Baseball America Prospect Report—May 25, 2021, Presented By OOTP 22
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Jo Adell, OF, Triple-A Salt Lake (Angels) — Adell keeps knocking on the door to the big leagues. The Angels No. 1 prospect hit his minor league-leading 10th home run on Monday to lead Triple-A Salt Lake to an 8-5 win over Las Vegas. He finished 2-for-5 with two RBIs and a run scored and is now batting .270 with a 1.063 OPS on the season.
Thairo Estrada, SS, Triple-A Sacramento (Giants)—Estrada is many years removed from his days as a Yankees top prospect, but he’s still only 25 and is making a case to return to the majors for a third straight season. Estrada went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run, three RBIs and three runs scored in Triple-A Sacramento’s 14-9 win over Reno. He is now batting .373 with a 1.127 OPS on the young season.
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MacKenzie Gore, LHP, Triple-A El Paso (Padres)—Gore had his best start of the season so far on Monday, pitching three scoreless innings with one hit allowed in Triple-A El Paso’s 7-2 loss to Sugar Land. Gore walked five and struck out four and still has control issues to work out, but the scoreless outing still represented a step forward after a rocky start to the season.
Daulton Jefferies, RHP, Triple-A Las Vegas (Athletics)—The A’s No. 3 prospect pitched four scoreless innings in his season debut for Triple-A Las Vegas on Monday after beginning the year on the injured list with biceps tendinitis. He allowed seven hits but was able to work around them and departed with a 4-0 lead. Most notable was Jefferies’ pitch efficiency. He need only 40 pitches to complete his outing even with the seven hits allowed, a testament to his superb control.
Trevor Larnach, OF, Twins—The No. 32 prospect on the BA Top 100, Larnach went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs on Monday to lead Minnesota to an 8-3 win over the Orioles. Larnach’s third-inning blast off of John Means traveled 461 feet and left his bat at 112.1 mph, according to Statcast, and was only the second home run Means has surrendered to a lefty all year.
Owen Miller, INF, Indians—Miller notched his first big league hit on Monday with a single off of the Tigers’ Spencer Turnbull to lead off the third inning of Cleveland’s 6-5 win. The 24-year-old infielder has long been lauded for his pure hitting ability, and the hit was his first of many likely to come.
Curtis Terry, DH, Triple-A Round Rock (Rangers)—The Rangers offense has heated up recently, but in the event it cools down again, Terry is positioning himself nicely for a callup. The 24-year-old went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs in Triple-A Round Rock’s 7-3 loss to Tacoma. The home run was his sixth of the year, tying him for second in the Triple-A West.
Andrew Vaughn, OF, White Sox—The No. 17 prospect on the BA Top 100 has struggled recently, but he broke out of his slump in a big way on Monday. Vaughn went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run and two RBIs in a 5-1 win over the Cardinals. His two-run homer in the sixth put Chicago in front and was his second home run in as many days. Vaughn entered the game batting .194 in May, but his back-to-back days with a home run are a positive sign he’s turning upward as June approaches.
HITTERS
| ORG | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG | NOTES |
| ARI | AAA | #14 | Seth Beer, 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.292 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #5 | Ryan Mountcastle, OF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.224 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #19 | Owen Miller, SS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.370 | |
| COL | AAA | #10 | Ryan Vilade, OF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.271 | 3B (1), BB (9), |
| CWS | MAJ | #1 | Andrew Vaughn, 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.239 | 2B (9), HR (4), |
| CWS | MAJ | #3 | Nick Madrigal, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.277 | 2B (7), |
| LAA | AAA | #1 | Jo Adell, OF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.270 | HR (10), |
| LAA | AAA | #2 | Brandon Marsh, OF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.200 | BB (9), |
| LAD | AAA | #1 | Keibert Ruiz, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.260 | E (3), |
| LAD | AAA | #26 | Luke Raley, OF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.190 | |
| LAD | AAA | #30 | Zach Reks, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.308 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #4 | Jazz Chisholm, SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.288 | E (5), |
| MIA | MAJ | #10 | Jose Devers, SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.222 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #1 | Alex Kirilloff, OF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.262 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #3 | Trevor Larnach, OF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.217 | HR (4), |
| NYM | MAJ | #9 | Khalil Lee, OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.156 | |
| OAK | AAA | #9 | Greg Deichmann, OF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.286 | 2B (1), |
| OAK | AAA | #17 | Austin Allen, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.156 | BB (1), |
| OAK | AAA | #25 | Skye Bolt, OF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.353 | HR (3), BB (6), |
| OAK | MAJ | #30 | Seth Brown, 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.231 | 2B (4), |
| SD | AAA | #3 | Luis Campusano, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.156 | |
| SD | MAJ | #5 | Ha-Seong Kim, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.206 | |
| SD | AAA | #8 | Tucupita Marcano, 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.182 | |
| SD | MAJ | #15 | Jorge Mateo, OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.240 | |
| SD | AAA | #25 | Ivan Castillo, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.383 | E (2), |
| SEA | MAJ | #2 | Jarred Kelenic, OF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.239 | HR (4), BB (5), |
| SEA | AAA | #6 | Taylor Trammell, OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.264 | |
| SEA | AAA | #8 | Cal Raleigh, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.316 | |
| SF | AAA | #16 | LaMonte Wade, OF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.260 | 2B (3), 2 BB (13), |
| STL | MAJ | #1 | Dylan Carlson, OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.284 | |
| STL | MAJ | #9 | Lane Thomas, OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.185 | |
| STL | MAJ | #15 | Justin Williams, OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.168 | |
| STL | MAJ | #27 | Edmundo Sosa, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.382 | CS (2), |
| TB | MAJ | #2 | Randy Arozarena, OF | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.277 | 2B (9), BB (21), SB (6), |
| TB | MAJ | #15 | Taylor Walls, SS | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.311 | 2 BB (15), |
| TOR | MAJ | #21 | Santiago Espinal, SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.218 | E (3), |
PITCHERS
| ORG | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | NOTES |
| CLE | MAJ | #15 | Emmanuel Clase, RHP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.83 | Sv (8) |
| CLE | MAJ | #23 | Sam Hentges, LHP | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6.20 | |
| CWS | MAJ | #2 | Michael Kopech, RHP | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.78 | |
| HOU | AAA | #29 | Peter Solomon, RHP | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.52 | W (1-0) |
| MIA | MAJ | #6 | Trevor Rogers, LHP | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1.75 | |
| MIL | MAJ | #26 | Angel Perdomo, LHP | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MIN | MAJ | #14 | Jorge Alcala, RHP | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4.19 | W (1-1) |
| NYM | MAJ | #8 | David Peterson, LHP | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.91 | L (1-4) |
| NYM | MAJ | #21 | Yennsy Diaz, RHP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.50 | |
| OAK | AAA | #3 | Daulton Jefferies, RHP | 4.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| OAK | AAA | #28 | Miguel Romero, RHP | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.00 | |
| SD | AAA | #1 | MacKenzie Gore, LHP | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5.94 | |
| SF | AAA | #20 | Camilo Doval, RHP | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.03 | |
| SF | AAA | #21 | Gregory Santos, RHP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.84 | |
| STL | MAJ | #7 | Kwang-Hyun Kim, LHP | 5.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3.09 | L (1-2) |
| STL | MAJ | #16 | Kodi Whitley, RHP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.10 | |
| STL | MAJ | #24 | Jake Woodford, RHP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.66 | |
| TB | MAJ | #25 | Ryan Thompson, RHP | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.42 | |
| TEX | AAA | #23 | Joe Palumbo, LHP | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8.44 | L (0-1) |
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