Baseball America Prospect Report

By J.J. Cooper
on September 6, 2018

Wednesday's Stars

Shohei Ohtani, DH, Angels. What Ohtani did yesterday seems even more impressive when you consider the timing. A couple of hours before the game, the Angels announced publicly that Ohtani needed Tommy John surgery to repair his elbow ligament. But you don't need a healthy UCL to hit, and Ohtani proceeded to have his best day of the season at the plate. He went 4-for-4 with two home runs and a walk and he stole a base. Tommy John surgery will mean that Ohtani will not pitch next year, but the good news for the Angels is that will let him focus on hitting, where he has been the Angels second most productive hitter this year.

Keibert Ruiz, C, Dodgers. Ruiz went 3-for-4 with a home run and 3 RBIs to spot Tulsa to an early lead in the Drillers first game of the playoffs. Arkansas rallied to win in the ninth. Ruiz' 2018 season was modest offensively as he failed to slug .400. But Ruiz' long-term promise remains absolutely tantalizing. He is a switch-hitting catcher who makes tons of contact, controls the strike zone and has significant offensive potential.

Alex Kirilloff, OF, Twins. Kirilloff seems to like the pressure of the playoffs. He went 5-for-5 yesterday and is now hitting an absurd .778 in two playoff games (7-for-9).

Nick Pratto, 1B, Royals. Pratto's late-season surge has carried over into the playoffs. Pratto went 2-for-3 yesterday with a home run, a walk and two steals. Pratto's day helped Lexington win Game 1 of its playoff series with Rome.

Michael Kopech, RHP, White Sox. Yesterday White Sox fans got the first clear view of the fact that Kopech isn't a finished product. The hard-throwing righthander allowed nine hits and seven runs in 3.1 innings, raising his ERA to 5.02. Kopech struggled to locate his fastball and hitters took advantage.

Sandy Alcantara, RHP, Marlins. Alcantara's second MLB start was even better than his first. Alcantara held the Phillies scoreless for seven innings as he allowed only three hits and two walks while striking out six. Alcantara now has a 0.75 ERA in 12 innings with the Marlins this year.

