Prospect Report: Nolan Gorman Continues To Crush For Cardinals

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Monday’s Prospect Performers

Nolan Gorman, 2B, Cardinals – When it comes to first impressions, it’s hard to outdo what Gorman has done in his first 10 games as a major leaguer. The Cardinals No. 2 prospect continued his red-hot start to his big league career by going 3-for-3 with a home run, two RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Cardinals to a 6-3 win over the Padres. Gorman’s two-run shot off Nick Martinez left his bat at 105.7 mph and traveled 403 feet over the Cardinals bullpen into the right-field bleachers. His first-inning single was smoked, too—that one left his bat at 105.4 mph. Overall, Gorman is batting .387 with a 1.149 OPS in 10 games since getting the call on May 20.

Aaron Ashby, LHP, Brewers – Ashby is clearly enjoying his move to the starting rotation. The 24-year-old lefthander pitched six innings with five hits and one run allowed, two walks and a career-high 12 strikeouts to lead the Brewers to a 3-1 win over the Cubs in the nightcap of the doubleheader. The performance earned Ashby his first win of the season and just the second of his career as a starting pitcher.

Spencer Torkelson, 1B, Tigers – It’s been a rough start for Torkelson, but the Tigers No. 1 prospect showed signs of hope on Monday. Torkelson went 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored to lead the Tigers to a 7-5 win over the Twins. It was Torkelson’s first three-hit game of his career and snapped a 3-for-19 slump over his previous six games.

Nick Plummer, OF, Mets – The 2015 first-round pick has resurrected his career and is rapidly ingratiating himself to Mets fans. After hitting the game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth on Sunday in his first career start, Plummer went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, four RBIs and three runs scored in the Mets 13-5 win over the Nationals. Plummer’s double and home run both left the bat at over 100 mph, per Statcast, and helped the Mets turn it into a rout early.

Ryan Feltner, RHP, Rockies – After getting rocked in his major league debut last year, Feltner has come back much sharper this year. The 2018 fourth-rounder out of Ohio State pitched seven innings with four hits, one run allowed, one walk and six strikeouts against the Marlins to pick up his first career win on Monday. He needed only 94 pitches to complete his seven innings of work and stayed strong through the end, retiring 12 of the final 13 batters he faced. Overall, Feltner is 1-1, 3.71 in three starts compared to the eight earned runs he gave up in 6.1 innings across two starts last year in his debut.

