Spring Training MLB Prospect Report — March 2, 2021

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Seuly Matias, OF, Royals—Matias has some of the best raw power in baseball, but swing-and-miss issues meant that he also has long been easy meat for a clever pitcher. Matias worked hard in 2020 to shorten his swing to better handle velocity. In a pinch-hitting appearance on Monday, Matias hit a Scott Moss pitch almost out of the park in Goodyear.

 

 

Chris Gittens, 1B, Yankees—Gittens rivals Matias in raw power. And like Matias he got to show it off on Monday. Gittens destroyed a Zack Hess pitch for a grand slam. Gittens’ 114.3 mph exit velocity meant the ball was hit harder than all but 13 regular season MLB home runs from 2020.

 

 

DJ Peters, OF, Dodgers—It was a great day for minor league mashers. Peters’ profile could best be described as a faster version of Matias and Gittens—massive power and plenty of strikeouts. Peters showed off the power with a home run to left center on Monday.

 

 

 

Brent Rooker, OF, Twins—Rooker’s chance to claim a spot in the Twins lineup ended quickly last September. He fractured his forearm and missed the final month of the season. He homered against Tyler Glasnow in his first at-bat of the spring, giving him a strong start to his push for a role in 2021.

BATTERS

TEAM CLASS RANK PLAYER, POS AB R H BI AVG NOTES
ARI MAJ #29 Stuart Fairchild CF 1 0 0 0 .000  
ARI MAJ #19 Jake McCarthy RF 0 0 0 0 .000  
ARI MAJ #3 Geraldo Perdomo SS 0 0 0 0  
ARI MAJ #9 Pavin Smith RF 2 0 0 0 .000  
ATL MAJ #18 Bryce Ball PR-1B 0 0 0 0 .250 BB (1)
ATL MAJ #6 William Contreras C 2 0 1 3 .500 BB (1)
ATL MAJ #1 Cristian Pache CF 2 0 0 0 .000  
ATL MAJ #8 Braden Shewmake DH-SS 3 0 1 0 .250 SB (1)
ATL MAJ #3 Drew Waters LF 1 0 0 0 .000  
BAL MAJ #16 Jahmai Jones 2B 0 0 0 0 .000  
BAL MAJ #23 Ryan McKenna RF 0 0 0 0  
BAL MAJ #5 Ryan Mountcastle LF 2 0 0 1 .000  
BAL MAJ #29 Tyler Nevin 1B 2 1 0 0 .000  
BOS MAJ #21 Jonathan Arauz 3B 2 0 1 0 .500  
BOS MAJ #3 Bobby Dalbec 3B-DH 2 1 1 0 .500 BB (1)
BOS MAJ #2 Jeter Downs SS 1 0 0 0 .667 BB (1)
BOS MAJ #5 Jarren Duran CF 1 0 0 0 .333  
BOS MAJ #20 Jeisson Rosario CF 1 0 0 1 .000 BB (1)
CHC MAJ #2 Brennen Davis CF 1 0 0 0 .000  
CHC MAJ #8 Christopher Morel 3B 1 0 0 0 .000  
CHC MAJ #23 Alfonso Rivas 1B 0 0 0 0  
CIN MAJ #22 T.J. Friedl CF 1 0 0 0 .000  
CIN MAJ #1 Jose Garcia SS 2 0 0 0 .000  
CIN MAJ #3 Jonathan India 2B 1 0 1 0 1.000 2B (1)
CIN MAJ #4 Tyler Stephenson C 2 0 0 1 .000  
CLE MAJ #7 Gabriel Arias SS 3 1 3 1 1.000  
CLE MAJ #22 Bobby Bradley 1B 2 1 1 1 .500 HR (1)
