Baseball America Prospect Report -- September 25, 2018

By J.J. Cooper
on September 25, 2018

Monday's Stars

Ronald Guzman, 1B, Rangers. Guzman hit his 16th home run and his 18th double of the season yesterday. Guzman's season overall has been below the bar teams look for in a first baseman (.233/.305/.412), but he is a 23-year-old so there's hope there is more ahead of him.

Juan Soto, LF, Nationals. Soto went 2-for-4 with his 21st home run. Soto's season isn't over yet, but it can be argued that it's the best by a teenager ever. At the worst, it's one of the two or three best ever by a teenager. Here's how Soto's season stacks up against all teenagers with 300 or more plate appearances since 1901 (thanks to Fangraphs leaderboard). Home runs (21): third Batting average (.295): fourth. Isolated power (.222): second. OBP (.406): first. Slugging percentage (.516): second. wOBA (.392): second. Walks (74): first.

Shohei Ohtani, DH, Angels. Ohtani hit his 21st home run of the season yesterday. Ohtani's power production has improved since he was shut down as a pitcher. He is averaging a home run every 16.5 plate appearances and slugging .574 since July 1.

— BATTERS —

TEAM	CLASS	PLAYER, POS	AB	R	H	BI	AVG
ARI	MAJ	Brito, Socrates LF	3	0	0	0	.172
ARI	MAJ	Vargas, Ildemaro PH	1	0	0	0	.077
ARI	MAJ	Walker, Christian 1B	3	0	0	0	.163
BAL	MAJ	Mullins, Cedric CF	3	0	0	0	.262	BB (16)
BAL	MAJ	Nunez, Renato 3B	4	0	3	0	.257
BAL	MAJ	Stewart, DJ RF	2	0	0	0	.259
BAL	MAJ	Wilkerson, Steve 2B	3	0	0	0	.207
CHC	MAJ	Caratini, Victor C	4	0	1	0	.243
CHC	MAJ	Mills, Alec P	0	0	0	0	.333
CLE	MAJ	Allen, Greg CF	4	1	2	0	.247	2B (10), BB (14), SB (18)
CLE	MAJ	Gonzalez, Erik SS	4	0	0	0	.265
COL	MAJ	Hampson, Garrett PH-2B	1	0	1	1	.289	2B (3)
COL	MAJ	McMahon, Ryan PH-1B	1	1	1	0	.235
COL	MAJ	Musgrave, Harrison P	0	0	0	0	.000
HOU	MAJ	Davis, J.D. 3B	4	0	1	0	.179
LAA	MAJ	Hermosillo, Michael LF	3	1	1	1	.212	HR (1), BB (3)
LAA	MAJ	Ohtani, Shohei DH	5	1	1	1	.280	HR (21)
LAA	MAJ	Ward, Taylor 3B	4	0	1	0	.168
LAD	MAJ	Farmer, Kyle PH	1	0	0	0	.239
LAD	MAJ	Ferguson, Caleb P	0	0	0	0	.200
LAD	MAJ	Locastro, Tim PR	0	1	0	0	.182
LAD	MAJ	Verdugo, Alex PH-LF	1	0	0	0	.270
MIA	MAJ	Alcantara, Sandy P	2	0	0	0	.000
MIA	MAJ	Anderson, Brian 3B	3	0	1	1	.272
MIA	MAJ	Brinson, Lewis CF	4	0	0	1	.201
MIA	MAJ	Sierra, Magneuris RF	3	0	0	0	.194	BB (6)
MIL	MAJ	Peralta, Freddy P	1	0	0	0	.038
NYY	MAJ	Andujar, Miguel 3B	4	0	1	0	.298
NYY	MAJ	Torres, Gleyber 2B	2	0	1	0	.276	BB (41)
NYY	MAJ	Voit, Luke 1B	4	0	1	0	.304	2B (3)
OAK	MAJ	Laureano, Ramon CF	5	0	1	0	.298
PHI	MAJ	Cozens, Dylan LF	1	0	0	0	.087
PHI	MAJ	Crawford, J.P. PH	0	0	0	0	.217	BB (13)
PHI	MAJ	Kingery, Scott SS	3	0	0	0	.226
PHI	MAJ	Quinn, Roman CF	2	0	1	0	.282	3B (4), BB (7)
PHI	MAJ	Suarez, Ranger P	0	0	0	0	.000
PIT	MAJ	Kramer, Kevin PH	1	0	0	0	.115
PIT	MAJ	Luplow, Jordan CF	3	0	0	0	.182	BB (10)
PIT	MAJ	Moran, Colin PH-3B	1	0	0	0	.277
PIT	MAJ	Newman, Kevin SS	3	1	0	0	.181	BB (4)
SD	MAJ	Mejia, Francisco C	5	1	1	0	.217	2B (2)
SF	MAJ	Garcia, Aramis 1B	4	0	1	0	.333
SF	MAJ	Shaw, Chris LF	3	0	0	0	.208	BB (7)
SF	MAJ	Slater, Austin PH	1	0	0	0	.254
STL	MAJ	Bader, Harrison CF	4	0	1	0	.271	2B (20)
STL	MAJ	Flaherty, Jack P	2	0	1	0	.156
STL	MAJ	Hicks, Jordan P	0	0	0	0	.000
STL	MAJ	Hudson, Dakota P	0	0	0	0	.000
STL	MAJ	Munoz, Yairo 2B	3	1	1	0	.277	BB (28)
STL	MAJ	O'Neill, Tyler PH	0	0	0	0	.252
TB	MAJ	Adames, Willy PH	0	0	0	0	.271	BB (29)
TB	MAJ	Bauers, Jake 1B	4	0	0	0	.195
TB	MAJ	Ciuffo, Nick C	2	0	0	0	.188
TB	MAJ	Lowe, Brandon 2B	3	0	0	0	.226
TB	MAJ	Meadows, Austin RF	3	0	0	0	.250
TEX	MAJ	Calhoun, Willie LF	4	0	1	0	.239
TEX	MAJ	Guzman, Ronald 1B	4	1	2	1	.236	2B (18), HR (16)
TOR	MAJ	Gurriel, Lourdes SS	1	0	0	0	.281
TOR	MAJ	McKinney, Billy PH	1	0	0	0	.269
TOR	MAJ	Tellez, Rowdy PH	1	0	0	0	.365
TOR	MAJ	Urena, Richard 2B	4	0	3	0	.289
WAS	MAJ	Robles, Victor PH	1	0	0	0	.222
WAS	MAJ	Soto, Juan LF	4	1	2	1	.295	HR (21)
WAS	MAJ	Stevenson, Andrew PH	1	0	0	0	.257

