Spring Training MLB Prospect Report—March 15, 2021

Bobby Witt Jr., SS/2B, Royals — There have been plenty of standouts this spring, but has there been anyone more fun than Witt? He’s rounded the bases on an inside-the-park error. He’s hit a 484-foot home run. He’s made excellent defensive plays.

On Sunday night, he hit his third home run of the spring and also drew a walk. He’s now hitting .333/.379/.667 this spring. Witt is working on a six-game hitting streak. He has a hit in every game this spring where he’s gotten more than one at-bat.

Gavin Lux, 2B, Dodgers — Lux is sliding under the radar this spring, but he’s having an excellent March. Lux’s 2-for-2 day meant he’s now hitting .381/.381/.429.

Brent Rooker, LF, Twins — Rooker went 3-for-3 with a double on Sunday. On a Twins team with plenty of lefthanded hitters, Rooker’s righthander power could be quite useful. He’s hitting .400/.412/.733.

Wander Franco, 3B, Rays — Franco singled and was caught stealing on Sunday, but what was much more important was where he played. This was Franco’s first official game at third base, whether in spring training, the minors or winter ball. He handled all three chances with no problems. Franco’s clearest path to a spot in Tampa Bay right now may be third base, since Brandon Lowe and Willy Adames are relatively entrenched at second base and shortstop.

“It felt very comfortable like I’d been playing there before,” Franco said after the game through an interpreter. “Yesterday I was able to get some work in there . . . If you have the confidence, regardless of where you play, you have to make the play.

Alek Manoah, RHP, Blue Jays — Manoah was outstanding on Sunday. He struck out seven of the nine batters he faced in three perfect innings. His fastball sat 94-96 mph but his slider was even better and he recorded strikeouts with his fastball, slider and changeup.