CLE MAJ #24 Ernie Clement PR-DH 2 0 2 2 .500  
CLE MAJ #2 Nolan Jones 3B 2 1 0 0 .000 BB (1)
CLE MAJ #19 Owen Miller 2B 3 0 0 0 .200  
CLE MAJ #6 George Valera LF 1 1 0 0 .000 BB (1)
COL MAJ #15 Jameson Hannah CF 0 0 0 0 .500  
COL MAJ #1 Brendan Rodgers 2B 1 0 0 0 .000 BB (1)
COL MAJ #10 Ryan Vilade LF 0 0 0 0 .000  
COL MAJ #7 Colton Welker 3B 0 0 0 0 .500  
CWS MAJ #16 Micker Adolfo DH 3 1 1 1 .250  
CWS MAJ #10 Gavin Sheets 1B 2 0 0 0 .000 BB (1)
DET MAJ #17 Akil Baddoo PH-RF 2 0 0 0 .333  
DET MAJ #18 Kody Clemens 2B 2 0 0 0 .333  
DET MAJ #5 Riley Greene RF 1 0 1 0 .333 BB (1), SB (1)
DET MAJ #21 Derek Hill CF 2 0 0 0 .000  
DET MAJ #20 Jake Rogers C 3 0 0 0 .000  
DET MAJ #30 Zack Short 3B-SS 1 1 1 0 .500  
HOU MAJ #9 Colin Barber LF 1 0 0 1 .000  
HOU MAJ #7 Korey Lee DH 1 0 0 0 .000 BB (1)
HOU MAJ #12 Chas McCormick PR-DH 2 0 0 0 .000  
HOU MAJ #18 Freudis Nova 2B 2 1 0 0 .000 BB (1)
HOU MAJ #3 Jeremy Pena SS 2 0 0 1 .000  
KC MAJ #22 Lucius Fox PR 0 0 0 0 1.000 CS (1)
KC MAJ #6 Kyle Isbel LF 2 1 1 0 .500 BB (1)
KC MAJ #24 Seuly Matias PH-DH 1 1 1 1 1.000 HR (1)
KC MAJ #19 Edward Olivares PR 0 0 0 0 .000  
KC MAJ #7 Erick Pena RF 2 0 0 0 .000  
KC MAJ #13 Nick Pratto 1B 2 0 1 0 .333 2B (1)
KC MAJ #1 Bobby Witt SS 4 0 1 1 .200  
LAA MAJ #5 Jordyn Adams PR-CF 1 1 0 0 .000  
LAA MAJ #1 Jo Adell RF 0 0 0 0 .000 BB (2)
LAA MAJ #6 Jeremiah Jackson PR-SS 0 0 0 0 BB (1)
LAD MAJ #3 Michael Busch PR-DH 0 1 0 0 .000 BB (1)
LAD MAJ #19 Omar Estevez PH-SS 1 0 1 1 1.000 2B (1), BB (1)
LAD MAJ #21 Devin Mann PH-3B 2 0 0 0 .000  
LAD MAJ #11 Zach McKinstry SS 2 1 1 0 .500  
LAD MAJ #10 Andy Pages RF 1 0 1 0 1.000  
LAD MAJ #14 DJ Peters CF 2 2 2 2 1.000 HR (1)
LAD MAJ #26 Luke Raley LF 2 1 1 0 .333 2B (1)
LAD MAJ #30 Zach Reks PH-LF 2 0 0 0 .000  
MIA MAJ #16 Peyton Burdick PH-DH 0 0 0 0 BB (1)
MIA MAJ #10 Jose Devers PH 1 0 0 0 .000  
MIA MAJ #7 Lewin Diaz 1B 1 0 1 0 .333 2B (1)
MIA MAJ #13 Kameron Misner PR-CF 0 1 0 0 BB (1)
MIA MAJ #20 Nasim Nunez PR-SS 1 0 0 0 .000  
MIA MAJ #8 Jesus Sanchez RF 1 0 0 0 .000  
MIA MAJ #14 Connor Scott LF 1 0 0 0 .000  
MIL MAJ #7 Mario Feliciano PH-C 2 0 1 1 .333 2B (1)
MIL MAJ #28 Tristen Lutz RF 0 0 0 0  
MIL MAJ #2 Garrett Mitchell CF 1 0 1 0 1.000  
MIL MAJ #25 Corey Ray CF 2 0 1 0 .500  
MIL MAJ #1 Brice Turang PR-SS 1 1 0 0 .000  
MIN MAJ #25 Travis Blankenhorn 1B 1 1 0 0 .000 2 BB (2)
MIN MAJ #10 Gilberto Celestino PR-CF 1 1 0 0 .500  
MIN MAJ #4 Ryan Jeffers C 3 1 1 0 .333  
MIN MAJ #3 Trevor Larnach RF 3 0 0 0 .000  
MIN MAJ #12 Brent Rooker LF 2 1 1 2 .500 HR (1)
