	2	1	0	.286	2B (2)
COL	HiA	Nevin, Tyler 1B	4	0	0	0	.250
COL	HiA	Welker, Colton 3B	4	1	2	0	.286
CWS	HiA	Gonzalez, Luis LF	4	1	1	0	.286	3B (1)
CWS	HiA	Madrigal, Nick 2B	4	0	1	1	.143
CWS	HiA	Robert, Luis CF	4	0	0	0	.000
CWS	HiA	Rutherford, Blake RF	4	0	0	0	.125
CWS	HiA	Sheets, Gavin 1B	3	0	0	0	.143
DET	AAA	Cameron, Daz CF	3	1	1	1	.667	3B (1), BB (2)
DET	AAA	Castro, Willi SS	4	2	3	2	.625	2B (1), HR (1)
DET	AAA	Stewart, Christin LF	4	0	1	0	.111
HOU	AAA	Reed, AJ 1B	4	0	1	0	.125	BB (1)
HOU	AAA	Straw, Myles CF	5	0	1	1	.200
HOU	AAA	Stubbs, Garrett PH-C	2	0	1	2	.500
HOU	AAA	Tucker, Kyle DH	4	1	2	0	.250	BB (2), SB (1)
HOU	HiA	Arauz, Jonathan SS	3	0	0	0	.143
HOU	HiA	Beer, Seth DH	3	0	1	1	.167	2B (1)
HOU	HiA	Matijevic, J.J. LF	4	1	1	0	.167
LAD	AA	Jackson, Drew 2B	5	0	1	0	.111	SB (1)
LAD	AA	Lux, Gavin SS	5	0	1	0	.200
LAD	AA	Peters, DJ CF	4	1	2	0	.250	2B (1)
LAD	AA	Robinson, Errol 3B	0	0	0	0	—
LAD	AA	Ruiz, Keibert C	5	1	3	1	.667	SB (1)
LAD	AAA	Beaty, Matt PH	1	0	0	0	.000
LAD	AAA	Rios, Edwin 3B	3	0	0	0	.200
LAD	AAA	Sborz, Josh P	0	0	0	0	—
LAD	AAA	Smith, Will C	3	0	0	0	.000
LAD	HiA	Kendall, Jeren CF	4	1	1	0	.286	2B (1)
LAD	HiA	Santana, Cristian 3B	3	1	0	0	.143	BB (1)
LAD	HiA	Wong, Connor C	4	1	2	1	.375	2B (1)
MIL	AA	Erceg, Lucas 3B	4	0	1	1	.222	2B (1)
MIL	AA	Grisham, Trent RF	4	0	0	0	.222
MIL	AA	Hiura, Keston 2B	4	0	1	0	.200
MIL	AA	Ray, Corey CF	4	0	1	0	.222	2B (1)
NYY	AAA	Ford, Mike DH	4	0	1	0	.143
OAK	HiA	Merrell, Kevin SS	5	1	1	0	.222
PHI	HiA	Brito, Daniel 2B	4	0	1	1	.364	2B (1)
PHI	HiA	Gamboa, Arquimedes SS	4	0	0	0	.167
PHI	HiA	Moniak, Mickey CF	4	1	1	0	.154	SB (1)
PIT	AA	Alemais, Stephen 2B	3	0	0	0	.000
PIT	AA	Craig, Will 1B	4	0	1	0	.143
PIT	AA	Hayes, Ke’Bryan 3B	4	0	2	0	.375
PIT	AA	Reynolds, Bryan CF	3	0	0	0	.000	BB (1), CS (1)
PIT	AA	Tucker, Cole SS	4	1	2	1	.429	HR (1)
SD	AA	Allen, Austin C	4	1	2	1	.286	HR (1)
SD	AA	Miller, Owen SS	3	0	0	0	.143	BB (1)
SD	AA	Naylor, Josh LF	4	0	1	0	.125
SD	AA	Potts, Hudson 3B	4	0	0	0	.143
SEA	AA	Filia, Eric RF	4	0	1	0	.250
SEA	AA	Lewis, Kyle CF	3	0	0	0	.286	BB (1)
SEA	SS	Raleigh, Cal C	3	1	0	1	.000	2 BB (4)
SEA	SS	Stowers, Josh CF	4	1	0	1	.111
STL	AAA	Arozarena, Randy LF	2	0	2	2	1.000	BB (1), SB (1)
STL	AAA	Edman, Tommy 2B	4	0	1	0	.375
STL	AAA	Greene, Conner P	0	0	0	0	—
STL	AAA	Knizner, Andrew C	3	1	0	0	.000	BB (1)
STL	AAA	Schrock, Max PH	0	0	0	0	1.000	BB (3), SB (1)
STL	AAA	Sosa, Edmundo 3B	3	0	0	0	.000
STL	AAA	Williams, Justin PH	1	0	0	0	.000
TB	AA	Fox, Lucius SS	3	0	0	0	.000	BB (1), CS (1)
TB	AA	Sanchez, Jesus RF	3	0	2	2	.500	2B (2), BB (2)
TB	AA	Solak, Nick 2B	4	2	1	0	.429
TB	AAA	Cronenworth, Jake SS	4	1	1	0	.250
TB	AAA	McCarthy, Joe LF	5	2	2	0	.333	3B (1)
