Draft Day Steals? Gorman, Liberatore Atop Baseball America Prospect Report (8/21/18)

By J.J. Cooper
on August 21, 2018

Monday's Stars

Bryse Wilson, RHP, Braves. Wilson was the surprise spot starter for the Braves on Monday. Given the opportunity, Wilson dominated. He allowed only three hits and three walks in five scoreless innings while striking out five. Wilson is the third 20-year-old pitcher to start for the Braves this year. No other team in the majors this season has had a game started by a pitcher 20 or younger.

Matthew Liberatore, LHP, Rays. Liberatore was once again outstanding for the GCL Rays. Liberatore threw five shutout innings yesterday. He struck out eight and walked no one while allowing three hits. Liberatore lowered his ERA for the season to 0.98 (he does have more unearned runs than earned runs, so his runs allowed average is more than double that). So far, the lefty has given signs the Rays got a steal after he fell in the first round this June.

MacKenzie Gore, LHP, Padres. Gore had a rougher outing yesterday. He allowed six hits and four earned runs in just 3.2 innings as he walked two and struck out four. Gore has had flashed of dominance this year, but he's struggled as well. This was his second rough outing in four August starts and his overall ERA (4.45) is sixth best among Fort Wayne's seven starting pitchers with 10 or more starts.

Nolan Gorman, 3B, Cardinals. While Liberatore has been among the most effective high school first-round pitchers so far, Gorman has been even more impressive as a hitter. He went 2-for-3 yesterday with two home runs, giving him 15 for the season (11 in the Appalachian League and four in the Midwest League).

Wander Franco, SS, Rays. Franco had another monster night, which is normal for the 17-year-old. Franco went 3-for-4 with his 10th home run and his 24th walk. Franco is now hitting .373/.436/.627 for Princeton with only 14 strikeouts in 209 at-bats.

