Spring Training MLB Prospect Report -- March 2, 2021
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Seuly Matias, OF, Royals—Matias has some of the best raw power in baseball, but swing-and-miss issues meant that he also has long been easy meat for a clever pitcher. Matias worked hard in 2020 to shorten his swing to better handle velocity. In a pinch-hitting appearance on Monday, Matias hit a Scott Moss pitch almost out of the park in Goodyear.
Chris Gittens, 1B, Yankees—Gittens rivals Matias in raw power. And like Matias he got to show it off on Monday. Gittens destroyed a Zack Hess pitch for a grand slam. Gittens’ 114.3 mph exit velocity meant the ball was hit harder than all but 13 regular season MLB home runs from 2020.
DJ Peters, OF, Dodgers—It was a great day for minor league mashers. Peters’ profile could best be described as a faster version of Matias and Gittens—massive power and plenty of strikeouts. Peters showed off the power with a home run to left center on Monday.
Brent Rooker, OF, Twins—Rooker’s chance to claim a spot in the Twins lineup ended quickly last September. He fractured his forearm and missed the final month of the season. He homered against Tyler Glasnow in his first at-bat of the spring, giving him a strong start to his push for a role in 2021.
BATTERS
| TEAM | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER, POS | AB | R | H | BI | AVG | NOTES |
| ARI | MAJ | #29 | Stuart Fairchild CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| ARI | MAJ | #19 | Jake McCarthy RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| ARI | MAJ | #3 | Geraldo Perdomo SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | |
| ARI | MAJ | #9 | Pavin Smith RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| ATL | MAJ | #18 | Bryce Ball PR-1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | BB (1) |
| ATL | MAJ | #6 | William Contreras C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .500 | BB (1) |
| ATL | MAJ | #1 | Cristian Pache CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| ATL | MAJ | #8 | Braden Shewmake DH-SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | SB (1) |
| ATL | MAJ | #3 | Drew Waters LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #16 | Jahmai Jones 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #23 | Ryan McKenna RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | |
| BAL | MAJ | #5 | Ryan Mountcastle LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| BAL | MAJ | #29 | Tyler Nevin 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| BOS | MAJ | #21 | Jonathan Arauz 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| BOS | MAJ | #3 | Bobby Dalbec 3B-DH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | BB (1) |
| BOS | MAJ | #2 | Jeter Downs SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | BB (1) |
| BOS | MAJ | #5 | Jarren Duran CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| BOS | MAJ | #20 | Jeisson Rosario CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | BB (1) |
| CHC | MAJ | #2 | Brennen Davis CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CHC | MAJ | #8 | Christopher Morel 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CHC | MAJ | #23 | Alfonso Rivas 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | |
| CIN | MAJ | #22 | T.J. Friedl CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CIN | MAJ | #1 | Jose Garcia SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CIN | MAJ | #3 | Jonathan India 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2B (1) |
| CIN | MAJ | #4 | Tyler Stephenson C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #7 | Gabriel Arias SS | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1.000 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #22 | Bobby Bradley 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | HR (1) |
| CLE | MAJ | #24 | Ernie Clement PR-DH | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .500 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #2 | Nolan Jones 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| CLE | MAJ | #19 | Owen Miller 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #6 | George Valera LF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| COL | MAJ | #15 | Jameson Hannah CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | |
| COL | MAJ | #1 | Brendan Rodgers 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| COL | MAJ | #10 | Ryan Vilade LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| COL | MAJ | #7 | Colton Welker 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | |
| CWS | MAJ | #16 | Micker Adolfo DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 | |
| CWS | MAJ | #10 | Gavin Sheets 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| DET | MAJ | #17 | Akil Baddoo PH-RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| DET | MAJ | #18 | Kody Clemens 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| DET | MAJ | #5 | Riley Greene RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | BB (1), SB (1) |
| DET | MAJ | #21 | Derek Hill CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| DET | MAJ | #20 | Jake Rogers C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| DET | MAJ | #30 | Zack Short 3B-SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| HOU | MAJ | #9 | Colin Barber LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| HOU | MAJ | #7 | Korey Lee DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| HOU | MAJ | #12 | Chas McCormick PR-DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| HOU | MAJ | #18 | Freudis Nova 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| HOU | MAJ | #3 | Jeremy Pena SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| KC | MAJ | #22 | Lucius Fox PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | CS (1) |
