Spring Training MLB Prospect Report—March 4, 2021

Image credit: Rays No. 1 Prospect Wander Franco (Photo by Tony Farlow)

Baltimore Orioles

—No. 16 prospect Jahmai Jones collected two hits and scored twice against the Braves. The 23-year-old utilityman was traded to the Orioles by the Angels for Alex Cobb and cash in February. 

—No. 1 prospect Adley Rutschman doubled in a run in the seventh inning against the Braves, finishing the day 1-for-4. 

 

 

 

Boston Red Sox

—No. 3 prospect Bobby Dalbec hit eight home runs in just 23 games as a rookie in 2020 and hit two home runs against the Twins on Wednesday, giving him three so far this spring. 

 

 

 

Cincinnati Reds

—No. 6 prospect Tejay Antone struck out five and allowed one hit in two scoreless innings against the Dodgers. The 27-year-old righthander impressed in a long-relief role in 2020, posting a 2.80 ERA with 45 strikeouts and 16 walks in 35.1 innings.

Colorado Rockies

—No. 7 prospect Colton Welker drove in three runs with a sixth-inning go-ahead single that proved the difference in the team’s win over the Athletics.

Detroit Tigers

—No. 4 prospect Matt Manning struck out one and allowed a hit in two scoreless innings against the Phillies in his first appearance of the spring.

Los Angeles Dodgers

—No. 11 prospect Zach McKinstry singled in a run in the second inning against the Reds, then stole second base later in the inning. The 25-year-old is expected to serve as a utilityman for the Dodgers this season.

Miami Marlins

—No. 14 prospect Connor Scott drove in two runs and collected a hit against the Nationals. The 21-year-old outfielder drove home one run in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly and two innings later singled home another.

Milwaukee Brewers

—No. 2 prospect Garrett Mitchell, a 2020 first-rounder from UCLA, entered the game in the seventh inning as a pinch runner, scored on an RBI double, then singled home a run in the eighth inning. He finished the day with two runs scored and an RBI.

Minnesota Twins

—No. 7 prospect Aaron Sabato got his first hit of the spring and scored once against the Red Sox. The 21-year-old first baseman from North Carolina was the 27th player taken in the 2020 draft. 

 

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Seattle Mariners

—No. 2 prospect Jarred Kelenic connected on a two-run home run, his first of the spring, in the fourth inning against the Cubs. The 21-year-old outfielder is on the verge of making his big league debut after impressing team officials at the alternate training site last summer.

 

 

 

—One day after driving in his first run of the spring, No. 6 prospect Taylor Trammell hit a solo home run to deep center field in the fifth inning. The 23-year-old outfielder is 2-for-5 this spring with two RBIs.

 

 

 

St. Louis Cardinals

—No. 8 prospect Andrew Knizner collected two hits, including a double, and scored twice against the Mets. 

Tampa Bay Rays

Wander Franco, the No. 1 prospect in baseball, got his first hit of the spring with a solo home run to right field in the second inning against the Pirates. It was the 20-year-old shortstop’s first Grapefruit League home run in 13 at-bats. He finished the game with two hits in three at-bats.

 

 

 

—No. 5 prospect Shane McClanahan pitched a scoreless inning of work, allowing a hit and striking out one. 

Texas Rangers

—No. 16 prospect Steele Walker, acquired from the White Sox for outfielder Nomar Mazara at the 2019 Winter Meetings, smashed an opposite-field solo home run in the third inning against the Angels. The 24-year-old outfielder will likely start the year at Double-A Frisco but could make his big league debut later in the season.

 

 

 

Toronto Blue Jays

—No. 4 prospect Simeon Woods Richardson struck out one and walked one in two scoreless innings in his spring debut. The 20-year-old righthander should make his upper-minors debut in 2021 with a chance at arriving in Toronto later in the season.

—No. 7 prospect Alek Manoah excelled in relief, striking out four batters and allowing a hit in two scoreless innings. 

 