— BATTERS —

TEAM	CLASS	PLAYER, POS	AB	R	H	BI	AVG
ARI	AA	Leyba, Domingo SS	4	0	1	0	.272
ARI	SS	McCarthy, Jake CF	3	0	1	0	.286	BB (21), CS (6)
ARI	SS	Rose, Joey 3B	3	0	0	0	.228
ARI	SS	Yerzy, Andy C	3	0	0	0	.299
ATL	LoA	Lugbauer, Drew C	4	1	1	0	.235	BB (36)
ATL	LoA	Ramos, Jeffrey DH	4	0	0	0	.239	BB (26)
ATL	MAJ	Acuna, Ronald LF	5	0	1	0	.289	2B (19), CS (3)
ATL	MAJ	Wilson, Bryse P	2	0	0	0	.000
BAL	AA	Diaz, Yusniel RF	5	1	2	3	.241	HR (4)
BAL	AA	Mountcastle, Ryan 3B	4	1	1	0	.302	BB (26)
BAL	AA	Rifaela, Ademar LF	4	0	0	0	.256	BB (29)
BAL	AA	Wilkerson, Steve 1B	5	2	3	0	.158	2B (1)
BAL	LoA	Encarnacion, Jean Carlos 3B	4	0	1	0	.288
BAL	LoA	Grenier, Cadyn SS	4	1	0	0	.192
BAL	MAJ	Mullins, Cedric CF	4	0	0	0	.343	BB (5)
BAL	MAJ	Nunez, Renato 3B	4	1	1	1	.246	HR (3)
BAL	SS	Hall, Adam SS	3	1	1	2	.277	2B (8), BB (13), 3 SB (15)
BAL	SS	Neustrom, Robert RF	4	2	1	1	.257	HR (3)
BAL	SS	Santander, Anthony DH	5	0	1	0	.333	2B (5)
BOS	AA	Chavis, Michael 1B	4	0	1	0	.299
BOS	AA	Dalbec, Bobby 3B	3	0	0	0	.298
BOS	AA	De La Guerra, Chad 2B	4	0	1	1	.263
BOS	LoA	Suarez, Kervin CF	3	0	0	0	.248	BB (23)
BOS	SS	Esplin, Tyler RF	3	0	0	0	.190
CHC	AA	Burks, Charcer LF	3	0	0	1	.233
CHC	AA	Hatch, Thomas P	2	0	0	0	.045
CHC	AA	Stinnett, Jake P	0	0	0	0	--
CHC	LoA	Amaya, Miguel C	3	1	0	1	.264
CHC	LoA	Herron, Jimmy LF	3	0	1	0	.274	BB (10), CS (3)
CHC	SS	Sierra, Jonathan RF	3	0	0	0	.245	BB (20)
CHC	SS	Velazquez, Nelson DH	3	0	0	0	.228
CHC	SS	Weber, Andy SS	4	0	1	0	.260	SB (1)
CIN	AA	Friedl, T.J. RF-LF	5	0	0	1	.284
CIN	AA	Gutierrez, Vladimir P	2	0	0	0	.071
CIN	AA	LaValley, Gavin 1B	4	1	2	1	.206	BB (40)
CIN	AA	Long, Shed 2B	5	0	2	0	.262
CIN	AA	Siri, Jose CF	4	1	1	0	.233	SB (12)
CIN	LoA	Downs, Jeter DH	4	0	0	0	.252
CIN	LoA	Garcia, Jose Israel SS	4	0	1	0	.245
CIN	LoA	India, Jonathan 3B	4	0	0	0	.194
CIN	MAJ	Ervin, Phillip RF	3	1	1	1	.297	HR (4)
CIN	R	Ruiz, Victor DH	3	0	0	0	.000	BB (1)
CIN	R	Siani, Mike CF	5	0	0	0	.301
CLE	AA	Clement, Ernie SS	4	0	0	0	.250	BB (2)
CLE	AA	Krieger, Tyler LF	4	2	2	0	.274	2B (19), BB (35)
CLE	AA	Mathias, Mark 2B	4	0	0	0	.228
CLE	LoA	Benson, Will RF	3	0	0	0	.171	BB (74)
CLE	LoA	Gonzalez, Oscar LF	4	0	3	0	.292	CS (6)
CLE	LoA	Palacios, Richie 2B	4	0	1	1	.286
CLE	MAJ	Allen, Greg CF	3	1	1	2	.250	HR (2)
CLE	R	Gonzalez, Marcos SS	4	0	1	0	.318	2B (5)
CLE	R	Holmes, Quentin CF	1	1	0	0	.000	2 BB (2), SB (1)
CLE	R	Kwan, Steven CF	4	0	0	0	.176
CLE	R	Naylor, Noah C	4	2	2	3	.296	3B (2)
CLE	R	Rodriguez, Johnathan RF	4	1	1	0	.294	2B (9)
CLE	SS	Freeman, Tyler SS	4	2	2	0	.381	2 2B (28), BB (8), SB (11)
