MLB Prospects Spring Training Report -- March 4, 2019

By J.J. Cooper
on March 4, 2019

Sunday's Stars

Nick Senzel, CF, Reds. With Eugenio Suarez at third base and Scooter Gennett at second base, Senzel's best path to everyday at-bats in Cincinnati this season is in center field. So far he's been OK out there. He's shown the speed to handle the position although he does need some reps as expected to improve his reads and routes. What Senzel is also doing is hitting, which is the biggest case for him to be on the Opening Day roster. Senzel went 2-for-3 with a pair of triples. He's now hitting .462 (6-for-13).

Michael Chavis, 1B, Red Sox. Chavis has had an exceptional start to the spring. Chavis hit his fourth home run of the very young spring yesterday and now is tied with Chance Sisco for the spring training home run lead.

Meibrys Viloria, C, Royals. Viloria went from being ticketed for Double-A to having an outside chance to be the Royals' everyday catcher with the discouraging news about Salvador Perez's elbow. He went 2-for-3 yesterday with a pair of walks and is now hitting .571 (4-for-7). It's still most likely that the Royals go out and find a veteran to fill the job, but Viloria is a better hitter than the other internal candidate--Cam Gallagher.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 3B, Blue Jays. It's been a quiet spring so far for Guerrero, but yesterday he did line a ball off of the wall for a double while swinging with one hand.

Vlad Jr.'s swing is effortless. #SpringTraining pic.twitter.com/FMW9pr3vPW
— MLB (@MLB) March 3, 2019

Yusniel Diaz, RF, Orioles. It's going to be a rough year in Baltimore, but it will be a little easier if some of the Baltimore's young prospects step up. Diaz has impressed so far. He went 2-for-3 yesterday and is hitting .471 (8-for-17) so far.

Darwinzon Hernandez, LHP, Red Sox. Hernandez struck out three in two scoreless innings yesterday. That gives the lefty six strikeouts in four innings this spring. One of the best pitching prospects in the Red Sox's system, Hernandez really took off in the second half of the season last year.

Colin Poche, LHP, Rays. Poche's invisible fastball was working yesterday. He struck out three of the four batters he faced.

