Spring Training MLB Prospect Report—March 23, 2021

Riley Greene, OF, Tigers — Greene hasn’t gotten as much attention as Bobby Witt Jr. or C.J. Abrams ths spring, but the Tigers have given him a significant amount of playing time and he’s rarely looked overmatched. Greene hit a 115.8 mph double off of Toronto’s Dany Jimenez on Monday. That kind of exit velocity is rarely seen, as there were only 20 balls hit that hard in all of the 2020 season.

That exit velocity was harder than any hit by any Tiger in any regular season game of the Statcast era (2015-2020). Not only that, there are few balls any Tigers’ hitter has smoked in the past six years that come close to matching it.

Miguel Cabrera hit a single in 2015 off Jered Weaver that had a 115.6 mph exit velocity. That’s the only ball a Tigers hitter had hit over 115 mph in the Statcast era. Tigers hitters had an additional 11 balls in that timeframe that were hit over 114 mph.

To give a little further context, the Tigers pitchers have only given up two harder hit balls than Greene’s double since 2015.

Brent Honeywell, RHP, Rays — Honeywell gave up a walk, a hit and a run in his 2021 spring training debut. But his 9.00 ERA is not nearly as notable as the fact that this was his first official MLB spring training appearance of his career.

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Honeywell went into spring training in 2018 with a shot at earning a job in the Rays’ rotation. Instead he blew out his elbow early that spring training in a bullpen session. Recovering from Tommy John surgery cost him all of 2018. He’s had three more surgeries on his elbow since, as he’s had a fractured elbow, a nerve injury and had a bone spur removed.

Honeywell pitched at the Rays alternate training site in 2020, but this year should mark his official return to action after three years. He showed a 93-95 mph fastball and flashed the screwball that has always been an impressive, if rarely used, weapon.

 

 

 

Dylan Carlson, OF, Cardinals — Carlson homered off of Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara on Monday for his second homer of the spring and his second in his past two games. The young Cardinals outfielder is having an excellent spring training. The homer raised his slash line to .294/.385/.529.

J.B. Bukauskas, RHP, D-Backs — Bukauskas has quietly had an outstanding spring. His fastball has been sitting at 94-96 mph, he still has his excellent slider and he just keeps putting up zeroes. Bukauskas retired all three batters he faced on Monday. He’s now retired all 15 batters he’s faced this spring with 10 strikeouts.

A.J. Puk, LHP, Athletics — Puk’s second outing of the spring didn’t go any better than his first. He gave up three hits, hit a batter and walked two while allowing three runs in 1.2 innings. Nine of the 20 batters Puk has faced this spring have reached base, which helps explain his 12.27 ERA.

Nick Pratto, 1B, Royals — Pratto hit his fourth home run of the spring on Monday night. The 22-year-old 2017 first-round pick should enter 2021’s minor league season with much more momentum than he left 2019. After tweaking his swing, Pratto is getting to the power that he struggled to earlier in his minor league career.