ORG	CLASS	RANK	PLAYER	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	NOTES
ARI	MAJ	#3	Alek Thomas, OF	4	0	0	0	.269
ARI	MAJ	#4	Geraldo Perdomo, SS	3	0	1	0	.217	2B (4),
ARI	MAJ	#15	Jake McCarthy, OF	4	0	0	0	.311
ATL	MAJ	#1	Michael Harris, OF	3	0	0	0	.295
ATL	AAA	#4	Drew Waters, OF	2	1	0	0	.299	2 BB (4),
ATL	AAA	#5	Braden Shewmake, SS	4	1	1	0	.268
ATL	AAA	#22	Greyson Jenista, 1B	3	0	1	0	.248	BB (16),
ATL	AA	#27	Luke Waddell, 2B	5	0	2	2	.272
ATL	AA	#29	Trey Harris, OF	3	1	1	0	.227	BB (10),
ATL	AA	#36	Drew Lugbauer, 1B	4	0	0	0	.231	E (4),
BAL	MAJ	#1	Adley Rutschman, C	5	0	2	0	.269	2B (6),
BOS	LoA	#1	Marcelo Mayer, SS	3	2	1	1	.333	2B (11), BB (8),
BOS	LoA	#7	Blaze Jordan, 1B	3	1	2	3	.257	2B (14), 3B (1), BB (10),
BOS	LoA	#18	Brainer Bonaci, SS	3	1	0	0	.262	BB (26),
BOS	LoA	#24	Nathan Hickey, C	4	2	1	1	.270	2B (7),
BOS	LoA	#28	Eddinson Paulino, 3B	3	0	1	0	.244	BB (19), 2 SB (6),
CHC	MAJ	#15	Nelson Velazquez, OF	4	0	1	0	.256
CHC	MAJ	#15	Nelson Velazquez, OF	3	0	1	0	.256
CHC	MAJ	#26	Alfonso Rivas, 1B	2	0	0	0	.250
CHC	MAJ	#26	Alfonso Rivas, 1B	2	0	0	0	.250
CHC	MAJ	#29	Christopher Morel, OF	4	0	1	0	.297	SB (8), E (5),
CHC	MAJ	#29	Christopher Morel, OF	4	0	1	0	.297	2B (8), BB (17),
CIN	AAA	#1	Jose Barrero, SS	4	0	0	0	.233
CIN	AAA	#22	T.J. Friedl, OF	3	0	0	0	.184
CIN	AAA	#28	Mark Kolozsvary, C	3	0	1	0	.151	E (1),
CLE	AAA	#1	Tyler Freeman, SS	5	1	1	1	.223
CLE	AAA	#16	Bryan Lavastida, C	3	1	1	2	.198	HR (3),
CLE	MAJ	#27	Steven Kwan, OF	3	1	1	0	.244	3B (2), SB (2),
CLE	AAA	#39	Will Brennan, OF	4	0	1	2	.290
DET	AAA	#1	Riley Greene, OF	4	0	1	0	.300
DET	MAJ	#2	Spencer Torkelson, 1B	4	2	3	1	.194	2B (5),
DET	AAA	#33	Brendon Davis, 3B	3	0	0	0	.242	BB (22),
HOU	MAJ	#2	Jeremy Pena, SS	4	0	0	0	.282
KC	MAJ	#1	Bobby Witt, SS	3	0	0	0	.236	BB (8), E (4),
KC	MAJ	#3	M.J. Melendez, C	3	0	2	0	.213	2B (8), BB (21),
KC	LoA	#16	Carter Jensen, C	4	1	0	0	.168
KC	LoA	#17	Erick Pena, OF	3	0	0	0	.142	BB (12),
KC	MAJ	#30	Emmanuel Rivera, 3B	4	1	1	1	.263	HR (7),
KC	LoA	#39	Omar Hernandez, C	4	0	2	0	.218
LAA	AAA	#22	Michael Stefanic, 2B	3	1	1	0	.329	BB (19),
LAA	AAA	#35	David MacKinnon, 1B	4	0	1	1	.308
MIL	AAA	#2	Brice Turang, SS	5	0	2	1	.283	2B (9),
MIL	AAA	#18	Mario Feliciano, C	5	1	2	1	.306
MIN	MAJ	#5	Jose Miranda, 3B	4	1	2	2	.223	HR (4), E (5),
NYM	AA	#1	Francisco Alvarez, C	4	3	2	1	.269	HR (8), BB (18), E (4),
NYM	AA	#3	Ronny Mauricio, SS	4	1	1	0	.253	2B (13),
NYM	MAJ	#12	Nick Plummer, OF	4	2	3	4	.268	2B (6), HR (8),
NYM	AA	#15	Carlos Cortes, OF	3	1	1	1	.194	2 BB (10),
NYM	AA	#21	Hayden Senger, C	5	3	4	0	.238
NYM	AA	#27	Luke Ritter, 2B	5	2	2	2	.242
NYY	AA	#18	Elijah Dunham, OF	5	0	2	0	.271	2B (8),
NYY	AA	#20	Josh Breaux, C	2	0	1	0	.212	2B (6), 3 BB (12),
NYY	AA	#34	Andres Chaparro, 3B	4	0	1	0	.232	BB (8),
OAK	MAJ	#3	Cristian Pache, OF	2	0	0	0	.170	BB (8),
OAK	MAJ	#7	Kevin Smith, SS	2	0	1	0	.198	2B (9), E (2),
OAK	LoA	#7	Max Muncy, SS	4	0	0	0	.222
OAK	LoA	#8	Pedro Pineda, OF	4	1	1	0	.205	BB (15), E (2),
OAK	LoA	#34	Junior Perez, OF	4	0	0	0	.227
PHI	MAJ	#21	Mickey Moniak, OF	4	0	0	0	.351
PIT	MAJ	#16	Diego Castillo, 2B	3	1	0	0	.230	BB (5),
PIT	MAJ	#20	Rodolfo Castro, 2B	4	0	1	0	.221	3B (2), CS (3), E (7),
PIT	MAJ	#24	Jack Suwinski, OF	4	1	1	0	.243
PIT	MAJ	#27	Tucupita Marcano, 2B	4	1	1	3	.318	HR (3),
PIT	MAJ	#32	Cal Mitchell, OF	4	0	0	0	.289	BB (12), SB (7),
SD	AAA	#1	CJ Abrams, SS	4	1	2	0	.233	BB (10),
SD	AAA	#3	Luis Campusano, C	3	1	0	0	.315	BB (13),
SD	AAA	#17	Eguy Rosario, 2B	3	0	0	0	.231	BB (22), SB (7),
SD	MAJ	#31	Jose Azocar, OF	3	2	2	0	.259	2B (2), BB (6),
SF	LoA	#9	Aeverson Arteaga, SS	3	0	1	1	.284	2B (9), 2 BB (13), E (6),
SF	LoA	#21	Adrian Sugastey, C	4	1	1	0	.240
SF	LoA	#31	Alexander Suarez, OF	4	2	2	4	.186	2 HR (5),
SF	MAJ	#33	Donnie Walton, SS	4	0	0	0	.256
STL	MAJ	#2	Nolan Gorman, 3B	3	2	3	2	.323	HR (17), BB (17),
STL	MAJ	#9	Juan Yepez, 1B	3	0	1	0	.277	BB (13),
STL	MAJ	#13	Brendan Donovan, 2B	2	1	1	0	.296	BB (21),
TB	AAA	#2	Josh Lowe, OF	4	0	2	1	.241	2B (11),
TB	MAJ	#3	Vidal Brujan, 2B	2	1	1	1	.225	BB (14),
TB	AA	#5	Curtis Mead, 3B	5	1	1	1	.286
TB	AA	#6	Greg Jones, SS	3	1	1	1	.213	HR (4), BB (12), E (9),
TB	AAA	#8	Xavier Edwards, 2B	4	0	0	0	.211	CS (2),
TB	AA	#19	Austin Shenton, 3B	5	0	1	0	.217
TB	AAA	#20	Jonathan Aranda, 2B	3	0	0	1	.322
TB	AAA	#22	Rene Pinto, C	4	0	0	0	.266
TB	AA	#23	Kameron Misner, OF	4	0	0	0	.217	BB (30), SB (9), E (1),
TB	AAA	#26	Ford Proctor, C	4	0	0	0	.216
TB	AAA	#37	Miles Mastrobuoni, 3B	3	1	1	0	.299
TEX	MAJ	#9	Josh Smith, SS	4	2	3	0	.285
TOR	AAA	#4	Jordan Groshans, SS	5	1	1	0	.316	SB (1),
TOR	AAA	#6	Otto Lopez, 2B	3	1	2	2	.182	2 BB (15),
TOR	AAA	#11	Samad Taylor, 2B	2	0	1	2	.281	BB (21), SB (20),
WAS	MAJ	#1	Keibert Ruiz, C	4	1	1	0	.281	BB (11),
WAS	AAA	#16	Donovan Casey, OF	4	1	2	1	.210	E (2),
WAS	AAA	#25	Tres Barrera, C	2	1	0	0	.318	2 BB (15),
WAS	AAA	#30	Josh Palacios, OF	4	0	1	0	.268

