Baseball America Prospect Report—September 30, 2021

Image credit: Cristian Pache (Photo by Brian Westerholt/Four Seam Images)

Gabriel Arias and Oscar Gonzalez, Triple-A Columbus (Indians)—Arias and Gonzalez combined for six RBIs, five hits and five runs scored in a win over Louisville. Arias hit his 12th homer, finished the day 2-for-5 with three runs scored and raised his slash line to .285/.349/.450. Gonzalez crushed two home runs, giving him 31 on the season between Double-A and Triple-A, and raised his slash line to .294/.330/.545.

M.J. Melendez, C, Triple-A Omaha (Royals)—Another day, another multi-RBI outing for Melendez. The 22-year-old catcher turned in his third consecutive game with two or more RBIs in a win over Iowa. Melendez finished a home run shy of the cycle and raised his season slash line to .288/.386/.634 to go with 41 home runs and 99 RBIs.

Cristian Pache, OF, Triple-A Gwinnett (Braves)—It’s been far from the perfect year for Pache, who was expected to spend the majority of the season in the big leagues but instead struggled with injuries and collected just seven hits in 63 at-bats. The toolsy 22-year-old outfielder is ending the campaign on a high note, however, hitting .320 in August and .288 in September. Pache on Wednesday collected two hits and drove in three runs in a win over Jacksonville.

Justin Williams, OF, Triple-A Memphis (Cardinals)—Williams turned in a season-high five RBIs, homered and doubled in a blowout win over Charlotte. The 26-year-old outfielder missed significant time with injury this season, but he has eight hits in 21 at-bats since returning to Memphis from a rehab assignment.

Cole Winn, RHP, Triple-A Round Rock (Rangers)—Winn impressed at the alternate training site in 2020, showing three above-average or better weapons in his arsenal, and he’s carried that performance over to this season. In his last start of the season, the 21-year-old righthander struck out six and walked four over five one-hit innings to earn his first Triple-A win. Winn finished the year with a 4-3, 2.41 mark, 107 strikeouts and 31 walks in 86 innings.

