Baseball America Spring Training Prospect Report — March 4, 2020

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Tuesday’s Stars

Dylan Carlson, OF, Cardinals — The Cardinals may have incentives to keep Carlson back in the minors for a short stretch for service time reasons (the Kris Bryant grievance result ends almost any hope a player has of winning a case for such a decision violating the CBA). But Carlson is doing everything he can to show he’s ready to step into the lineup on Opening Day. Carlson, BA’s No. 10 prospect, went 1-for-3 with two runs scored and his second double of the spring.

Shane McClanahan, LHP, Rays — McClanahan struck out three of the four batters he faced yesterday. It’s part of a trend–he’s now recorded five strikeouts in only two innings of work.

Jose Urquidy, RHP, Astros — Urquidy’s second spring outing was outstanding. He allowed two hits and no walks in three scoreless innings while striking out four. His strike-throwing was especially impressive — he threw 31 strikes in 39 pitches.

Forrest Whitley, RHP, Astros — Whitley’s second outing of the spring was much better than his first. Where he allowed three runs in only 1.2 innings in his first appearance, he worked a drama-free inning yesterday. After an error allowed the first batter of the inning to reach, Whitley worked back from a 3-1 count to catch Justin Williams looking and induced Oscar Hernandez into a pop-up. He did walk Max Schrock, but he then struck out Lane Thomas swinging to end the inning. It was a step forward, but Whitley’s control and command continues to need to improve.

Matthew Liberatore, LHP, Cardinals — Take everything we said about Whitley and double it when talking about Liberatore. Liberatore’s first spring outing was a rough hello — he allowed five runs and recorded two outs. Tuesday was much more like what he wants to do — three batters, three outs and one strikeout.

HITTERS

TEAM	CLASS	PLAYER, POS	AB	R	H	BI	AVG	NOTES
ARI	MAJ	Smith, Pavin LF	1	0	0	0	.273
ATL	MAJ	Ball, Bryce PH-DH	0	0	0	0	.111	BB (2)
ATL	MAJ	Jenista, Greyson RF	1	0	0	0	.143
ATL	MAJ	Langeliers, Shea C	1	0	1	0	.429
ATL	MAJ	Shewmake, Braden SS	2	0	0	0	.200
ATL	MAJ	Waters, Drew LF	1	0	0	0	.250
BAL	MAJ	Diaz, Yusniel CF	2	0	0	0	.143	BB (4)
BAL	MAJ	McCoy, Mason 2B	1	0	0	0	.000
BAL	MAJ	McKenna, Ryan RF	1	0	0	0	.000
BAL	MAJ	Mountcastle, Ryan LF	4	0	1	0	.333
BAL	MAJ	Rutschman, Adley PH-DH	1	0	0	0	.000
BOS	MAJ	Chatham, C.J. SS	1	0	0	0	.000	BB (1)
BOS	MAJ	Dalbec, Bobby 1B	1	0	0	0	.250
BOS	MAJ	Downs, Jeter SS	1	0	0	0	.167
BOS	MAJ	Duran, Jarren RF	2	0	0	0	.125
CHC	MAJ	Amaya, Miguel C	2	0	0	0	.188
CHC	MAJ	Hoerner, Nico SS	4	1	3	0	.357	2B (1)
CHC	MAJ	Rivas, Alfonso 1B	4	2	2	1	.375
CHC	MAJ	Short, Zack PR-SS	1	0	1	0	.200	CS (1)
CLE	MAJ	Bradley, Bobby PH-DH	1	0	0	0	.333
CLE	MAJ	Chang, Yu PR-SS	1	1	0	0	.143
CLE	MAJ	Clement, Ernie 2B	1	0	0	0	.231
COL	MAJ	Fuentes, Josh PH	0	0	0	1	.583
COL	MAJ	Hilliard, Sam LF	2	0	0	0	.250
COL	MAJ	Vilade, Ryan PH-DH	1	0	0	0	.222
COL	MAJ	Welker, Colton 3B	2	0	2	2	.333	2B (2)
CWS	MAJ	Collins, Zack C	1	0	1	0	.286	BB (5)
CWS	MAJ	Gonzalez, Luis CF	2	0	0	0	.417
CWS	MAJ	Madrigal, Nick 2B	3	0	1	1	.143
CWS	MAJ	Mendick, Danny SS	3	0	0	0	.125
CWS	MAJ	Robert, Luis CF	2	1	1	0	.385	BB (2), SB (2)
CWS	MAJ	Rutherford, Blake PR-RF	1	0	0	0	.143
CWS	MAJ	Sheets, Gavin 1B	2	0	0	0	.200	BB (3)
CWS	MAJ	Vaughn, Andrew 1B	1	1	1	1	.455	2B (2)
DET	MAJ	Azocar, Jose CF	1	0	0	0	.125
DET	MAJ	Castro, Willi SS	1	0	0	0	.333
DET	MAJ	Clemens, Kody 2B	2	1	1	1	.444	HR (1)
DET	MAJ	Paredes, Isaac 3B	2	0	0	0	.000
DET	MAJ	Rogers, Jake C	1	0	0	0	.500
HOU	MAJ	Toro, Abraham PR-1B	1	0	0	0	.111
KC	MAJ	Gutierrez, Kelvin PR-3B	1	0	0	0	.091
KC	MAJ	Heath, Nick PR-LF-CF	1	1	0	0	.100
KC	MAJ	Isbel, Kyle LF	0	0	0	0	.143
KC	MAJ	Lee, Khalil PH-LF-RF	2	0	0	0	.357
LAA	MAJ	Adell, Jo RF	2	1	1	0	.182
LAA	MAJ	Jones, Jahmai 2B	3	0	1	1	.300
LAA	MAJ	Knowles, D’Shawn PH-CF	1	0	0	0	.222
LAA	MAJ	Walsh, Jared PR-DH	0	1	0	0	.250	BB (2)
MIA	MAJ	Bleday, JJ PH	1	0	1	0	.429
MIA	MAJ	Chisholm, Jazz SS	3	0	0	0	.286
MIA	MAJ	Devers, Jose SS	0	0	0	0	.222
MIA	MAJ	Diaz, Lewin 1B	1	0	0	0	.182
MIA	MAJ	Encarnacion, Jerar RF	1	0	1	0	.500	CS (1)
MIA	MAJ	Harrison, Monte LF	0	1	0	0	.222	BB (3)
MIA	MAJ	Mesa, Victor Victor CF	2	0	1	1	.222
MIA	MAJ	Sanchez, Jesus PH-RF	1	1	1	0	.500
MIL	MAJ	Henry, Payton PH-DH	1	0	0	0	.250
MIL	MAJ	Ray, Corey CF	1	0	0	0	.125
MIN	MAJ	Jeffers, Ryan C	1	0	0	0	.167
MIN	MAJ	Kirilloff, Alex RF	1	0	0	0	.500
MIN	MAJ	Rooker, Brent PR-LF	1	0	1	1	.182	2B (1)
NYM	MAJ	Gimenez, Andres SS	2	0	1	0	.375	2B (2)
NYY	MAJ	Florial, Estevan CF	2	0	0	0	.111
OAK	MAJ	Allen, Austin PH-DH	2	0	0	0	.278
OAK	MAJ	Barrera, Luis LF	3	0	0	0	.211	BB (1), SB (1)
OAK	MAJ	Bolt, Skye RF	2	1	1	0	.214	3B (1)
OAK	MAJ	Brown, Seth 1B	4	0	1	0	.316
OAK	MAJ	Deichmann, Greg RF	3	0	0	0	.200
OAK	MAJ	Heim, Jonah C	3	1	3	1	.417	2B (1)
OAK	MAJ	Mateo, Jorge SS	4	1	3	2	.333	SB (3)
OAK	MAJ	Neuse, Sheldon 3B	1	0	0	0	.294
OAK	MAJ	Reed, Buddy PR-LF	0	1	0	0	.000	BB (2), SB (2)
SD	MAJ	Arias, Gabriel SS	0	1	0	0	.333	BB (2)
SD	MAJ	Cronenworth, Jake 1B	1	0	0	0	.286
SD	MAJ	Trammell, Taylor RF	1	0	0	0	.333
SF	MAJ	Bart, Joey PR-C	1	0	0	0	.556
SF	MAJ	Davis, Jaylin CF	0	0	0	0	.273	2 BB (2)
STL	MAJ	Carlson, Dylan LF	3	2	1	0	.375	2B (2)
STL	MAJ	Gorman, Nolan PH-DH	1	0	0	0	.176
STL	MAJ	Montero, Elehuris 3B	1	0	0	0	.182
STL	MAJ	Thomas, Lane CF	4	0	0	0	.214
STL	MAJ	Williams, Justin LF	1	0	0	0	.000
TB	MAJ	Arozarena, Randy CF	1	0	0	0	.667	BB (4)
TB	MAJ	Walls, Taylor SS	1	0	0	1	.182
TEX	MAJ	Apostel, Sherten 3B	1	0	0	0	.182	BB (3)
TEX	MAJ	Garcia, David C	1	0	1	0	1.000
TEX	MAJ	Solak, Nick CF	3	0	0	0	.214
TEX	MAJ	Tejeda, Anderson 2B	2	1	1	3	.556	HR (1), BB (2)
WAS	MAJ	Garcia, Luis SS	1	0	0	0	.500
WAS	MAJ	Kieboom, Carter 3B	2	0	2	0	.273

