Spring Training MLB Prospect Report—March 11, 2021
Image credit: Joshua Mears (Photo by Bill Mitchell)
Baltimore Orioles
—No. 29 prospect Tyler Nevin collected his first two hits of the spring against the Blue Jays and knocked in a run in the sixth inning. The 23-year-old first baseman arrived in Baltimore with shortstop Terrin Vavra and a player to be named later in the trade that netted the Rockies righthander Mychal Givens in late August.
Boston Red Sox
—No. 3 prospect Bobby Dalbec has played in seven games this spring and already has four home runs. His latest long ball was a grand slam in the sixth inning against the Braves. The 25-year-old masher has eight RBIs and has scored six times.
Cleveland Indians
—No. 1 prospect Triston McKenzie struck out two and walked one in three innings of one-run ball while allowing three hits. The 23-year-old righthander was excellent in 2020 and will assume a spot in the rotation again this season.
Colorado Rockies
—No. 7 prospect Colton Welker crushed his first home run of the spring, a three-run shot to left field in the sixth inning against the Padres.
Detroit Tigers
—No. 6 prospect Isaac Paredes hit his first home run of the spring, a two-run shot in the first inning against the Phillies. After struggling to a .220/.278/.290 slash line in 100 at-bats in 2020, Paredes will look to get back on track in his second taste of the big leagues this season.
Miami Marlins
—No. 15 prospect Nick Neidert made his third appearance of the spring, striking out four batters, allowing a hit and a walk in three innings. Neidert has struck out eight in seven innings while allowing four hits and two walks.
Minnesota Twins
—No. 4 prospect Ryan Jeffers knocked in his first run this spring with an RBI double in the fifth inning against the Rays. The 23-year-old catcher impressed in 26 games as a rookie in 2020 and solidified himself as the Twins starting backstop moving forward.
Oakland Athletics
—No. 17 prospect Austin Allen picked up his first hit of the spring in a big way with a solo home run in the third inning against the Brewers. The 27-year-old catcher is competing to win a role as the backup to Sean Murphy after appearing in 14 games in 2020.
San Diego Padres
—No. 14 prospect Joshua Mears crushed a two-run home run off the bat at 117.3 mph to left field in the seventh inning against the Rockies. The athletic 20-year-old outfielder has impressive power, but must show he can get to it consistently. He should make his full-season debut in 2021.
Tampa Bay Rays
—No. 3 prospect Luis Patino pitched a scoreless inning of work against the Twins. The 21-year-old righthander, who was acquired with righthander Cole Wilcox and catchers Blake Hunt and Francisco Mejia from the Padres for all-star lefthander Blake Snell in the offseason, will likely be used in a variety of roles by the Rays this season.
BATTERS
| TEAM | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER, POS | AB | R | H | BI | AVG | NOTES |
| ARI | MAJ | #14 | Seth Beer PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| ARI | MAJ | #29 | Stuart Fairchild LF-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | |
| ARI | MAJ | #19 | Jake McCarthy LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | |
| ARI | MAJ | #3 | Geraldo Perdomo SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | |
| ARI | MAJ | #9 | Pavin Smith 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .278 | |
| ARI | MAJ | #2 | Daulton Varsho CF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .211 | |
| ATL | MAJ | #18 | Bryce Ball 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | |
| ATL | MAJ | #6 | William Contreras C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| ATL | MAJ | #11 | Michael Harris CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| ATL | MAJ | #25 | Trey Harris LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | |
| ATL | MAJ | #4 | Shea Langeliers C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | |
| ATL | MAJ | #1 | Cristian Pache CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #7 | Yusniel Diaz PR-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #16 | Jahmai Jones 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #23 | Ryan McKenna LF-CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #29 | Tyler Nevin 1B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .200 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #1 | Adley Rutschman C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | BB (3) |
| BOS | MAJ | #21 | Jonathan Arauz 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .313 | BB (1) |
| BOS | MAJ | #3 | Bobby Dalbec 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .313 | HR (4) |
| BOS | MAJ | #5 | Jarren Duran LF-CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .357 | BB (2) |
| BOS | MAJ | #7 | Gilberto Jimenez PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| BOS | MAJ | #15 | Connor Wong C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | BB (3) |
| CHC | MAJ | #3 | Miguel Amaya C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | |
| CHC | MAJ | #2 | Brennen Davis CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CHC | MAJ | #8 | Christopher Morel 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | |
| CHC | MAJ | #23 | Alfonso Rivas 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .125 | 2B (1) |
| CIN | MAJ | #22 | T.J. Friedl CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CIN | MAJ | #1 | Jose Garcia SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CIN | MAJ | #3 | Jonathan India 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | |
| CIN | MAJ | #4 | Tyler Stephenson C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .273 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #24 | Ernie Clement LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #4 | Tyler Freeman 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #3 | Andres Gimenez SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #5 | Bo Naylor C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | HR (1) |
