Baseball America Prospect Report — April 2, 2019

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Pete Alonso, 1B, Mets. Alonso crushed his first big league home run to center field against Miami, a 444-foot blast according to Statcast. It’s the fifth-longest homer hit in the still-young 2019 season. The Mets are 3-1 to begin the season and their No. 2 prospect is now batting .412/.474/.765.

Christin Stewart, OF/DH, Tigers. The Tigers’ No. 8 prospect walked and scored a run against the Yankees. 



Sean Reid-Foley, RHP, Jays. Reid-Foley got whacked around in two innings, surrendering three earned runs on four hits including a home run. The Jays’ No. 8 prospect throws a four pitch mix that features a plus fastball and plus slider.

Chad Sobotka, RHP, Braves. Sobotka pitched a scoreless inning against the Cubs on Monday. The Braves’ No. 22 prospect uses a simple delivery and attacks hitters with a fastball-slider combo.



Brandon Lowe, 2B, Rays. The Rays’ No. 8 prospect had two hits including a home run to left field against Colorado.



— BATTERS —
TEAM		CLASS		PLAYER, POS		AB		R		H		BI		AVG		Notes
ARI		MAJ		Kelly, Carson C		4		0		1		0		.333
ARI		MAJ		Lopez, Yoan P		0		0		0		0		—
ATL		MAJ		Wright, Kyle P		2		0		0		0		.000
BAL		MAJ		Martin, Richie SS		3		0		0		0		.100		BB (1)
BOS		MAJ		Travis, Sam DH		4		0		0		0		.286
COL		MAJ		Hampson, Garrett 2B		1		0		0		0		.167
CWS		MAJ		Jimenez, Eloy LF		4		0		0		1		.182		BB (1)
DET		MAJ		Stewart, Christin LF		4		0		0		0		.077		BB (3)
LAD		MAJ		Ferguson, Caleb P		0		0		0		0		—
LAD		MAJ		Verdugo, Alex RF		4		0		1		2		.375		2B (2)
MIA		MAJ		Alcantara, Sandy P		3		0		1		0		.333
MIL		MAJ		Burnes, Corbin P		2		0		0		0		.000
NYM		MAJ		Alonso, Pete 1B		4		0		2		1		.375		2B (1), BB (1)
NYM		MAJ		Nido, Tomas C		3		0		0		0		.000
PIT		MAJ		Reyes, Pablo RF		1		0		0		0		.000
SD		MAJ		Paddack, Chris P		1		0		0		0		.000
SD		MAJ		Tatis, Fernando SS		4		0		0		0		.214
SEA		MAJ		Vogelbach, Daniel DH		3		1		0		0		.000		2 BB (2)
SF		MAJ		Joe, Connor PH		1		0		0		0		.000
STL		MAJ		Reyes, Alex P		0		0		0		0		—
TB		MAJ		Lowe, Brandon PH-2B		1		0		0		0		.000
TOR		MAJ		Jansen, Danny DH-C		5		0		1		0		.167
TOR		MAJ		Tellez, Rowdy PH		1		1		1		3		.250		HR (1)
WAS		MAJ		Robles, Victor CF		4		1		2		1		.429		2 2B (3)

— PITCHERS —
TEAM		CLASS		PLAYER		IP		H		R		ER		BB		K
ARI		MAJ		Lopez, Yoan		1.2		0		0		0		2		1
ATL		MAJ		Wright, Kyle		4.1		2		3		3		5		4
BOS		MAJ		Brewer, Colten		1.0		1		0		0		1		3
HOU		MAJ		James, Josh		2.0		0		0		0		0		4
LAA		MAJ		Buttrey, Ty		1.1		1		0		0		0		2
LAD		MAJ		Ferguson, Caleb		1.0		2		0		0		0		1
MIA		MAJ		Alcantara, Sandy		8.0		4		0		0		0		6
MIL		MAJ		Burnes, Corbin		5.0		6		4		4		1		12
SD		MAJ		Paddack, Chris		5.0		2		1		1		1		7
SEA		MAJ		Festa, Matt		1.2		1		0		0		1		2
STL		MAJ		Reyes, Alex		0.2		0		1		1		1		1
TOR		MAJ		Luciano, Elvis		1.1		1		0		0		1		1
TOR		MAJ		Thornton, Trent		5.0		2		0		0		0		8