Baseball America Prospect Report—September 22, 2021

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Peyton Battenfield, RHP, Double-A Akron (Indians)—Battenfield, who was acquired by the Indians in a trade deadline deal from the Rays for outfielder Jordan Luplow and righthander DJ Johnson, has excelled in his first year of full-season ball between High-A and Double-A, but he saved his best start for Game 1 of the Double-A Northeast playoffs. The 24-year-old righthander pitched a season-high seven innings while allowing one run on one hit, a solo home run by Jordan Westburg, and striking out 10 to earn the win.

Drew Ellis, 3B, Triple-A Reno (Diamondbacks)—The 25-year-old third baseman made his big league debut this season, collecting nine hits in 69 at-bats before a demotion to Triple-A on Sept. 10. Ellis has been on fire since returning to Reno, with 18 hits in 45 at-bats (.400), six home runs and 20 RBIs. On Tuesday he collected five hits in five at-bats, including three doubles and a triple, scored four times and drove in five.

Kyle Harrison, LHP, Low-A San Jose (Giants)—The 20-year-old lefthander struck out six over 6.1 innings of one-run ball while allowing four hits and a walk to earn the win over Fresno in Game 1 of the Low-A West playoffs. Harrison, a 2020 third-rounder, turned in a stellar pro debut, with a 4-3, 3.19 mark and 157 strikeouts and 52 walks in 98.2 innings.

Jeremy Pena, SS, Triple-A Sugar Land (Astros)—The 2018 third-rounder from Maine missed the majority of the 2021 season after having surgery on his left wrist, but he’s impressed since returning to the field in mid August. On Tuesday he turned in his first three-homer game, driving in five in a win over Albuquerque. The 24-year-old shortstop is hitting .341/.393/.683 with a career-high eight home runs in just 20 games at Triple-A.

Alek Thomas, OF, Triple-A Reno (D-backs)—Thomas hit his way out of Double-A by mid August and has been even better since arriving in Triple-A, with a .371/.431/.685 slash line and 21 extra-base hits in 28 games. On Tuesday the 21-year-old outfielder turned in his second consecutive four-hit game, extending his hit streak to seven games. 