NYM MAJ #1 Francisco Alvarez PH-DH 1 0 0 0 .000  
NYM MAJ #9 Khalil Lee RF 1 0 0 0 .000  
NYM MAJ #2 Ronny Mauricio SS 1 0 0 0 .000  
NYM MAJ #6 Mark Vientos 3B 0 0 0 0 BB (1)
NYY MAJ #11 Ezequiel Duran 2B 1 0 0 0 .000  
NYY MAJ #5 Austin Wells PH-DH 1 0 1 0 1.000  
OAK MAJ #6 Nick Allen SS 1 0 0 0 .000  
OAK MAJ #30 Seth Brown LF 1 1 0 0 .333 BB (1)
OAK MAJ #9 Greg Deichmann LF-RF 2 1 1 0 .333 BB (1)
OAK MAJ #21 Kyle McCann PR-DH 1 1 0 0 .000  
PHI MAJ #6 Luis Garcia PH 1 0 0 0 .000  
PHI MAJ #10 Nick Maton SS 3 0 0 0 .000  
PHI MAJ #13 Mickey Moniak C 0 0 0 0 .500  
PHI MAJ #17 Logan O’Hoppe EH 0 0 0 0 BB (1)
PHI MAJ #27 Jhailyn Ortiz RF 1 0 0 0 .000 BB (1)
PHI MAJ #9 Johan Rojas PR-PH 1 0 0 0 .000  
PHI MAJ #3 Bryson Stott 2B 1 0 1 0 .500  
PIT MAJ #11 Ji-Hwan Bae SS 1 0 0 0 .000  
PIT MAJ #29 Rodolfo Castro 3B 1 0 0 0 .000  
PIT MAJ #2 Oneil Cruz EH 1 0 1 0 .500  
PIT MAJ #21 Mason Martin 1B 1 0 0 0 .000  
PIT MAJ #25 Cal Mitchell RF 0 0 0 0 .000  
PIT MAJ #27 Canaan Smith LF 0 0 0 0  
PIT MAJ #14 Travis Swaggerty CF 1 0 0 0 .000  
SD MAJ #2 CJ Abrams 2B 2 0 0 0 .000  
SD MAJ #25 Ivan Castillo SS 1 0 0 0 .000  
SD MAJ #8 Tucupita Marcano LF 2 0 2 0 .750  
SD MAJ #15 Jorge Mateo CF 2 0 0 0 .250  
SD MAJ #14 Joshua Mears LF 0 0 0 0 .000  
SD MAJ #10 Jorge Ona RF 1 0 0 0 .333  
SD MAJ #28 Eguy Rosario 3B 0 0 0 0 .500 BB (1)
SF MAJ #2 Joey Bart C 2 0 2 0 1.000  
SF MAJ #6 Hunter Bishop RF 2 0 0 0 .000  
SF MAJ #23 Ricardo Genoves C 1 0 1 0 1.000  
SF MAJ #1 Marco Luciano SS 1 0 0 0 .000  
SF MAJ #3 Heliot Ramos DH 3 1 1 0 .333  
SF MAJ #15 Logan Wyatt 1B 0 0 0 0 .000 BB (1)
TB MAJ #8 Xavier Edwards PR-2B 2 0 1 2 .500  
TB MAJ #14 Greg Jones SS 1 0 0 0 .000  
TB MAJ #16 Josh Lowe RF 1 2 1 0 1.000 BB (1), SB (1)
TB MAJ #15 Taylor Walls SS 1 1 0 0 .000 BB (1)
TEX MAJ #13 Sherten Apostel 1B 1 0 0 0 .000  
TEX MAJ #18 David Garcia C 1 0 0 0 .000  
TEX MAJ #1 Josh Jung 3B 0 0 0 0  
TEX MAJ #3 Leody Taveras CF 2 0 1 0 .500  
TEX MAJ #27 Bubba Thompson LF 0 0 0 0  
TEX MAJ #16 Steele Walker RF 1 0 0 0 .000  
TEX MAJ #15 Davis Wendzel SS 2 0 0 0 .000 BB (1)
TOR MAJ #21 Santiago Espinal 2B 3 0 0 0 .000  
TOR MAJ #3 Jordan Groshans 3B 1 0 0 0 .000  
TOR MAJ #10 Miguel Hiraldo 2B 0 0 0 0  
TOR MAJ #16 Leonardo Jimenez SS 0 0 0 0  
TOR MAJ #5 Alejandro Kirk C 1 0 0 1 .000  
TOR MAJ #12 Otto Lopez CF 1 0 0 0 .000  
TOR MAJ #2 Austin Martin SS 1 0 0 0 .000 BB (1), SB (1)
WAS MAJ #4 Yasel Antuna SS 2 1 1 0 .500  
WAS MAJ #15 Tres Barrera C 1 0 0 0 .000 BB (1)
WAS MAJ #10 Drew Mendoza DH 2 1 0 0 .333 BB (1)
WAS MAJ #14 Israel Pineda PH-DH 1 0 1 1 1.000  

