Baseball America Prospect Report—April 16, 2021

Andrew Young, 2B/OF, D-backs—Young, who was acquired from the Cardinals as part of the Paul Goldschmidt trade, made his major league debut last season and had a homer and four RBIs in 12 games for the D-backs. The 26-year-old matched those totals with one swing on Thursday, belting a grand slam off Patrick Corbin in the second inning of Arizona’s 11-6 win over the Nationals. Young, who was recalled from the alternate training site earlier in the week, was making his first start of the season, as well as his first career start in left field.

Adolis Garcia, OF, Rangers—Garcia tore the cover off the ball in spring training but didn’t make the Rangers Opening Day roster. He got the call from the alternate training site earlier this week and is wasting no time showing he deserves to stay in the majors. After going 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBI on Wednesday, Garcia hit the tiebreaking two-run homer in the top of the 10th inning to lift the Rangers to a 6-4 win over the Rays on Thursday. It was Garcia’s first career home run and gave Texas its third straight win.

Tucupita Marcano, UTIL, Padres—Marcano’s performance in spring training was so strong that he won a spot on the Padres Opening Day roster despite the fact he’d never played a regular season game above Low-A. After being used exclusively as a pinch-hitter and defensive replacement in his first nine games, Marcano made his drew his first career start on Thursday and notched his first career hit with an RBI double in the Padres’ 8-3 win over the Pirates. Marcano, the Padres No. 8 prospect, has long been lauded for his ability to drive the ball to all fields, and he showed it by driving a 95-mph fastball from Mitch Keller the other way down the left-field line.

BATTERS

TEAM	CLASS	RANK	PLAYER, POS	AB	R	H	BI	AVG	NOTES
ARI	MAJ	#9	Pavin Smith RF	3	2	1	2	.240	HR (1), 2 BB (2)
ATL	MAJ	#17	Alex Jackson C	4	0	0	0	.111
BAL	MAJ	#23	Ryan McKenna PR	0	0	0	0	.200
BAL	MAJ	#5	Ryan Mountcastle DH	3	0	0	0	.222
BOS	MAJ	#3	Bobby Dalbec 1B	3	0	0	0	.162
CLE	MAJ	#3	Andres Gimenez SS	4	1	1	1	.208	2B (2)
CWS	MAJ	#3	Nick Madrigal 2B	3	0	1	0	.282
CWS	MAJ	#1	Andrew Vaughn LF	4	0	0	0	.136
DET	MAJ	#17	Akil Baddoo RF	4	0	0	0	.345
KC	MAJ	#6	Kyle Isbel RF	0	0	0	0	.250
LAD	MAJ	#11	Zach McKinstry RF	4	0	0	0	.314
LAD	MAJ	#26	Luke Raley LF	4	0	0	0	.200
LAD	MAJ	#7	Edwin Rios 1B	3	0	0	0	.167	BB (4)
MIA	MAJ	#4	Jazz Chisholm SS-2B	4	1	1	0	.258	2B (3)
MIN	MAJ	#4	Ryan Jeffers C	4	1	1	0	.190
SD	MAJ	#3	Luis Campusano C	3	0	0	0	.091	BB (3)
SD	MAJ	#8	Tucupita Marcano RF	4	0	1	1	.167	2B (1)
SD	MAJ	#15	Jorge Mateo RF	1	0	0	0	.267
SEA	MAJ	#29	Sam Haggerty LF	3	1	1	0	.182	SB (1)
SEA	MAJ	#6	Taylor Trammell CF	3	0	0	0	.132	CS (2)
TB	MAJ	#2	Randy Arozarena RF	4	0	0	0	.273	BB (3)
TEX	MAJ	#3	Leody Taveras CF	4	0	1	0	.121	SB (2)
TOR	MAJ	#5	Alejandro Kirk PH	1	0	1	0	.154

PITCHERS

TEAM	CLASS	RANK	PLAYER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	NOTES
ATL	MAJ	#2	Ian Anderson	5.0	6	3	3	4	6	4.70
BAL	MAJ	#14	Bruce Zimmermann	5.0	6	2	2	3	2	4.24	L (1-1)
CLE	MAJ	#15	Emmanuel Clase	1.0	1	1	0	0	1	0.00	Sv (2)
CWS	MAJ	#4	Garrett Crochet	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	1.69
CWS	MAJ	#2	Michael Kopech	1.1	1	1	1	1	2	1.17
DET	MAJ	#28	Alex Lange	0.0	1	1	1	2	0	4.50
DET	MAJ	#2	Tarik Skubal	4.0	2	2	1	4	5	6.08	L (0-2)
LAD	MAJ	#18	Dennis Santana	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
MIA	MAJ	#6	Trevor Rogers	5.0	3	2	2	3	7	2.40
TB	MAJ	#25	Ryan Thompson	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	5.06
TOR	MAJ	#20	Anthony Kay	3.1	6	5	4	0	3	10.80	L (0-1)