Baseball America Spring Training Prospect Report — March 4, 2020
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Tuesday’s Stars
Dylan Carlson, OF, Cardinals — The Cardinals may have incentives to keep Carlson back in the minors for a short stretch for service time reasons (the Kris Bryant grievance result ends almost any hope a player has of winning a case for such a decision violating the CBA). But Carlson is doing everything he can to show he’s ready to step into the lineup on Opening Day. Carlson, BA’s No. 10 prospect, went 1-for-3 with two runs scored and his second double of the spring.
Shane McClanahan, LHP, Rays — McClanahan struck out three of the four batters he faced yesterday. It’s part of a trend–he’s now recorded five strikeouts in only two innings of work.
Jose Urquidy, RHP, Astros — Urquidy’s second spring outing was outstanding. He allowed two hits and no walks in three scoreless innings while striking out four. His strike-throwing was especially impressive — he threw 31 strikes in 39 pitches.
Forrest Whitley, RHP, Astros — Whitley’s second outing of the spring was much better than his first. Where he allowed three runs in only 1.2 innings in his first appearance, he worked a drama-free inning yesterday. After an error allowed the first batter of the inning to reach, Whitley worked back from a 3-1 count to catch Justin Williams looking and induced Oscar Hernandez into a pop-up. He did walk Max Schrock, but he then struck out Lane Thomas swinging to end the inning. It was a step forward, but Whitley’s control and command continues to need to improve.
Matthew Liberatore, LHP, Cardinals — Take everything we said about Whitley and double it when talking about Liberatore. Liberatore’s first spring outing was a rough hello — he allowed five runs and recorded two outs. Tuesday was much more like what he wants to do — three batters, three outs and one strikeout.
HITTERS
| TEAM | CLASS | PLAYER, POS | AB | R | H | BI | AVG | NOTES |
| ARI | MAJ | Smith, Pavin LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | |
| ATL | MAJ | Ball, Bryce PH-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | BB (2) |
| ATL | MAJ | Jenista, Greyson RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | |
| ATL | MAJ | Langeliers, Shea C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .429 | |
| ATL | MAJ | Shewmake, Braden SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | |
| ATL | MAJ | Waters, Drew LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| BAL | MAJ | Diaz, Yusniel CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | BB (4) |
| BAL | MAJ | McCoy, Mason 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| BAL | MAJ | McKenna, Ryan RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| BAL | MAJ | Mountcastle, Ryan LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | |
| BAL | MAJ | Rutschman, Adley PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| BOS | MAJ | Chatham, C.J. SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| BOS | MAJ | Dalbec, Bobby 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| BOS | MAJ | Downs, Jeter SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | |
| BOS | MAJ | Duran, Jarren RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | |
| CHC | MAJ | Amaya, Miguel C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | |
| CHC | MAJ | Hoerner, Nico SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .357 | 2B (1) |
| CHC | MAJ | Rivas, Alfonso 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .375 | |
| CHC | MAJ | Short, Zack PR-SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | CS (1) |
| CLE | MAJ | Bradley, Bobby PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| CLE | MAJ | Chang, Yu PR-SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | |
| CLE | MAJ | Clement, Ernie 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | |
| COL | MAJ | Fuentes, Josh PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .583 | |
| COL | MAJ | Hilliard, Sam LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| COL | MAJ | Vilade, Ryan PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | |
| COL | MAJ | Welker, Colton 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .333 | 2B (2) |
| CWS | MAJ | Collins, Zack C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | BB (5) |
| CWS | MAJ | Gonzalez, Luis CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .417 | |
| CWS | MAJ | Madrigal, Nick 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 | |
| CWS | MAJ | Mendick, Danny SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | |
| CWS | MAJ | Robert, Luis CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .385 | BB (2), SB (2) |
| CWS | MAJ | Rutherford, Blake PR-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | |
| CWS | MAJ | Sheets, Gavin 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | BB (3) |
| CWS | MAJ | Vaughn, Andrew 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .455 | 2B (2) |
| DET | MAJ | Azocar, Jose CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | |
| DET | MAJ | Castro, Willi SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| DET | MAJ | Clemens, Kody 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .444 | HR (1) |
| DET | MAJ | Paredes, Isaac 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| DET | MAJ | Rogers, Jake C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | |
| HOU | MAJ | Toro, Abraham PR-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | |
| KC | MAJ | Gutierrez, Kelvin PR-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | |
| KC | MAJ | Heath, Nick PR-LF-CF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .100 | |
| KC | MAJ | Isbel, Kyle LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | |
| KC | MAJ | Lee, Khalil PH-LF-RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .357 | |
| LAA | MAJ | Adell, Jo RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .182 | |
| LAA | MAJ | Jones, Jahmai 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .300 | |
| LAA | MAJ | Knowles, D’Shawn PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | |
| LAA | MAJ | Walsh, Jared PR-DH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | BB (2) |
| MIA | MAJ | Bleday, JJ PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .429 | |
| MIA | MAJ | Chisholm, Jazz SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | |
| MIA | MAJ | Devers, Jose SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | |
| MIA | MAJ | Diaz, Lewin 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | |
| MIA | MAJ | Encarnacion, Jerar RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | CS (1) |
| MIA | MAJ | Harrison, Monte LF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | BB (3) |
| MIA | MAJ | Mesa, Victor Victor CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .222 | |
| MIA | MAJ | Sanchez, Jesus PH-RF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| MIL | MAJ | Henry, Payton PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| MIL | MAJ | Ray, Corey CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | |
| MIN | MAJ | Jeffers, Ryan C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | |
| MIN | MAJ | Kirilloff, Alex RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | |
| MIN | MAJ | Rooker, Brent PR-LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .182 | 2B (1) |
| NYM | MAJ | Gimenez, Andres SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .375 | 2B (2) |
| NYY | MAJ | Florial, Estevan CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | |
| OAK | MAJ | Allen, Austin PH-DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | |
| OAK | MAJ | Barrera, Luis LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | BB (1), SB (1) |
| OAK | MAJ | Bolt, Skye RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .214 | 3B (1) |
| OAK | MAJ | Brown, Seth 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .316 | |
| OAK | MAJ | Deichmann, Greg RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | |
| OAK | MAJ | Heim, Jonah C | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .417 | 2B (1) |
| OAK | MAJ | Mateo, Jorge SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .333 | SB (3) |
| OAK | MAJ | Neuse, Sheldon 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | |
| OAK | MAJ | Reed, Buddy PR-LF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (2), SB (2) |
| SD | MAJ | Arias, Gabriel SS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | BB (2) |
| SD | MAJ | Cronenworth, Jake 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | |
| SD | MAJ | Trammell, Taylor RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| SF | MAJ | Bart, Joey PR-C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .556 | |
| SF | MAJ | Davis, Jaylin CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | 2 BB (2) |
| STL | MAJ | Carlson, Dylan LF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .375 | 2B (2) |
| STL | MAJ | Gorman, Nolan PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | |
| STL | MAJ | Montero, Elehuris 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | |
| STL | MAJ | Thomas, Lane CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | |
| STL | MAJ | Williams, Justin LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TB | MAJ | Arozarena, Randy CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | BB (4) |
| TB | MAJ | Walls, Taylor SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 | |
| TEX | MAJ | Apostel, Sherten 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | BB (3) |
| TEX | MAJ | Garcia, David C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| TEX | MAJ | Solak, Nick CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | |
| TEX | MAJ | Tejeda, Anderson 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .556 | HR (1), BB (2) |
| WAS | MAJ | Garcia, Luis SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | |
| WAS | MAJ | Kieboom, Carter 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .273 |
PITCHER
| TEAM | CLASS | PLAYER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | NOTES |
| ARI | MAJ | Ginkel, Kevin | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 27.00 | |
| CLE | MAJ | Karinchak, James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10.80 | |
| COL | MAJ | Doyle, Tommy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 | W (1-0) |
| COL | MAJ | Goudeau, Ashton | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | |
| DET | MAJ | Funkhouser, Kyle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16.20 | |
| DET | MAJ | Garcia, Bryan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| HOU | MAJ | Urquidy, Jose | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | |
| HOU | MAJ | Whitley, Forrest | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| KC | MAJ | Staumont, Josh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| LAA | MAJ | Yan, Hector | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| MIA | MAJ | Dugger, Robert | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| MIA | MAJ | Garrett, Braxton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| MIL | MAJ | Brown, Zack | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.75 | |
| MIL | MAJ | Small, Ethan | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5.40 | |
| MIN | MAJ | Colina, Edwar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | |
| MIN | MAJ | Dobnak, Randy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.50 | W (1-0) |
| NYY | MAJ | Schmidt, Clarke | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2.25 | |
| SD | MAJ | Bachar, Lake | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| SF | MAJ | Webb, Logan | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.15 | |
| STL | MAJ | Liberatore, Matthew | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | |
| TB | MAJ | Banda, Anthony | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3.38 | |
| TB | MAJ | Fleming, Josh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.50 | |
| TB | MAJ | McClanahan, Shane | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | |
| WAS | MAJ | Bourque, James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
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