— BATTERS —

TEAM	CLASS	PLAYER, POS	AB	R	H	BI	AVG	Notes
ARI	MAJ	Kelly, Carson C	3	0	1	1	.300	2B (2)
ARI	MAJ	Leyba, Domingo 3B	3	0	0	0	.286
ARI	MAJ	Varsho, Daulton C	1	0	1	0	.667
ARI	MAJ	Young, Andy 2B	1	0	0	0	.200
ATL	MAJ	Contreras, William PR-C	2	0	0	0	.429
ATL	MAJ	Jackson, Alex DH	2	1	2	1	.417	HR (2)
ATL	MAJ	Waters, Drew CF	1	0	0	0	.273
ATL	MAJ	Wilson, Isranel PH-DH	1	0	0	0	.200
BAL	MAJ	Diaz, Yusniel RF	3	0	2	0	.471	CS (1)
BAL	MAJ	Hays, Austin LF	2	2	1	1	.364	HR (2), BB (1)
BAL	MAJ	Jackson, Drew SS	0	0	0	1	.357
BAL	MAJ	Mountcastle, Ryan 3B	1	1	1	0	.188
BAL	MAJ	Stewart, DJ RF	0	0	0	0	.333	BB (1)
BOS	MAJ	Chatham, C.J. SS	2	1	2	3	.273	2B (1), BB (1)
BOS	MAJ	Chavis, Michael 1B	2	1	1	1	.353	HR (4)
BOS	MAJ	Ockimey, Josh 1B	1	1	1	0	.231	2 BB (3)
CHC	MAJ	Short, Zack SS	2	0	1	0	.222
CIN	MAJ	Friedl, T.J. PH-CF	2	1	2	0	.444	CS (1)
CIN	MAJ	Joe, Connor 1B	3	1	1	0	.214	2B (2)
CIN	MAJ	Rodriguez, Alfredo PH-SS	2	0	0	0	.308
CIN	MAJ	Senzel, Nick CF	3	2	2	1	.462	2 2B (3)
CIN	MAJ	Siri, Jose PH-DH	1	0	0	0	.083
CIN	MAJ	Trammell, Taylor PH-LF	2	1	1	0	.273
CLE	MAJ	Bradley, Bobby PH-DH	1	0	0	0	.000
CLE	MAJ	Chang, Yu 2B	3	0	1	1	.333
CLE	MAJ	Clement, Ernie SS	3	0	1	0	.385	2B (2)
CLE	MAJ	Freeman, Tyler 2B	1	0	1	0	.500
CLE	MAJ	Haase, Eric C	1	0	0	0	.375
CLE	MAJ	Johnson, Daniel RF	1	0	0	0	.083
CLE	MAJ	Mercado, Oscar PR-CF	2	0	1	0	.357
COL	MAJ	Boswell, Bret PR-2B	2	1	2	0	.750	SB (1)
COL	MAJ	Hampson, Garrett 2B	2	0	0	0	.364
COL	MAJ	Hilliard, Sam PR-RF	2	2	1	0	.308
CWS	MAJ	Adolfo, Micker PH-DH	1	0	0	0	.000
CWS	MAJ	Collins, Zack C	2	0	1	0	.333
CWS	MAJ	Jimenez, Eloy LF	3	0	0	0	.143
CWS	MAJ	Madrigal, Nick 2B	1	0	0	0	.250
CWS	MAJ	Rutherford, Blake RF	1	0	0	0	.308
DET	MAJ	Alcantara, Sergio 3B	1	0	0	0	.125
DET	MAJ	Cameron, Daz CF	3	0	1	0	.250	3B (1)
DET	MAJ	Castro, Willi SS	3	0	0	0	.214
DET	MAJ	Clemens, Kody 2B	1	0	0	0	.000
DET	MAJ	Deatherage, Brock CF	1	0	0	0	.000
DET	MAJ	Lugo, Dawel 2B	3	0	0	0	.154
DET	MAJ	Paredes, Isaac 3B	1	0	0	0	.500
DET	MAJ	Perez, Wenceel SS	1	0	0	0	.000
DET	MAJ	Robson, Jacob RF	1	0	0	0	.000
DET	MAJ	Rogers, Jake C	1	0	0	0	.250
DET	MAJ	Stewart, Christin LF	3	0	0	0	.333
DET	MAJ	Woodrow, Danny CF	3	2	2	0	.417
HOU	MAJ	Alvarez, Yordan LF	1	0	0	0	.400
HOU	MAJ	Straw, Myles PR-CF	2	0	1	0	.429
HOU	MAJ	Toro, Abraham 3B	1	0	0	0	.333
HOU	MAJ	Tucker, Kyle RF	2	0	0	0	.357
KC	MAJ	Lopez, Nicky 2B	3	0	0	0	.250
KC	MAJ	Viloria, Meibrys C	3	2	2	2	.571	2 BB (3)
LAA	MAJ	Jones, Jahmai 2B	2	0	0	0	.100
LAA	MAJ	Rojas, Jose 1B	1	1	1	1	.417	HR (1)
LAA	MAJ	Thaiss, Matt 1B	3	0	0	0	.462
LAA	MAJ	Walsh, Jared PR-DH	1	0	0	0	.571
LAD	MAJ	Beaty, Matt 1B-3B	1	0	0	0	.400
LAD	MAJ	Estevez, Omar 2B	3	2	2	1	.364	HR (2)
LAD	MAJ	Lux, Gavin SS	2	1	0	0	.214	BB (1)
LAD	MAJ	Peters, DJ CF	1	0	0	0	.200
LAD	MAJ	Rios, Edwin 3B	3	0	1	0	.222	2B (2)
LAD	MAJ	Smith, Will C	1	0	0	0	.125
LAD	MAJ	Verdugo, Alex LF	3	2	2	2	.313	2 2B (2)
MIA	MAJ	Harrison, Monte CF	2	0	1	1	.250
MIA	MAJ	Miller, Brian CF	1	0	0	0	.125
MIL	MAJ	Erceg, Lucas 3B	1	0	0	0	.214
MIL	MAJ	Hiura, Keston 2B	4	0	2	1	.143	2B (1)
MIL	MAJ	Lutz, Tristen RF	1	0	0	0	.000
MIL	MAJ	Nottingham, Jacob 1B	1	0	0	0	.143
