Baseball America Prospect Report—April 30, 2021

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Luis Garcia, RHP, Astros — Houston’s top pitching prospect showed off on Thursday afternoon. The 24-year-old righthander whiffed six over five one-run innings against the Mariners, albeit in a one-run loss. The outing was his longest of the season. His fastball topped at 96 mph, and he induced 12 swings and misses in 73 pitches (16.4%).

Casey Mize, RHP, Tigers — In his final start as a prospect, Mize was solid. The 2019 No. 1 overall pick, got 13 swings and misses in 87 pitches (14.9%) and held the White Sox scoreless until the fifth inning. The outing served as a nice rebound from his last outing, in which he allowed six earned runs in 4.2 innings against the Royals. He also kept the White Sox in the ballpark, which was a welcome result after allowing five home runs in 9.2 innings over his previous two outings. 

Shane McClanahan, LHP, Rays — After getting his first taste of the big leagues last year in the playoffs, McClanahan on Thursday got his first of regular-season ball. The Rays’ supplemental first-round pick in 2018 showed off a blazing fastball—he topped at 101 mph—with at times dastardly movement away from righthanders. In all, he struck out five and walked none, and left with only a Matt Chapman home run blemishing his ledger. McClanahan got swinging strikes with all four of his pitches.

Luis Patiño, RHP, Rays — After Shane McClanahan exited, the Rays went to their bullpen for another big-armed prospect. This time it was Patiño, who came over from the Padres as part of the package for lefty Blake Snell. In his second outing of the season, Patiño limited the A’s to just one hit while striking out a pair and walking nobody. He got four swings and misses in his outing, three of which came on his slider.

BATTERS

TEAM CLASS RANK PLAYER, POS AB R H BI AVG NOTES
ARI MAJ #9 Pavin Smith 1B 5 0 2 1 .263 2B (6)
ARI MAJ #2 Daulton Varsho PH 1 1 1 0 .500 2B (1)
BAL MAJ #5 Ryan Mountcastle 1B 4 0 1 0 .187  
BOS MAJ #3 Bobby Dalbec 1B 3 0 0 0 .221  
CWS MAJ #27 Zack Collins C 1 1 1 0 .242 2B (2), BB (6)
CWS MAJ #9 Luis Gonzalez LF 0 0 0 0  
CWS MAJ #3 Nick Madrigal 2B 3 2 3 1 .310 BB (5)
CWS MAJ #1 Andrew Vaughn LF 4 2 3 0 .279 2 2B (5)
DET MAJ #17 Akil Baddoo CF-LF 2 0 0 0 .241  
DET MAJ #21 Derek Hill PH-CF 1 0 0 0 .000  
HOU MAJ #12 Chas McCormick RF 3 0 0 0 .160  
LAD MAJ #11 Sheldon Neuse 2B 4 0 0 0 .211  
OAK MAJ #30 Seth Brown PH-RF 1 0 0 0 .263  
PHI MAJ #10 Nick Maton SS 4 1 2 0 .361 2B (4)
SEA MAJ #29 Sam Haggerty LF 4 0 0 0 .229  
SEA MAJ #6 Taylor Trammell CF 3 1 1 1 .157 HR (4)
STL MAJ #1 Dylan Carlson CF 4 0 0 0 .286  
STL MAJ #8 Andrew Knizner C 4 1 2 0 .300  
STL MAJ #27 Edmundo Sosa SS 2 1 1 0 .167 BB (1), CS (1)
STL MAJ #15 Justin Williams RF 3 0 0 0 .175 BB (10)
TB MAJ #2 Randy Arozarena LF 4 0 0 0 .292  


PITCHERS

TEAM CLASS RANK PLAYER IP H R ER BB K ERA NOTES
ATL MAJ #5 Bryse Wilson 3.0 7 4 4 2 1 6.75 L (1-2)
CHC MAJ #5 Adbert Alzolay 6.0 4 2 2 1 6 4.71 W (1-2)
DET MAJ #28 Alex Lange 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 7.20  
DET MAJ #3 Casey Mize 6.0 4 3 3 3 6 5.06 L (1-3)
HOU MAJ #5 Bryan Abreu 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 4.76  
HOU MAJ #2 Luis Garcia 5.0 3 1 1 0 6 2.70 L (0-3)
PHI MAJ #23 Connor Brogdon 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 6.30  
PHI MAJ #20 JoJo Romero 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 5.79  
SEA MAJ #21 Anthony Misiewicz 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00  
STL MAJ #7 Kwang-Hyun Kim 5.0 7 1 1 0 4 3.29  
TB MAJ #5 Shane McClanahan 4.0 5 2 2 0 5 4.50  
TB MAJ #3 Luis Patino 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0.00  

 

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