Prospect Report: Ryne Nelson, Hunter Brown Dazzle In Major League Debuts
Ryne Nelson, RHP, D-backs – Nelson’s major league debut was one to remember. The 24-year-old righthander pitched seven shutout innings with four hits allowed, no walks and seven strikeouts in his first big league start to lead the D-backs to a 7-0 win over the Padres on Monday. After allowing a double to Jurickson Profar to lead off the bottom of the first, Nelson retired his next 17 batters to take a one-hit shutout into the sixth. He needed only 87 pitches to complete seven innings and earn his first big league win.
Hunter Brown, RHP, Astros – Brown’s highly anticipated major league debut went about as well as one could hope for. The flame-throwing righthander pitched six scoreless innings with three hits allowed, one walk and five strikeouts in his first big league start to earn the win in the Astros 1-0 win over the Rangers. Brown dominated with a fastball that averaged 96 mph and touched 98 and a low-90s slider that peaked at 95.7 mph—the hardest slider thrown this year by any pitcher aside from Mets ace Jacob deGrom.
CJ Abrams, SS, Nationals – The top prospect the Nationals received in the trade for Juan Soto is starting to find his form. Abrams went 4-for-5 with a triple and two runs scored to lead the Nationals to a 6-0 win over the Cardinals on Monday. He is now 9-for-23 (.391) with seven runs scored in his last seven games.
Adley Rutschman, C, Orioles – Rutschman continues to make a late push for American League rookie of the year. The rookie backstop went 5-for-9 with a home run and two RBIs across both games of a doubleheader against the Blue Jays on Monday. With the performance, Rutschman elevated his OPS to .813 – surpassing Mariners center fielder Julio Rodriguez for the highest OPS among qualified AL rookies.
| ORG | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG | NOTES |
| ARI | MAJ | #3 | Alek Thomas, OF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.256 | 2B (25), |
| ARI | MAJ | #4 | Geraldo Perdomo, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.187 | 2B (9), |
| ARI | MAJ | #15 | Jake McCarthy, OF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.323 | BB (37), 2 SB (25), E (3), |
| ARI | MAJ | #30 | Emmanuel Rivera, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.255 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #1 | Adley Rutschman, C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.263 | 2B (31), HR (13), |
| BAL | MAJ | #1 | Adley Rutschman, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.263 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #4 | Gunnar Henderson, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.298 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #4 | Gunnar Henderson, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.298 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #7 | Kyle Stowers, OF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.266 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #7 | Kyle Stowers, OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.266 | |
| BOS | MAJ | #2 | Triston Casas, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.281 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #1 | Tyler Freeman, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.270 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #13 | Richard Palacios, 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.267 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #27 | Steven Kwan, OF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.291 | BB (50), |
| COL | MAJ | #2 | Michael Toglia, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.249 | BB (62), |
| CWS | MAJ | #15 | Romy Gonzalez, SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.249 | |
| DET | MAJ | #1 | Riley Greene, OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.256 | BB (31), |
| DET | MAJ | #2 | Spencer Torkelson, 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.206 | 2B (18), BB (54), |
| DET | MAJ | #7 | Ryan Kreidler, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.213 | |
| DET | MAJ | #17 | Kody Clemens, 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.236 | |
| HOU | MAJ | #2 | Jeremy Pena, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.243 | |
| KC | MAJ | #1 | Bobby Witt, SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.246 | BB (25), |
| KC | MAJ | #3 | M.J. Melendez, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.212 | BB (66), |
| KC | MAJ | #4 | Nick Pratto, 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.224 | |
| KC | MAJ | #4 | Drew Waters, OF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.263 | 2B (16), HR (13), |
| KC | MAJ | #6 | Kyle Isbel, OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.218 | |
| KC | MAJ | #15 | Michael Massey, 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.297 | BB (39), SB (16), |
| KC | MAJ | #35 | Nathan Eaton, 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.282 | SB (27), |
| LAD | MAJ | #3 | Miguel Vargas, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.301 | |
| MIL | MAJ | #4 | Garrett Mitchell, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.273 | SB (18), |
| MIN | MAJ | #5 | Jose Miranda, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.270 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #19 | Gilberto Celestino, OF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.241 | BB (23), SB (2), |
| NYY | AAA | #1 | Anthony Volpe, SS | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.257 | |
| NYY | MAJ | #8 | Oswaldo Cabrera, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.246 | |
| NYY | AAA | #20 | Josh Breaux, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.217 | |
| SEA | MAJ | #1 | Julio Rodriguez, OF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.273 | |
| SF | MAJ | #33 | David Villar, 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.257 | HR (29), |
| STL | MAJ | #2 | Nolan Gorman, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.261 | |
| STL | MAJ | #6 | Lars Nootbaar, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.234 | |
| TB | AAA | #2 | Josh Lowe, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.264 | BB (47), |
| TB | AAA | #8 | Xavier Edwards, 2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.272 | |
| TB | AAA | #29 | Alika Williams, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.250 | |
| TB | AAA | #37 | Miles Mastrobuoni, 3B | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.300 | 3B (3), |
| TEX | MAJ | #4 | Ezequiel Duran, 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.280 | |
| TEX | MAJ | #32 | Bubba Thompson, OF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.297 | CS (4), E (3), |
| WAS | MAJ | #1 | Keibert Ruiz, C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.256 | HR (7), 2 BB (30), |
| WAS | MAJ | #1 | CJ Abrams, SS | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.269 | 3B (2), |
| WAS | MAJ | #30 | Josh Palacios, OF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.285 |
| ORG | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | NOTES |
| ARI | MAJ | #6 | Ryne Nelson, RHP | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5.12 | W (11-5) |
| BAL | MAJ | #3 | D.L. Hall, LHP | 0.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.01 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #11 | Michael Baumann, RHP | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4.20 | L (3-9) |
| COL | MAJ | #29 | Justin Lawrence, RHP | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.88 | |
| COL | MAJ | #36 | Ryan Feltner, RHP | 5.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5.01 | L (7-8) |
| DET | MAJ | #17 | Kody Clemens, 2B | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | |
| DET | MAJ | #38 | Garrett Hill, RHP | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.55 | |
| HOU | MAJ | #3 | Hunter Brown, RHP | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2.25 | W (10-4) |
| KC | MAJ | #29 | Collin Snider, RHP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.94 | |
| LAA | MAJ | #38 | Andrew Wantz, RHP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.89 | |
| LAD | MAJ | #22 | Justin Bruihl, LHP | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.91 | |
| NYY | MAJ | #30 | Greg Weissert, RHP | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.65 | W (4-1) |
| SD | MAJ | #21 | Steven Wilson, RHP | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.20 | |
| SEA | MAJ | #29 | Penn Murfee, RHP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.29 | |
| SF | MAJ | #12 | Camilo Doval, RHP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.68 | Sv (20) |
| STL | MAJ | #12 | Zack Thompson, LHP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.97 | |
| STL | MAJ | #16 | Andre Pallante, RHP | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.21 | |
| TB | MAJ | #24 | Calvin Faucher, RHP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.42 | W (5-6) |
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