HITTERS

ORG	CLASS	RANK	PLAYER	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	NOTES
ARI	AAA	#3	Alek Thomas, OF	5	0	1	0	0.313	E (1),
ARI	MAJ	#8	Geraldo Perdomo, SS	3	0	2	0	0.242
ARI	AAA	#18	Drew Ellis, 3B	5	0	1	0	0.261	3B (3), E (6),
ARI	MAJ	#22	Jake McCarthy, OF	2	0	0	0	0.249
ARI	AAA	#27	Stuart Fairchild, OF	3	0	1	0	0.282	BB (23),
ATL	AAA	#1	Cristian Pache, OF	4	0	2	3	0.238	CS (6),
ATL	AAA	#2	Drew Waters, OF	4	2	0	0	0.245
ATL	AAA	#4	Shea Langeliers, C	3	0	0	0	0.256	BB (37),
BAL	AAA	#1	Adley Rutschman, C	5	1	2	0	0.287
BAL	AAA	#17	Kyle Stowers, OF	2	0	0	0	0.282	2 BB (72), SB (8),
BOS	AAA	#1	Triston Casas, 1B	2	0	0	1	0.279	BB (55),
BOS	AAA	#2	Jarren Duran, CF	3	1	0	0	0.249	2 BB (37),
BOS	AAA	#4	Jeter Downs, 2B	3	0	1	0	0.183	BB (38), SB (18),
CHC	AAA	#1	Brennen Davis, OF	2	1	1	1	0.265	2B (24), 3 BB (47),
CHC	AAA	#21	Christopher Morel, SS	4	1	2	0	0.228
CIN	MAJ	#1	Jose Barrero, SS	3	0	0	0	0.291	BB (39), SB (17),
CIN	AAA	#20	Mark Kolozsvary, C	3	1	1	0	0.224
CIN	AAA	#21	Alejo Lopez, SS	2	0	0	0	0.317
CIN	MAJ	#22	T.J. Friedl, OF	2	0	0	0	0.270	BB (46),
CLE	AAA	#6	Gabriel Arias, SS	5	3	2	2	0.286	HR (11), BB (39),
CLE	MAJ	#15	Owen Miller, SS	4	1	1	0	0.249
CLE	AAA	#16	Richard Palacios, 2B	5	2	2	1	0.295	2B (33),
CLE	AAA	#29	Oscar Gonzalez, OF	5	2	3	4	0.294	2 HR (31),
COL	AAA	#5	Elehuris Montero, 3B	4	2	3	0	0.281	BB (51),
COL	AAA	#10	Ryan Vilade, OF	4	2	2	0	0.285	CS (5),
COL	AAA	#19	Willie MacIver, C	1	0	0	0	0.224
COL	MAJ	#23	Colton Welker, 3B	1	1	1	1	0.245	2B (7),
CWS	MAJ	#8	Gavin Sheets, 1B	3	1	2	3	0.275	HR (22),
CWS	AAA	#9	Jake Burger, 3B	2	0	1	0	0.274	2 BB (27),
CWS	AAA	#17	Romy Gonzalez, SS	4	0	1	0	0.279
CWS	AAA	#18	Micker Adolfo, OF	4	0	0	0	0.249
CWS	AAA	#20	Blake Rutherford, OF	3	1	1	0	0.250	2B (28),
DET	AAA	#1	Spencer Torkelson, 3B	3	0	1	1	0.266	2B (28), SB (5),
DET	AAA	#2	Riley Greene, OF	4	0	2	1	0.299
DET	MAJ	#11	Daz Cameron, OF	3	1	0	0	0.245
DET	AAA	#12	Ryan Kreidler, IF	3	1	0	0	0.273	BB (53), CS (6),
DET	R	#21	Abel Bastidas, SS	3	0	0	0	0.163
DET	AAA	#22	Kody Clemens, SS	3	0	0	0	0.241	BB (36),
DET	AAA	#27	Jacob Robson, OF	3	1	0	0	0.287
HOU	AAA	#1	Korey Lee, C	3	0	2	1	0.281	2B (18),
HOU	AAA	#2	Jeremy Pena, SS	3	0	0	0	0.339	BB (8),
HOU	AAA	#3	Pedro Leon, SS	3	0	0	0	0.224	BB (38), SB (18),
KC	AAA	#1	Bobby Witt, SS	3	1	0	1	0.295	BB (49),
KC	AAA	#4	Nick Pratto, 1B	2	1	0	1	0.264	BB (78),
KC	AAA	#6	M.J. Melendez, C	5	1	3	2	0.288	2B (21), 3B (3),
KC	MAJ	#7	Kyle Isbel, OF	2	2	1	1	0.269	2 BB (51), SB (24),
KC	AAA	#24	Lucius Fox, SS	5	2	3	2	0.241	2B (14), HR (4), SB (19),
LAA	AAA	#27	Michael Stefanic, OF	3	0	1	0	0.340	2B (26), BB (51),
LAD	AAA	#15	Luke Raley, OF	3	1	1	0	0.268
MIA	MAJ	#3	Jesus Sanchez, OF	4	0	0	0	0.284
MIA	MAJ	#11	Lewin Diaz, 1B	4	1	1	0	0.240	2B (18),
MIA	AAA	#16	Peyton Burdick, OF	4	0	0	0	0.226
MIA	MAJ	#30	Bryan De La Cruz, OF	4	0	0	0	0.315
MIN	AAA	#8	Jose Miranda, 3B	5	1	4	1	0.343	2 2B (31),
MIN	MAJ	#11	Nick Gordon, OF	3	0	0	1	0.261
MIN	AAA	#15	Gilberto Celestino, OF	4	0	0	0	0.249
NYM	AAA	#4	Mark Vientos, 3B	5	1	1	1	0.284	HR (25),
NYM	AAA	#11	Khalil Lee, OF	3	0	1	0	0.258	BB (68),
NYM	AAA	#21	Travis Blankenhorn, 2B	4	0	2	0	0.236	2B (13),
NYY	AAA	#3	Oswald Peraza, SS	4	1	0	0	0.297	BB (36),
NYY	AAA	#13	Estevan Florial, OF	5	0	0	0	0.225
NYY	AAA	#16	Oswaldo Cabrera, SS	3	3	2	0	0.268	2 BB (40),
OAK	AAA	#3	Nick Allen, SS	6	2	2	0	0.288	2B (17), 2 SB (12),
OAK	AAA	#12	Zack Gelof, 3B	5	2	3	1	0.333
PHI	AAA	#3	Bryson Stott, SS	3	0	1	0	0.309	BB (64), SB (10),
PHI	AAA	#8	Rafael Marchan, C	4	0	0	0	0.207
PHI	MAJ	#10	Matt Vierling, OF	4	1	1	0	0.283
PHI	AAA	#11	Simon Muzziotti, OF	3	0	1	0	0.286	BB (5), SB (1),
PHI	AAA	#13	Mickey Moniak, OF	5	1	1	1	0.233	HR (16),
PHI	AAA	#14	Luke Williams, 2B	5	0	1	0	0.272	SB (12),
PHI	AAA	#15	Nick Maton, 2B	2	0	0	0	0.218	BB (46),
PIT	AAA	#1	Oneil Cruz, SS	5	2	4	2	0.310	2B (16), HR (16),
PIT	AAA	#7	Tucupita Marcano, UTL	4	1	2	0	0.247
PIT	AAA	#20	Cal Mitchell, OF	3	0	1	0	0.278
PIT	AAA	#23	Rodolfo Castro, 2B	5	0	0	0	0.241
PIT	AAA	#29	Canaan Smith-Njigba, OF	1	0	0	0	0.260
SEA	MAJ	#5	Cal Raleigh, C	3	0	0	0	0.263
SEA	AAA	#25	Luis Liberato, OF	3	0	1	0	0.266
SEA	AAA	#27	Donnie Walton, UTL	4	1	1	0	0.288	2B (21),
SF	AAA	#3	Heliot Ramos, OF	4	0	0	0	0.249	SB (14),
SF	AAA	#15	Ricardo Genoves, C	3	1	2	2	0.273	HR (14), BB (42),
STL	AAA	#3	Nolan Gorman, 2B	5	0	0	0	0.278
STL	AAA	#13	Justin Williams, OF	5	2	4	5	0.203	2B (4), HR (10),
STL	AAA	#15	Brendan Donovan, 2B	4	1	0	0	0.307
STL	AAA	#27	Nick Plummer, OF	4	0	1	0	0.277
TB	AAA	#2	Vidal Brujan, 2B	4	1	1	2	0.253	HR (12), BB (48), SB (45), 2 CS (8),
TB	AAA	#5	Josh Lowe, OF	3	1	1	0	0.294	2 BB (61),
TB	AAA	#8	Taylor Walls, SS	5	1	1	0	0.230	2B (17),
TEX	AAA	#2	Josh Jung, 3B	4	2	2	1	0.315	HR (17),
TEX	AAA	#9	Sam Huff, C	2	1	0	1	0.238	BB (21), E (3),
TEX	AAA	#25	Davis Wendzel, SS	4	0	0	0	0.240
TEX	AAA	#27	Steele Walker, OF	4	0	0	0	0.248
TOR	AAA	#1	Gabriel Moreno, C	4	0	0	0	0.367
TOR	AAA	#7	Otto Lopez, 2B	5	2	2	0	0.320	2B (31),
TOR	AAA	#18	Kevin Smith, SS	5	2	2	2	0.270	2B (26), HR (21),
WAS	AAA	#14	Donovan Casey, OF	4	2	2	0	0.277	2B (26), BB (36), SB (22),
WAS	MAJ	#18	Riley Adams, C	2	0	0	0	0.233	BB (31),
WAS	AAA	#23	Tres Barrera, C	3	0	0	1	0.222	BB (35),

