Baseball America Prospect Report — April 30, 2018

Sunday's Stars

• Peter Alonso, 1B, Mets. Alonso extended his home run streak to four games with a home run at Erie as part of a 3-for-5 day. Alonso has hit everywhere he's played (.311/.384/.571), which is vital because as a first baseman playing for a National League organization, he's either a starter or he's sitting in Triple-A.

• Dan Vogelbach, 1B, Mariners. Vogelbach went 3-for-5 with a home run on Sunday for Triple-A Tacoma. But the fact that Vogelbach is back in the minors is a reminder of the challenge that Alonso and other first basemen face. Vogelbach has been productive at Triple-A, but he's hit .191/.290/.287 in 94 at-bats. As Vogelbach's value is completely tied to his bat, he's going to struggle to get regular big league at-bats.

• Dustin Fowler, OF, Athletics. Fowler got off to a slow start as he returned to the field after last summer's gruesome patella tendon knee injury. But in the past week he's shown signs he's getting comfortable at the plate. Fowler went 3-for-5 with a double, triple and home run, falling a single short of a cycle. It was Fowler's third three-hit game of the past week.

• Torii Hunter, OF, Angels. Hunter, the son of long-time big league outfielder Torii Hunter, mainly played football at Notre Dame, so he's making up for lost time on the baseball field, but the athletic outfielder has some impressive tools. Yesterday he had the first five-hit game of his career. He went 5-for-5 with three runs scored, a double and his eighth steal in eight attempts..

• Nick Kingham, RHP, Pirates. Kingham's big league debut exceeded anyone's expectations. He carried a perfect game into the seventh inning and allowed only one hit in seven innings while striking out nine.

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