Baseball America Prospect Report — October 4, 2021

There’s always a tinge of sadness that comes with the end of every MiLB season. It will be six months before there once again is the promise of games to enjoy each and every night.

But as I get older, the other aspect I always can’t help but think about are the players who played their final games this week (and a couple of weeks ago in the case of all but Triple-A).

For a few players, the decision is theirs. Some players will decide that this is the year the dream dies (or in a few cases, that their careers are over after at some point they reached the majors). They’ll decide it’s time to get on with their life’s work, whatever that will be, and they will go out on their own terms.

But for the vast majority of players who just had their final inning or their final at-bat, it will be a much harsher divorce. Some will get called this winter and told they are being released. Others will be minor league free agents who begin the offseason hopeful only to find that no team calls. And others will head to spring training only to be released before the 2022 season begins.

But whether these players’ final games come on their own terms or by surprise, they are among the very few baseball players to reach the minors. It’s remarkable that reaching Double-A or Triple-A can be seen as failing to achieve a childhood dream when reaching that level puts a player among the top 2,500 baseball players in the world.

So while you get ready for the MLB playoffs, also give a thought for the minor league players whose dreams may have just ended.

Sunday’s Stars

Spencer Torkelson, 1B, Tigers: Torkelson hit his 11th Triple-A home run and his 30th of the season overall between three levels. Torkelson’s first pro season ended with him hitting .267/.383/.552.

Jarren Duran, CF, Red Sox: Duran struggled mightily in his MLB debut, but his Triple-A season was better, both before his promotion and after his demotion. Duran went 3-for-5 on the final day of the season, raising his Triple-A line to .258/357/.516.

Jose Marmolejos, 1B, Mariners: The final stretch gave Marmelejos a chance to finish a season to remember. Demoted back from Seattle, Marmelejos got just enough plate appearances to qualify league leaders. He won the Triple-A West sabermetric Triple Crown. He led the league in batting average (.338), on-base percentage (.439) and slugging percentage (.672). He also hit his 26th home run of the season on Sunday, finishing fifth in the league in home runs.