BATTERS

TEAM CLASS RANK PLAYER, POS AB R H BI AVG NOTES
ARI MAJ #14 Seth Beer 1B 0 1 0 0 .000 BB (1), SB (1)
ARI MAJ #29 Stuart Fairchild LF-RF 4 1 2 2 .286 SB (1)
ARI MAJ #19 Jake McCarthy RF 2 0 1 0 .250  
ARI MAJ #3 Geraldo Perdomo PH-SS 0 0 0 0 BB (2)
ATL MAJ #6 William Contreras C 0 0 0 0 .500 BB (2)
ATL MAJ #11 Michael Harris LF 1 0 0 0 .333  
ATL MAJ #17 Alex Jackson C 1 0 0 0 .000  
ATL MAJ #1 Cristian Pache CF 2 0 1 0 .250  
BAL MAJ #15 Adam Hall 2B 0 0 0 0  
BAL MAJ #16 Jahmai Jones 2B 2 2 2 0 .500 BB (1)
BAL MAJ #23 Ryan McKenna CF 0 1 0 0 .000 BB (2)
BAL MAJ #5 Ryan Mountcastle LF 3 0 0 0 .000  
BAL MAJ #29 Tyler Nevin LF 0 1 0 1 .000  
BAL MAJ #1 Adley Rutschman DH 4 0 1 1 .200 2B (1)
BAL MAJ #22 Terrin Vavra RF 0 0 0 0  
BOS MAJ #21 Jonathan Arauz PR-2B 1 2 1 0 .500 2B (2)
BOS MAJ #3 Bobby Dalbec 1B 3 2 2 3 .500 2 HR (3)
BOS MAJ #2 Jeter Downs PR-SS 2 1 0 0 .333  
BOS MAJ #5 Jarren Duran CF 1 0 1 1 .429 2B (1)
BOS MAJ #20 Jeisson Rosario PR-RF 0 0 0 0 .000  
CHC MAJ #3 Miguel Amaya C 2 0 0 0 .000  
CHC MAJ #2 Brennen Davis CF 1 1 0 0 .000 SB (1)
CHC MAJ #8 Christopher Morel SS 1 0 0 0 .000 BB (1)
CHC MAJ #23 Alfonso Rivas 1B 1 0 0 1 .000 BB (1)
CHC MAJ #9 Chase Strumpf 2B 0 0 0 0 2 BB (2), SB (1)
CIN MAJ #22 T.J. Friedl CF 1 0 0 0 .000  
CIN MAJ #1 Jose Garcia SS 1 0 0 0 .000  
CIN MAJ #3 Jonathan India 2B 1 0 0 0 .250  
CIN MAJ #4 Tyler Stephenson C 2 1 1 0 .250 2B (1)
CLE MAJ #22 Bobby Bradley 1B 2 0 0 0 .250  
CLE MAJ #24 Ernie Clement LF 1 1 1 1 .429  
CLE MAJ #4 Tyler Freeman SS 1 0 0 0 .400  
CLE MAJ #2 Nolan Jones 3B 0 0 0 0 .200  
CLE MAJ #19 Owen Miller 1B 1 0 0 0 .143  
COL MAJ #1 Brendan Rodgers 2B 1 1 0 0 .000 BB (2)
COL MAJ #10 Ryan Vilade LF 0 1 0 0 .000 BB (1)
COL MAJ #7 Colton Welker PH-3B 2 0 1 3 .400  
CWS MAJ #16 Micker Adolfo RF 1 0 0 0 .200  
CWS MAJ #17 Jake Burger 3B 3 0 0 0 .000  
CWS MAJ #27 Zack Collins DH 3 1 2 1 .500 HR (1)
CWS MAJ #9 Luis Gonzalez CF 0 0 0 0 .400  
CWS MAJ #10 Gavin Sheets 1B 1 0 0 1 .000 2 BB (3)
DET MAJ #18 Kody Clemens PR-2B 1 2 1 0 .500  
DET MAJ #5 Riley Greene RF 2 0 0 0 .200 BB (2)
DET MAJ #21 Derek Hill CF 0 0 0 0 .000 BB (2)
DET MAJ #6 Isaac Paredes 3B 2 0 1 1 .500  
DET MAJ #20 Jake Rogers PH 1 0 0 0 .000  
KC MAJ #22 Lucius Fox PR 0 1 0 0 .333  
KC MAJ #6 Kyle Isbel LF 0 0 0 0 .500  
KC MAJ #19 Edward Olivares CF 1 0 1 2 .500 2B (1)
KC MAJ #7 Erick Pena PR-RF 0 1 0 0 .000  
KC MAJ #13 Nick Pratto 1B 0 0 0 0 .333  
KC MAJ #1 Bobby Witt 2B 2 2 1 1 .250 BB (1)
LAA MAJ #1 Jo Adell PR-RF 0 1 0 0 .000 BB (3), SB (1)
LAA MAJ #22 Livan Soto PR 0 1 0 0 .000 BB (1)
LAD MAJ #3 Michael Busch 2B 2 0 0 0 .250  
LAD MAJ #19 Omar Estevez PH 1 0 0 0 .250  
LAD MAJ #11 Zach McKinstry CF 2 0 1 1 .500 SB (1)
LAD MAJ #11 Sheldon Neuse 3B 2 0 1 0 .200  
LAD MAJ #14 DJ Peters RF 0 1 0 0 1.000 BB (3)
LAD MAJ #26 Luke Raley LF 1 0 0 1 .250  
LAD MAJ #30 Zach Reks DH 2 0 0 0 .000  
LAD MAJ #9 Miguel Vargas 1B 1 1 0 0 .000  
MIA MAJ #4 Jazz Chisholm 2B 1 0 0 0 .200  
MIA MAJ #7 Lewin Diaz 1B 2 0 0 0 .167  
MIA MAJ #11 Monte Harrison RF 0 1 0 0 .000 BB (1)