PITCHERS

ORG	CLASS	RANK	PLAYER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	NOTES
ATL	AAA	#6	Spencer Strider, RHP	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	3.64
ATL	AAA	#14	Bryce Elder, RHP	4.0	2	1	1	5	4	2.75
BAL	MAJ	#27	Zac Lowther, LHP	5.0	8	2	1	0	4	6.21	L (1-9)
HOU	MAJ	#19	Peter Solomon, RHP	4.0	4	1	1	3	1	4.43
KC	MAJ	#2	Daniel Lynch, LHP	3.0	7	4	4	2	2	5.82
LAA	MAJ	#30	Austin Warren, RHP	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	4.83
MIA	AAA	#21	Nick Neidert, RHP	5.0	5	4	3	0	5	3.97	L (7-6)
MIL	MAJ	#8	Aaron Ashby, LHP	2.0	0	0	0	1	5	3.91
NYY	AAA	#21	Nick Nelson, RHP	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	5.09
NYY	AAA	#28	Greg Weissert, RHP	1.0	0	0	0	4	2	1.64
PIT	MAJ	#6	Roansy Contreras, RHP	3.0	3	0	0	1	4	2.51
SEA	AAA	#11	Andres Munoz, RHP	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	4.91
STL	AAA	#29	Freddy Pacheco, RHP	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	4.02
TB	MAJ	#3	Luis Patino, RHP	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	4.04
TB	MAJ	#27	Louis Head, RHP	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	2.39
TEX	AAA	#3	Cole Winn, RHP	5.0	1	0	0	4	6	2.44	W (3-3)
WAS	AAA	#2	Cade Cavalli, RHP	0.2	2	4	4	3	1	3.55	L (6-9)
WAS	MAJ	#10	Mason Thompson, RHP	0.0	1	2	2	1	0		L (4-6)