ORG	CLASS	RANK	PLAYER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	NOTES
ATL	MAJ	#3	Spencer Strider, RHP	4.1	4	5	5	2	7	3.54	L (1-2)
ATL	AAA	#6	Bryce Elder, RHP	8.0	2	0	0	1	8	4.96	W (3-4)
ATL	AA	#38	Odalvi Javier, RHP	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	4.50
CIN	AAA	#17	Dauri Moreta, RHP	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	7.20
CLE	AAA	#23	Tobias Myers, RHP	4.0	3	0	0	4	2	5.21
COL	MAJ	#36	Ryan Feltner, RHP	7.0	4	1	1	1	6	3.76	W (5-2)
DET	MAJ	#18	Beau Brieske, RHP	5.2	6	4	4	2	4	5.09
KC	MAJ	#13	Jon Heasley, RHP	6.0	6	3	3	3	3	4.60
KC	LoA	#14	Ben Hernandez, RHP	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	5.85
KC	MAJ	#29	Collin Snider, RHP	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	6.50	L (3-2)
LAA	AAA	#15	Jose Marte, RHP	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	10.50
LAA	AAA	#36	Ryan Smith, LHP	4.0	3	5	5	4	3	7.71	L (0-4)
MIL	MAJ	#1	Aaron Ashby, LHP	6.0	5	1	1	2	12	2.70	W (1-3)
MIL	MAJ	#9	Ethan Small, LHP	2.2	4	2	2	4	4	2.20
MIL	AAA	#28	Dylan File, RHP	6.0	4	2	2	0	5	3.89
NYM	MAJ	#34	Colin Holderman, RHP	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	2.14	W (3-0)
NYM	AA	#40	Bryce Montes de Oca, RHP	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	3.71
OAK	MAJ	#9	A.J. Puk, LHP	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1.42
SD	AAA	#18	Reiss Knehr, RHP	3.0	4	3	3	1	2	7.28
SD	AAA	#20	Raymond Kerr, LHP	1.0	1	0	0	2	2	6.23
SD	MAJ	#21	Steven Wilson, RHP	0.2	3	3	3	2	0	5.29
SD	AAA	#39	Kyle Tyler, RHP	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	4.15	W (1-1)
SF	MAJ	#12	Camilo Doval, RHP	1.0	0	1	0	0	1	3.32	Sv (8)
STL	MAJ	#16	Andre Pallante, RHP	3.1	5	1	1	0	5	1.08	W (1-0)
STL	MAJ	#37	Packy Naughton, LHP	2.1	2	1	1	0	4	2.42
TB	AAA	#1	Shane Baz, RHP	4.0	1	0	0	1	4	1.13
TB	AAA	#24	Calvin Faucher, RHP	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	6.65
TEX	MAJ	#15	Glenn Otto, RHP	6.0	4	2	1	3	4	3.64	W (3-2)
TOR	AAA	#33	Adrian Hernandez, LHP	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	1.00	Sv (6)
WAS	AAA	#14	Matt Cronin, LHP	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
WAS	AAA	#22	Cory Abbott, RHP	2.1	5	6	6	3	1	9.00	L (0-3)