Baseball America Spring Training Prospect Report — March 13, 2020

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Thursday’s Stars

Rony Garcia, RHP, Tigers — Selected last winter in the Rule 5 Draft, Garcia was taken from the Yankees’ system, where he was blocked by a host of other righthanders, and inserted into a situation that could earn him a spot in the big leagues. In his final spring outing, Garcia whiffed a pair over two scoreless innings. He finishes his spring training having allowed two earned runs over 6.2 innings. He struck out seven and walked one.

 

Nate Pearson, RHP, Blue Jays — The arguable best pitching prospect in the game finished his spring with another stellar outing—and a win to boot—after striking out two over two innings of one-run ball. Overall, the owner of one of the best fastballs in the game struck out 11 over seven innings and allowed just two hits. He’s likely to see Toronto at some point this season, whenever it starts.

Estevan Florial, OF, Yankees  — Few prospects are in bigger need of a rebound than Florial, who has missed chunks of time over the last two years with broken bones in his right wrist. When he’s been on the field, he’s suffered from a lack of strike-zone discipline and the corresponding timing issues that come with such long layoffs. He still has the raw tools to be a productive major leaguer—he went 1-for-2 on Friday—but needs to show some results this season, which will likely begin (at some point) in Double-A Trenton. 

HITTERS

TEAM CLASS PLAYER, POS AB R H BI AVG NOTES
ATL MAJ Dean, Justin CF 1 1 1 0 .333  
ATL MAJ Graffanino, AJ PH-DH 2 0 0 0 .000  
ATL MAJ Ramos, Jefrey LF 1 0 0 0 .250  
ATL MAJ Waters, Drew CF 3 0 0 0 .200  
DET MAJ Castro, Willi SS 1 0 0 0 .318  
MIA MAJ Harrison, Monte CF 1 0 0 0 .267  
MIA MAJ Miller, Brian LF 1 0 0 0 .182  
NYY MAJ Florial, Estevan CF 2 1 1 1 .188 2B (2)
PHI MAJ Maton, Nick SS 2 0 0 0 .176  
PHI MAJ Moniak, Mickey CF 2 0 1 0 .357 2B (2)
PHI MAJ Ortiz, Jhailyn RF 1 1 0 0 .167 SB (1)
PIT MAJ Hayes, Ke’Bryan 3B 1 0 0 0 .278  
PIT MAJ Oliva, Jared PR-LF 1 1 0 0 .217  
STL MAJ Carlson, Dylan LF 1 1 0 0 .286  
STL MAJ Gorman, Nolan 3B 0 0 0 0 .200  
STL MAJ Sosa, Edmundo 2B-SS 1 0 0 0 .214  
STL MAJ Williams, Justin RF 2 1 1 1 .136 2B (1)
TB MAJ Arozarena, Randy CF 3 0 0 0 .357  
TB MAJ Edwards, Xavier 2B 2 0 2 0 1.000  
TB MAJ Gomez, Moises LF 2 1 1 0 .143  
TB MAJ Tsutsugo, Yoshitomo DH 2 0 0 0 .130  
TB MAJ Walls, Taylor SS 2 0 0 0 .105  
TOR MAJ Espinal, Santiago 2B 2 0 1 1 .409 2B (2)
TOR MAJ McGuire, Reese C 2 1 1 0 .222 BB (1)
TOR MAJ Smith, Kevin SS 2 0 1 1 .167  
WAS MAJ Garcia, Luis SS 1 0 0 0 .421 BB (2)
WAS MAJ Kieboom, Carter 3B 2 0 0 0 .259  

PITCHERS

TEAM CLASS PLAYER IP H R ER BB K ERA NOTES
ATL MAJ Wright, Kyle 5 2 1 1 1 3 2.03  
DET MAJ Garcia, Bryan 1 1 1 1 2 0 2.57  
NYY MAJ Abreu, Albert 1 1 1 1 0 0 4.5  
PHI MAJ Russ, Addison 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.8  
TB MAJ McKay, Brendan 1.1 4 4 4 1 2 15.43 L (0-1)
TOR MAJ Pearson, Nate 2 2 1 1 1 2 1.29 W (1-0)

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