HITTERS

ORG	CLASS	RANK	PLAYER	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	NOTES
ARI	AAA	#3	Alek Thomas, OF	5	4	4	0	0.310	3B (12),
ARI	AAA	#8	Geraldo Perdomo, SS	4	1	1	1	0.226	BB (51), E (15),
ARI	AAA	#18	Drew Ellis, 3B	5	4	5	5	0.267	3 2B (30), 3B (2),
ARI	MAJ	#22	Jake McCarthy, OF	4	0	0	0	0.249
ARI	R	#25	Manuel Pena, SS	5	0	1	1	0.259
ARI	AAA	#27	Stuart Fairchild, OF	5	2	2	0	0.292	2 3B (4),
BAL	R	#11	Maikol Hernandez, SS	4	0	1	0	0.209	2 E (4),
BAL	R	#16	Samuel Basallo, C	3	0	1	0	0.287	2B (6),
BOS	R	#20	Miguel Bleis, OF	4	3	1	1	0.263	HR (4),
CIN	MAJ	#1	Jose Barrero, SS	1	0	0	0	0.291
CIN	R	#17	Ariel Almonte, OF	4	0	1	1	0.274
CIN	R	#18	Malvin Valdez, OF	4	0	0	0	0.216
CIN	MAJ	#22	T.J. Friedl, OF	1	0	0	1	0.267
CLE	MAJ	#15	Owen Miller, SS	3	0	1	0	0.246
COL	AAA	#5	Elehuris Montero, 3B	3	1	0	0	0.271	2 BB (49),
COL	MAJ	#10	Ryan Vilade, OF	2	0	0	0	0.285
COL	MAJ	#23	Colton Welker, 3B	1	0	0	0	0.245
COL	R	#27	Yanquiel Fernandez, OF	3	1	1	0	0.309	2B (10),
DET	MAJ	#11	Daz Cameron, OF	3	2	3	0	0.254	BB (26), SB (13),
DET	R	#21	Abel Bastidas, SS	3	0	0	0	0.167	BB (18),
HOU	AAA	#2	Jeremy Pena, SS	5	3	4	5	0.356	3 HR (8),
HOU	AAA	#3	Pedro Leon, SS	3	2	0	0	0.241	2 BB (33), CS (9),
HOU	MAJ	#8	Jake Meyers, OF	4	0	0	0	0.322
KC	MAJ	#7	Kyle Isbel, OF	3	0	1	0	0.269	2B (21), BB (49),
LAA	MAJ	#23	Kean Wong, UTL	3	0	0	0	0.298
LAA	AAA	#27	Michael Stefanic, OF	3	1	1	2	0.346	HR (17), BB (47), E (11),
LAD	MAJ	#15	Luke Raley, OF	4	1	1	0	0.270
LAD	AAA	#23	Zach Reks, OF	2	0	0	0	0.267	BB (43),
MIA	MAJ	#3	Jesus Sanchez, OF	4	0	0	0	0.284
MIA	MAJ	#11	Lewin Diaz, 1B	4	0	1	0	0.240
MIA	AAA	#16	Peyton Burdick, OF	3	1	0	0	0.229	BB (77),
MIA	AAA	#17	Monte Harrison, OF	3	0	0	0	0.235
MIA	MAJ	#30	Bryan De La Cruz, OF	3	0	0	0	0.323	BB (33),
MIN	MAJ	#11	Nick Gordon, OF	5	1	3	2	0.265	HR (6), SB (16),
MIN	MAJ	#19	Brent Rooker, OF	1	0	0	0	0.231
OAK	AAA	#3	Nick Allen, SS	4	0	1	1	0.274	2 E (12),
OAK	AAA	#7	Luis Barrera, OF	4	0	2	1	0.261	2B (16), E (10),
PHI	MAJ	#10	Matt Vierling, OF	1	0	0	0	0.281
PHI	MAJ	#14	Luke Williams, 2B	1	0	0	0	0.274
SEA	R	#14	Starlin Aguilar, 3B	2	0	0	0	0.238	BB (17),
SEA	AAA	#25	Luis Liberato, OF	1	0	0	1	0.261	BB (30),
SEA	AAA	#27	Donnie Walton, UTL	3	1	1	0	0.287	2 BB (36),
SEA	R	#30	Gabriel Gonzalez, OF	3	0	0	0	0.280	E (2),
SF	AAA	#2	Joey Bart, C	2	0	0	0	0.295	BB (21),
STL	AAA	#3	Nolan Gorman, 2B	4	0	0	0	0.286	BB (35),
STL	AAA	#13	Justin Williams, OF	4	0	0	0	0.180
STL	AAA	#15	Brendan Donovan, 2B	5	0	2	0	0.314
STL	AAA	#18	Alec Burleson, OF	4	1	2	2	0.269	HR (22),
STL	R	#26	Carlos Carmona, OF	4	1	1	0	0.178
STL	AAA	#27	Nick Plummer, OF	1	0	0	0	0.278
TEX	AAA	#2	Josh Jung, 3B	4	0	1	0	0.312	BB (26),
TEX	AAA	#27	Steele Walker, OF	4	0	0	0	0.253
TOR	MAJ	#5	Alejandro Kirk, C	4	0	0	0	0.271
TOR	R	#10	Manuel Beltre, SS	3	0	0	0	0.257
TOR	R	#13	Yhoangel Aponte, OF	4	1	2	0	0.205	3B (3), BB (11),
WAS	MAJ	#1	Keibert Ruiz, C	5	1	2	1	0.301

PITCHERS

ORG	CLASS	RANK	PLAYER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	NOTES
ARI	AAA	#26	Ryan Weiss, RHP	1.2	2	2	2	0	2	4.54
CIN	MAJ	#9	Tony Santillan, RHP	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	2.44
COL	AAA	#17	Ryan Feltner, RHP	2.2	4	5	5	2	2	3.40
COL	AAA	#30	Ben Bowden, LHP	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	5.40
HOU	AAA	#24	Brett Conine, RHP	4.0	4	5	2	2	4	5.36
KC	MAJ	#2	Daniel Lynch, LHP	6.0	4	4	4	3	5	5.66	L (8-8)
LAA	MAJ	#16	Packy Naughton, LHP	4.0	4	4	4	3	1	4.98	L (2-5)
LAA	AAA	#18	Davis Daniel, RHP	3.1	11	11	10	2	2	3.81	L (4-6)
LAA	MAJ	#28	Kyle Tyler, RHP	2.2	3	3	3	3	3	3.57
LAA	MAJ	#30	Austin Warren, RHP	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	4.85
MIA	AAA	#21	Nick Neidert, RHP	4.0	7	3	3	1	5	3.90
SEA	AAA	#11	Andres Munoz, RHP	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
STL	AAA	#10	Zack Thompson, LHP	2.2	2	4	4	3	3	7.36	L (2-10)
STL	AAA	#23	Jake Walsh, RHP	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	1.42
WAS	MAJ	#10	Mason Thompson, RHP	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	4.53