Prospect Report: Nolan Gorman Continues To Crush For Cardinals
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Monday’s Prospect Performers
Nolan Gorman, 2B, Cardinals – When it comes to first impressions, it’s hard to outdo what Gorman has done in his first 10 games as a major leaguer. The Cardinals No. 2 prospect continued his red-hot start to his big league career by going 3-for-3 with a home run, two RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Cardinals to a 6-3 win over the Padres. Gorman’s two-run shot off Nick Martinez left his bat at 105.7 mph and traveled 403 feet over the Cardinals bullpen into the right-field bleachers. His first-inning single was smoked, too—that one left his bat at 105.4 mph. Overall, Gorman is batting .387 with a 1.149 OPS in 10 games since getting the call on May 20.
Aaron Ashby, LHP, Brewers – Ashby is clearly enjoying his move to the starting rotation. The 24-year-old lefthander pitched six innings with five hits and one run allowed, two walks and a career-high 12 strikeouts to lead the Brewers to a 3-1 win over the Cubs in the nightcap of the doubleheader. The performance earned Ashby his first win of the season and just the second of his career as a starting pitcher.
Spencer Torkelson, 1B, Tigers – It’s been a rough start for Torkelson, but the Tigers No. 1 prospect showed signs of hope on Monday. Torkelson went 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored to lead the Tigers to a 7-5 win over the Twins. It was Torkelson’s first three-hit game of his career and snapped a 3-for-19 slump over his previous six games.
Nick Plummer, OF, Mets – The 2015 first-round pick has resurrected his career and is rapidly ingratiating himself to Mets fans. After hitting the game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth on Sunday in his first career start, Plummer went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, four RBIs and three runs scored in the Mets 13-5 win over the Nationals. Plummer’s double and home run both left the bat at over 100 mph, per Statcast, and helped the Mets turn it into a rout early.
Ryan Feltner, RHP, Rockies – After getting rocked in his major league debut last year, Feltner has come back much sharper this year. The 2018 fourth-rounder out of Ohio State pitched seven innings with four hits, one run allowed, one walk and six strikeouts against the Marlins to pick up his first career win on Monday. He needed only 94 pitches to complete his seven innings of work and stayed strong through the end, retiring 12 of the final 13 batters he faced. Overall, Feltner is 1-1, 3.71 in three starts compared to the eight earned runs he gave up in 6.1 innings across two starts last year in his debut.
| ORG | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG | NOTES |
| ARI | MAJ | #3 | Alek Thomas, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 | |
| ARI | MAJ | #4 | Geraldo Perdomo, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .217 | 2B (4), |
| ARI | MAJ | #15 | Jake McCarthy, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .311 | |
| ATL | MAJ | #1 | Michael Harris, OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .295 | |
| ATL | AAA | #4 | Drew Waters, OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .299 | 2 BB (4), |
| ATL | AAA | #5 | Braden Shewmake, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .268 | |
| ATL | AAA | #22 | Greyson Jenista, 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .248 | BB (16), |
| ATL | AA | #27 | Luke Waddell, 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .272 | |
| ATL | AA | #29 | Trey Harris, OF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .227 | BB (10), |
| ATL | AA | #36 | Drew Lugbauer, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | E (4), |
| BAL | MAJ | #1 | Adley Rutschman, C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .269 | 2B (6), |
| BOS | LoA | #1 | Marcelo Mayer, SS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .333 | 2B (11), BB (8), |
| BOS | LoA | #7 | Blaze Jordan, 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .257 | 2B (14), 3B (1), BB (10), |
| BOS | LoA | #18 | Brainer Bonaci, SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .262 | BB (26), |
| BOS | LoA | #24 | Nathan Hickey, C | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .270 | 2B (7), |
| BOS | LoA | #28 | Eddinson Paulino, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .244 | BB (19), 2 SB (6), |
| CHC | MAJ | #15 | Nelson Velazquez, OF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .256 | |
| CHC | MAJ | #15 | Nelson Velazquez, OF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .256 | |
| CHC | MAJ | #26 | Alfonso Rivas, 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| CHC | MAJ | #26 | Alfonso Rivas, 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| CHC | MAJ | #29 | Christopher Morel, OF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .297 | SB (8), E (5), |
| CHC | MAJ | #29 | Christopher Morel, OF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .297 | 2B (8), BB (17), |
| CIN | AAA | #1 | Jose Barrero, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 | |
| CIN | AAA | #22 | T.J. Friedl, OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .184 | |