COL	AA	Hilliard, Sam RF	4	0	1	0	.264
COL	AA	Mundell, Brian DH	4	0	0	0	.259
COL	AA	Nunez, Dom C	4	0	1	2	.227
COL	LoA	Vilade, Ryan SS	4	1	2	0	.270	BB (44), CS (13)
COL	SS	Vavra, Terrin SS	5	0	1	0	.312	2B (6)
CWS	AA	Basabe, Luis Alexander CF	4	1	1	2	.253	HR (6)
CWS	AA	Call, Alex RF	4	0	0	0	.253
CWS	AA	Collins, Zack C	3	0	0	0	.243	BB (96)
CWS	LoA	Walker, Steele CF	3	0	0	0	.190
CWS	R	Delgado, Lency SS	4	0	0	0	.226
CWS	R	Sosa, Lenyn SS	5	1	2	0	.298
DET	AA	Castro, Willi 2B	5	2	2	0	.264	2B (27)
DET	AA	Montgomery, Troy RF	4	0	1	0	.239	BB (30)
DET	AA	Paredes, Isaac SS	4	1	1	1	.310	BB (10)
DET	AA	Rogers, Jake C	5	1	2	1	.216	HR (16)
DET	LoA	Perez, Wenceel SS	5	0	1	0	.333	3B (1)
DET	SS	King, Jose SS	4	0	0	0	.186
HOU	LoA	Sierra, Miguelangel SS	4	0	0	0	.220
HOU	R	Nova, Freudis DH	4	0	1	1	.308	CS (4)
KC	HiA	Perkins, Blake CF	3	0	0	0	.239	2 BB (86), SB (27)
KC	HiA	Rivera, Emmanuel 3B	2	0	1	0	.267	2 BB (28)
KC	HiA	Viloria, Meibrys C	4	0	1	0	.257
KC	LoA	Isbel, Kyle CF	4	1	0	0	.309
KC	LoA	Melendez, M.J. C	4	0	0	0	.248	BB (38)
KC	LoA	Pratto, Nick 1B	5	2	1	0	.262	SB (19)
KC	MAJ	O'Hearn, Ryan DH	3	0	0	0	.175
KC	MAJ	Phillips, Brett CF	3	0	0	0	.211
KC	R	Cole, Eric CF	3	0	1	0	.254
KC	R	Vallot, Chase C	4	1	1	0	.288	2B (15)
LAA	R	English, William DH	1	0	1	1	.188	BB (9), SB (3)
LAD	LoA	Mann, Devin PR-2B	0	0	0	0	.244
MIA	AA	Dunand, Joe SS	4	0	1	0	.195
MIA	AA	Harrison, Monte CF	4	0	2	0	.244	3B (3), SB (25), CS (8)
MIA	AA	Miller, Brian LF	4	0	0	0	.244
MIA	LoA	Johnson, Osiris SS	2	0	0	0	.200	BB (1)
MIA	LoA	Jones, Thomas LF	2	0	0	0	.221	BB (21)
MIA	LoA	Scott, Connor CF	2	1	1	2	.257	HR (1)
MIA	LoA	Soto, Isael DH	3	0	0	0	.226
MIA	LoA	Torres, Chris 2B	2	0	0	0	.321	BB (14)
MIA	R	Marinez, Ynmanol SS	5	0	0	1	.091
MIL	AA	Diplan, Marcos P	0	0	0	0	.111
MIL	AA	Erceg, Lucas 3B	4	0	0	0	.249
MIL	AA	Grisham, Trent RF	2	1	0	0	.221	2 BB (56)
MIL	AA	Hiura, Keston 2B	4	0	0	0	.282
MIL	AA	Ponce, Cody P	0	0	0	0	.000
MIL	AA	Ray, Corey CF	4	0	0	1	.244
MIL	LoA	Harrison, K.J. C	3	1	0	0	.222	BB (36)
MIL	LoA	Henry, Payton DH	3	0	0	0	.250	BB (33)
MIL	LoA	Lutz, Tristen RF	3	1	1	0	.245	2B (31), BB (42)
MIN	AA	Arraez, Luis 2B	3	1	0	0	.301	BB (13)
MIN	AA	Raley, Luke 1B	5	1	2	1	.298	HR (3)
MIN	LoA	Banuelos, David C	4	0	1	2	.220
MIN	LoA	Bechtold, Andrew 3B	4	1	1	2	.212	BB (50)
MIN	LoA	Jeffers, Ryan DH	5	3	3	0	.306
MIN	LoA	Larnach, Trevor RF	4	3	2	1	.294	2B (5), BB (4)
MIN	LoA	Maciel, Gabriel CF	5	3	3	0	.284	3B (2)
MIN	LoA	Pearson, Jacob LF	5	0	0	0	.248	SB (6)