MIA MAJ #13 Kameron Misner PH-DH 1 0 0 0 .000  
MIA MAJ #8 Jesus Sanchez RF 3 0 1 0 .167  
MIA MAJ #14 Connor Scott CF 1 0 1 2 .500  
MIL MAJ #17 Nick Kahle PH-DH 1 0 1 2 1.000 2B (1)
MIL MAJ #28 Tristen Lutz RF 0 1 0 0 .000  
MIL MAJ #2 Garrett Mitchell PR-CF 1 2 1 1 .667  
MIL MAJ #25 Corey Ray LF 3 0 0 0 .167  
MIL MAJ #1 Brice Turang SS 0 0 0 0 .000 BB (1)
MIN MAJ #10 Gilberto Celestino CF 1 0 0 0 .250  
MIN MAJ #12 Brent Rooker RF 2 0 1 0 .500 BB (1)
MIN MAJ #26 Ben Rortvedt C 2 0 0 1 .000  
NYM MAJ #1 Francisco Alvarez DH 2 0 0 0 .000  
NYM MAJ #5 Brett Baty PH 1 0 1 2 .500 2B (1)
NYM MAJ #2 Ronny Mauricio SS 2 0 1 0 .200  
NYM MAJ #6 Mark Vientos PH-DH 1 0 0 0 .500 BB (2)
NYY MAJ #6 Oswald Peraza SS 1 0 0 0 .000  
OAK MAJ #17 Austin Allen C 1 1 0 0 .000 BB (1)
OAK MAJ #30 Seth Brown LF 1 0 0 0 .167 2 BB (4)
OAK MAJ #5 Logan Davidson SS 1 0 1 0 .500 SB (1)
OAK MAJ #9 Greg Deichmann RF 1 0 0 0 .200  
OAK MAJ #21 Kyle McCann PR-DH 1 0 1 0 .500 SB (1)
PHI MAJ #6 Luis Garcia 2B 1 0 0 0 .000  
PHI MAJ #10 Nick Maton 3B 1 0 1 0 .250  
PHI MAJ #13 Mickey Moniak CF 0 0 0 0 .250  
PHI MAJ #17 Logan O’Hoppe PH-DH 1 0 0 0 .000  
PHI MAJ #27 Jhailyn Ortiz LF 1 0 0 0 .000  
PHI MAJ #9 Johan Rojas PR-RF 0 0 0 0 .000 SB (1)
PHI MAJ #3 Bryson Stott SS 1 0 0 0 .333  
PIT MAJ #11 Ji-Hwan Bae SS 1 0 0 0 .000  
PIT MAJ #29 Rodolfo Castro 3B 1 0 0 0 .000  
PIT MAJ #2 Oneil Cruz SS-CF 2 0 0 0 .200  
PIT MAJ #27 Canaan Smith LF 0 0 0 0  
SD MAJ #2 CJ Abrams SS 4 0 1 1 .222 SB (1)
SD MAJ #25 Ivan Castillo 2B 3 0 0 0 .000  
SD MAJ #8 Tucupita Marcano 2B 1 0 0 0 .600  
SD MAJ #15 Jorge Mateo LF 3 1 1 1 .286 2B (1), BB (1)
SD MAJ #14 Joshua Mears PR-RF 2 0 0 0 .000  
SD MAJ #28 Eguy Rosario PH-DH 2 0 0 0 .250 BB (3)
SEA MAJ #23 Jake Fraley RF 2 0 0 0 .000  
SEA MAJ #2 Jarred Kelenic DH 2 1 1 2 .333 HR (1)
SEA MAJ #8 Cal Raleigh C 3 1 1 0 .200 2B (1)
SEA MAJ #6 Taylor Trammell LF 2 1 1 1 .400 HR (1)
STL MAJ #29 Luken Baker 1B 1 0 0 0 .000  
STL MAJ #1 Dylan Carlson RF 2 1 0 0 .250  
STL MAJ #4 Ivan Herrera PH-DH 0 1 0 0 .000 BB (1)
STL MAJ #8 Andrew Knizner C 3 2 2 2 .400 2B (1)
STL MAJ #30 John Nogowski 1B 1 2 1 3 .250 HR (1), 2 BB (3)
STL MAJ #9 Lane Thomas CF 2 1 1 0 .500 BB (1)
STL MAJ #15 Justin Williams DH 3 0 1 1 .143  
TB MAJ #4 Vidal Brujan CF 1 0 0 0 .500  
TB MAJ #1 Wander Franco SS 3 1 2 1 .250 HR (1)
TB MAJ #16 Josh Lowe RF 2 0 0 0 .333  
TB MAJ #20 Kevin Padlo 3B 1 0 0 0 .400  
TB MAJ #15 Taylor Walls PH-2B 1 0 0 0 .000  
TEX MAJ #8 Jonah Heim C 2 0 0 0 .000  
TEX MAJ #1 Josh Jung 3B 0 0 0 0 1.000  
TEX MAJ #3 Leody Taveras CF 1 0 0 0 .333 BB (1), CS (1)
TEX MAJ #16 Steele Walker RF 2 1 1 1 .250 HR (1)
TOR MAJ #21 Santiago Espinal SS 2 0 1 0 .200 2B (1)
TOR MAJ #3 Jordan Groshans SS 1 0 0 0 .000  
TOR MAJ #10 Miguel Hiraldo 2B 0 0 0 0 BB (1), SB (1)
TOR MAJ #12 Otto Lopez PH-CF 1 0 0 0 .000  
TOR MAJ #8 Gabriel Moreno C 1 0 0 0 .000  
WAS MAJ #4 Yasel Antuna SS 2 1 0 0 .250 BB (1)
WAS MAJ #15 Tres Barrera C 3 0 1 0 .250  
WAS MAJ #10 Drew Mendoza 1B 2 0 0 0 .200 BB (2)