BATTERS

TEAM CLASS RANK PLAYER, POS AB R H BI AVG NOTES
ARI MAJ #14 Seth Beer 1B 1 0 0 0 .182  
ARI MAJ #29 Stuart Fairchild RF 1 0 0 0 .273  
ARI MAJ #3 Geraldo Perdomo SS 0 0 0 0 .286 BB (3)
ARI MAJ #9 Pavin Smith RF-LF 2 1 1 0 .269 2 BB (4)
ARI MAJ #2 Daulton Varsho C 3 0 0 0 .138  
ATL MAJ #18 Bryce Ball PR-1B 1 0 0 0 .308  
ATL MAJ #4 Shea Langeliers C 2 1 1 1 .182 HR (1)
ATL MAJ #8 Braden Shewmake SS 1 0 0 0 .091  
BAL MAJ #16 Jahmai Jones 2B 1 0 0 0 .118  
BAL MAJ #23 Ryan McKenna CF 2 0 0 0 .231 BB (6), SB (1)
BAL MAJ #5 Ryan Mountcastle LF 3 1 2 0 .182 2 2B (3)
BAL MAJ #29 Tyler Nevin RF 1 0 0 0 .143  
BAL MAJ #1 Adley Rutschman DH 3 0 0 0 .250  
BOS MAJ #1 Triston Casas PH-DH-PH-1B-3B 2 0 0 0 .000  
BOS MAJ #2 Jeter Downs SS 0 0 0 0 .444  
BOS MAJ #5 Jarren Duran CF 2 1 1 0 .333  
BOS MAJ #7 Gilberto Jimenez LF 0 0 0 0 .250 BB (1)
BOS MAJ #15 Connor Wong C 0 1 0 0 .143 BB (5)
CHC MAJ #9 Chase Strumpf 2B 1 0 0 0 .250  
CIN MAJ #22 T.J. Friedl CF 1 1 1 0 .100 2B (1)
CIN MAJ #1 Jose Garcia SS 1 0 0 1 .000  
CIN MAJ #4 Tyler Stephenson C 3 0 0 0 .235  
COL MAJ #15 Jameson Hannah RF-CF 1 0 0 0 .571  
COL MAJ #10 Ryan Vilade PH 1 0 0 0 .286  
COL MAJ #7 Colton Welker 3B 1 0 0 0 .350  
CWS MAJ #17 Jake Burger 3B 1 0 1 0 .308  
CWS MAJ #27 Zack Collins C 4 0 2 0 .375  
CWS MAJ #12 Blake Rutherford PR-LF 0 0 0 0 .111 CS (1)
CWS MAJ #10 Gavin Sheets LF 0 0 0 0 .067  
CWS MAJ #1 Andrew Vaughn DH 4 0 0 0 .308  
DET MAJ #17 Akil Baddoo CF 2 1 1 1 .400 HR (2)
DET MAJ #18 Kody Clemens PR-2B 1 0 0 0 .250  
DET MAJ #5 Riley Greene RF 1 0 0 0 .143  
DET MAJ #20 Jake Rogers PR-C 1 0 0 0 .125  
DET MAJ #30 Zack Short SS 1 1 1 3 .600 HR (1)
HOU MAJ #7 Korey Lee C 1 0 0 0 .250  
HOU MAJ #18 Freudis Nova 2B 0 0 0 0 .333  
HOU MAJ #3 Jeremy Pena SS 1 1 0 0 .000  
KC MAJ #6 Kyle Isbel RF-CF 2 0 0 0 .375  
KC MAJ #7 Erick Pena PH-LF-RF 2 0 0 0 .000  
KC MAJ #13 Nick Pratto 1B 2 1 1 1 .467 2B (3)
KC MAJ #1 Bobby Witt 2B 3 2 1 1 .333 HR (3), BB (2)
LAA MAJ #2 Brandon Marsh PR-DH 1 0 0 0 .222  
LAD MAJ #12 Jacob Amaya SS 1 0 0 1 .250  
LAD MAJ #3 Michael Busch PH-DH 1 0 0 0 .200  
LAD MAJ #11 Sheldon Neuse 3B 2 2 1 0 .412 BB (2), SB (1)
LAD MAJ #14 DJ Peters CF 1 0 0 0 .250  
LAD MAJ #26 Luke Raley RF 1 0 0 0 .067  
LAD MAJ #30 Zach Reks LF 3 0 2 2 .267  
LAD MAJ #1 Keibert Ruiz C 1 0 1 0 1.000  
MIL MAJ #28 Tristen Lutz LF 1 0 0 0 .000  
MIL MAJ #2 Garrett Mitchell LF-CF 1 0 1 0 .571 CS (2)
MIL MAJ #25 Corey Ray RF 1 0 0 0 .200  
MIL MAJ #1 Brice Turang 2B 1 0 0 0 .071  
MIN MAJ #25 Travis Blankenhorn PR-2B 1 0 0 0 .111  
MIN MAJ #10 Gilberto Celestino CF 1 0 0 0 .286  
MIN MAJ #12 Brent Rooker LF 3 0 3 0 .400 2B (2)
MIN MAJ #26 Ben Rortvedt C 1 0 0 0 .000  
NYM MAJ #9 Khalil Lee PH-LF 0 0 0 0 .000  
NYY MAJ #10 Estevan Florial CF 2 1 1 0 .500 SB (1)
NYY MAJ #6 Oswald Peraza SS 1 0 0 0 .100  
NYY MAJ #24 Anthony Seigler PR-DH 1 1 1 0 .500  
OAK MAJ #6 Nick Allen SS 1 0 0 0 .176  
OAK MAJ #7 Luis Barrera LF 1 0 0 0 .286  
OAK MAJ #25 Skye Bolt CF 1 0 0 0 .100  
OAK MAJ #30 Seth Brown 1B 1 0 0 0 .167  
OAK MAJ #9 Greg Deichmann RF 0 0 0 0 .077  
PHI MAJ #6 Luis Garcia 2B 1 0 0 0 .100  
PHI MAJ #10 Nick Maton 2B 3 0 1 0 .300  
PHI MAJ #13 Mickey Moniak CF 2 0 1 0 .429 2B (2)
PHI MAJ #9 Johan Rojas LF 1 0 0 0 .000  
PHI MAJ #3 Bryson Stott SS 1 0 1 0 .167 SB (1)
PIT MAJ #29 Rodolfo Castro 2B 2 1 1 4 .176 HR (2)
PIT MAJ #2 Oneil Cruz SS 1 1 0 0 .053 BB (2)
PIT MAJ #26 Jared Oliva CF 1 1 0 0 .222 BB (2)
PIT MAJ #27 Canaan Smith LF 1 0 0 0 .000  
SD MAJ #2 CJ Abrams SS 5 0 1 1 .259  
SD MAJ #3 Luis Campusano C 1 0 1 0 .313 BB (2)
SD MAJ #25 Ivan Castillo 3B 3 0 1 0 .077  
SD MAJ #8 Tucupita Marcano CF 2 1 0 0 .368 BB (2)
SD MAJ #15 Jorge Mateo RF 5 1 3 0 .375 2 2B (3), SB (2)
SD MAJ #14 Joshua Mears PH-DH 1 0 0 0 .100  
SD MAJ #28 Eguy Rosario DH 4 1 1 1 .250 HR (2)
SEA MAJ #29 Sam Haggerty RF 2 0 0 0 .150 BB (3), SB (3)
SEA MAJ #6 Taylor Trammell LF 3 0 0 0 .273  
SF MAJ #7 Patrick Bailey C 1 0 0 0 .143  
SF MAJ #2 Joey Bart PH-DH 2 0 0 0 .400  
SF MAJ #1 Marco Luciano SS 2 0 0 0 .063  
SF MAJ #10 Will Wilson 3B 1 0 1 0 .190 BB (2)
SF MAJ #15 Logan Wyatt 1B 2 0 1 0 .250  
STL MAJ #1 Dylan Carlson RF 4 0 0 0 .182  
STL MAJ #3 Nolan Gorman 3B 4 0 0 0 .063  
TB MAJ #4 Vidal Brujan RF 2 0 2 0 .308 2B (1)
TB MAJ #8 Xavier Edwards 2B 2 0 1 0 .333  
TB MAJ #1 Wander Franco 3B 3 0 1 0 .294 CS (1)
TB MAJ #22 Moises Gomez LF 2 1 1 2 .300 HR (2)
TB MAJ #16 Josh Lowe CF 3 0 1 0 .333  
TB MAJ #20 Kevin Padlo 3B 2 0 0 0 .182  
TEX MAJ #13 Sherten Apostel 1B 0 0 0 0 .200  
TEX MAJ #1 Josh Jung 3B 1 0 0 1 .333  
TEX MAJ #3 Leody Taveras CF 3 0 1 0 .200  
TEX MAJ #27 Bubba Thompson CF 1 1 1 1 .167 HR (1)
TEX MAJ #15 Davis Wendzel SS 1 0 0 0 .200  
TOR MAJ #21 Santiago Espinal SS 1 0 0 0 .250  
TOR MAJ #3 Jordan Groshans 3B 2 0 1 0 .111  
TOR MAJ #12 Otto Lopez 2B 0 0 0 0 .125 BB (1)
TOR MAJ #2 Austin Martin CF 0 0 0 0 .000 BB (3), SB (2)
TOR MAJ #6 Orelvis Martinez PH 1 0 0 0 .400  
TOR MAJ #8 Gabriel Moreno C 1 0 0 0 .000  
WAS MAJ #15 Tres Barrera C 1 0 0 0 .167  
WAS MAJ #11 Jackson Cluff PH-DH 1 0 1 0 .250  
WAS MAJ #10 Drew Mendoza 1B 0 0 0 0 .250 BB (4)