— BATTERS —

TEAM	CLASS	PLAYER, POS	AB	R	H	BI	AVG
ARI	AA	Leyba, Domingo SS	5	1	3	1	.600	HR (1)
ARI	HiA	Chisholm, Jazz SS	5	1	1	0	.200
ARI	HiA	Ellis, Drew 3B	3	0	0	0	.000	2 BB (2)
ARI	HiA	Grier, Anfernee LF	3	0	0	0	.000	BB (1)
ARI	HiA	Smith, Pavin 1B	5	0	2	0	.400
ARI	HiA	Varsho, Daulton C	5	0	1	0	.200
ARI	HiA	Wilson, Marcus CF	5	2	2	3	.400	HR (1)
ARI	SS	Kennedy, Buddy DH	4	0	0	0	.000
ARI	SS	McCarthy, Jake CF	3	0	1	0	.333	BB (1), SB (1), CS (1)
ARI	SS	Rose, Joey 3B	4	0	1	0	.250	2B (1)
ARI	SS	Yerzy, Andy C	4	1	2	1	.500	2B (1), HR (1)
ATL	LoA	Lugbauer, Drew C	4	0	2	0	.500	2B (1)
ATL	LoA	Ramos, Jeffrey DH	4	0	0	0	.000
CHC	SS	Sierra, Jonathan RF	4	0	0	0	.000
CHC	SS	Velazquez, Nelson LF	4	0	0	1	.000
CIN	AA	Aquino, Aristides RF	5	0	0	0	.000
CIN	AA	Friedl, T.J. LF	5	1	1	2	.200	HR (1)
CIN	AA	LaValley, Gavin 1B	3	0	1	0	.333
CIN	AA	Long, Shed 2B	5	0	1	0	.200
CIN	AA	Siri, Jose CF	4	1	0	0	.000	2 BB (2)
CIN	HiA	Fairchild, Stuart RF	5	1	1	1	.300
CIN	HiA	Isabel, Ibandel DH	3	0	0	0	.000	BB (1)
CIN	HiA	Rodriguez, Alfredo SS	3	1	1	1	.286	BB (1)
CIN	HiA	Stephenson, Tyler C	4	1	0	0	.250
CIN	HiA	Trammell, Taylor CF	3	1	2	2	.500	BB (1)
CLE	AA	Clement, Ernie SS	4	2	2	1	.500
CLE	AA	Krieger, Tyler LF	3	1	2	0	.667	BB (1)
CLE	AA	Mathias, Mark 2B	4	0	0	0	.000
CLE	HiA	Collins, Gavin C	4	0	1	0	.250
CLE	HiA	Jones, Nolan 3B	3	0	2	1	.667	BB (1)
CLE	SS	Freeman, Tyler SS	4	1	1	0	.250	BB (1)
CLE	SS	Kwan, Steven CF	3	2	2	0	.667	2B (1), 3B (1), BB (1)
COL	HiA	Boswell, Bret 2B	4	2	2	3	.500	2 HR (2)
COL	HiA	Fernandez, Vince RF	4	0	1	1	.250	2B (1)
COL	HiA	Nevin, Tyler 1B	4	1	2	2	.500	2B (1), HR (1)
COL	HiA	Welker, Colton 3B	3	0	0	0	.000	BB (1)
CWS	HiA	Gonzalez, Luis LF	3	1	1	0	.333	BB (1)
CWS	HiA	Madrigal, Nick 2B	3	0	0	0	.000	BB (1)
CWS	HiA	Robert, Luis CF	2	1	0	1	.000	BB (1)
CWS	HiA	Rutherford, Blake RF	4	0	1	2	.250
CWS	HiA	Sheets, Gavin 1B	4	0	1	0	.250	2B (1)
CWS	LoA	Walker, Steele CF	4	1	1	0	.250
DET	AAA	Cameron, Daz CF	3	2	3	2	1.000	BB (1), SB (1)
DET	AAA	Castro, Willi SS	4	1	2	1	.500
DET	AAA	Gerber, Mike PR-DH	0	0	0	0	--
DET	AAA	Stewart, Christin LF	5	0	0	0	.000
HOU	AA	Dawson, Ronnie CF	2	2	1	0	.500	2 BB (2)
HOU	AAA	Alvarez, Yordan DH	4	2	1	2	.250	2B (1), BB (1)
HOU	AAA	Reed, AJ 1B	4	1	0	0	.000
HOU	AAA	Straw, Myles CF	5	0	1	1	.200	BB (1), SB (1)
HOU	AAA	Stubbs, Garrett C	4	0	2	0	.500	BB (1), SB (1)
HOU	AAA	Tucker, Kyle RF	4	2	0	0	.000	BB (1)
HOU	HiA	Arauz, Jonathan SS	4	0	1	0	.250	2B (1)
HOU	HiA	Beer, Seth DH	3	0	0	0	.000	BB (1)
HOU	HiA	Matijevic, J.J. LF	2	0	0	0	.000	2 BB (2)
KC	LoA	Isbel, Kyle CF	4	1	0	0	.000
KC	LoA	Melendez, M.J. DH	4	0	0	0	.000
KC	LoA	Pratto, Nick 1B	3	1	2	2	.667	HR (1), BB (1), 2 SB (2)
LAD	AA	Jackson, Drew 2B	4	1	0	0	.000	BB (1)
LAD	AA	Lux, Gavin SS	5	0	1	0	.200	2B (1)
LAD	AA	Peters, DJ CF	4	0	0	0	.000
LAD	AA	Ruiz, Keibert C	4	1	3	3	.750	HR (1)
LAD	HiA	Kendall, Jeren CF	3	0	1	1	.333
LAD	HiA	Santana, Cristian 3B	4	0	1	1	.250
