Prospect Report: Cubs’ Cristian Hernandez Homers in First Official AB
Image credit: Cubs SS Cristian Hernandez (Photo by Bill Mitchell)
Monday’s Prospect Performers
Hunter Greene, RHP, Reds: After an ugly start to his big league career, the flamethrowing rookie righthander is starting to find his groove. Greene pitched seven scoreless innings with one hit allowed, no walks and eight strikeouts to lead the Reds to a 7-0, rain-shortened win over the D-backs on Monday. The only hit Greene allowed was a bunt single by Daulton Varsho to lead off the game. He then retired the next 20 batters and faced the minimum after Varsho was erased on a strike him out, throw him out double play. Most encouraging, Greene got 12 swings and misses on his fastball, a pitch that previously had been getting torched despite its easy, 98-102 mph velocity. After getting torched for an 8.71 ERA and .311 opponent average in his first five starts, Greene has a 3.41 ERA and .176 opponent average in his last six starts.
Julio Rodriguez, OF, Mariners – Rodriguez continues his surge into American League Rookie of the Year contention. The 21-year-old center fielder went 2 for 5 with a key two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to extend a late Mariners lead and help them to an x-x win over the Astros. The home run came at a particularly dramatic moment, too. One batter earlier, Ty France was hit by a fastball from Hector Neris and the benches cleared. In the first at-bat after order was restored, Rodriguez hit a Neris fastball 360 feet the other way into the right-field seats to essentially seal the game.
Seth Martinez, RHP, Astros – The Astros No. 28 prospect has quietly emerged as one of their most reliable relievers this season. The 27-year-old righthander pitched struck out three of the four batters he faced over 1.1 perfect innings of relief in the Astros’ loss to the Mariners. Martinez continued a rather remarkable streak with the outing: he has yet to allow a run this season. Altogether, he’s thrown 12.1 scoreless innings over seven appearances this season with only five hits allowed.
Cristian Hernandez, SS, Cubs: In his first official Arizona Complex League at-bat, the Cubs No. 3 prospect hit a 92 mph fastball from Ryan Webb over the right field wall.
| ORG | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG | NOTES |
| ARI | MAJ | #3 | Alek Thomas, OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | |
| ARI | MAJ | #4 | Geraldo Perdomo, SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .215 | |
| ARI | MAJ | #15 | Jake McCarthy, OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .305 | |
| ARI | R | #29 | Jose Fernandez, SS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1), |
| ARI | MAJ | #31 | Cooper Hummel, OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | |
| ARI | R | #37 | Alberto Ciprian, 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 2B (1), BB (1), |
| ARI | R | #39 | Neyfy Castillo, OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| ATL | R | #24 | Tyler Collins, OF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | BB (1), |
| BOS | R | #20 | Miguel Bleis, OF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | 2B (1), BB (1), |
| BOS | R | #33 | Jhostynxon Garcia, OF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | BB (1), CS (1), |
| BOS | R | #38 | Juan Chacon, OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1), |
| CHC | R | #2 | Cristian Hernandez, SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .400 | HR (1), |
| CHC | R | #25 | Moises Ballesteros, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | 2B (1), BB (1), E (1), |
| CHC | R | #38 | Ismael Mena, OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1), |
| CIN | R | #23 | Ariel Almonte, OF | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1.000 | 2B (1), BB (1), |
| CIN | MAJ | #26 | Alejo Lopez, 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .239 | 2B (4), |
| CIN | R | #27 | Carlos Jorge, SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1), E (1), |
| CIN | R | #29 | Leonardo Balcazar, SS | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .500 | |
| CIN | R | #36 | Malvin Valdez, OF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | |
| DET | R | #24 | Adinso Reyes, SS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | BB (1), |
| DET | R | #27 | Abel Bastidas, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| HOU | MAJ | #2 | Jeremy Pena, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | BB (11), |
| HOU | R | #21 | Dauri Lorenzo, SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2B (1), CS (1), |
| KC | MAJ | #1 | Bobby Witt, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .219 | E (5), |
| KC | MAJ | #3 | M.J. Melendez, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | |
| KC | MAJ | #6 | Kyle Isbel, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 | |
| KC | MAJ | #30 | Emmanuel Rivera, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .249 | |
| LAD | R | #21 | Rayne Doncon, SS | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .400 | |
| MIA | R | #19 | Jordan McCants, SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | |
| MIA | R | #28 | Ronald Hernandez, C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| MIL | R | #26 | Gregory Barrios, SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | |
| MIL | R | #27 | Daniel Guilarte, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | 2 BB (2), 2 E (2), |
| MIL | R | #39 | Jesus Parra, 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | 2B (1), |
| NYY | R | #29 | Hans Montero, SS | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3B (1), 2 BB (2), SB (1), E (1), |
| OAK | R | #39 | Carlos Amaya, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| PHI | R | #13 | Jordan Viars, OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| SD | R | #8 | Joshua Mears, OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .180 | |
| SD | R | #11 | Victor Acosta, SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | E (1), |
| SEA | MAJ | #1 | Julio Rodriguez, OF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .277 | HR (7), |
| SEA | R | #9 | Gabriel Gonzalez, OF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | BB (1), E (1), |
| SEA | R | #18 | Starlin Aguilar, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 2B (1), |
| SEA | R | #22 | George Feliz, OF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 | HR (1), BB (1), |
| SEA | R | #31 | Luis Bolivar, OF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .600 | 2B (1), SB (1), CS (1), |
| SF | R | #3 | Luis Matos, OF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .169 | 2B (1), |
| SF | R | #23 | Diego Velasquez, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| SF | R | #37 | Hayden Cantrelle, 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .191 | 2B (6), BB (15), |
| TEX | R | #27 | Jeferson Espinal, OF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | 3B (1), BB (1), |
| TEX | R | #29 | Danyer Cueva, SS | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 2B (1), 2 BB (2), CS (1), E (1), |
| TOR | R | #8 | Manuel Beltre, SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | HR (1), |
| TOR | R | #23 | Yhoangel Aponte, OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TOR | R | #29 | Luis Garcia, SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 3B (1), E (1), |
| TOR | R | #31 | Victor Mesia, C | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .102 | 2B (1), |
| WAS | R | #23 | Daniel Marte, OF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | 2B (1), |
| WAS | R | #24 | Roismar Quintana, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| ORG | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | NOTES |
| CIN | MAJ | #2 | Hunter Greene, RHP | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5.40 | W (3-7) |
| COL | R | #32 | Jordy Vargas, RHP | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1.80 | W (1-0) |
| HOU | MAJ | #28 | Seth Martinez, RHP | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.71 | |
| KC | MAJ | #31 | Albert Abreu, RHP | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.00 | |
| LAA | MAJ | #38 | Andrew Wantz, RHP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.86 | |
| SD | MAJ | #21 | Steven Wilson, RHP | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | |
| SEA | MAJ | #29 | Penn Murfee, RHP | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.67 | |
| STL | R | #18 | Edwin Nunez, RHP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10.13 |
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