Baseball America Spring Training Prospect Report — March 14, 2019

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Chris Paddack, RHP, Padres. Paddack had an excellent outing, allowing one run across four innings with six strikeouts. Although he lacks a true breaking ball, Paddack pairs his plus fastball with a changeup that is one of the best in the minors. Paddack has a 4.05 ERA in 6.2 innings this spring, but he’s shown enough flashes of dominance (12.2 K/9, 1.4 BB/9) to be a serious contender for a spot in the Padres Opening Day rotation.

Sean Reid-Foley, RHP, Blue Jays. Reid-Foley has a four pitch mix, including a plus fastball that can reach up to 97 mph and a plus slider that gets swings and misses. The righthander threw two innings on Wednesday, giving up two runs while striking out four.

Francisco Mejia, C, Padres. Mejia had two hits against the Angels, driving in one run and scoring once as well. He is now hitting .414/.452/.862 this spring.

Nicky Lopez, SS, Royals. Lopez went 1-for-2 with a run scored on Wednesday, raising his slashline to .314/.351/.343. With Whit Merrifield and Adalberto Mondesi pencilled in at the two middle infield spots and Chris Owings likely on the roster as a versatile backup, there isn’t a spot for Lopez in Kansas City just yet. But it would be surprising if Lopez doesn’t get big league at-bats at some point in 2019.

Bobby Dalbec, 1B, Red Sox. Boston’s No. 1 prospect had a hit and came around to score in the ninth inning against Minnesota. The 23 year old is hitting .240/.387/.280 thus far, with just one extra base hit in 25 at-bats.