| CLE | MAJ | #8 | Brayan Rocchio SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| COL | MAJ | #15 | Jameson Hannah RF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .750 | BB (1) |
| COL | MAJ | #8 | Elehuris Montero 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | |
| COL | MAJ | #1 | Brendan Rodgers 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .389 | |
| COL | MAJ | #10 | Ryan Vilade PH-DH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .364 | |
| COL | MAJ | #7 | Colton Welker 3B-1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .438 | HR (1) |
| DET | MAJ | #17 | Akil Baddoo CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .357 | BB (6) |
| DET | MAJ | #18 | Kody Clemens 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | BB (3) |
| DET | MAJ | #5 | Riley Greene RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | |
| DET | MAJ | #21 | Derek Hill PH-CF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | SB (3) |
| DET | MAJ | #6 | Isaac Paredes 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .333 | HR (1) |
| DET | MAJ | #20 | Jake Rogers C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | |
| HOU | MAJ | #7 | Korey Lee C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| HOU | MAJ | #3 | Jeremy Pena PH-SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| KC | MAJ | #6 | Kyle Isbel RF-CF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | HR (1), BB (2) |
| KC | MAJ | #24 | Seuly Matias RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | |
| KC | MAJ | #16 | M.J. Melendez PH-C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| KC | MAJ | #13 | Nick Pratto 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | BB (2) |
| LAA | MAJ | #1 | Jo Adell RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | |
| LAA | MAJ | #6 | Jeremiah Jackson SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| LAA | MAJ | #2 | Brandon Marsh PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | |
| LAD | MAJ | #12 | Jacob Amaya SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | BB (2) |
| LAD | MAJ | #3 | Michael Busch 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | |
| LAD | MAJ | #11 | Sheldon Neuse 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .357 | BB (1) |
| LAD | MAJ | #14 | DJ Peters CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 | |
| LAD | MAJ | #26 | Luke Raley RF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .083 | |
| LAD | MAJ | #30 | Zach Reks LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .091 | |
| LAD | MAJ | #7 | Edwin Rios DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #4 | Jazz Chisholm 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #10 | Jose Devers SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #7 | Lewin Diaz 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #18 | Jerar Encarnacion PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | CS (1) |
| MIA | MAJ | #11 | Monte Harrison LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (2), SB (1) |
| MIL | MAJ | #7 | Mario Feliciano C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .625 | 2B (2) |
| MIL | MAJ | #28 | Tristen Lutz RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| MIL | MAJ | #25 | Corey Ray LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| MIL | MAJ | #1 | Brice Turang SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #25 | Travis Blankenhorn 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #10 | Gilberto Celestino CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #4 | Ryan Jeffers C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .300 | 2B (1) |
| MIN | MAJ | #12 | Brent Rooker DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | |
| NYY | MAJ | #11 | Ezequiel Duran 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | BB (1) |
| NYY | MAJ | #6 | Oswald Peraza SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| OAK | MAJ | #17 | Austin Allen C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .100 | HR (1) |
| OAK | MAJ | #6 | Nick Allen SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .077 | |
| OAK | MAJ | #7 | Luis Barrera LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | |
| OAK | MAJ | #25 | Skye Bolt LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| OAK | MAJ | #30 | Seth Brown PR-1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .083 | |
| OAK | MAJ | #9 | Greg Deichmann PR-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | |
| PHI | MAJ | #6 | Luis Garcia 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | |
| PHI | MAJ | #10 | Nick Maton SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | |
| PHI | MAJ | #13 | Mickey Moniak LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | |
| PHI | MAJ | #9 | Johan Rojas PR-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | SB (2) |
| PIT | MAJ | #11 | Ji-Hwan Bae PH-SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | |
| PIT | MAJ | #2 | Oneil Cruz SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | |
| PIT | MAJ | #21 | Mason Martin PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | |
| PIT | MAJ | #25 | Cal Mitchell RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| PIT | MAJ | #26 | Jared Oliva RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 | HR (1) |
| PIT | MAJ | #27 | Canaan Smith LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| PIT | MAJ | #14 | Travis Swaggerty PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | |
| SD | MAJ | #2 | CJ Abrams PH-2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | |
| SD | MAJ | #3 | Luis Campusano DH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 | |
| SD | MAJ | #8 | Tucupita Marcano SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | |
| SD | MAJ | #15 | Jorge Mateo CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | BB (4), CS (1) |
| SD | MAJ | #14 | Joshua Mears RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .143 | HR (1) |
| SD | MAJ | #10 | Jorge Ona LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | |
| SD | MAJ | #28 | Eguy Rosario 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | BB (4) |