MIL	MAJ	Ray, Corey CF	3	0	0	0	.313
MIL	MAJ	Stokes, Troy LF	2	0	1	0	.182
MIN	MAJ	Arraez, Luis 2B	0	0	0	0	.111	BB (1)
MIN	MAJ	Celestino, Gilberto CF	1	0	0	0	.000
MIN	MAJ	Gordon, Nick SS	2	0	0	0	.231
MIN	MAJ	Jeffers, Ryan PH-DH	2	0	0	0	.000
MIN	MAJ	Kirilloff, Alex DH	3	0	1	1	.182
MIN	MAJ	Raley, Luke RF	3	0	0	0	.250
MIN	MAJ	Rooker, Brent LF	1	0	0	0	.167
MIN	MAJ	Rortvedt, Ben PH-DH	1	0	1	0	.333	2B (1)
MIN	MAJ	Wade, LaMonte LF	3	0	0	0	.385
NYM	MAJ	Guillorme, Luis SS	4	2	2	2	.500	HR (1)
NYY	MAJ	Estrada, Thairo 2B	3	0	0	0	.308
NYY	MAJ	Florial, Estevan CF	3	0	0	0	.286
OAK	MAJ	Barrera, Luis RF	3	0	1	1	.167	2B (1)
OAK	MAJ	Beck, Austin CF	1	0	0	0	.000
OAK	MAJ	Bolt, Skye PR-LF	1	0	0	0	.111
OAK	MAJ	Deichmann, Greg RF	1	0	0	0	.000
OAK	MAJ	Mateo, Jorge SS	3	1	1	0	.188
OAK	MAJ	Merrell, Kevin SS	1	0	0	0	.000
OAK	MAJ	Murphy, Sean C	1	0	0	0	.143
OAK	MAJ	Neuse, Sheldon 3B	0	0	0	0	.250
PHI	MAJ	Gamboa, Arquimedes SS	0	0	0	0	.000
PHI	MAJ	Haseley, Adam CF	3	0	0	0	.133
PHI	MAJ	Listi, Austin 1B	0	0	0	0	.167
PHI	MAJ	Moniak, Mickey RF	1	0	0	0	.250
PHI	MAJ	Vierling, Matt CF	1	0	0	0	.000
PIT	MAJ	Craig, Will 1B	2	0	1	1	.455
PIT	MAJ	Hayes, Ke'Bryan 3B	2	0	1	0	.455	2B (3)
PIT	MAJ	Kramer, Kevin 2B	2	0	0	0	.077
PIT	MAJ	Newman, Kevin SS	3	0	2	0	.273
PIT	MAJ	Reyes, Pablo CF	1	1	1	1	.333	HR (2)
PIT	MAJ	Reynolds, Bryan RF	2	0	0	0	.154
PIT	MAJ	Tucker, Cole SS	1	1	1	0	.250	BB (1)
SD	MAJ	France, Ty 3B	2	0	0	0	.500
SD	MAJ	Mejia, Francisco C	1	0	0	0	.364	BB (2)
SD	MAJ	Reed, Buddy PR-CF	1	0	0	0	.400	SB (5)
SD	MAJ	Tatis, Fernando SS	3	0	0	0	.286
SD	MAJ	Urias, Luis 2B	3	1	1	0	.313
SEA	MAJ	Bishop, Braden PH-CF	1	0	1	1	.375
SEA	MAJ	Fraley, Jake CF	2	0	0	0	.333
SEA	MAJ	Lewis, Kyle PR-RF-CF	1	1	0	0	.400	SB (1)
SEA	MAJ	Long, Shed LF	3	0	1	0	.250	2B (1)
SEA	MAJ	Thompson-Williams, Dom RF	0	0	0	0	.231
SEA	MAJ	Vogelbach, Daniel DH	2	0	0	1	.444
SF	MAJ	Avelino, Abiatal SS	4	0	1	0	.125	2B (1)
SF	MAJ	Howard, Ryan PR	0	0	0	0	.250
SF	MAJ	Shaw, Chris PH-DH	1	0	0	0	.250
STL	MAJ	Carlson, Dylan LF	2	0	0	0	.250
STL	MAJ	Edman, Tommy PH	0	0	0	1	.417
STL	MAJ	Garcia, Adolis RF	4	1	1	0	.067	BB (2), 2 SB (2)
STL	MAJ	Hurst, Scott CF	2	1	1	0	.667	3B (1)
STL	MAJ	Knizner, Andrew C	3	0	1	0	.250	2B (2)
STL	MAJ	O'Neill, Tyler LF	2	1	1	2	.214	HR (3), BB (4)
STL	MAJ	Schrock, Max PH-3B	4	0	1	0	.313
STL	MAJ	Sosa, Edmundo PR-SS	3	1	2	0	.333	3B (1), CS (1)
TB	MAJ	Gomez, Moises PH-DH	2	0	0	1	.167
TB	MAJ	Velazquez, Andrew CF	2	0	0	0	.154
TEX	MAJ	Arias, Diosbel PR-3B	1	0	0	0	.000
TEX	MAJ	Huff, Sam PH-DH	3	1	1	1	.333
TEX	MAJ	Taveras, Leody LF	1	0	1	0	.500
TEX	MAJ	Tejeda, Anderson SS	1	0	0	0	.000
TEX	MAJ	Thompson, Bubba CF	1	0	0	0	.000
TEX	MAJ	White, Eli CF	2	0	0	0	.063	BB (1), CS (1)
TOR	MAJ	Alford, Anthony RF	1	0	0	0	.125
TOR	MAJ	Biggio, Cavan 1B	1	0	0	0	.200
TOR	MAJ	Guerrero, Vladimir 3B	3	0	1	0	.250	2B (2)
TOR	MAJ	McGuire, Reese C	1	0	0	0	.000
TOR	MAJ	McKinney, Billy RF	3	1	1	1	.250	HR (1)
TOR	MAJ	Tellez, Rowdy 1B	3	1	1	2	.250	HR (1)
WAS	MAJ	Garcia, Luis 2B	1	0	0	0	.000
WAS	MAJ	Kieboom, Carter SS	1	0	0	0	.364
WAS	MAJ	Read, Raudy DH	2	0	1	0	.333	BB (1)
WAS	MAJ	Robles, Victor CF	2	2	1	0	.308	BB (4), SB (3)
— PITCHERS —