PITCHERS

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TEAM CLASS RANK PLAYER IP H R ER BB K ERA NOTES
ARI MAJ #10 Corbin Martin 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 9.00  
ATL MAJ #10 Tucker Davidson 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 9.00  
ATL MAJ #19 Victor Vodnik 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00  
ATL MAJ #14 Patrick Weigel 1.0 3 4 1 1 0 13.50  
BAL MAJ #13 Hunter Harvey 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00  
BOS MAJ #28 Eduard Bazardo 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00  
CIN MAJ #6 Tejay Antone 2.0 1 0 0 0 5 0.00  
COL MAJ #12 Ryan Castellani 2.0 2 7 4 2 0 18.00  
CWS MAJ #28 Tyler Johnson 0.2 0 3 3 3 0 40.50  
CWS MAJ #18 Kade McClure 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00  
DET MAJ #4 Matt Manning 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00  
KC MAJ #25 Scott Blewett 1.2 2 2 2 2 3 10.80  
KC MAJ #15 Carlos Hernandez 2.0 3 3 3 1 1 13.50  
LAD MAJ #5 Bobby Miller 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00  
LAD MAJ #18 Dennis Santana 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0.00  
MIL MAJ #26 Angel Perdomo 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 0.00  
MIL MAJ #13 Drew Rasmussen 2.0 0 0 0 2 3 0.00  
MIL MAJ #14 Justin Topa 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0.00  
MIN MAJ #20 Cody Stashak 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 9.00  
NYM MAJ #18 Oscar De La Cruz 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00  
NYM MAJ #30 Franklyn Kilome 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00  
NYM MAJ #23 Marcel Renteria 1.0 2 4 4 2 3 36.00  
OAK MAJ #14 Jeff Criswell 0.2 1 4 4 2 0 54.00  
OAK MAJ #16 Jordan Weems 1.0 1 2 2 1 2 13.50  
PIT MAJ #10 Miguel Yajure 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 9.00 L (0-1)
SD MAJ #17 Mason Thompson 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00  
STL MAJ #21 Seth Elledge 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00  
STL MAJ #22 Junior Fernandez 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 27.00  
STL MAJ #7 Kwang-Hyun Kim 0.2 4 4 3 2 2 40.50  
STL MAJ #14 Angel Rondon 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00  
TB MAJ #24 Josh Fleming 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 W (1-0)
TB MAJ #5 Shane McClanahan 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00  
TEX MAJ #9 Hans Crouse 1.0 1 2 2 2 0 18.00  
TOR MAJ #7 Alek Manoah 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 0.00  
TOR MAJ #4 Simeon Woods Richardson 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00  
WAS MAJ #23 Joan Adon 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0.00  
WAS MAJ #17 Ben Braymer 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0.00  
WAS MAJ #21 Tyler Dyson 1.0 1 1 0 1 1 0.00  

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