BATTERS

TEAM CLASS RANK PLAYER, POS AB R H BI AVG NOTES
ARI MAJ #1 Corbin Carroll PR-LF 0 0 0 0  
ARI MAJ #9 Pavin Smith RF-1B 4 1 2 0 .303 2 2B (4)
ARI MAJ #2 Daulton Varsho CF 1 0 0 0 .125  
ATL MAJ #18 Bryce Ball 1B 1 0 0 0 .267  
ATL MAJ #6 William Contreras PH 1 0 0 0 .200  
ATL MAJ #25 Trey Harris RF 2 0 0 1 .400  
ATL MAJ #17 Alex Jackson C 3 0 0 0 .067  
ATL MAJ #1 Cristian Pache CF 2 0 1 0 .176  
ATL MAJ #8 Braden Shewmake PR-SS 2 0 0 0 .143  
BOS MAJ #21 Jonathan Arauz SS-2B 4 0 1 2 .323  
BOS MAJ #3 Bobby Dalbec 3B 2 2 1 1 .321 HR (5), 2 BB (6)
BOS MAJ #2 Jeter Downs PR-SS 1 0 0 0 .400  
BOS MAJ #5 Jarren Duran CF 5 0 0 0 .280  
BOS MAJ #7 Gilberto Jimenez PR-CF 0 0 0 0 .200  
CHC MAJ #3 Miguel Amaya C 2 1 1 1 .250 HR (1)
CHC MAJ #2 Brennen Davis CF 3 1 1 0 .077  
CHC MAJ #9 Chase Strumpf 2B 2 0 0 0 .167  
CLE MAJ #22 Bobby Bradley 1B 2 0 0 0 .364  
CLE MAJ #30 Yu Chang 3B 1 0 0 0 .261  
CLE MAJ #4 Tyler Freeman SS 1 0 1 0 .538  
CLE MAJ #3 Andres Gimenez SS 3 0 0 0 .333  
CLE MAJ #19 Owen Miller 2B 2 0 1 0 .273  
LAA MAJ #22 Livan Soto PR-DH 2 0 0 0 .000 BB (2)
LAD MAJ #19 Omar Estevez PR-SS-LF 2 0 0 0 .143  
LAD MAJ #11 Zach McKinstry RF 1 0 0 0 .400 BB (1)
LAD MAJ #11 Sheldon Neuse 3B 2 0 0 0 .318  
LAD MAJ #14 DJ Peters CF 3 0 0 0 .261  
MIA MAJ #2 JJ Bleday RF 1 0 0 0 .188  
MIA MAJ #16 Peyton Burdick PH 1 1 1 1 .167 HR (1)
MIA MAJ #4 Jazz Chisholm SS 3 1 1 0 .217  
MIA MAJ #30 Victor Victor Mesa PH 1 0 1 1 .143  
MIA MAJ #13 Kameron Misner CF 1 0 0 0 .167  
MIA MAJ #14 Connor Scott LF 1 1 1 2 .500 3B (1)
MIL MAJ #2 Garrett Mitchell PH-CF 2 0 0 0 .444  
MIL MAJ #25 Corey Ray LF 1 0 0 0 .182  
MIL MAJ #1 Brice Turang SS 1 0 0 0 .105  
MIN MAJ #4 Ryan Jeffers C 3 0 1 1 .235  
MIN MAJ #12 Brent Rooker RF 1 0 0 0 .389  
NYM MAJ #5 Brett Baty PH 1 0 0 0 .222  
NYM MAJ #6 Mark Vientos PH 1 0 0 0 .500  
OAK MAJ #17 Austin Allen C 1 0 0 0 .222  
OAK MAJ #6 Nick Allen 2B 1 0 0 1 .167  
OAK MAJ #30 Seth Brown RF 0 0 0 0 .158  
SEA MAJ #29 Sam Haggerty CF 1 0 0 0 .259  
SEA MAJ #8 Cal Raleigh C 1 0 0 0 .235  
SEA MAJ #6 Taylor Trammell LF 3 0 0 0 .259 BB (4)
STL MAJ #1 Dylan Carlson RF 3 1 2 2 .259 HR (1)
STL MAJ #8 Andrew Knizner C 1 0 0 0 .318  
STL MAJ #27 Edmundo Sosa 3B 1 0 0 0 .083  
STL MAJ #9 Lane Thomas CF 1 0 0 0 .286  
STL MAJ #15 Justin Williams RF 1 0 0 0 .182  
TB MAJ #2 Randy Arozarena DH 3 0 1 0 .231 2B (2)


PITCHERS

TEAM CLASS RANK PLAYER IP H R ER BB K ERA NOTES
ARI MAJ #25 J.B. Bukauskas 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00  
ARI MAJ #17 Luis Frias 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 4.50  
BOS MAJ #20 Josh Winckowski 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 4.15  
CHC MAJ #27 Keegan Thompson 1.1 5 4 4 1 0 11.25 L (0-1)
CLE MAJ #1 Triston McKenzie 4.2 6 6 6 4 3 7.94 L (0-1)
HOU MAJ #5 Bryan Abreu 3.0 0 0 0 0 4 1.80 W (1-0)
LAD MAJ #2 Josiah Gray 1.1 1 2 2 3 1 10.38  
LAD MAJ #5 Bobby Miller 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00  
MIN MAJ #20 Cody Stashak 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 10.80  
OAK MAJ #2 A.J. Puk 1.2 3 3 3 2 1 16.20  
SEA MAJ #20 Joey Gerber 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3.86  
TB MAJ #17 Brent Honeywell 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 9.00  

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