Spring Training MLB Prospect Report—March 3, 2021
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Atlanta Braves
—No. 2 prospect Ian Anderson turned in a solid performance in his first spring start, allowing three hits and a walk and striking out two in two scoreless innings to earn the win. The 22-year-old righthander is expected to compete for National League rookie of the year honors after an excellent debut in 2020.
Boston Red Sox
—No. 5 prospect Jarren Duran hit a towering blast to right field for his first home run of the spring in the third inning. The 24-year-old outfielder has hit just eight home runs in 199 minor league games, but focused last summer on adjusting his swing to generate more power.
—No. 17 prospect Garrett Whitlock struck out two and allowed one hit in two scoreless innings of work against the Rays. The 24-year-old righthander has a good chance of sticking in Boston’s rotation after the team acquired him from the Yankees with the fourth overall pick in the 2020 Rule 5 draft.
Chicago Cubs
—No. 5 prospect Adbert Alzolay struck out one in a perfect inning of work against the Royals. The 25-year-old righthander will slot into the rotation again after starting four times in 2020.
Chicago White Sox
—No. 1 prospect Andrew Vaughn hit his first home run of the spring, a three-run shot to left field, and scored twice.
—No. 9 prospect Luis Gonzalez collected two hits and drove in one run. The 25-year-old outfielder will start the season in the minors after appearing in three big league games in 2020.
Cincinnati Reds
—No. 5 prospect Hunter Greene saw his first live game action since 2018 after having Tommy John surgery, giving up three runs on three hits and one walk while striking out one in an inning of work.
Detroit Tigers
—Outfielder Akil Baddoo, whom the Tigers acquired with the third overall pick in the Rule 5 draft from the Twins, picked up his second hit of spring training on an RBI double to left field in the second inning against the Pirates. The Tigers No. 17 prospect is fighting to make the team as a reserve outfielder.
—No. 3 prospect Casey Mize struck out three batters in two scoreless innings to earn the win in his first spring start, but the control issues that plagued him last season (4.1 BB/9) remained. He walked three of the nine batters he faced.
Kansas City Royals
—No. 2 prospect Daniel Lynch struggled in his first appearance, allowing three runs on three hits, walking three and striking out one in 1.2 innings against the Cubs.
—No. 19 prospect Edward Olivares hit his first homer of the spring, a two-run shot to left field in the seventh inning. The 24-year-old outfielder appeared in 18 games for the Royals last season after arriving in August from the Padres in the trade for righthander Trevor Rosenthal.
Los Angeles Angels
—No. 4 prospect Reid Detmers, the seventh overall pick in the 2020 draft, pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.
Miami Marlins
—No. 2 prospect JJ Bleday made an outstanding throw from the right field warning track to double off a runner on first in the third inning against the Cardinals. Bleday’s arm is one of his four tools which are above-average or better, and he could see time in Miami by the end of the season.
—No. 9 prospect Braxton Garrett pitched two scoreless innings, walking three and striking out one. Despite making his big league debut in 2020, Garrett has made only one start in the upper minors and likely won’t break camp with the big league club.
San Diego Padres
—No. 2 prospect CJ Abrams showed off his 80-grade speed with a triple to right field against the Diamondbacks. He scored two batters later on a sacrifice fly.
Seattle Mariners
—No. 6 prospect Taylor Trammell drove in a run with a double in the seventh inning, but was ruled out after heading to third.
Texas Rangers
—No. 1 prospect Josh Jung pinch hit for Isiah Kiner-Falefa in the fifth inning and gave the Rangers a boost with an RBI single to center field in his first at-bat of the spring.