MIN	MAJ	Garver, Mitch C	3	1	1	0	.258	2B (13), BB (25)
MIN	R	Celestino, Gilberto CF	3	1	1	0	.299	2 BB (5)
MIN	R	Keirsey, DaShawn DH	3	0	0	0	.304
MIN	R	Severino, Yunior 2B	5	1	1	0	.268
NYM	AA	Gimenez, Andres SS	5	0	1	0	.309
NYM	AA	Mazeika, Patrick PH	1	1	1	0	.215
NYM	AA	Nido, Tomas C	4	1	3	0	.270
NYM	AA	Toffey, Will 3B	4	0	0	0	.274
NYM	MAJ	Bashlor, Tyler P	0	0	0	0	.000
NYM	R	Hernandez, Adrian CF	5	0	1	1	.262	CS (5)
NYM	R	Kelenic, Jarred CF	4	1	2	2	.221	2B (7), BB (22), SB (9)
NYM	R	Vientos, Mark 3B	4	1	0	0	.287	BB (30)
NYM	SS	Cortes, Carlos 2B	2	0	0	1	.288	BB (12)
NYY	LoA	Cabrera, Oswaldo SS	4	0	0	0	.229
NYY	LoA	Garcia, Dermis 1B	4	0	2	0	.237
OAK	MAJ	Laureano, Ramon CF	4	2	2	5	.281	2 HR (2)
OAK	SS	Brito, Marcos 2B	5	1	1	0	.216
OAK	SS	Eierman, Jeremy SS	4	1	3	1	.232	2B (6)
OAK	SS	Rivas, Alfonso LF-1B	5	0	3	2	.280	2B (13), CS (4)
PHI	AA	Garcia, Edgar P	0	0	0	0	.000
PHI	AA	Haseley, Adam CF	4	1	1	0	.309	BB (15)
PHI	AA	Randolph, Cornelius LF	5	1	2	1	.238	SB (3)
PHI	LoA	Muzziotti, Simon CF	5	0	0	0	.253
PHI	LoA	Ortiz, Jhailyn DH	5	1	1	0	.227	2B (16)
PHI	LoA	Vierling, Matt RF	5	1	2	2	.298	HR (5)
PHI	SS	Bohm, Alec 3B	4	0	0	0	.179
PIT	AA	Alemais, Stephen 2B	4	0	0	0	.276
PIT	AA	Craig, Will 1B	5	1	1	2	.252	HR (20)
PIT	AA	Reynolds, Bryan CF	5	1	0	0	.279
PIT	AA	Tucker, Cole SS	5	0	2	0	.254	2B (19)
PIT	LoA	Mitchell, Calvin RF	3	1	0	0	.279	2 BB (39)
PIT	LoA	Sanchez, Lolo LF	3	0	1	2	.241	BB (36)
PIT	LoA	Swaggerty, Travis CF	5	2	2	1	.182	HR (1)
PIT	MAJ	Crick, Kyle P	0	0	0	0	--
PIT	MAJ	Luplow, Jordan PH	1	0	0	0	.174
PIT	MAJ	Moran, Colin 3B	2	0	1	0	.270
PIT	MAJ	Newman, Kevin 2B	3	0	0	0	.000
PIT	MAJ	Santana, Edgar P	0	0	0	0	--
PIT	R	Martin, Mason 1B	4	0	0	0	.251
PIT	SS	Koch, Grant C	3	0	0	0	.211	BB (18)
SD	LoA	Arias, Gabriel SS	4	1	1	0	.236	2B (23)
SD	LoA	Miller, Owen 3B	4	0	0	0	.367
SD	LoA	Ruiz, Esteury 2B	4	0	1	0	.251
SD	R	Almanzar, Luis 3B	5	0	0	0	.216
SD	R	Barley, Jordy SS	2	0	0	0	.196
SD	SS	Edwards, Xavier SS	3	2	1	0	.278	2B (3), BB (11)
SD	SS	Little, Grant CF	5	1	2	0	.257
SEA	LoA	Adams, Johnny SS	2	0	0	0	.219
SEA	R	Izturis, Cesar SS	5	2	1	1	.247	SB (5)
SEA	R	Rosario, Ronald RF	5	0	2	1	.173	3B (1)
SEA	SS	Raleigh, Cal C	5	1	2	1	.316	2B (8), HR (6)
SEA	SS	Stowers, Josh CF	3	1	0	0	.276	2 BB (27), SB (12)
SF	AA	Hinojosa, C.J. 2B	5	1	1	0	.263
SF	AA	Howard, Ryan SS	2	0	2	0	.278	2B (30), 2 BB (37)
SF	LoA	Gonzalez, Jacob 3B	3	0	0	0	.231
SF	LoA	Ramos, Heliot CF	4	0	0	0	.241
SF	MAJ	Duggar, Steven CF	3	0	0	0	.259
SF	MAJ	Moronta, Reyes P	0	0	0	0	.000
SF	MAJ	Slater, Austin PH	1	0	0	0	.264