HITTERS

ORG	CLASS	RANK	PLAYER	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	NOTES
ARI	MAJ	#8	Geraldo Perdomo, SS	4	1	1	0	0.240	2B (11),
ARI	MAJ	#22	Jake McCarthy, OF	3	1	0	1	0.248	BB (45), SB (31),
ATL	AAA	#1	Cristian Pache, OF	1	0	0	0	0.237
ATL	AAA	#2	Drew Waters, OF	4	0	0	0	0.243
ATL	AAA	#4	Shea Langeliers, C	1	0	0	0	0.256
BAL	AAA	#1	Adley Rutschman, C	3	1	1	0	0.285	BB (78),
BAL	AAA	#17	Kyle Stowers, OF	4	0	2	1	0.279
BAL	AAA	#19	Yusniel Diaz, OF	2	0	0	0	0.161	BB (18),
BOS	AAA	#1	Triston Casas, 1B	6	1	2	0	0.279	2B (15),
BOS	AAA	#2	Jarren Duran, CF	5	2	3	1	0.250
CHC	AAA	#1	Brennen Davis, OF	3	0	0	0	0.256	2 BB (51),
CHC	MAJ	#11	Greg Deichmann, OF	1	0	0	0	0.262
CHC	AAA	#21	Christopher Morel, SS	4	1	2	0	0.225	BB (45),
CIN	MAJ	#1	Jose Barrero, SS	4	0	1	0	0.289
CIN	MAJ	#22	T.J. Friedl, OF	4	0	0	0	0.266
COL	AAA	#5	Elehuris Montero, 3B	4	0	0	0	0.276
COL	AAA	#10	Ryan Vilade, OF	4	0	1	0	0.281	2B (27),
COL	AAA	#19	Willie MacIver, C	3	0	0	0	0.222
COL	MAJ	#23	Colton Welker, 3B	4	1	1	0	0.242
CWS	MAJ	#8	Gavin Sheets, 1B	1	0	0	0	0.277
CWS	AAA	#9	Jake Burger, 3B	4	0	0	0	0.274
CWS	AAA	#17	Romy Gonzalez, SS	3	1	1	2	0.280	HR (24), E (18),
CWS	AAA	#18	Micker Adolfo, OF	3	0	0	0	0.247	BB (30),
CWS	AAA	#20	Blake Rutherford, OF	4	1	2	0	0.249	2B (29), CS (1),
DET	AAA	#1	Spencer Torkelson, 3B	3	1	1	1	0.265	HR (29), BB (77),
DET	MAJ	#11	Daz Cameron, OF	3	1	1	1	0.247	HR (10), BB (29), SB (14),
DET	AAA	#12	Ryan Kreidler, IF	4	1	1	0	0.272
DET	MAJ	#19	Zack Short, SS	2	0	0	0	0.190	2 BB (55), E (12),
DET	AAA	#22	Kody Clemens, SS	4	1	2	3	0.243	HR (18),
DET	AAA	#27	Jacob Robson, OF	4	0	0	0	0.279
HOU	AAA	#1	Korey Lee, C	4	0	0	0	0.277
HOU	AAA	#2	Jeremy Pena, SS	5	1	0	0	0.305	E (4),
HOU	AAA	#3	Pedro Leon, SS	3	1	0	0	0.220	BB (39),
HOU	MAJ	#8	Jake Meyers, OF	4	2	2	1	0.317	HR (22),
KC	AAA	#1	Bobby Witt, SS	5	0	0	0	0.291
KC	AAA	#4	Nick Pratto, 1B	3	2	0	0	0.266	2 BB (82),
KC	AAA	#6	M.J. Melendez, C	4	1	0	1	0.288	BB (74),
KC	MAJ	#7	Kyle Isbel, OF	3	1	1	0	0.269
KC	AAA	#24	Lucius Fox, SS	4	1	1	0	0.247	2B (15), BB (37), CS (2),
LAA	MAJ	#2	Brandon Marsh, OF	1	0	0	0	0.266
LAA	AAA	#27	Michael Stefanic, OF	4	0	1	0	0.334
LAD	AAA	#15	Luke Raley, OF	4	0	1	0	0.271	SB (8),
MIA	MAJ	#11	Lewin Diaz, 1B	4	0	0	0	0.236
MIA	MAJ	#30	Bryan De La Cruz, OF	4	0	1	0	0.315
MIL	AAA	#2	Brice Turang, SS	3	1	0	0	0.258	2 BB (60), E (16),
MIN	AAA	#8	Jose Miranda, 3B	3	0	0	0	0.340	BB (42),
MIN	MAJ	#11	Nick Gordon, OF	4	0	0	1	0.255
MIN	AAA	#15	Gilberto Celestino, OF	5	0	2	0	0.252	2B (21),
MIN	MAJ	#19	Brent Rooker, OF	3	0	0	0	0.227
NYM	MAJ	#20	Patrick Mazeika, C	3	0	0	0	0.249
NYY	AAA	#3	Oswald Peraza, SS	3	1	2	0	0.300
NYY	AAA	#13	Estevan Florial, OF	3	0	0	0	0.223
NYY	AAA	#16	Oswaldo Cabrera, SS	3	1	1	4	0.272	HR (29), E (12),
OAK	MAJ	#7	Luis Barrera, OF	3	1	1	0	0.275
PHI	AAA	#3	Bryson Stott, SS	4	0	0	0	0.302
PHI	AAA	#7	Logan O’Hoppe, C	4	0	0	0	0.269
PHI	MAJ	#10	Matt Vierling, OF	3	0	0	0	0.283
PHI	AAA	#11	Simon Muzziotti, OF	3	0	1	0	0.296	SB (2),
PHI	AAA	#14	Luke Williams, 2B	4	0	0	0	0.268
PHI	AAA	#15	Nick Maton, 2B	2	0	0	0	0.219	BB (48),
PIT	MAJ	#1	Oneil Cruz, SS	4	1	1	2	0.312	HR (18),
PIT	AAA	#7	Tucupita Marcano, UTL	3	0	0	0	0.244	2 BB (59), SB (12),
PIT	AAA	#20	Cal Mitchell, OF	1	0	0	0	0.277
PIT	AAA	#23	Rodolfo Castro, 2B	5	0	1	0	0.238	2B (20), E (22),
PIT	AAA	#29	Canaan Smith-Njigba, OF	4	0	0	1	0.254
SEA	MAJ	#5	Cal Raleigh, C	3	0	0	0	0.260	BB (21),
SEA	AAA	#25	Luis Liberato, OF	4	0	2	0	0.276	3B (5),
SEA	AAA	#28	Cade Marlowe, OF	3	0	2	1	0.276	2B (24), BB (61), SB (24),
SF	AAA	#3	Heliot Ramos, OF	4	1	2	0	0.254
STL	AAA	#5	Ivan Herrera, C	4	0	0	0	0.226
STL	AAA	#13	Justin Williams, OF	3	0	0	0	0.201	BB (20),
STL	AAA	#15	Brendan Donovan, 2B	4	0	0	0	0.303
STL	AAA	#18	Alec Burleson, OF	4	0	1	1	0.270
STL	AAA	#30	Luken Baker, 1B	2	0	0	1	0.246
TB	AAA	#2	Vidal Brujan, 2B	3	0	0	0	0.252
TB	AAA	#8	Taylor Walls, SS	3	1	1	0	0.229	2B (18),
TB	AAA	#28	Miles Mastrobuoni, UTL	3	0	0	0	0.297	BB (51),
TEX	AAA	#25	Davis Wendzel, SS	3	3	2	0	0.243	2B (10), 2 BB (25),
TEX	AAA	#27	Steele Walker, OF	6	0	0	0	0.241
WAS	AAA	#14	Donovan Casey, OF	3	0	0	0	0.269
WAS	MAJ	#18	Riley Adams, C	1	0	0	0	0.231

