Baseball America Prospect Report — September 28, 2021
Jordan Qsar, RF, High-A Bowling Green (Rays) — Qsar’s two-run home run proved the biggest blow in Bowling Green’s 7-5 win over Greensboro in Game 4 of the High-A East championship series. The Hot Rods win forces a deciding Game 5 tonight. With all of Triple-A off today, that means the Bowling Green-Greensboro decider will be the only minor league game in the U.S. today--there are 25 Dominican Summer League games also on tap.
Curtis Mead, 1B, High-A Bowling Green (Rays) — Mead went 3-for-4 with a triple for High-A Bowling Green. Back from his brief stint at Triple-A Durham, Mead is hitting .375 (6-for-16) in the postseason.
Jeremy Peña, SS, Triple-A Sugar Land (Astros) — Peña singled on Monday. That’s the good news. The bad news is he also struck out in his other four at-bats. Peña has been exceptional for Triple-A Sugar Land since he returned from a wrist injury in late August, but the only slightly concerning issue about his .333/.393/.676 stint with Sugar Land has been his extreme aggressiveness at the plate. He’s walked five times (4.4%) and struck out 29 times (25.9%) in 112 plate appearances. That’s a reasonable rate for a hitter who is providing the power he’s shown—nine home runs in just 112 PAs. But it’s also something worth monitoring.
Kevin Padlo, 3B, Triple-A Tacoma (Mariners) — Padlo tripled and hit his eighth home run for Triple-A Tacoma. Picked up off waivers from the Rays, Padlo has turned his season around since he became a Mariner. He’s hitting .337/.437/.674 for the Rainiers in 103 plate appearances. He was hitting .194/.270/.379 for Triple-A Durham before he was designated for assignment.
Alek Thomas, CF, Triple-A Reno (D-backs) — Thomas led off for Reno by hitting his eighth home run of the season for the Aces. Thomas now has 18 home runs overall between Double-A Amarillo and Reno. He’s hitting .375/.441/.674 since his promotion to Reno.
HITTERS
| ORG | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG | NOTES |
| ARI | AAA | #3 | Alek Thomas, OF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.314 | HR (18), 2 BB (52), |
| ARI | AAA | #18 | Drew Ellis, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.262 | 2B (31), BB (56), |
| ARI | R | #25 | Manuel Pena, SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.258 | 2B (3), BB (16), |
| ARI | AAA | #27 | Stuart Fairchild, OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.282 | |
| BAL | R | #16 | Samuel Basallo, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.274 | E (8), |
| CIN | MAJ | #1 | Jose Barrero, SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.293 | |
| CIN | R | #17 | Ariel Almonte, OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.286 | 2B (8), SB (5), |
| CIN | R | #18 | Malvin Valdez, OF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.225 | 2B (6), SB (14), |
| CIN | MAJ | #22 | T.J. Friedl, OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.273 | |
| COL | AAA | #5 | Elehuris Montero, 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.276 | HR (26), BB (50), E (22), |
| COL | AAA | #10 | Ryan Vilade, OF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.283 | |
| COL | R | #27 | Yanquiel Fernandez, OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.309 | |
| DET | MAJ | #19 | Zack Short, SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.193 | |
| DET | R | #21 | Abel Bastidas, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.167 | |
| HOU | AAA | #1 | Korey Lee, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.277 | 2B (17), BB (31), |
| HOU | AAA | #2 | Jeremy Pena, SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.347 | |
| HOU | AAA | #3 | Pedro Leon, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.227 | CS (10), |
| KC | MAJ | #7 | Kyle Isbel, OF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.270 | 2B (23), |
| LAA | AAA | #27 | Michael Stefanic, OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.340 | BB (50), |
| LAD | AAA | #15 | Luke Raley, OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.267 | BB (27), |
| LAD | AAA | #23 | Zach Reks, OF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0.276 | HR (18), |
| OAK | AAA | #3 | Nick Allen, SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.287 | BB (29), |
| OAK | AAA | #12 | Zack Gelof, 3B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0.323 | 2B (9), |
| SEA | R | #14 | Starlin Aguilar, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.248 | BB (19), |
| SEA | AAA | #25 | Luis Liberato, OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.265 | |
| SEA | AAA | #27 | Donnie Walton, UTL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.289 | HR (14), |
| SEA | R | #30 | Gabriel Gonzalez, OF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.282 | |
| SF | AAA | #3 | Heliot Ramos, OF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.252 | 2B (25), |
| SF | AAA | #15 | Ricardo Genoves, C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.270 | 2B (25), |
| STL | R | #26 | Carlos Carmona, OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.195 | BB (6), |
| TEX | AAA | #2 | Josh Jung, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.313 | 2B (21), |
| TEX | AAA | #9 | Sam Huff, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.240 | HR (13), |
| TEX | R | #13 | Bayron Lora, OF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.271 | |
| TEX | AAA | #27 | Steele Walker, OF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.251 | 2B (17), |
| TOR | R | #10 | Manuel Beltre, SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.235 | |
| WAS | MAJ | #1 | Keibert Ruiz, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.302 | BB (34), |
PITCHERS
| ORG | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | NOTES |
| ARI | AAA | #26 | Ryan Weiss, RHP | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4.60 | |
| COL | AAA | #30 | Ben Bowden, LHP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.05 | Sv (2) |
| DET | MAJ | #3 | Matt Manning, RHP | 3.1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6.71 | L (5-10) |
| DET | MAJ | #17 | Alex Lange, RHP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.37 | |
| HOU | AAA | #13 | Shawn Dubin, RHP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.74 | |
| HOU | AAA | #24 | Brett Conine, RHP | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.25 | W (8-3) |
| KC | MAJ | #5 | Jackson Kowar, RHP | 4.1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5.21 | L (9-9) |
| LAA | AAA | #1 | Reid Detmers, LHP | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.11 | |
| LAA | AAA | #18 | Davis Daniel, RHP | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3.92 | |
| SD | R | #25 | Brayan Medina, RHP | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.58 | |
| SEA | MAJ | #26 | Yohan Ramirez, RHP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.12 | |
| SEA | AAA | #29 | Penn Murfee, RHP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.36 | |
| SF | AAA | #17 | Sam Long, LHP | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.70 | |
| WAS | MAJ | #3 | Josiah Gray, RHP | 5.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5.27 | W (3-3) |
| WAS | MAJ | #10 | Mason Thompson, RHP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.38 |
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