BATTERS
| TEAM | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER, POS | AB | R | H | BI | AVG | NOTES |
| ARI | MAJ | #14 | Seth Beer 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| ARI | MAJ | #29 | Stuart Fairchild CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| ARI | MAJ | #19 | Jake McCarthy RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| ARI | MAJ | #3 | Geraldo Perdomo SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | BB (1) |
| ARI | MAJ | #9 | Pavin Smith LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| ARI | MAJ | #2 | Daulton Varsho C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| ATL | MAJ | #18 | Bryce Ball 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | |
| ATL | MAJ | #11 | Michael Harris CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | CS (1) |
| ATL | MAJ | #25 | Trey Harris LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | |
| ATL | MAJ | #4 | Shea Langeliers C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | 2B (1) |
| BAL | MAJ | #7 | Yusniel Diaz LF-CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #15 | Adam Hall 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| BAL | MAJ | #6 | Gunnar Henderson 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #23 | Ryan McKenna PR-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #29 | Tyler Nevin PR-1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #1 | Adley Rutschman C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| BAL | MAJ | #22 | Terrin Vavra LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| BOS | MAJ | #21 | Jonathan Arauz 2B-SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .429 | 2B (1) |
| BOS | MAJ | #3 | Bobby Dalbec 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | |
| BOS | MAJ | #2 | Jeter Downs SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | |
| BOS | MAJ | #5 | Jarren Duran CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 | HR (1), BB (1) |
| BOS | MAJ | #20 | Jeisson Rosario LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| BOS | MAJ | #15 | Connor Wong C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | BB (1) |
| CHC | MAJ | #2 | Brennen Davis CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CHC | MAJ | #8 | Christopher Morel 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CHC | MAJ | #23 | Alfonso Rivas 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CIN | MAJ | #22 | T.J. Friedl RF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| CIN | MAJ | #3 | Jonathan India PR-3B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #30 | Yu Chang 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #24 | Ernie Clement 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #4 | Tyler Freeman SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #3 | Andres Gimenez SS | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | HR (1) |
| CLE | MAJ | #2 | Nolan Jones PR-DH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #19 | Owen Miller 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #6 | George Valera RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| CWS | MAJ | #27 | Zack Collins C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (2) |
| CWS | MAJ | #9 | Luis Gonzalez CF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .400 | |
| CWS | MAJ | #12 | Blake Rutherford RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | |
| CWS | MAJ | #10 | Gavin Sheets 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CWS | MAJ | #1 | Andrew Vaughn DH | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .333 | HR (1), BB (3) |
| DET | MAJ | #17 | Akil Baddoo RF-CF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .400 | 2B (1), BB (2) |
| DET | MAJ | #20 | Jake Rogers PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| DET | MAJ | #30 | Zack Short 2B-SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 2B (1) |
| HOU | MAJ | #10 | Grae Kessinger SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | |
| HOU | MAJ | #12 | Chas McCormick LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| HOU | MAJ | #18 | Freudis Nova 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | CS (1) |
| HOU | MAJ | #3 | Jeremy Pena SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| KC | MAJ | #22 | Lucius Fox SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| KC | MAJ | #24 | Seuly Matias DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| KC | MAJ | #19 | Edward Olivares CF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .333 | HR (1) |
| KC | MAJ | #13 | Nick Pratto PR-1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| KC | MAJ | #1 | Bobby Witt PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | |
| LAA | MAJ | #5 | Jordyn Adams RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| LAA | MAJ | #1 | Jo Adell LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| LAA | MAJ | #6 | Jeremiah Jackson SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | CS (1) |
| LAA | MAJ | #2 | Brandon Marsh PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| LAD | MAJ | #3 | Michael Busch PH-DH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 2B (1) |
| LAD | MAJ | #19 | Omar Estevez SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| LAD | MAJ | #21 | Devin Mann 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| LAD | MAJ | #11 | Sheldon Neuse DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| LAD | MAJ | #10 | Andy Pages LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | BB (1) |
| LAD | MAJ | #7 | Edwin Rios 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | BB (1) |
| MIA | MAJ | #2 | JJ Bleday RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #16 | Peyton Burdick LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #4 | Jazz Chisholm 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #10 | Jose Devers 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 BB (2) |
| MIA | MAJ | #7 | Lewin Diaz PR-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #11 | Monte Harrison LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #30 | Victor Victor Mesa CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| MIA | MAJ | #13 | Kameron Misner RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #20 | Nasim Nunez 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| MIL | MAJ | #7 | Mario Feliciano C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | BB (1) |
| MIL | MAJ | #28 | Tristen Lutz PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| MIL | MAJ | #2 | Garrett Mitchell CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | |
| MIL | MAJ | #25 | Corey Ray RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | BB (1) |
| MIL | MAJ | #1 | Brice Turang SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #25 | Travis Blankenhorn 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #10 | Gilberto Celestino PR-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #1 | Alex Kirilloff LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| NYM | MAJ | #5 | Brett Baty 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| NYM | MAJ | #9 | Khalil Lee LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| NYM | MAJ | #2 | Ronny Mauricio PH-DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| NYM | MAJ | #6 | Mark Vientos 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| NYY | MAJ | #11 | Ezequiel Duran PH-2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| NYY | MAJ | #6 | Oswald Peraza SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| OAK | MAJ | #17 | Austin Allen DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| OAK | MAJ | #6 | Nick Allen SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| OAK | MAJ | #30 | Seth Brown RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | BB (2) |