| CIN | AAA | #28 | Mark Kolozsvary, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .151 | E (1), |
| CLE | AAA | #1 | Tyler Freeman, SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .223 | |
| CLE | AAA | #16 | Bryan Lavastida, C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .198 | HR (3), |
| CLE | MAJ | #27 | Steven Kwan, OF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .244 | 3B (2), SB (2), |
| CLE | AAA | #39 | Will Brennan, OF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .290 | |
| DET | AAA | #1 | Riley Greene, OF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 | |
| DET | MAJ | #2 | Spencer Torkelson, 1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .194 | 2B (5), |
| DET | AAA | #33 | Brendon Davis, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 | BB (22), |
| HOU | MAJ | #2 | Jeremy Pena, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 | |
| KC | MAJ | #1 | Bobby Witt, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 | BB (8), E (4), |
| KC | MAJ | #3 | M.J. Melendez, C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .213 | 2B (8), BB (21), |
| KC | LoA | #16 | Carter Jensen, C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .168 | |
| KC | LoA | #17 | Erick Pena, OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .142 | BB (12), |
| KC | MAJ | #30 | Emmanuel Rivera, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .263 | HR (7), |
| KC | LoA | #39 | Omar Hernandez, C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .218 | |
| LAA | AAA | #22 | Michael Stefanic, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .329 | BB (19), |
| LAA | AAA | #35 | David MacKinnon, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .308 | |
| MIL | AAA | #2 | Brice Turang, SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .283 | 2B (9), |
| MIL | AAA | #18 | Mario Feliciano, C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .306 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #5 | Jose Miranda, 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .223 | HR (4), E (5), |
| NYM | AA | #1 | Francisco Alvarez, C | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .269 | HR (8), BB (18), E (4), |
| NYM | AA | #3 | Ronny Mauricio, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .253 | 2B (13), |
| NYM | MAJ | #12 | Nick Plummer, OF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .268 | 2B (6), HR (8), |
| NYM | AA | #15 | Carlos Cortes, OF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .194 | 2 BB (10), |
| NYM | AA | #21 | Hayden Senger, C | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .238 | |
| NYM | AA | #27 | Luke Ritter, 2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .242 | |
| NYY | AA | #18 | Elijah Dunham, OF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .271 | 2B (8), |
| NYY | AA | #20 | Josh Breaux, C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .212 | 2B (6), 3 BB (12), |
| NYY | AA | #34 | Andres Chaparro, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .232 | BB (8), |
| OAK | MAJ | #3 | Cristian Pache, OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .170 | BB (8), |
| OAK | MAJ | #7 | Kevin Smith, SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .198 | 2B (9), E (2), |
| OAK | LoA | #7 | Max Muncy, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | |
| OAK | LoA | #8 | Pedro Pineda, OF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .205 | BB (15), E (2), |
| OAK | LoA | #34 | Junior Perez, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 | |
| PHI | MAJ | #21 | Mickey Moniak, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .351 | |
| PIT | MAJ | #16 | Diego Castillo, 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .230 | BB (5), |
| PIT | MAJ | #20 | Rodolfo Castro, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .221 | 3B (2), CS (3), E (7), |
| PIT | MAJ | #24 | Jack Suwinski, OF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .243 | |
| PIT | MAJ | #27 | Tucupita Marcano, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .318 | HR (3), |
| PIT | MAJ | #32 | Cal Mitchell, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .289 | BB (12), SB (7), |
| SD | AAA | #1 | CJ Abrams, SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .233 | BB (10), |
| SD | AAA | #3 | Luis Campusano, C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .315 | BB (13), |
| SD | AAA | #17 | Eguy Rosario, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | BB (22), SB (7), |
| SD | MAJ | #31 | Jose Azocar, OF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .259 | 2B (2), BB (6), |
| SF | LoA | #9 | Aeverson Arteaga, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .284 | 2B (9), 2 BB (13), E (6), |
| SF | LoA | #21 | Adrian Sugastey, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .240 | |
| SF | LoA | #31 | Alexander Suarez, OF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .186 | 2 HR (5), |
| SF | MAJ | #33 | Donnie Walton, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | |
| STL | MAJ | #2 | Nolan Gorman, 3B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .323 | HR (17), BB (17), |
| STL | MAJ | #9 | Juan Yepez, 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .277 | BB (13), |
| STL | MAJ | #13 | Brendan Donovan, 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .296 | BB (21), |
