Baseball America Prospect Report—April 26, 2021

Pavin Smith, CF, D-Backs — Smith tripled and scored a run in the opener of Sunday’s doubleheader, then homered in the nightcap as part of a three-hit game. With the Arizona pitching staff holding the Braves to one hit and no runs in the doubleheader, that means that Smith by himself was enough to beat the Braves.

Michael Kopech, RHP, White Sox — The White Sox decision to ease Kopech back into action by using him out of the bullpen has worked well, but his work on Sunday as a spot starter will add to the argument that he may fit in the rotation. Kopech struck out 10 and walked no one in 5.1 innings of work, allowing one run on four hits. Kopech now has struck out 27 in 15.1 innings. Opponents are hitting only .130 against him this year and he’s walked only four.

Nick Madrigal, 2B, White Sox — Madrigal tripled as part of a two-hit Sunday. That means he now has as many triples this year (two) as strikeouts (also two).

Dylan Carlson, OF, Cardinals — A week into the season, Carlson was hitting .182 but was slugging .636 thanks to three home runs. Since then, Carlson hasn’t hit a home run, but he has picked up bushels of hits. Carlson had his second straight three-hit game (and his third in the past two weeks) with a double, a run scored and an RBI. Carlson is now hitting .309/.407/.559 this year, providing just what the Cardinals needed in their outfield.

Spencer Howard, RHP, Phillies — Howard had a rocky Sunday. Just up this week from the alternate site, Howard gave up a single and a triple off his fastball and two singles off his slider. He gave up three runs while striking out four in two innings of work, skying his ERA to 8.31.

Luis Patiño, RHP, Rays — Making his Tampa Bay debut, Patiño was excellent. He struck out Bo Bichette, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Randal Grichuk in the first and worked 2.2 hitless and scoreless innings. The Rays pulled him after just 42 pitches, but when he was in the game, he was excellent.

BATTERS

TEAM CLASS RANK PLAYER, POS AB R H BI AVG NOTES
ARI MAJ #9 Pavin Smith CF 4 1 3 1 .286 HR (2)
ATL MAJ #17 Alex Jackson C 2 0 0 0 .067  
BAL MAJ #23 Ryan McKenna RF 3 1 1 1 .200 BB (2)
BAL MAJ #5 Ryan Mountcastle 1B 3 2 0 0 .171 BB (4), SB (3)
BOS MAJ #3 Bobby Dalbec 1B 3 0 0 0 .237  
CIN MAJ #3 Jonathan India 2B 1 0 0 0 .281  
CLE MAJ #3 Andres Gimenez SS 3 0 0 0 .214  
CWS MAJ #27 Zack Collins C 3 1 3 0 .219 BB (5)
CWS MAJ #3 Nick Madrigal 2B 4 2 2 2 .297 3B (2)
LAD MAJ #11 Sheldon Neuse PH-2B 2 1 1 1 .286 HR (2)
LAD MAJ #14 DJ Peters PH-CF 2 0 0 0 .000  
LAD MAJ #26 Luke Raley RF 3 0 0 0 .200  
LAD MAJ #7 Edwin Rios PH-1B 2 0 0 0 .105  
MIA MAJ #4 Jazz Chisholm 2B 5 0 0 0 .254  
MIN MAJ #1 Alex Kirilloff LF 4 0 0 0 .000  
OAK MAJ #30 Seth Brown PH-RF 1 0 0 0 .281  
PHI MAJ #10 Nick Maton 2B 3 0 2 0 .500 BB (1)
PHI MAJ #13 Mickey Moniak CF 4 0 1 0 .120  
SD MAJ #3 Luis Campusano PH 1 0 0 0 .088  
SD MAJ #15 Jorge Mateo RF 4 0 0 1 .200  
SEA MAJ #29 Sam Haggerty LF 3 1 1 0 .270  
STL MAJ #1 Dylan Carlson CF-RF 4 1 3 1 .309 2B (4)
STL MAJ #8 Andrew Knizner C 3 1 1 0 .263  
STL MAJ #15 Justin Williams RF 3 0 0 0 .196  
TB MAJ #2 Randy Arozarena LF 3 0 0 0 .284 BB (5)
TEX MAJ #8 Jonah Heim C 4 0 0 0 .125  
TOR MAJ #21 Santiago Espinal 3B 4 0 2 1 .357  


PITCHERS

TEAM CLASS RANK PLAYER IP H R ER BB K ERA NOTES
ATL MAJ #5 Bryse Wilson 4.0 4 3 3 2 4 5.00 L (1-1)
BAL MAJ #18 Zac Lowther 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00  
CLE MAJ #15 Emmanuel Clase 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00  
CLE MAJ #23 Sam Hentges 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 3.38 W (1-0)
CLE MAJ #1 Triston McKenzie 4.0 4 3 3 4 5 4.32  
CWS MAJ #4 Garrett Crochet 3.0 3 0 0 1 1 0.96  
CWS MAJ #2 Michael Kopech 5.0 4 1 1 0 10 1.93 W (2-0)
CWS MAJ #7 Jonathan Stiever 0.0 4 3 3 0 0  
DET MAJ #28 Alex Lange 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 2.25  
DET MAJ #2 Tarik Skubal 2.2 4 2 2 0 3 4.50 L (0-3)
HOU MAJ #2 Luis Garcia 1.2 2 1 1 0 0 3.00 L (0-2)
LAA MAJ #3 Chris Rodriguez 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 2.25 W (1-0)
LAD MAJ #15 Victor Gonzalez 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 3.86  
MIN MAJ #14 Jorge Alcala 2.0 1 1 1 0 5 4.70  
MIN MAJ #20 Cody Stashak 0.2 3 3 3 0 1 12.60  
NYY MAJ #26 Nick Nelson 2.0 4 3 3 1 2 6.75  
PHI MAJ #1 Spencer Howard 2.0 4 3 3 1 4 8.31  
PIT MAJ #20 Wil Crowe 4.0 4 1 1 2 3 3.86  
TB MAJ #24 Josh Fleming 4.1 4 1 1 2 3 1.23 L (1-2)
TB MAJ #3 Luis Patino 2.2 0 0 0 1 3 0.00  

 

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