| SEA | MAJ | #23 | Jake Fraley DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | BB (5) |
| SEA | MAJ | #29 | Sam Haggerty 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | |
| SEA | MAJ | #1 | Julio Rodriguez LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .286 | 2B (1) |
| SEA | MAJ | #6 | Taylor Trammell CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 | BB (2) |
| SF | MAJ | #2 | Joey Bart PH-DH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 2 BB (2), SB (2) |
| SF | MAJ | #3 | Heliot Ramos RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .389 | BB (1) |
| SF | MAJ | #16 | LaMonte Wade LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | BB (2) |
| SF | MAJ | #10 | Will Wilson SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | |
| SF | MAJ | #15 | Logan Wyatt 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | |
| STL | MAJ | #1 | Dylan Carlson RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | |
| STL | MAJ | #8 | Andrew Knizner C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .375 | |
| STL | MAJ | #30 | John Nogowski 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | |
| STL | MAJ | #27 | Edmundo Sosa 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| STL | MAJ | #9 | Lane Thomas DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | |
| TB | MAJ | #4 | Vidal Brujan 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | |
| TB | MAJ | #8 | Xavier Edwards PR-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | |
| TB | MAJ | #14 | Greg Jones SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| TB | MAJ | #20 | Kevin Padlo PH-3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| TEX | MAJ | #13 | Sherten Apostel 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| TEX | MAJ | #10 | Anderson Tejeda SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | BB (1) |
| TEX | MAJ | #27 | Bubba Thompson LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TEX | MAJ | #16 | Steele Walker RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| TEX | MAJ | #15 | Davis Wendzel 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .250 | BB (2) |
| TOR | MAJ | #21 | Santiago Espinal PH-SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 | |
| TOR | MAJ | #6 | Orelvis Martinez PR-3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| WAS | MAJ | #4 | Yasel Antuna SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | |
| WAS | MAJ | #11 | Jackson Cluff 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
PITCHERS
| TEAM | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | NOTES |
| ATL | MAJ | #21 | William Woods | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.50 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #10 | Keegan Akin | 1.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7.36 | |
| BOS | MAJ | #8 | Tanner Houck | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7.36 | W (1-0) |
| CHC | MAJ | #30 | Manuel Rodriguez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| CIN | MAJ | #20 | Jose De Leon | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5.63 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #1 | Triston McKenzie | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5.40 | |
| DET | MAJ | #4 | Matt Manning | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.25 | |
| DET | MAJ | #27 | Franklin Perez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| HOU | MAJ | #14 | Brett Conine | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | |
| HOU | MAJ | #29 | Peter Solomon | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | |
| KC | MAJ | #21 | Jon Heasley | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| KC | MAJ | #4 | Jackson Kowar | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11.81 | |
| LAD | MAJ | #15 | Victor Gonzalez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| LAD | MAJ | #18 | Dennis Santana | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #15 | Nick Neidert | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.00 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #6 | Trevor Rogers | 2.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6.23 | |
| MIL | MAJ | #27 | Clayton Andrews | 1.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.40 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #14 | Jorge Alcala | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.00 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #20 | Cody Stashak | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.00 | |
| NYY | MAJ | #25 | Michael King | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.50 | W (1-1) |
| PHI | MAJ | #1 | Spencer Howard | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6.00 | |
| PHI | MAJ | #21 | Damon Jones | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | Sv (1) |
| PIT | MAJ | #28 | Blake Cederlind | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6.75 | L (0-1) |
| SD | MAJ | #1 | MacKenzie Gore | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.50 | |
| SD | MAJ | #16 | Reiss Knehr | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | |
| SD | MAJ | #17 | Mason Thompson | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | L (0-1) |
| SF | MAJ | #20 | Camilo Doval | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | |
| SF | MAJ | #13 | Sean Hjelle | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| STL | MAJ | #10 | Johan Oviedo | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4.50 | |
| TB | MAJ | #3 | Luis Patino | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| TB | MAJ | #12 | Joe Ryan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| TEX | MAJ | #9 | Hans Crouse | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | |
| TEX | MAJ | #29 | Yerry Rodriguez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| TOR | MAJ | #20 | Anthony Kay | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5.14 | |
| TOR | MAJ | #28 | Yosver Zulueta | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | |
| WAS | MAJ | #17 | Ben Braymer | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | Sv (1) |
Comments are closed.