Baseball America Spring Training Prospect Report -- March 9, 2020
Justus Sheffield, LHP, Mariners: Sheffield’s prospect stock has been volatile over the past couple seasons, as he got torched in Triple-A last year before settling in after a demotion to Double-A. He has performed well in spring training, with five strikeouts in three innings yesterday bringing his Cactus League K-BB mark to 12-0 over eight innings with a 2.25 ERA.
Mitch Keller, RHP, Pirates: Keller struck out five in three innings with one run and one walked allowed. The No. 1 prospect in the Pirates system, Keller has the mix of bat-missing stuff and strike-throwing ability to develop into a midrotation or better starter.
Jazz Chisholm, SS, Marlins: The No. 5 prospect in the Marlins system, Chisholm has plus raw power, though it comes with a strikeout rate that’s in red flag territory. He showed that power yesterday, going 1-for-3 with a walk and a home run.
Alejandro Kirk, C, Blue Jays: Toronto’s No. 4 prospect, Kirk launched his first home run of spring training yesterday. He has yet to strike out, going 3-for-7 with three walks in his brief playing time, showing a taste of the consistent quality at-bats he puts together with his plate discipline and pitch recognition.
HITTERS
| TEAM | CLASS | PLAYER, POS | AB | R | H | BI | AVG | NOTES |
| ATL | MAJ | Contreras, William C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| ATL | MAJ | Pache, Cristian CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| ATL | MAJ | Waters, Drew RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| BAL | MAJ | Diaz, Yusniel RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .273 | |
| BAL | MAJ | Hays, Austin CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .105 | |
| BAL | MAJ | Stowers, Kyle PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| BOS | MAJ | Esplin, Tyler PR-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| CHC | MAJ | Amaya, Miguel C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | |
| CHC | MAJ | Americaan, Edmond CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CHC | MAJ | Davis, Brennen LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CHC | MAJ | Hoerner, Nico SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .375 | BB (3) |
| CHC | MAJ | Morel, Christopher 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CHC | MAJ | Rivas, Alfonso PH-1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | |
| CHC | MAJ | Roederer, Cole RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CHC | MAJ | Short, Zack SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | |
| CIN | MAJ | Fairchild, Stuart PH-LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | |
| CIN | MAJ | Friedl, T.J. CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 2B (1) |
| CIN | MAJ | Garcia, Jose SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| CIN | MAJ | India, Jonathan 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | BB (4) |
| CIN | MAJ | Isabel, Ibandel 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | 2B (1) |
| CIN | MAJ | Siani, Mike CF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | SB (2) |
| CIN | MAJ | Stephenson, Tyler C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 | BB (3) |
| CWS | MAJ | Adolfo, Micker RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CWS | MAJ | Basabe, Luis Alexander CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | |
| CWS | MAJ | Collins, Zack C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .333 | HR (2), BB (6) |
| CWS | MAJ | Madrigal, Nick 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .176 | |
| CWS | MAJ | Mendick, Danny LF-SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .167 | 2B (2) |
| CWS | MAJ | Robert, Luis CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .375 | |
| CWS | MAJ | Rutherford, Blake RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .200 | 2B (1) |
| CWS | MAJ | Sanchez, Yolbert SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CWS | MAJ | Sheets, Gavin 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 | |
| DET | MAJ | Alcantara, Sergio SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .417 | BB (1) |
| DET | MAJ | Azocar, Jose PR-LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .200 | SB (1) |
| DET | MAJ | Hill, Derek CF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .222 | 3B (1) |
| DET | MAJ | Rogers, Jake C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| KC | MAJ | Gutierrez, Kelvin 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | |
| KC | MAJ | Guzman, Jeison SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | |
| KC | MAJ | Isbel, Kyle CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | |
| KC | MAJ | Lee, Khalil RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| KC | MAJ | Melendez, M.J. C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | |
| LAA | MAJ | Adams, Jordyn CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .200 | 2B (1) |
| LAA | MAJ | Jackson, Jeremiah 2B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .400 | |
| LAA | MAJ | Jones, Jahmai 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| LAA | MAJ | Knowles, D'Shawn LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | |
| LAA | MAJ | Martinez, Orlando RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | BB (2) |
| LAA | MAJ | Paris, Kyren SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | BB (1) |
| LAA | MAJ | Walsh, Jared DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | |
| LAD | MAJ | Amaya, Jacob SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .091 | |
| LAD | MAJ | Estevez, Omar 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| LAD | MAJ | Lux, Gavin 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .286 | |
| LAD | MAJ | McKinstry, Zach DH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .400 | |
| LAD | MAJ | Peters, DJ RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .154 | |
| LAD | MAJ | Rios, Edwin 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | |
| LAD | MAJ | Santana, Cristian 3B-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | |
| MIL | MAJ | Feliciano, Mario C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .250 | 2B (1) |
| MIL | MAJ | Henry, Payton C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | |
| MIL | MAJ | Lutz, Tristen PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| MIL | MAJ | Ray, Corey LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | |
| MIL | MAJ | Turang, Brice SS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 BB (2) |
| MIN | MAJ | Gordon, Nick 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| MIN | MAJ | Kirilloff, Alex RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .444 | 2B (1) |
| MIN | MAJ | Larnach, Trevor PR-DH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .313 | |
| MIN | MAJ | Lewis, Royce SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .176 | |
| NYM | MAJ | Mauricio, Ronny PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| NYY | MAJ | Duran, Ezequiel 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | |
| NYY | MAJ | Florial, Estevan CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .167 | 2B (1) |
| NYY | MAJ | Pereira, Everson PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| NYY | MAJ | Smith, Josh SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | |
| NYY | MAJ | Stowers, Josh PR-RF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | |
| OAK | MAJ | Allen, Austin C | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .350 | 2 2B (2), BB (2) |
| OAK | MAJ | Beck, Austin CF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 BB (2) |
| OAK | MAJ | Brown, Seth PR-LF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .333 | |
| OAK | MAJ | Heim, Jonah C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .357 | |
| OAK | MAJ | Mateo, Jorge SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .313 | |
| PHI | MAJ | Bohm, Alec 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .538 | |
| PHI | MAJ | Grullon, Deivy C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | BB (1) |
| PHI | MAJ | Maton, Nick SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | |
| SD | MAJ | Cronenworth, Jake SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 | |
| SEA | MAJ | Bishop, Braden PR-CF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | |
| SEA | MAJ | Fraley, Jake CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | |
| SEA | MAJ | Kelenic, Jarred RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | |
| SEA | MAJ | Lewis, Kyle LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .188 | BB (2) |
| SEA | MAJ | Walton, Donnie 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .273 | HR (1) |
| SEA | MAJ | White, Evan 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 | |
| SF | MAJ | Bishop, Hunter LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | |
| SF | MAJ | Davis, Jaylin CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .286 | HR (1) |
| SF | MAJ | Wilson, Will SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TEX | MAJ | Apostel, Sherten 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | |
| TEX | MAJ | Solak, Nick PR-LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .235 | HR (2) |
| TEX | MAJ | Thompson, Bubba LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| TOR | MAJ | Espinal, Santiago SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .400 | 3B (1) |
| TOR | MAJ | Kirk, Alejandro C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .750 | HR (1) |
| TOR | MAJ | McGuire, Reese C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .100 | |
| TOR | MAJ | Smith, Kevin 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | |
| WAS | MAJ | Garcia, Luis SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| WAS | MAJ | Kieboom, Carter 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .357 | 2B (1) |
PITCHERS
| TEAM | CLASS | PLAYER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | NOTES |
| ARI | MAJ | Duplantier, Jon | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3.00 | W (2-0) |
| ATL | MAJ | Weigel, Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| BAL | MAJ | Harvey, Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| BOS | MAJ | Feltman, Durbin | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | Sv (1) |
| CHC | MAJ | Steele, Justin | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20.25 | |
| CIN | MAJ | Gutierrez, Vladimir | 1.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19.29 | |
| CIN | MAJ | Hendrix, Ryan | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9.00 | |
| CIN | MAJ | Kuhnel, Joel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| CIN | MAJ | Santillan, Tony | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12.00 | |
| HOU | MAJ | Urquidy, Jose | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.86 | |
| KC | MAJ | Bubic, Kris | 1.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10.80 | L (0-1) |
| LAA | MAJ | Yan, Hector | 1.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.86 | |
| LAD | MAJ | Santana, Dennis | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| MIL | MAJ | Andrews, Clayton | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| MIL | MAJ | Brown, Zack | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | |
| MIL | MAJ | Supak, Trey | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| NYY | MAJ | Abreu, Albert | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 | |
| NYY | MAJ | Gil, Luis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.25 | |
| NYY | MAJ | Medina, Luis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.25 | |
| NYY | MAJ | Schmidt, Clarke | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.00 | |
| NYY | MAJ | Vizcaino, Alexander | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | |
| SD | MAJ | Guerra, Javy | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| SEA | MAJ | Delaplane, Sam | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | L (0-1) |
| SEA | MAJ | Sheffield, Justus | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2.25 |
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