TB	AAA	Meadows, Austin CF	4	0	0	0	.000	BB (1)
TB	SS	Dodson, Tanner DH	4	1	1	0	.250	BB (1), SB (1)
TB	SS	Proctor, Ford SS	4	1	2	2	.625	2B (1), BB (2), SB (1)
TOR	AA	Bichette, Bo SS	3	4	3	0	.625	BB (1), SB (1)
TOR	AA	Pentecost, Max C	4	1	1	3	.375	HR (1), BB (1)
TOR	AA	Ramirez, Harold RF	4	2	3	2	.625	3B (1), BB (2)
TOR	AA	Wall, Forrest CF	4	1	1	0	.143
WAS	HiA	Agustin, Telmito LF	4	1	1	1	.250	2B (1)
WAS	HiA	Garcia, Luis SS	5	0	2	0	.444	2B (3)
WAS	HiA	Reetz, Jakson C	4	0	0	0	.000
WAS	SS	Sanchez, Jose SS	2	1	1	0	.400	BB (2)
DET	LoA	Morgan, Joey C	3	0	0	0	.000
DET	LoA	Perez, Wenceel DH	5	0	1	0	.222
HOU	LoA	McKenna, Alex CF	4	0	1	0	.167	2B (1)
HOU	LoA	Sierra, Miguelangel 2B	4	0	0	0	.125
LAD	LoA	Mann, Devin 1B	4	0	1	0	.143
MIN	LoA	Baddoo, Akil CF	4	0	1	0	.250	BB (1), SB (1)
MIN	LoA	Banuelos, David C	4	0	0	0	.000
MIN	LoA	Jeffers, Ryan DH	4	3	3	3	.750	2 HR (2), BB (1)
MIN	LoA	Larnach, Trevor RF	4	2	1	1	.250	BB (1)
MIN	LoA	Maciel, Gabriel LF	4	2	1	2	.250	HR (1), BB (1), SB (1)
OAK	LoA	Allen, Nick SS	4	0	0	0	.000
OAK	LoA	Armenteros, Lazaro LF	4	0	0	0	.000
OAK	LoA	Beck, Austin CF	3	0	1	0	.333	BB (1)
STL	LoA	Baker, Luken DH	3	1	1	1	.333	2 BB (2)
STL	LoA	Dunn, Nick 2B	4	0	0	0	.286	BB (2)
STL	LoA	Gorman, Nolan 3B	5	1	1	2	.111	SB (1)
TB	LoA	Brujan, Vidal 2B	3	3	2	0	.375	3B (1), BB (1)
TB	LoA	Hernandez, Ronaldo C	3	0	0	0	.143	BB (1)
TOR	LoA	Noda, Ryan 1B	3	1	1	1	.143

— PITCHERS —

TEAM	CLASS	CARD CODE	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
CIN	R	Marinan, James	4.2	8	2	2	2	6
CLE	MAJ	Bieber, Shane	6.1	7	4	3	1	6
KC	R	Luciano, Elvis	5.0	2	0	0	1	9
SD	MAJ	Lauer, Eric	4.0	2	0	0	3	8
SD	MAJ	Wingenter, Trey	1.0	2	2	2	0	2
TOR	MAJ	Paulino, David	1.0	1	0	0	0	2
ARI	AA	Duplantier, Jon	3.2	1	3	1	4	3
ARI	AA	Miller, Jared	1.2	0	0	0	0	3
ARI	SS	Goddard, Jackson	1.2	3	3	3	0	1
ARI	SS	Mercer, Matt	4.0	0	0	0	0	6
CIN	AA	Gutierrez, Vladimir	7.1	5	1	1	0	3
CWS	HiA	Henzman, Lincoln	5.0	3	1	1	1	3
HOU	AA	Martin, Corbin	5.2	1	0	0	1	9
HOU	AAA	Ferrell, Riley	1.1	0	0	0	1	3
LAD	AAA	Sborz, Josh	2.0	0	0	0	1	1
NYY	AAA	Adams, Chance	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
NYY	AAA	Cortes, Nestor	8.0	1	0	0	1	7
PHI	HiA	Llovera, Mauricio	6.0	3	2	2	3	6
SD	AAA	Allen, Logan	4.1	10	3	3	1	4
SEA	AA	Misiewicz, Anthony	3.1	8	4	4	1	4
STL	AAA	Greene, Conner	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
TB	AA	Krook, Matt	1.2	2	1	0	1	4
TB	AAA	Gibaut, Ian	0.0	2	2	2	2	0
TB	AAA	Poche, Colin	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
TOR	AA	Perez, Hector	3.1	6	3	3	2	3
DET	LoA	Hernandez, Wilkel	5.0	4	1	1	2	4
LAD	LoA	Rooney, John	2.2	0	0	0	1	3
MIN	LoA	Duran, Jhoan	6.0	3	1	1	3	10
TB	LoA	Romero, Tommy	7.0	4	1	1	1	6