Prospect Report: Julio Rodriguez, Bobby Witt Jr Are Heating Up
Monday’s Prospect Performers
Brendan Donovan, OF, Cardinals – Of all the prospects the Cardinals have called up this year, none have been as impactful as Donovan. The 25-year-old went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, an RBI and scored the game-tying run in the seventh inning during the Cardinals rally. To cap it all off, he made a diving catch in the top of the 10th inning in right field to preserve a 3-3 tie and set the stage for Paul Goldschmidt’s walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the inning. Overall, Donovan is now batting .340 with a 1.004 OPS since being called up at the end of April.
Julio Rodriguez, OF, Mariners – Rodriguez continues to put his early-season struggles behind him. The 21-year-old center fielder went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run in the Mariners’ 7-6 win over the Athletics. After batting .205 with a .544 OPS in April, Rodriguez is up to .276 with a .726 OPS after a red-hot first three weeks of May.
Juan Yepez, DH, Cardinals – Perhaps no prospect benefitted from the addition of the DH to the National League more than Yepez. The 24-year-old Venezuelan hit his fourth home run of the season in the Cardinals’ 7-3 win over the Blue Jays, taking Jose Berrios deep in the seventh inning to kickstart a late rally. Yepez is now batting .304 with an .899 OPS since getting called up on May 4 and has settled into the fifth spot in the Cardinals order behind Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado.
Bobby Witt Jr., SS, Royals – Witt is beginning to find his power in May. The Royals top prospect entering the year went 2-for-5 with a home run in the Royals’ loss to the D-backs on Monday. He has now hit five home runs in May after hitting none in April, a promising glimmer of hope in an otherwise dismal start for both Witt and the Royals as a whole.
| ORG | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG | NOTES |
| ARI | MAJ | #4 | Geraldo Perdomo, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .210 | E (4), |
| ARI | MAJ | #15 | Jake McCarthy, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #1 | Adley Rutschman, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 | |
| CHC | MAJ | #26 | Alfonso Rivas, 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .273 | BB (13), |
| CHC | MAJ | #29 | Christopher Morel, OF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .305 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #27 | Steven Kwan, OF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .266 | |
| DET | MAJ | #2 | Spencer Torkelson, 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .186 | 2B (4), BB (16), |
| HOU | MAJ | #2 | Jeremy Pena, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .287 | E (7), |
| KC | MAJ | #1 | Bobby Witt, SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .221 | HR (5), |
| KC | MAJ | #3 | M.J. Melendez, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .197 | BB (18), |
| KC | MAJ | #6 | Kyle Isbel, OF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .269 | BB (4), |
| KC | MAJ | #30 | Emmanuel Rivera, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 | |
| NYM | MAJ | #39 | Patrick Mazeika, C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .247 | 2B (4), |
| NYY | MAJ | #15 | Estevan Florial, OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | BB (16), |
| OAK | MAJ | #3 | Cristian Pache, OF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .159 | 2B (2), |
| OAK | MAJ | #7 | Kevin Smith, SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .227 | |
| OAK | MAJ | #24 | Luis Barrera, OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 | |
| PIT | MAJ | #20 | Rodolfo Castro, 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .234 | 2B (8), BB (23), CS (2), E (5), |
| PIT | MAJ | #24 | Jack Suwinski, OF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | 2B (11), |
| SD | MAJ | #31 | Jose Azocar, OF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | |
| SEA | MAJ | #1 | Julio Rodriguez, OF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .274 | HR (4), |
| SF | MAJ | #2 | Joey Bart, C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .171 | |
| SF | MAJ | #23 | Kevin Padlo, 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .228 | |
| STL | MAJ | #2 | Nolan Gorman, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .315 | BB (15), |
| STL | MAJ | #9 | Juan Yepez, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .290 | HR (13), |
| STL | MAJ | #13 | Brendan Donovan, 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .318 | 2B (9), BB (20), |
| WAS | MAJ | #1 | Keibert Ruiz, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .279 |
| ORG | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | NOTES |
| ARI | MAJ | #17 | Luis Frias, RHP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.87 | |
| ATL | MAJ | #10 | Tucker Davidson, LHP | 2.2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5.75 | L (2-2) |
| BAL | MAJ | #37 | Felix Bautista, RHP | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.50 | |
| CIN | MAJ | #35 | Jared Solomon, RHP | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.38 | |
| DET | MAJ | #35 | Elvin Rodriguez, RHP | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5.10 | |
| HOU | MAJ | #28 | Seth Martinez, RHP | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.40 | |
| KC | MAJ | #29 | Collin Snider, RHP | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | |
| NYM | MAJ | #34 | Colin Holderman, RHP | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.12 | |
| OAK | MAJ | #9 | A.J. Puk, LHP | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | |
| OAK | MAJ | #24 | Zach Logue, LHP | 4.2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4.97 | L (2-3) |
| SD | MAJ | #13 | Robert Suarez, RHP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.00 | |
| SEA | MAJ | #29 | Penn Murfee, RHP | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.35 | |
| STL | MAJ | #16 | Andre Pallante, RHP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.95 | |
| WAS | MAJ | #7 | Joan Adon, RHP | 4.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7.02 | L (1-8) |
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