PITCHER

TEAM	CLASS	PLAYER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	NOTES
ARI	MAJ	Ginkel, Kevin	0.2	2	2	2	1	1	27.00
CLE	MAJ	Karinchak, James	1	0	0	0	1	1	10.80
COL	MAJ	Doyle, Tommy	1	0	0	0	0	2	3.00	W (1-0)
COL	MAJ	Goudeau, Ashton	2	5	2	2	1	0	4.50
DET	MAJ	Funkhouser, Kyle	1	1	1	1	0	1	16.20
DET	MAJ	Garcia, Bryan	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
HOU	MAJ	Urquidy, Jose	3	2	0	0	0	4	0.00
HOU	MAJ	Whitley, Forrest	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.00
KC	MAJ	Staumont, Josh	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.00
LAA	MAJ	Yan, Hector	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
MIA	MAJ	Dugger, Robert	3	1	0	0	2	1	0.00
MIA	MAJ	Garrett, Braxton	1	1	0	0	2	1	0.00
MIL	MAJ	Brown, Zack	2	0	0	0	0	4	6.75
MIL	MAJ	Small, Ethan	0.2	1	1	1	2	2	5.40
MIN	MAJ	Colina, Edwar	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.91
MIN	MAJ	Dobnak, Randy	3	1	0	0	0	2	1.50	W (1-0)
NYY	MAJ	Schmidt, Clarke	2	2	1	1	1	3	2.25
SD	MAJ	Bachar, Lake	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
SF	MAJ	Webb, Logan	2.1	3	1	1	1	2	4.15
STL	MAJ	Liberatore, Matthew	1	0	0	0	0	1	27.00
TB	MAJ	Banda, Anthony	1.2	2	1	1	0	2	3.38
TB	MAJ	Fleming, Josh	2	2	0	0	0	2	4.50
TB	MAJ	McClanahan, Shane	1	1	0	0	0	3	0.00
WAS	MAJ	Bourque, James	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.00