SF	R	Canario, Alexander CF	4	1	2	0	.255
STL	LoA	Baker, Luken DH	3	1	0	0	.292	BB (11)
STL	LoA	Dunn, Nick 2B	4	0	1	1	.250
STL	LoA	Gorman, Nolan 3B	3	2	2	3	.244	2 HR (4), BB (5)
STL	MAJ	Bader, Harrison CF	4	0	1	0	.281
STL	MAJ	Gomber, Austin P	2	0	0	0	.111
STL	MAJ	Hicks, Jordan P	0	0	0	0	.000
STL	MAJ	Hudson, Dakota P	0	0	0	0	.000
STL	MAJ	O'Neill, Tyler PH-RF	1	0	0	0	.284
STL	R	Gil, Mateo SS	4	0	2	1	.247
STL	R	Herrera, Ivan DH	4	3	2	1	.379	3B (4), BB (11)
STL	R	Machado, Jonathan CF	4	0	1	0	.294	BB (17), SB (9)
STL	SS	Perez, Delvin SS	3	1	2	1	.230
STL	SS	Ynfante, Wadye CF	3	1	1	0	.209	2B (12), BB (17)
TB	AA	Cronenworth, Jake SS	3	0	2	0	.244	BB (37)
TB	AA	Fox, Lucius DH	4	0	0	0	.238
TB	AA	Sanchez, Jesus RF	4	0	1	0	.213	CS (1)
TB	LoA	Hernandez, Ronaldo C	4	2	2	3	.284	2B (20), HR (19)
TB	MAJ	Adames, Willy SS	3	0	1	1	.241
TB	MAJ	Bauers, Jake 1B	3	0	0	0	.211	BB (39)
TB	MAJ	Perez, Michael C	3	0	0	0	.275
TB	R	Franco, Wander SS	4	2	3	1	.373	HR (10), BB (24)
TB	R	Witherspoon, Grant CF	3	2	1	0	.244	2B (7), BB (15)
TB	SS	Dodson, Tanner DH	3	1	3	0	.284	2 BB (15), CS (3)
TB	SS	Frank, Tyler 3B	2	0	0	1	.292	2 BB (30), CS (3)
TB	SS	Proctor, Ford SS	4	1	1	1	.228	2B (9)
TEX	HiA	Perez, Yanio LF	4	0	0	0	.217
TEX	HiA	Taveras, Leody CF	2	1	0	0	.244	3 BB (45), CS (10)
TEX	HiA	Tejeda, Anderson SS	4	0	1	1	.251
TEX	LoA	Reed, Tyreque 1B	5	1	4	5	.274	HR (14)
TEX	LoA	Thompson, Bubba CF	4	1	2	2	.287	BB (21), SB (28)
TEX	MAJ	Guzman, Ronald 1B	3	0	1	0	.240
TEX	MAJ	Robinson, Drew CF	2	0	0	0	.185
TEX	MAJ	Tocci, Carlos PH-CF	1	0	0	0	.204
TEX	R	Garcia, David C	4	0	3	1	.264	2B (7)
TEX	R	Ornelas, Jonathan SS	2	2	0	0	.288	3 BB (25)
TEX	R	Rodriguez, Keyber SS	3	1	1	0	.255	BB (24), SB (4)
TOR	AA	Bichette, Bo SS	5	0	3	2	.283	CS (10)
TOR	AA	Ramirez, Harold DH	3	0	0	0	.308	BB (24)
TOR	AA	Wall, Forrest CF	5	0	0	0	.221
TOR	LoA	Noda, Ryan 1B	4	0	1	0	.256
TOR	MAJ	Jansen, Danny C	4	0	1	0	.381	2B (3)
TOR	MAJ	McKinney, Billy LF	0	0	0	0	.333
TOR	MAJ	Urena, Richard 2B	2	1	1	0	.263	2B (2), BB (3)
TOR	R	Groshans, Jordan 3B	5	0	1	0	.118
TOR	R	Hiraldo, Miguel 3B	4	0	2	1	.174	2B (2)
TOR	SS	Conine, Griffin RF	4	0	0	0	.233
TOR	SS	Contreras, Mc Gregory LF	3	0	0	0	.263	BB (6)
WAS	AA	Fedde, Erick P	1	0	0	0	.000
WAS	AA	Johnson, Daniel RF-CF	3	0	1	1	.276	2B (16), 2 BB (22)
WAS	AA	Kieboom, Carter SS	4	1	2	2	.275	2B (13), BB (19)
WAS	AA	Read, Raudy C	4	0	0	0	.299
WAS	AA	Ward, Drew 1B	4	2	2	2	.241	2B (14), HR (10)
WAS	LoA	Franco, Anderson 3B	4	0	0	0	.236
WAS	SS	Sanchez, Jose SS	3	0	0	0	.232