| TB | AAA | #2 | Josh Lowe, OF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .241 | 2B (11), |
| TB | MAJ | #3 | Vidal Brujan, 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .225 | BB (14), |
| TB | AA | #5 | Curtis Mead, 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .286 | |
| TB | AA | #6 | Greg Jones, SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .213 | HR (4), BB (12), E (9), |
| TB | AAA | #8 | Xavier Edwards, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | CS (2), |
| TB | AA | #19 | Austin Shenton, 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .217 | |
| TB | AAA | #20 | Jonathan Aranda, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .322 | |
| TB | AAA | #22 | Rene Pinto, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 | |
| TB | AA | #23 | Kameron Misner, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 | BB (30), SB (9), E (1), |
| TB | AAA | #26 | Ford Proctor, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 | |
| TB | AAA | #37 | Miles Mastrobuoni, 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .299 | |
| TEX | MAJ | #9 | Josh Smith, SS | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .285 | |
| TOR | AAA | #4 | Jordan Groshans, SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .316 | SB (1), |
| TOR | AAA | #6 | Otto Lopez, 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .182 | 2 BB (15), |
| TOR | AAA | #11 | Samad Taylor, 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .281 | BB (21), SB (20), |
| WAS | MAJ | #1 | Keibert Ruiz, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .281 | BB (11), |
| WAS | AAA | #16 | Donovan Casey, OF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .210 | E (2), |
| WAS | AAA | #25 | Tres Barrera, C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .318 | 2 BB (15), |
| WAS | AAA | #30 | Josh Palacios, OF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .268 |
| ORG | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | NOTES |
| ATL | MAJ | #3 | Spencer Strider, RHP | 4.1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3.54 | L (1-2) |
| ATL | AAA | #6 | Bryce Elder, RHP | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4.96 | W (3-4) |
| ATL | AA | #38 | Odalvi Javier, RHP | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.50 | |
| CIN | AAA | #17 | Dauri Moreta, RHP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.20 | |
| CLE | AAA | #23 | Tobias Myers, RHP | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5.21 | |
| COL | MAJ | #36 | Ryan Feltner, RHP | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3.76 | W (5-2) |
| DET | MAJ | #18 | Beau Brieske, RHP | 5.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5.09 | |
| KC | MAJ | #13 | Jon Heasley, RHP | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.60 | |
| KC | LoA | #14 | Ben Hernandez, RHP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.85 | |
| KC | MAJ | #29 | Collin Snider, RHP | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.50 | L (3-2) |
| LAA | AAA | #15 | Jose Marte, RHP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10.50 | |
| LAA | AAA | #36 | Ryan Smith, LHP | 4.0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7.71 | L (0-4) |
| MIL | MAJ | #1 | Aaron Ashby, LHP | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2.70 | W (1-3) |
| MIL | MAJ | #9 | Ethan Small, LHP | 2.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2.20 | |
| MIL | AAA | #28 | Dylan File, RHP | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3.89 | |
| NYM | MAJ | #34 | Colin Holderman, RHP | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.14 | W (3-0) |
| NYM | AA | #40 | Bryce Montes de Oca, RHP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.71 | |
| OAK | MAJ | #9 | A.J. Puk, LHP | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | |
| SD | AAA | #18 | Reiss Knehr, RHP | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7.28 | |
| SD | AAA | #20 | Raymond Kerr, LHP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6.23 | |
| SD | MAJ | #21 | Steven Wilson, RHP | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.29 | |
| SD | AAA | #39 | Kyle Tyler, RHP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4.15 | W (1-1) |
| SF | MAJ | #12 | Camilo Doval, RHP | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.32 | Sv (8) |
| STL | MAJ | #16 | Andre Pallante, RHP | 3.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1.08 | W (1-0) |
| STL | MAJ | #37 | Packy Naughton, LHP | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2.42 | |
| TB | AAA | #1 | Shane Baz, RHP | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.13 | |
| TB | AAA | #24 | Calvin Faucher, RHP | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.65 | |
| TEX | MAJ | #15 | Glenn Otto, RHP | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3.64 | W (3-2) |
| TOR | AAA | #33 | Adrian Hernandez, LHP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.00 | Sv (6) |
| WAS | AAA | #14 | Matt Cronin, LHP | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| WAS | AAA | #22 | Cory Abbott, RHP | 2.1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 9.00 | L (0-3) |
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