| OAK | MAJ | #5 | Logan Davidson SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| OAK | MAJ | #9 | Greg Deichmann RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| PHI | MAJ | #13 | Mickey Moniak DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| PHI | MAJ | #17 | Logan O’Hoppe PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| PHI | MAJ | #9 | Johan Rojas PR-RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| PIT | MAJ | #2 | Oneil Cruz DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | BB (1) |
| PIT | MAJ | #1 | Ke’Bryan Hayes 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | 2B (2) |
| PIT | MAJ | #14 | Travis Swaggerty CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| SD | MAJ | #2 | CJ Abrams PR-SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .200 | 3B (1) |
| SD | MAJ | #28 | Eguy Rosario 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | BB (2) |
| SEA | MAJ | #23 | Jake Fraley DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| SEA | MAJ | #29 | Sam Haggerty 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | SB (1) |
| SEA | MAJ | #2 | Jarred Kelenic LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| SEA | MAJ | #1 | Julio Rodriguez RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| SEA | MAJ | #6 | Taylor Trammell CF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | 2B (1) |
| SF | MAJ | #7 | Patrick Bailey C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| SF | MAJ | #6 | Hunter Bishop RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| SF | MAJ | #1 | Marco Luciano SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| SF | MAJ | #16 | LaMonte Wade RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | |
| SF | MAJ | #15 | Logan Wyatt 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| STL | MAJ | #3 | Nolan Gorman 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| STL | MAJ | #30 | John Nogowski 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| STL | MAJ | #15 | Justin Williams RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TB | MAJ | #2 | Randy Arozarena LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| TB | MAJ | #4 | Vidal Brujan PH-SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .667 | BB (1) |
| TB | MAJ | #8 | Xavier Edwards 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2B (1) |
| TB | MAJ | #1 | Wander Franco DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TB | MAJ | #22 | Moises Gomez RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TB | MAJ | #26 | Blake Hunt PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TB | MAJ | #20 | Kevin Padlo 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | HR (1) |
| TB | MAJ | #15 | Taylor Walls 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TEX | MAJ | #1 | Josh Jung PH-3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | |
| TEX | MAJ | #27 | Bubba Thompson CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TEX | MAJ | #15 | Davis Wendzel SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TOR | MAJ | #30 | Philip Clarke PH-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 2 BB (2) |
| TOR | MAJ | #16 | Leonardo Jimenez 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TOR | MAJ | #2 | Austin Martin CF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (2) |
| TOR | MAJ | #6 | Orelvis Martinez SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
PITCHERS
| TEAM | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | NOTES |
| ATL | MAJ | #2 | Ian Anderson | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | W (1-0) |
| ATL | MAJ | #15 | Daysbel Hernandez | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| ATL | MAJ | #7 | Kyle Muller | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | |
| BOS | MAJ | #27 | Andrew Politi | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | |
| BOS | MAJ | #17 | Garrett Whitlock | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| BOS | MAJ | #20 | Josh Winckowski | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.00 | |
| CHC | MAJ | #5 | Adbert Alzolay | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| CIN | MAJ | #5 | Hunter Greene | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27.00 | |
| CIN | MAJ | #7 | Nick Lodolo | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| CIN | MAJ | #25 | Riley O’Brien | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| CIN | MAJ | #13 | Lyon Richardson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | W (1-0) |
| CLE | MAJ | #18 | Carlos Vargas | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | |
| DET | MAJ | #3 | Casey Mize | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.00 | W (1-0) |
| HOU | MAJ | #30 | Austin Hansen | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | |
| HOU | MAJ | #24 | Jojanse Torres | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| KC | MAJ | #2 | Daniel Lynch | 1.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16.20 | L (0-1) |
| KC | MAJ | #20 | Tyler Zuber | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| LAA | MAJ | #17 | Denny Brady | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.00 | |
| LAA | MAJ | #4 | Reid Detmers | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| LAA | MAJ | #3 | Chris Rodriguez | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #9 | Braxton Garrett | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| MIL | MAJ | #29 | Phil Bickford | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #19 | Josh Winder | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| NYM | MAJ | #17 | Sam McWilliams | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | Sv (1) |
| NYY | MAJ | #27 | Brooks Kriske | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| OAK | MAJ | #28 | Miguel Romero | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | |
| PHI | MAJ | #21 | Damon Jones | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PHI | MAJ | #12 | Adonis Medina | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| PHI | MAJ | #18 | Cristopher Sanchez | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 18.00 | L (0-1) |
| PIT | MAJ | #16 | JT Brubaker | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | L (0-1) |
| PIT | MAJ | #30 | Max Kranick | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18.00 | |
| SD | MAJ | #9 | Michel Baez | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4.50 | |
| SD | MAJ | #6 | Ryan Weathers | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.50 | W (1-0) |
| SEA | MAJ | #20 | Joey Gerber | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| SF | MAJ | #20 | Camilo Doval | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| STL | MAJ | #2 | Matthew Liberatore | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| STL | MAJ | #24 | Jake Woodford | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| TB | MAJ | #25 | Ryan Thompson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| TEX | MAJ | #21 | Kyle Cody | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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