— PITCHERS —

TEAM	CLASS	CARD CODE	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
CHC	MAJ	Mills, Alec	1.0	0	0	0	1	1
COL	MAJ	Musgrave, Harrison	1.0	1	0	0	0	2
CWS	MAJ	Hamilton, Ian	1.0	2	1	1	0	0
LAA	MAJ	Buttrey, Ty	1.0	2	1	1	0	1
LAD	MAJ	Ferguson, Caleb	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
MIA	MAJ	Alcantara, Sandy	4.0	7	6	6	5	3
MIL	MAJ	Burnes, Corbin	0.2	1	0	0	0	1
MIL	MAJ	Peralta, Freddy	3.2	3	1	1	0	3
PHI	MAJ	Suarez, Ranger	3.0	3	1	0	1	1
SEA	MAJ	Rumbelow, Nick	1.0	0	0	0	1	2
STL	MAJ	Flaherty, Jack	5.1	4	3	3	2	5
STL	MAJ	Hicks, Jordan	1.0	1	1	1	2	1
STL	MAJ	Hudson, Dakota	0.2	0	0	0	1	0
TB	MAJ	Castillo, Diego	2.0	2	0	0	0	3
TB	MAJ	Schultz, Jaime	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
TB	MAJ	Yarbrough, Ryan	5.0	5	3	3	2	3