— PITCHERS —

TEAM	CLASS	CARD CODE	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
ARI	SS	Goddard, Jackson	4.0	3	1	1	0	3
ATL	MAJ	Wilson, Bryse	5.0	3	0	0	3	5
BAL	R	Rom, Drew	3.0	0	0	0	1	3
BOS	R	Maddox, Austin	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
CHC	AA	Hatch, Thomas	6.0	5	1	1	1	6
CHC	AA	Stinnett, Jake	0.2	0	0	0	1	1
CIN	AA	Gutierrez, Vladimir	5.0	3	2	2	2	8
CWS	MAJ	Vieira, Thyago	1.0	2	2	2	1	1
DET	AA	Baez, Sandy	2.0	2	2	2	1	3
DET	SS	Wolf, Adam	3.0	3	0	0	1	2
KC	HiA	Tillo, Daniel	6.0	8	4	4	2	2
KC	R	Bowlan, Jonathan	4.0	3	2	2	0	5
MIA	AA	Eveld, Tommy	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
MIA	AA	Neidert, Nick	4.0	5	3	3	1	4
MIA	SS	Vallimont, Chris	3.0	0	0	0	2	2
MIL	AA	Diplan, Marcos	3.0	4	3	3	3	2
MIL	AA	Ponce, Cody	1.0	1	1	1	0	0
MIN	MAJ	Gonsalves, Stephen	1.1	6	4	4	2	3
NYM	MAJ	Bashlor, Tyler	2.0	1	1	0	1	0
NYY	R	Then, Juan	6.0	3	0	0	0	5
NYY	SS	Acevedo, Domingo	2.0	2	1	1	0	1
NYY	SS	German, Frank	3.0	1	0	0	0	7
PHI	AA	Garcia, Edgar	2.0	4	3	3	1	2
PIT	MAJ	Crick, Kyle	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
PIT	MAJ	Santana, Edgar	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
PIT	R	Ashcraft, Braxton	3.2	5	4	4	2	4
SF	LoA	Doval, Camilo	2.0	3	1	1	1	4	3.40	Sv (8)
SF	MAJ	Moronta, Reyes	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	2.06
STL	MAJ	Gomber, Austin	5.0	5	2	2	4	4	2.98
STL	MAJ	Hicks, Jordan	1.0	2	0	0	1	3	3.13
STL	MAJ	Hudson, Dakota	1.2	0	1	1	3	2	1.38
STL	R	Roberts, Griffin	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	8.10
TB	AA	Krook, Matt	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	4.41
TB	AA	McWilliams, Sam	6.2	9	4	4	1	8	5.38
TB	LoA	Romero, Tommy	5.1	3	2	2	3	5	3.03	W (10-4)
TB	MAJ	Yarbrough, Ryan	5.1	2	0	0	1	6	3.84	W (12-5)
TB	R	Liberatore, Matthew	5.0	3	0	0	0	8	0.98	W (1-2)
TB	SS	Mercado, Michael	5.2	5	1	1	4	4	5.22
TOR	AA	Perez, Hector	3.0	1	0	0	1	3	2.50
TOR	R	Kloffenstein, Adam	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0.00
WAS	AA	Fedde, Erick	4.0	4	1	1	2	4	2.25	L (0-1)