Arizona Fall League Prospect Report — October 15, 2021
Lars Nootbaar, OF, Cardinals — One of the better success stories in the Cardinals' organization, Nootbaar got significant time in the big leagues this season. He put forth five homers and a .739 OPS. He led Glendale's hit parade on Thursday with three hits, including a pair of homers, as part of the Desert Dogs' 14-hit attack.
Grae Kessinger, 3B, Astros — Another member of the Desert Dogs' dinger dudes, Kessinger slammed his first homer of the AFL in the fourth inning against Braves prospect Viktor Vodnik. The longball was part of a three-hit effort which also included two singles.
Ji-Hwan Bae, 2B, Pirates — Bae was in the middle of everything for Peoria on Thursday. The speedster hit a home run, walked three times and scored four times. Bae is recognized as a player with typical leadoff-type skills, but popped eight homers this year after not hitting any over the first 457 at-bats in the first two seasons of his career.
Brett Baty, 3B, Mets — One of the Mets' best prospects, Baty's start to the AFL has been blazing hot. In his first seven plate appearances, he was 5-for-5 with a pair of walks. He was retired twice on Thursday but still cobbled together a 2-for-4 effort with a double (his team's lone extra-base hit).
Owen White, RHP, Rangers — Though he was drafted in 2018, White did not make his professional debut until this season. Injuries and the pandemic kept him on the shelf until now, and even this year was limited by an early hand injury. On Thursday, he was matched against a Salt River lineup which featured three 2021 Futures Gamers (Spencer Torkelson, Michael Toglia and Brett Baty) and Herculean Brewers outfielder Joey Wiemer. Even with all that firepower, White threw up five zeroes. The big-armed righthander danced around a pair each of hits and walks to whiff five in his Fall League debut. White put himself back on the map this season, and he could use the AFL to become a household name.
HITTERS
| ORG | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG | NOTES |
| ARI | AFL | Cooper Hummel, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| ATL | AFL | Luke Waddell, SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | ||
| ATL | AFL | Jesse Franklin, OF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | ||
| BAL | AFL | Yusniel Diaz, RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 | 2B (1), 3 BB (3), | |
| BAL | AFL | Kyle Stowers, OF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .222 | 2B (1), BB (1), | |
| BAL | AFL | Ramon Rodriguez, C | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .400 | ||
| BOS | AFL | Triston Casas, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | ||
| BOS | AFL | Christian Koss, SS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 BB (2), | |
| BOS | AFL | Kole Cottam, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .200 | ||
| BOS | AFL | Jeter Downs, SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 BB (3), SB (1), | |
| CHC | AFL | Luis Vazquez, SS | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .222 | ||
| CHC | AFL | Andy Weber, SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | BB (1), | |
| CIN | AFL | Mike Siani, CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1), | |
| CIN | AFL | Drew Mount, OF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | 2B (1), | |
| CIN | AFL | Ivan Johnson, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 | HR (1), | |
| CLE | AFL | Richard Palacios, 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 | 2B (2), BB (3), | |
| COL | AFL | Ezequiel Tovar, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | ||
| COL | AFL | Willie MacIver, C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| COL | AFL | Michael Toglia, 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | BB (1), | |
| COL | AFL | Ryan Vilade, LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | ||
| CWS | AFL | Yoelkis Cespedes, OF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | ||
| DET | AFL | Spencer Torkelson, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | 2 BB (3), | |
| DET | AFL | Ryan Kreidler, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | BB (2), | |
| HOU | AFL | Grae Kessinger, SS | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .600 | HR (1), | |
| KC | AFL | Jake Means, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | ||
| LAA | AFL | Anthony Mulrine, C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| LAD | AFL | James Outman, CF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .200 | HR (1), BB (2), | |
| LAD | AFL | Jacob Amaya, SS | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .667 | HR (1), 2 BB (2), SB (1), | |
| MIA | AFL | JJ Bleday, OF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .250 | 2B (1), 2 BB (2), | |
| MIA | AFL | Troy Johnston, OF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .600 | BB (1), SB (1), | |
| MIL | AFL | Mario Feliciano, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| MIL | AFL | Joey Wiemer, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| MIN | AFL | Michael Helman, 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 2 BB (2), | |
| NYM | AFL | Brett Baty, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 2B (1), BB (2), | |