LAD	HiA	Wong, Connor 2B	4	1	1	0	.250	3B (1)
MIL	AA	Erceg, Lucas 3B	5	1	1	1	.200	HR (1), BB (1)
MIL	AA	Grisham, Trent RF	5	1	2	1	.400	2B (1)
MIL	AA	Hiura, Keston 2B	6	1	1	0	.167
MIL	AA	Ponce, Cody P	0	0	0	0	--
MIL	AA	Ray, Corey CF	5	0	1	0	.200	BB (1), SB (1)
MIN	HiA	Blankenhorn, Travis 2B	3	1	0	0	.000
MIN	HiA	Kirilloff, Alex RF	5	1	5	0	.778
MIN	HiA	Lewis, Royce SS	5	0	0	0	.111
MIN	HiA	Miranda, Jose 3B	5	1	2	2	.375	HR (1)
MIN	HiA	Whitefield, Aaron CF	4	0	1	0	.286	CS (1)
NYY	AAA	Ford, Mike DH	3	0	0	0	.000	BB (1)
OAK	HiA	Deichmann, Greg RF	4	0	1	0	.250
OAK	HiA	Merrell, Kevin SS	4	0	1	0	.250	2B (1)
PHI	HiA	Brito, Daniel 2B	2	2	1	0	.429	2 BB (2)
PHI	HiA	Gamboa, Arquimedes SS	5	1	1	0	.250
PHI	HiA	Moniak, Mickey CF	5	0	1	1	.111
PHI	LoA	Muzziotti, Simon CF	5	0	1	0	.200	SB (1)
PHI	LoA	Ortiz, Jhailyn RF	3	1	1	0	.333	2B (1), BB (1)
PHI	LoA	Vierling, Matt LF	4	0	0	0	.000	BB (1)
PIT	AA	Alemais, Stephen 2B	3	0	0	0	.000	BB (1)
PIT	AA	Craig, Will 1B	3	0	0	0	.000	BB (1)
PIT	AA	Hayes, Ke'Bryan 3B	4	0	1	1	.250
PIT	AA	Reynolds, Bryan CF	3	0	0	1	.000
PIT	AA	Tucker, Cole SS	3	2	1	0	.333	3B (1), BB (1)
SD	AA	Allen, Austin C	3	0	0	0	.000
SD	AA	Gettys, Michael CF	3	0	0	0	.000
SD	AA	Miller, Owen SS	4	0	1	0	.250
SD	AA	Naylor, Josh LF	4	0	0	0	.000
SD	AA	Potts, Hudson 3B	3	0	1	0	.333
SEA	AA	Filia, Eric RF	4	1	1	1	.250	HR (1)
SEA	AA	Lewis, Kyle CF	4	2	2	2	.500	HR (1), SB (1)
SEA	AA	Walton, Donnie 2B	3	0	0	0	.000
SEA	SS	Raleigh, Cal C	2	0	0	0	.000	2 BB (2)
SEA	SS	Stowers, Josh CF	5	0	1	0	.200
STL	HiA	Capel, Conner CF	4	0	0	0	.000
STL	HiA	Carlson, Dylan RF	4	0	0	0	.250	BB (1)
TB	AA	Fox, Lucius SS	4	0	0	0	.000
TB	AA	Sanchez, Jesus DH	3	1	1	0	.333	2B (1), BB (1)
TB	AA	Solak, Nick 2B	3	1	2	1	.667	2 BB (2), 2 SB (2)
TB	AAA	Cronenworth, Jake SS	4	0	1	0	.250
TB	AAA	McCarthy, Joe CF	4	0	1	0	.250
TB	SS	Proctor, Ford SS	4	2	3	0	.750	BB (1)
TOR	AA	Bichette, Bo SS	5	1	2	2	.400	2B (1)
TOR	AA	Pentecost, Max C	4	0	2	1	.500
TOR	AA	Ramirez, Harold DH	4	2	2	0	.500	2B (1), BB (1), SB (1)
TOR	AA	Wall, Forrest CF	3	1	0	0	.000	BB (1)
WAS	HiA	Garcia, Luis SS	4	0	2	0	.500	2 2B (2)
WAS	SS	Sanchez, Jose SS	3	1	1	0	.333	2B (1), BB (1)
ARI	R	Robinson, Kristian LF	4	2	2	1	.298	HR (3)
ARI	R	Thomas, Alek CF	5	0	3	2	.345	3B (1), SB (4)
ATL	MAJ	Acuna, Ronald LF	3	2	1	1	.289	HR (24), 2 BB (33)
ATL	MAJ	Minter, A.J. P	0	0	0	0	--
ATL	MAJ	Toussaint, Touki PR	0	0	0	0	.000
BAL	MAJ	Mullins, Cedric CF	4	1	1	0	.272	2B (7)
BAL	MAJ	Nunez, Renato 3B	4	0	0	0	.233
BOS	MAJ	Lin, Tzu-Wei SS	1	1	1	0	.196
BOS	MAJ	Travis, Sam PH	1	0	0	0	.158
BOS	MAJ	Velazquez, Hector P	1	0	0	0	.000
CIN	MAJ	Ervin, Phillip PH	1	0	0	0	.272
CIN	R	Ruiz, Victor C	4	0	1	0	.235
CIN	R	Spillane, Bren DH	2	2	1	0	.243	3B (3), 2 BB (28), SB (2)
CLE	MAJ	Allen, Greg CF	4	0	1	1	.238
CLE	MAJ	Gonzalez, Erik 3B	0	0	0	0	.286
COL	MAJ	Almonte, Yency P	0	0	0	0	.000
COL	MAJ	Hampson, Garrett PH	0	0	0	0	.273