PITCHERS

ORG	CLASS	RANK	PLAYER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	NOTES
ATL	MAJ	#6	Spencer Strider, RHP	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	3.64	W (4-7)
ATL	AAA	#10	Tucker Davidson, LHP	3.0	3	1	1	1	5	2.30	L (2-2)
ATL	AAA	#20	Daysbel Hernandez, RHP	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	3.83
BOS	AAA	#12	Connor Seabold, RHP	5.0	4	1	1	2	0	3.45	W (4-3)
HOU	AAA	#24	Brett Conine, RHP	2.2	9	10	6	1	3	5.66	L (8-4)
KC	MAJ	#5	Jackson Kowar, RHP	4.0	5	5	5	1	6	5.43	L (9-10)
KC	AAA	#29	Ronald Bolanos, RHP	2.1	4	2	2	5	2	6.58
LAA	MAJ	#1	Reid Detmers, LHP	1.2	3	2	2	2	2	4.25
LAA	AAA	#18	Davis Daniel, RHP	6.2	9	3	3	2	9	3.92	L (4-7)
LAD	MAJ	#7	Andre Jackson, RHP	3.0	4	2	2	0	3	3.53	Sv (1)
MIL	MAJ	#8	Aaron Ashby, LHP	0.2	3	6	6	3	1	4.45	L (8-6)
PHI	MAJ	#24	Bailey Falter, LHP	2.0	4	3	3	1	0	3.78
PIT	AAA	#8	Carmen Mlodzinski, RHP	2.0	3	2	1	2	2	3.96	L (2-4)
SD	MAJ	#11	Reiss Knehr, RHP	3.0	3	2	2	2	2	3.96	L (7-5)
SEA	MAJ	#11	Andres Munoz, RHP	0.2	0	0	0	2	1	4.15
SEA	MAJ	#26	Yohan Ramirez, RHP	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	4.00
SEA	AAA	#29	Penn Murfee, RHP	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	4.23	W (7-3)
STL	AAA	#1	Matthew Liberatore, LHP	3.1	1	0	0	0	4	4.04	W (9-9)
STL	AAA	#23	Jake Walsh, RHP	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	2.86	Sv (1)
TOR	MAJ	#2	Nate Pearson, RHP	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	4.34
WAS	MAJ	#23	Patrick Murphy, RHP	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	3.66