TEAM	CLASS	PLAYER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
ARI	MAJ	Lopez, Yoan	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
ATL	MAJ	Weigel, Patrick	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
ATL	MAJ	Wentz, Joey	0.1	3	2	2	1	0
BAL	MAJ	Araujo, Pedro	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
BAL	MAJ	Kline, Branden	0.2	2	1	1	0	1
BOS	MAJ	Hernandez, Darwinzon	2.0	1	0	0	2	3
CHC	MAJ	Maples, Dillon	1.0	2	2	2	0	2
CIN	MAJ	Gutierrez, Vladimir	2.0	0	0	0	0	2
CLE	MAJ	Hentges, Sam	2.0	0	0	0	1	3
COL	MAJ	Garcia, Rico	1.0	3	1	1	0	2
DET	MAJ	Funkhouser, Kyle	2.0	1	0	0	0	1
DET	MAJ	Soto, Gregory	0.2	2	2	2	3	0
DET	MAJ	Turnbull, Spencer	2.0	2	2	2	0	3
HOU	MAJ	Solomon, Peter	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
KC	MAJ	Griffin, Foster	2.0	1	0	0	0	3
LAA	MAJ	Curtiss, John	1.2	0	0	0	1	1
LAA	MAJ	Jerez, Williams	0.1	2	1	1	0	0
LAA	MAJ	Jewell, Jake	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
MIN	MAJ	Gonsalves, Stephen	3.0	3	1	1	2	2
NYM	MAJ	Smith, Drew	1.1	2	0	0	0	2
NYY	MAJ	Abreu, Albert	2.0	1	0	0	0	2
NYY	MAJ	Stephan, Trevor	1.1	3	4	3	1	0
OAK	MAJ	Holmes, Grant	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
PIT	MAJ	Escobar, Luis	1.0	0	0	0	2	1
PIT	MAJ	Holmes, Clay	1.2	0	2	2	3	1
PIT	MAJ	Keller, Mitch	1.0	3	4	4	2	0
SD	MAJ	Paddack, Chris	2.2	4	2	2	1	3
SEA	MAJ	Festa, Matt	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
SEA	MAJ	McKay, David	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
SF	MAJ	Adon, Melvin	1.0	1	1	1	0	1
STL	MAJ	Gallegos, Giovanny	1.2	2	3	3	1	3
STL	MAJ	Hudson, Dakota	1.2	4	2	2	0	2
STL	MAJ	Ponce de Leon, Daniel	3.0	4	3	3	0	2
TB	MAJ	Poche, Colin	1.0	0	0	0	1	3
TEX	MAJ	Burke, Brock	2.0	0	0	0	0	3