PITCHERS

TEAM CLASS RANK PLAYER IP H R ER BB K ERA NOTES
ATL MAJ #13 Jasseel De La Cruz 1.0 1 1 1 2 1 9.00 Sv (1)
ATL MAJ #12 Huascar Ynoa 1.2 0 1 1 2 4 5.40 W (1-0)
BAL MAJ #18 Zac Lowther 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00  
BOS MAJ #11 Connor Seabold 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0.00  
BOS MAJ #10 Thad Ward 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00  
CHC MAJ #26 Tyson Miller 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0.00  
CLE MAJ #15 Emmanuel Clase 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 9.00  
CLE MAJ #20 Scott Moss 2.0 4 3 3 0 2 13.50  
COL MAJ #17 Ben Bowden 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 9.00  
COL MAJ #11 Helcris Olivarez 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 4.50  
DET MAJ #19 Beau Burrows 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00  
HOU MAJ #13 Shawn Dubin 0.2 1 1 1 2 1 13.50  
KC MAJ #4 Jackson Kowar 2.0 3 0 0 0 2 0.00 W (1-0)
KC MAJ #26 Angel Zerpa 0.1 1 1 1 3 1 27.00  
LAD MAJ #15 Victor Gonzalez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00  
MIL MAJ #27 Clayton Andrews 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00  
NYM MAJ #22 Ryley Gilliam 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 18.00 L (0-1)
NYM MAJ #15 Thomas Szapucki 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00  
NYY MAJ #17 Albert Abreu 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 9.00 Sv (1)
NYY MAJ #26 Nick Nelson 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 W (1-0)
OAK MAJ #19 Grant Holmes 2.0 1 1 1 2 2 4.50  
PHI MAJ #24 Ramon Rosso 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0.00  
PIT MAJ #28 Blake Cederlind 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00  
SF MAJ #22 Kervin Castro 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00  
TOR MAJ #1 Nate Pearson 1.0 1 1 0 1 2 0.00  
WAS MAJ #9 Matt Cronin 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0.00  
WAS MAJ #19 Steven Fuentes 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00  

 

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