| KC | MAJ | #6 | Kyle Isbel LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | BB (1) |
| KC | MAJ | #24 | Seuly Matias PH-DH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | HR (1) |
| KC | MAJ | #19 | Edward Olivares PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| KC | MAJ | #7 | Erick Pena RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| KC | MAJ | #13 | Nick Pratto 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | 2B (1) |
| KC | MAJ | #1 | Bobby Witt SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | |
| LAA | MAJ | #5 | Jordyn Adams PR-CF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| LAA | MAJ | #1 | Jo Adell RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (2) |
| LAA | MAJ | #6 | Jeremiah Jackson PR-SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | BB (1) |
| LAD | MAJ | #3 | Michael Busch PR-DH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| LAD | MAJ | #19 | Omar Estevez PH-SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2B (1), BB (1) |
| LAD | MAJ | #21 | Devin Mann PH-3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| LAD | MAJ | #11 | Zach McKinstry SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| LAD | MAJ | #10 | Andy Pages RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| LAD | MAJ | #14 | DJ Peters CF | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | HR (1) |
| LAD | MAJ | #26 | Luke Raley LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | 2B (1) |
| LAD | MAJ | #30 | Zach Reks PH-LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #16 | Peyton Burdick PH-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | BB (1) |
| MIA | MAJ | #10 | Jose Devers PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #7 | Lewin Diaz 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | 2B (1) |
| MIA | MAJ | #13 | Kameron Misner PR-CF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -- | BB (1) |
| MIA | MAJ | #20 | Nasim Nunez PR-SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #8 | Jesus Sanchez RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| MIA | MAJ | #14 | Connor Scott LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| MIL | MAJ | #7 | Mario Feliciano PH-C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | 2B (1) |
| MIL | MAJ | #28 | Tristen Lutz RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | |
| MIL | MAJ | #2 | Garrett Mitchell CF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| MIL | MAJ | #25 | Corey Ray CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| MIL | MAJ | #1 | Brice Turang PR-SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #25 | Travis Blankenhorn 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 BB (2) |
| MIN | MAJ | #10 | Gilberto Celestino PR-CF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #4 | Ryan Jeffers C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #3 | Trevor Larnach RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| MIN | MAJ | #12 | Brent Rooker LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | HR (1) |
| NYM | MAJ | #1 | Francisco Alvarez PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| NYM | MAJ | #9 | Khalil Lee RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| NYM | MAJ | #2 | Ronny Mauricio SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| NYM | MAJ | #6 | Mark Vientos 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | BB (1) |
| NYY | MAJ | #11 | Ezequiel Duran 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| NYY | MAJ | #5 | Austin Wells PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| OAK | MAJ | #6 | Nick Allen SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| OAK | MAJ | #30 | Seth Brown LF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | BB (1) |
| OAK | MAJ | #9 | Greg Deichmann LF-RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | BB (1) |
| OAK | MAJ | #21 | Kyle McCann PR-DH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| PHI | MAJ | #6 | Luis Garcia PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| PHI | MAJ | #10 | Nick Maton SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| PHI | MAJ | #13 | Mickey Moniak C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | |
| PHI | MAJ | #17 | Logan O'Hoppe EH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | BB (1) |
| PHI | MAJ | #27 | Jhailyn Ortiz RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| PHI | MAJ | #9 | Johan Rojas PR-PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| PHI | MAJ | #3 | Bryson Stott 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| PIT | MAJ | #11 | Ji-Hwan Bae SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| PIT | MAJ | #29 | Rodolfo Castro 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| PIT | MAJ | #2 | Oneil Cruz EH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| PIT | MAJ | #21 | Mason Martin 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| PIT | MAJ | #25 | Cal Mitchell RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| PIT | MAJ | #27 | Canaan Smith LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | |
| PIT | MAJ | #14 | Travis Swaggerty CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| SD | MAJ | #2 | CJ Abrams 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| SD | MAJ | #25 | Ivan Castillo SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| SD | MAJ | #8 | Tucupita Marcano LF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .750 | |
