Baseball America Prospect Report—April 15, 2021
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Chicago White Sox
—No. 3 prospect Nick Madrigal tallied his first multi-hit game of the season with a 3-for-4 performance with an RBI and a run scored in the team’s no-hit win over the Indians. Madrigal has a hit in eight of 11 games, with a .278/.366/.306 slash line and one RBI.
—Yermin Mercedes added to his early-season resume, crushing his third home run off the bat at 111.2 mph. It was a three-run shot to give the White Sox a 4-0 lead in the first inning. Mercedes is 19-for-38 with 10 RBIs.
Miami Marlins
—No. 4 prospect Jazz Chisholm stole a base and hit his second home run, a three-run shot in the third inning of the team’s win over the Braves. The electric 23-year-old middle infielder has a .259/.400/.630 slash line, with four runs scored, three stolen bases and five RBIs.
Minnesota Twins
—No. 4 prospect Ryan Jeffers singled and scored once in three at-bats in the team’s loss to the Red Sox. The 23-year-old catcher has appeared in six games in 2021, with three hits in 17 at-bats (.176), 10 strikeouts and two walks in that span.
San Diego Padres
—No. 5 prospect Ha-Seong Kim has struggled so far this season, but on Wednesday he had two hits in three at-bats in the team’s loss to the Pirates. The 25-year-old shortstop/third baseman is hitting .226/.314/.323 with a home run and two RBIs.
Texas Rangers
—No. 11 prospect Kohei Arihara turned in his best start to date, pitching 5.2 innings of no-run ball, allowing three hits and no walks and striking out five. The 28-year-old righthander has walked just one batter in 14.2 innings, with seven strikeouts over that span.
Toronto Blue Jays
—No. 5 prospect Alejandro Kirk collected his first hit of the season with a two-run home run to left field that left the bat at 102.6 mph against the Yankees. The 22-year-old catcher had no trouble in his major league debut in 2020, collecting nine hits in 24 at-bats (.375), but thus far in 2021 he’s 1-for-16 with three strikeouts and one walk.
BATTERS
| TEAM | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER, POS | AB | R | H | BI | AVG | NOTES |
| BOS | MAJ | #3 | Bobby Dalbec 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .176 | |
| CIN | MAJ | #3 | Jonathan India 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | BB (2) |
| CIN | MAJ | #4 | Tyler Stephenson C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #30 | Yu Chang 1B-3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | |
| CWS | MAJ | #27 | Zack Collins C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | |
| CWS | MAJ | #3 | Nick Madrigal 2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .278 | |
| CWS | MAJ | #1 | Andrew Vaughn LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .167 | 2B (2) |
| DET | MAJ | #17 | Akil Baddoo CF-RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .400 | 2B (2) |
| LAD | MAJ | #11 | Zach McKinstry RF-2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .355 | HR (3) |
| LAD | MAJ | #26 | Luke Raley RF-LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2B (1), BB (1) |
| LAD | MAJ | #7 | Edwin Rios PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #4 | Jazz Chisholm 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .259 | HR (2), BB (7), SB (3) |
| MIN | MAJ | #4 | Ryan Jeffers C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .176 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #1 | Alex Kirilloff LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| SD | MAJ | #15 | Jorge Mateo PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | |
| STL | MAJ | #1 | Dylan Carlson PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | BB (6) |
| STL | MAJ | #8 | Andrew Knizner C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | |
| STL | MAJ | #30 | John Nogowski PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | |
| STL | MAJ | #27 | Edmundo Sosa SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | |
| STL | MAJ | #9 | Lane Thomas CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | |
| STL | MAJ | #15 | Justin Williams LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .192 | |
| TB | MAJ | #2 | Randy Arozarena RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | |
| TEX | MAJ | #8 | Jonah Heim C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .214 | BB (2) |
| TEX | MAJ | #3 | Leody Taveras CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .103 | |
| TOR | MAJ | #5 | Alejandro Kirk C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .083 | HR (1) |
PITCHERS
| TEAM | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | NOTES |
| BOS | MAJ | #28 | Eduard Bazardo | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| BOS | MAJ | #17 | Garrett Whitlock | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| CHC | MAJ | #22 | Justin Steele | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| DET | MAJ | #28 | Alex Lange | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| HOU | MAJ | #22 | Brandon Bielak | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.25 | |
| KC | MAJ | #20 | Tyler Zuber | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| LAA | MAJ | #3 | Chris Rodriguez | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4.26 | |
| LAD | MAJ | #15 | Victor Gonzalez | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #15 | Nick Neidert | 4.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4.00 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #20 | Cody Stashak | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.20 | |
| NYM | MAJ | #8 | David Peterson | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6.30 | W (1-1) |
| PHI | MAJ | #20 | JoJo Romero | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | |
| TB | MAJ | #24 | Josh Fleming | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.80 | L (0-1) |
| TEX | MAJ | #21 | Kyle Cody | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6.75 |
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