Prospect Report: Walker Goes Wild In The Desert

Jordan Walker, 3B/OF, Cardinals: The Cardinals’ towering top prospect is heating up as the AFL winds down. Walker slammed his way into a three-way tie for the league lead in homers by clubbing his fifth of the fall as part of a 2-for-4 day with a double in Salt River’s win over Scottsdale. 

Kumar Rocker, RHP, Rangers: After a, well, rocky beginning to his tenure in the AFL, the Rangers prospect turned it on for his Halloween start. In Rocker’s unquestioned best outing of the fall, he allowed one hit over three scoreless innings with five strikeouts against no walks. He also threw 30 of his 45 pitches for strikes (66%). 

Will Wagner, 3B, Astros: One of the better breakout prospects of the fall, Wagner has made plenty of loud contact but didn’t have a home run on his card. That changed on Tuesday, when he went deep in a 2-for-4 showing with a double and a longball in his team’s shutout win. 

Jose Tena, SS, Guardians: Cleveland has a long list of middle infield prospects, and Tena is near the top. The 21-year-old is continuing his season in the Dominican Republic and went off on Tuesday. Facing Cibao, Tena went 4-for-5 with his first home run of the winter campaign. The output matches his production on July 13, when he went 4-for-5 with a homer against Bowie. 

Elly De La Cruz, SS, Reds: Start your morning with a simple but accurate haiku: 

Elly De La Cruz
The most electric player
In the minor leagues

Cincinnati’s wunderkind lived up to that billing on Tuesday by going 3-for-4 with a triple and an RBI for his Dominican League team. The effort was De La Cruz’s fifth multi-hit game out of the 12 he’s played. Overall, he’s 17-for-42 with nearly as many walks (eight) as strikeouts (11). 

ORG	CLASS	PLAYER	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	NOTES
ARI	WIN	Deyvison De Los Santos, 3B	4	0	0	0	0.224	2 E (4),
ATL	WIN	Justyn-Henry Malloy, 1B	5	0	2	1	0.290	SB (1),
ATL	WIN	Cal Conley, SS	5	0	2	0	0.270
BAL	WIN	Heston Kjerstad, OF	5	0	1	0	0.338	2B (7),
BAL	WIN	Cesar Prieto, SS	4	0	1	0	0.209
BOS	WIN	Niko Kavadas, 1B	5	1	1	1	0.235	HR (1),
CHC	WIN	BJ Murray, 3B	3	0	2	0	0.250
CHC	WIN	Matt Mervis, 1B	4	0	1	0	0.283
COL	WIN	Zac Veen, OF	5	1	0	1	0.348
COL	WIN	Braxton Fulford, C	3	0	0	0	0.148	BB (3), SB (2),
DET	WIN	Colt Keith, 3B	2	1	0	0	0.348	2 BB (15), SB (3), E (4),
HOU	WIN	Scott Schreiber, LF	3	1	2	0	0.308	3B (2), BB (3),
HOU	WIN	Will Wagner, 2B	4	1	2	2	0.333	2B (6), HR (1), BB (6),
KC	WIN	John Rave, OF	4	0	0	0	0.232
LAA	WIN	Kyren Paris, SS	4	0	0	0	0.217
LAA	WIN	Bryce Teodosio, OF	2	0	1	1	0.167
MIA	WIN	Jose Salas, SS	3	0	0	0	0.220
NYY	WIN	T.J. Rumfield, 3B	3	0	0	0	0.404
NYY	WIN	Jasson Dominguez, CF	4	0	0	0	0.154
OAK	WIN	Lawrence Butler, 1B	3	0	0	0	0.227
OAK	WIN	Zack Gelof, SS	4	0	1	0	0.242
PHI	WIN	Carlos De La Cruz, OF	4	2	2	1	0.250	3B (2),
PIT	WIN	Henry Davis, C	4	0	1	0	0.267
PIT	WIN	Nick Gonzales, 2B	4	0	0	0	0.250
SF	WIN	Luis Matos, OF	4	1	1	0	0.239
SF	WIN	Adrian Sugastey, C	3	1	1	0	0.391	BB (2), E (3),
STL	WIN	Masyn Winn, SS	5	0	2	0	0.320
STL	WIN	Mike Antico, LF	4	1	2	1	0.233	2B (1), 3 SB (6),
STL	WIN	Jordan Walker, 3B	4	2	2	1	0.290	2B (4), HR (5), SB (2),
TB	WIN	Blake Hunt, C	3	0	0	0	0.293
TB	WIN	Mason Auer, OF	4	0	0	0	0.246
TEX	WIN	Trevor Hauver, 2B	1	1	0	0	0.205	3 BB (13),
TEX	WIN	Luisangel Acuna, SS	4	0	0	0	0.243	BB (7), SB (6),
TOR	WIN	Zach Britton, RF	3	0	1	1	0.447	BB (6), CS (1),
TOR	WIN	Addison Barger, SS	4	0	0	0	0.189
TOR	WIN	Samad Taylor, 2B	4	0	0	0	0.151

ORG	CLASS	PLAYER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	NOTES
TEX	WIN	Kumar Rocker, RHP	3.0	1	0	0	0	5	3.38
ATL	WIN	Alex Segal, LHP	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	9.35
BAL	WIN	Nick Richmond, RHP	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	11.25	L (1-1)
BOS	WIN	Ryan Zeferjahn, RHP	2.0	0	0	0	1	4	5.25
CHC	WIN	Riley Martin, LHP	2.0	1	1	1	2	4	3.38
COL	WIN	Stephen Jones, RHP	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	12.38	W (1-0)
DET	WIN	Jack Anderson, RHP	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	4.50
KC	WIN	Jonah Dipoto, RHP	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	2.45
LAA	WIN	Jack Kochanowicz, RHP	2.0	3	2	2	2	2	10.66
MIA	WIN	Holt Jones, RHP	5.0	5	2	2	3	4	6.32	L (0-2)
NYY	WIN	Nelson Alvarez, RHP	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	9.00
PHI	WIN	Taylor Lehman, LHP	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	5.91
PIT	WIN	Colin Selby, RHP	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25
STL	WIN	Connor Thomas, LHP	5.0	5	2	1	0	7	1.59
STL	WIN	Ryan Loutos, RHP	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	3.00
TB	WIN	Sandy Gaston, RHP	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	8.59
TEX	WIN	Grant Wolfram, LHP	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86