COL	MAJ	McMahon, Ryan PH	1	0	0	0	.236
COL	MAJ	Murphy, Tom PH	1	0	0	0	.225
COL	MAJ	Musgrave, Harrison P	0	0	0	0	.000
COL	R	Lavigne, Grant 1B	2	0	2	0	.348	2B (13), 2 BB (42), SB (12)
COL	R	Montano, Daniel CF	4	0	0	0	.279
CWS	R	Sosa, Lenyn SS	4	0	2	0	.295
DET	MAJ	Lugo, Dawel 2B	5	1	1	0	.345	2B (3)
DET	MAJ	Reyes, Victor PR-DH	1	0	0	0	.228
HOU	MAJ	Davis, J.D. PR-3B	0	0	0	0	.176
KC	MAJ	Dozier, Hunter 3B	4	0	0	0	.235
KC	MAJ	O'Hearn, Ryan 1B	2	0	1	1	.264	3B (1), BB (11)
KC	MAJ	Viloria, Meibrys C	3	0	0	0	.167
LAA	MAJ	Fletcher, David 2B	5	2	2	1	.285	2B (15)
LAA	MAJ	Hermosillo, Michael RF	0	0	0	0	.167
LAA	MAJ	Ohtani, Shohei DH	4	4	4	3	.287	2 HR (18), BB (29), SB (7)
LAA	MAJ	Ward, Taylor 3B	5	0	2	1	.211
LAA	R	Jackson, Jeremiah SS	3	0	0	0	.182	BB (7)
LAA	R	Knowles, D'Shawn CF	4	0	0	0	.324
LAA	R	Maitan, Kevin 3B	4	0	1	0	.243
LAD	MAJ	Verdugo, Alex RF	4	0	0	0	.271
MIA	MAJ	Alcantara, Sandy P	3	0	0	0	.000
MIA	MAJ	Brinson, Lewis CF	3	0	2	0	.201
MIA	MAJ	Sierra, Magneuris RF	0	0	0	0	.168
MIL	MAJ	Burnes, Corbin P	0	0	0	0	--
MIL	R	Turang, Brice 2B	5	0	1	0	.275
MIN	MAJ	Garver, Mitch C	3	0	1	0	.263	BB (28)
NYM	MAJ	Nido, Tomas C	0	0	0	0	.175
NYY	MAJ	Torres, Gleyber 2B	3	0	0	0	.277
NYY	MAJ	Voit, Luke 1B	4	0	1	0	.317
NYY	MAJ	Wade, Tyler RF	1	0	0	0	.183
OAK	MAJ	Laureano, Ramon CF	5	2	2	0	.299	2 2B (6)
PHI	MAJ	Alfaro, Jorge C	3	0	3	0	.262
PHI	MAJ	Dominguez, Seranthony P	0	0	0	0	.000
PHI	MAJ	Kingery, Scott PR-SS	0	0	0	0	.230
PHI	MAJ	Quinn, Roman CF	2	0	0	0	.338	BB (3), SB (7)
PIT	MAJ	Kramer, Kevin PH	1	0	0	0	.000
PIT	MAJ	Moran, Colin 3B	2	0	1	1	.278	2B (16), BB (33)
PIT	MAJ	Newman, Kevin SS	2	0	0	0	.114
PIT	MAJ	Santana, Edgar P	0	0	0	0	--
SF	MAJ	Garcia, Aramis C	3	1	1	1	.500	HR (2)
SF	MAJ	Shaw, Chris LF	4	0	0	0	.071
SF	MAJ	Slater, Austin RF	4	0	2	1	.286
SF	MAJ	Suarez, Andrew P	2	0	0	0	.071
STL	MAJ	Bader, Harrison CF	3	0	0	0	.273
STL	MAJ	Garcia, Adolis LF	0	0	0	0	.077
STL	MAJ	Hudson, Dakota P	0	0	0	0	.000
STL	MAJ	Munoz, Yairo 2B-RF	4	1	1	1	.284	HR (8)
TB	MAJ	Adames, Willy SS	4	0	2	0	.258
TB	MAJ	Bauers, Jake 1B	4	0	0	0	.194
TB	MAJ	Ciuffo, Nick C	4	0	1	0	.111
TB	MAJ	Lowe, Brandon LF	3	1	1	0	.258	BB (11)
TEX	MAJ	Guzman, Ronald 1B	3	0	0	0	.238	BB (32)
TEX	MAJ	Robinson, Drew PR-LF	0	1	0	0	.192
TEX	MAJ	Tocci, Carlos PR-CF	0	0	0	0	.211
TOR	MAJ	Gurriel, Lourdes SS	5	1	3	1	.293	2B (6)
TOR	MAJ	Jansen, Danny C	3	1	0	0	.255	BB (6)
TOR	MAJ	McKinney, Billy LF	4	2	1	1	.352	HR (4), BB (8)
TOR	MAJ	Tellez, Rowdy PH	1	0	1	1	1.000	2B (1)
WAS	MAJ	Robles, Victor PH	1	1	1	0	.500
WAS	MAJ	Severino, Pedro C	4	0	0	0	.168
WAS	MAJ	Soto, Juan LF	4	1	1	0	.298	BB (69)
WAS	MAJ	Stevenson, Andrew PH	1	0	0	0	.250
MIN	R	Celestino, Gilberto CF	3	1	2	1	.333	2B (1), BB (2)
MIN	R	Keirsey, DaShawn RF	4	0	1	1	.250	2B (1)
MIN	R	Severino, Yunior 2B	3	1	0	0	.250
TB	R	Franco, Wander SS	4	0	0	0	.125
TB	R	Witherspoon, Grant CF	4	0	2	0	.500	2B (1)
— PITCHERS —