PITCHERS

TEAM CLASS RANK PLAYER IP H R ER BB K ERA NOTES
ATL MAJ #20 Freddy Tarnok 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 W (1-0)
ATL MAJ #19 Victor Vodnik 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 13.50  
ATL MAJ #21 William Woods 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 6.00  
BAL MAJ #9 Dean Kremer 3.0 3 1 1 2 4 4.70  
BAL MAJ #14 Bruce Zimmermann 4.0 0 0 0 2 4 0.00  
BOS MAJ #17 Garrett Whitlock 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 1.50  
CIN MAJ #6 Tejay Antone 2.2 3 4 1 3 5 1.17 L (0-1)
CIN MAJ #7 Nick Lodolo 1.0 3 1 1 0 2 4.50  
COL MAJ #29 Yoan Aybar 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 9.00  
COL MAJ #17 Ben Bowden 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 2.08  
CWS MAJ #11 Codi Heuer 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 W (1-0)
HOU MAJ #11 Enoli Paredes 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 0.00  
LAD MAJ #15 Victor Gonzalez 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0.00  
MIL MAJ #26 Angel Perdomo 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0.00  
NYM MAJ #21 Yennsy Diaz 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 9.00 Sv (1)
NYM MAJ #8 David Peterson 4.0 5 3 3 2 1 4.50  
NYY MAJ #2 Deivi Garcia 3.0 1 1 0 2 2 2.25  
NYY MAJ #26 Nick Nelson 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0.00  
OAK MAJ #16 Jordan Weems 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 5.40  
PHI MAJ #23 Connor Brogdon 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00  
PHI MAJ #20 JoJo Romero 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 Sv (2)
PIT MAJ #10 Miguel Yajure 2.0 3 2 2 1 3 5.40  
SD MAJ #17 Mason Thompson 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 15.43  
SD MAJ #6 Ryan Weathers 3.0 4 2 2 1 2 5.14  
SEA MAJ #20 Joey Gerber 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 5.40 Sv (1)
SEA MAJ #15 Wyatt Mills 0.2 3 2 2 1 1 21.60  
SF MAJ #20 Camilo Doval 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 2.25 Sv (1)
STL MAJ #24 Jake Woodford 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00  
TEX MAJ #25 A.J. Alexy 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 Sv (1)
TOR MAJ #9 Adam Kloffenstein 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00  
TOR MAJ #7 Alek Manoah 3.0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00  
TOR MAJ #11 C.J. Van Eyk 0.0 2 5 5 3 0  
TOR MAJ #4 Simeon Woods Richardson 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 0.00  
WAS MAJ #17 Ben Braymer 0.2 1 2 2 2 0 7.36  

 

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