| NYY | AFL | Austin Wells, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | ||
| NYY | AFL | Andres Chaparro, 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1), | |
| OAK | AFL | Jeremy Eierman, SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .400 | BB (1), | |
| OAK | AFL | Logan Davidson, SS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .400 | 2 2B (2), 3 BB (4), | |
| PHI | AFL | Simon Muzziotti, CF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1), | |
| PHI | AFL | Bryson Stott, SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .600 | 2B (2), 2 BB (5), | |
| PIT | AFL | Ji-Hwan Bae, SS | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .500 | HR (1), 3 BB (3), | |
| PIT | AFL | Canaan Smith-Njigba, LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | ||
| SD | AFL | Chandler Seagle, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| SD | AFL | Matt Batten, 2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .444 | ||
| SEA | AFL | Cade Marlowe, LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .100 | 2B (1), SB (1), | |
| SEA | AFL | Zach DeLoach, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | BB (2), | |
| SF | AFL | Hunter Bishop, OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| SF | AFL | Marco Luciano, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | ||
| SF | AFL | Will Wilson, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 | ||
| STL | AFL | Nolan Gorman, 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .429 | ||
| STL | AFL | Juan Yepez, 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .286 | 2B (1), HR (1), BB (1), E (1), | |
| STL | AFL | Brendan Donovan, 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| STL | AFL | Lars Nootbaar, RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2 HR (2), BB (2), | |
| TB | AFL | Heriberto Hernandez, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | ||
| TEX | AFL | Ezequiel Duran, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | E (1), | |
| TOR | AFL | Leonardo Jimenez, 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| WAS | AFL | Drew Millas, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| WAS | AFL | Donovan Casey, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 |
PITCHERS
| ORG | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | NOTES |
| STL | AFL | Jordan Hicks, RHP | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9.00 | ||
| ATL | AFL | Indigo Diaz, RHP | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 27.00 | ||
| ATL | AFL | Victor Vodnik, RHP | 3.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18.00 | L (0-1) | |
| ATL | AFL | William Woods, RHP | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6.00 | ||
| BAL | AFL | Nick Vespi, LHP | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | W (1-0) | |
| CHC | AFL | Ryan Jensen, RHP | 1.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 27.00 | ||
| CIN | AFL | Eddy Demurias, RHP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.00 | ||
| CLE | AFL | Aaron Pinto, RHP | 0.0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | L (0-1) | ||
| CLE | AFL | Matt Turner, LHP | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| COL | AFL | Matt Dennis, RHP | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 | L (0-1) | |
| COL | AFL | Reagan Todd, LHP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| CWS | AFL | J.B. Olson, RHP | 2.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | ||
| DET | AFL | Chavez Fernander, RHP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| KC | AFL | Stephen Woods, RHP | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | ||
| LAA | AFL | Nathan Burns, RHP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | W (1-0) | |
| LAA | AFL | Zach Linginfelter, RHP | 1.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| LAD | AFL | Jeff Belge, LHP | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18.00 | ||
| MIA | AFL | Josh Simpson, LHP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | ||
| MIL | AFL | Justin Jarvis, RHP | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| MIN | AFL | Kody Funderburk, LHP | 2.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18.00 | ||
| MIN | AFL | Cody Laweryson, RHP | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0.00 | ||
| OAK | AFL | Pedro Santos, RHP | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4.50 | ||
| SD | AFL | Jesse Scholtens, RHP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | ||
| CLE | AFL | Damon Casetta-Stubbs, RHP | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0.00 | ||
| SF | AFL | R.J. Dabovich, RHP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | ||
| MIN | AFL | Evan Sisk, LHP | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| STL | AFL | Jake Walsh, RHP | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.00 | Sv (1) | |
| TEX | AFL | Eudrys Manon, RHP | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | Sv (1) | |
| TEX | AFL | Owen White, RHP | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0.00 | W (1-0) | |
| TOR | AFL | Graham Spraker, RHP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 |
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