| SD | MAJ | #15 | Jorge Mateo CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| SD | MAJ | #14 | Joshua Mears LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| SD | MAJ | #10 | Jorge Ona RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| SD | MAJ | #28 | Eguy Rosario 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | BB (1) |
| SF | MAJ | #2 | Joey Bart C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| SF | MAJ | #6 | Hunter Bishop RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| SF | MAJ | #23 | Ricardo Genoves C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| SF | MAJ | #1 | Marco Luciano SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| SF | MAJ | #3 | Heliot Ramos DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | |
| SF | MAJ | #15 | Logan Wyatt 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| TB | MAJ | #8 | Xavier Edwards PR-2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | |
| TB | MAJ | #14 | Greg Jones SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TB | MAJ | #16 | Josh Lowe RF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | BB (1), SB (1) |
| TB | MAJ | #15 | Taylor Walls SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| TEX | MAJ | #13 | Sherten Apostel 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TEX | MAJ | #18 | David Garcia C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TEX | MAJ | #1 | Josh Jung 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | |
| TEX | MAJ | #3 | Leody Taveras CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| TEX | MAJ | #27 | Bubba Thompson LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | |
| TEX | MAJ | #16 | Steele Walker RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TEX | MAJ | #15 | Davis Wendzel SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| TOR | MAJ | #21 | Santiago Espinal 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TOR | MAJ | #3 | Jordan Groshans 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TOR | MAJ | #10 | Miguel Hiraldo 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | |
| TOR | MAJ | #16 | Leonardo Jimenez SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | |
| TOR | MAJ | #5 | Alejandro Kirk C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| TOR | MAJ | #12 | Otto Lopez CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TOR | MAJ | #2 | Austin Martin SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1), SB (1) |
| WAS | MAJ | #4 | Yasel Antuna SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| WAS | MAJ | #15 | Tres Barrera C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (1) |
| WAS | MAJ | #10 | Drew Mendoza DH | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | BB (1) |
| WAS | MAJ | #14 | Israel Pineda PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
PITCHERS
| TEAM | CLASS | RANK | PLAYER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | NOTES |
| ATL | MAJ | #13 | Jasseel De La Cruz | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9.00 | Sv (1) |
| ATL | MAJ | #12 | Huascar Ynoa | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5.40 | W (1-0) |
| BAL | MAJ | #18 | Zac Lowther | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| BOS | MAJ | #11 | Connor Seabold | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| BOS | MAJ | #10 | Thad Ward | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| CHC | MAJ | #26 | Tyson Miller | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #15 | Emmanuel Clase | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | |
| CLE | MAJ | #20 | Scott Moss | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13.50 | |
| COL | MAJ | #17 | Ben Bowden | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | |
| COL | MAJ | #11 | Helcris Olivarez | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | |
| DET | MAJ | #19 | Beau Burrows | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| HOU | MAJ | #13 | Shawn Dubin | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13.50 | |
| KC | MAJ | #4 | Jackson Kowar | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | W (1-0) |
| KC | MAJ | #26 | Angel Zerpa | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 27.00 | |
| LAD | MAJ | #15 | Victor Gonzalez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MIL | MAJ | #27 | Clayton Andrews | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| NYM | MAJ | #22 | Ryley Gilliam | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | L (0-1) |
| NYM | MAJ | #15 | Thomas Szapucki | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| NYY | MAJ | #17 | Albert Abreu | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | Sv (1) |
| NYY | MAJ | #26 | Nick Nelson | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | W (1-0) |
| OAK | MAJ | #19 | Grant Holmes | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4.50 | |
| PHI | MAJ | #24 | Ramon Rosso | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PIT | MAJ | #28 | Blake Cederlind | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| SF | MAJ | #22 | Kervin Castro | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| TOR | MAJ | #1 | Nate Pearson | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| WAS | MAJ | #9 | Matt Cronin | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| WAS | MAJ | #19 | Steven Fuentes | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
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