— BATTERS —
TEAM		CLASS		PLAYER, POS		AB		R		H		BI		AVG		Notes
ARI		MAJ		Ellis, Drew 3B		0		0		0		0		.000
ARI		MAJ		Kelly, Carson DH		3		0		1		0		.250		2B (3)
ATL		MAJ		Pache, Cristian PR-CF		2		0		1		0		.444		2B (3)
ATL		MAJ		Riley, Austin LF		4		1		1		0		.258
BAL		MAJ		Jackson, Drew CF		3		0		1		1		.296
BAL		MAJ		McKenna, Ryan CF		0		0		0		0		.000
BOS		MAJ		Chatham, C.J. SS		2		0		0		0		.263
BOS		MAJ		Dalbec, Bobby 3B		1		1		1		0		.300
BOS		MAJ		Travis, Sam 1B		2		0		0		0		.190
CHC		MAJ		Hoerner, Nico PH-DH		1		0		1		0		.667		2B (2)
CHC		MAJ		Short, Zack SS		1		0		0		0		.235
CLE		MAJ		Clement, Ernie 2B		1		0		0		0		.333
CLE		MAJ		Gonzalez, Oscar PH-DH		1		0		0		0		.000
CLE		MAJ		Haase, Eric C		1		0		0		0		.364
CLE		MAJ		Johnson, Daniel CF		2		0		0		0		.211
CLE		MAJ		Mercado, Oscar LF		3		0		1		0		.414		2B (2)
COL		MAJ		Boswell, Bret 2B		0		0		0		0		.429
COL		MAJ		Rodgers, Brendan 3B		1		0		0		0		.222
CWS		MAJ		Gonzalez, Luis CF		2		0		0		0		.188
HOU		MAJ		Alvarez, Yordan LF		1		0		0		0		.400
HOU		MAJ		Pena, Jeremy SS		1		0		0		0		.200
HOU		MAJ		Straw, Myles CF		3		0		0		0		.320
HOU		MAJ		Toro, Abraham 1B		0		0		0		0		.368
KC		MAJ		Lopez, Nicky SS		2		1		1		1		.241
LAA		MAJ		Lund, Brennon RF		2		0		0		0		.111
LAA		MAJ		Rojas, Jose 3B		2		0		1		2		.444
LAA		MAJ		Thaiss, Matt 1B		2		1		1		0		.348
LAD		MAJ		Downs, Jeter PH-DH		1		0		0		0		.000
LAD		MAJ		Thomas, Cody RF		1		0		1		0		1.000
MIL		MAJ		Erceg, Lucas 1B-3B		1		0		1		0		.238
MIL		MAJ		Hiura, Keston DH		4		1		1		3		.200		HR (2)
MIL		MAJ		Lutz, Tristen RF-CF		1		0		0		0		.000
MIL		MAJ		McClanahan, Chad 1B		1		0		0		0		.333
MIL		MAJ		Nottingham, Jacob C		3		0		0		0		.125
MIL		MAJ		Ray, Corey RF-CF		2		0		1		0		.276		2B (3), BB (3)
MIL		MAJ		Ward, Je’Von LF		0		0		0		0		—
MIN		MAJ		Whitefield, Aaron PR-RF		0		1		0		0		.333		BB (1)
NYM		MAJ		Alonso, Pete 1B		3		0		0		0		.371
OAK		MAJ		Deichmann, Greg RF		1		0		0		0		.200		BB (1)
OAK		MAJ		Merrell, Kevin PR		0		1		0		0		.500
OAK		MAJ		Murphy, Sean PH-DH		2		0		1		2		.143		2B (1)
OAK		MAJ		Ramirez, Tyler LF		1		0		0		0		.333
OAK		MAJ		Rivas, Alfonso 1B		1		0		0		0		.250
PHI		MAJ		Haseley, Adam LF		2		0		1		0		.185
SD		MAJ		France, Ty 3B		1		0		0		0		.389
SD		MAJ		Mejia, Francisco C		3		1		2		1		.407		2B (3)
SD		MAJ		Naylor, Josh LF		1		0		0		0		.227
SD		MAJ		Tatis, Fernando SS		1		0		0		0		.250
SD		MAJ		Urias, Luis SS		3		0		0		0		.250		BB (2)
SEA		MAJ		Bishop, Braden PR-RF-CF		3		1		2		2		.391		2B (1)
SEA		MAJ		Kelenic, Jarred LF		1		1		0		0		.000		BB (2)
SEA		MAJ		Rodriguez, Julio RF		2		1		2		0		.667
SEA		MAJ		Vogelbach, Daniel 1B		2		0		0		0		.294
SEA		MAJ		Walton, Donnie 3B-SS		1		0		1		1		1.000
SF		MAJ		Bart, Joey C		1		0		0		0		.538
SF		MAJ		Garcia, Aramis 1B		2		1		0		0		.190		2 BB (4)
STL		MAJ		Arozarena, Randy CF		0		0		0		0		.200
STL		MAJ		Carlson, Dylan RF		1		0		0		0		.208
STL		MAJ		Edman, Tommy 3B		1		0		0		0		.333
STL		MAJ		Hurst, Scott LF		0		0		0		0		.333
STL		MAJ		Knizner, Andrew C		1		0		0		0		.188
STL		MAJ		O’Neill, Tyler CF		3		0		0		0		.148
STL		MAJ		Schrock, Max 2B		3		0		1		1		.280
TOR		MAJ		Bichette, Bo DH		5		1		2		0		.346		SB (1)
TOR		MAJ		Biggio, Cavan 2B		3		1		0		0		.217		BB (1)
TOR		MAJ		Jansen, Danny C		3		0		1		0		.261
TOR		MAJ		McKinney, Billy LF		3		0		1		1		.240
TOR		MAJ		Tellez, Rowdy 1B		3		1		2		0		.313
WAS		MAJ		Kieboom, Carter PH-SS		1		0		1		1		.409
WAS		MAJ		Ward, Drew 1B		1		0		0		0		.000
— PITCHERS —
TEAM		CLASS		PLAYER		IP		H		R		ER		BB		K
ARI		MAJ		Sherfy, Jimmie		1.0		2		1		1		1		0
ATL		MAJ		Sobotka, Chad		0.2		2		2		2		2		1
BOS		MAJ		Brewer, Colten		1.0		1		1		0		0		0
HOU		MAJ		Martin, Corbin		2.0		1		0		0		0		1
HOU		MAJ		Perez, Cionel		1.0		0		0		0		0		0
LAA		MAJ		Curtiss, John		1.1		3		4		4		1		3
MIL		MAJ		Houser, Adrian		1.0		2		1		1		1		1
SD		MAJ		Paddack, Chris		4.0		5		1		1		0		6
SD		MAJ		Wingenter, Trey		1.0		1		0		0		0		1
SEA		MAJ		Festa, Matt		1.0		1		0		0		1		1
SEA		MAJ		Warren, Art		1.1		0		0		0		2		0
SF		MAJ		Beede, Tyler		1.1		4		4		4		1		2
SF		MAJ		Black, Ray		1.0		0		0		0		0		1
STL		MAJ		Hudson, Dakota		3.0		2		1		1		3		3
TOR		MAJ		Paulino, David		0.0		2		3		3		2		0
TOR		MAJ		Reid-Foley, Sean		2.0		2		2		2		1		4