TEAM	CLASS	CARD CODE	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
ARI	AA	Widener, Taylor	4.1	6	3	3	1	4
ARI	SS	Tabor, Matt	5.0	4	1	1	1	1
ARI	SS	Weiss, Ryan	1.0	2	2	2	1	1
CIN	HiA	Moss, Scott	4.0	7	5	3	1	1
CLE	AA	Sandlin, Nick	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
CLE	HiA	Scott, Adam	2.0	2	0	0	0	4
COL	HiA	Bowden, Ben	1.2	0	0	0	0	3
HOU	AAA	Ferrell, Riley	1.2	0	0	0	1	2
KC	LoA	Kowar, Jackson	5.0	5	1	1	0	5
LAD	HiA	Sheffield, Jordan	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
MIL	AA	Ponce, Cody	2.0	1	0	0	1	3
NYY	AAA	Sheffield, Justus	1.0	4	2	1	0	1
PHI	AAA	De Los Santos, Enyel	6.0	7	2	1	1	6
PHI	AAA	Garcia, Edgar	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
PHI	HiA	Hammer, J.D.	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
SD	AA	Baez, Michel	5.0	6	4	4	2	8
SEA	AA	Mills, Wyatt	1.0	1	0	0	0	2
SEA	AA	Rumbelow, Nick	1.2	2	2	2	1	2
SEA	SS	Plassmeyer, Michael	0.2	4	4	4	1	0
TB	SS	Dodson, Tanner	2.2	3	1	1	1	4
TOR	AA	Zeuch, T.J.	6.0	8	0	0	1	5
WAS	HiA	Baez, Joan	5.0	7	5	5	2	1
ATL	MAJ	Minter, A.J.	1.1	2	2	2	1	3
BAL	MAJ	Scott, Tanner	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
BOS	MAJ	Velazquez, Hector	4.0	5	2	2	3	2
CIN	R	Campbell, Ryan	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
COL	MAJ	Almonte, Yency	0.2	0	0	0	0	1
COL	MAJ	Musgrave, Harrison	1.1	0	0	0	0	2
CWS	MAJ	Kopech, Michael	3.1	9	7	7	1	6
CWS	MAJ	Vieira, Thyago	1.0	1	0	0	0	2
HOU	MAJ	Deetz, Dean	0.2	0	0	0	0	1
HOU	MAJ	Valdez, Framber	5.1	5	1	1	3	5
KC	MAJ	Keller, Brad	7.0	11	3	1	1	5
LAA	MAJ	Almonte, Miguel	1.0	2	1	1	0	0
LAA	MAJ	Barria, Jaime	5.0	2	0	0	3	5
LAA	R	Rivera, Jerryell	2.0	4	3	3	2	2
LAA	R	Swanda, John	5.0	4	0	0	1	2
MIA	MAJ	Alcantara, Sandy	7.0	3	0	0	2	6
MIL	MAJ	Burnes, Corbin	2.0	2	1	1	0	2
MIN	MAJ	Curtiss, John	1.0	2	1	1	0	2
PHI	MAJ	Dominguez, Seranthony	2.0	0	0	0	1	3
PIT	MAJ	Santana, Edgar	1.0	1	0	0	0	2
SF	MAJ	Suarez, Andrew	6.0	6	5	5	2	5
STL	MAJ	Hudson, Dakota	0.1	2	2	2	1	0
TEX	MAJ	Pelham, C.D.	0.2	4	1	1	0	0
TB	R	Baz, Shane	5.2	4	1	1	2	7