MLB Prospect Watch

Prospect Action - Leesman, Martinez, Turner, Dominguez, Loux

• Charlie Leesman won his seventh game of the season, reports Jeff Elliott of the Florida Times-Union.  Fellow White Sox pitching prospect Jacob Petricka turned in an inconsistent performance in his first High-A start, notes David Heck of MiLB.com.
• The Pacific Coast League is known for having extreme offensive games from time to time and Thursday night was no different, as Johnny Giavotella's 3-for-5 day helped lead his Royals teammates to an 18-13 victory, despite two homers from Dodgers prospect Trayvon Robinson, according to Andrew Pentis of MiLB.com.
• Jacob Turner allowed three runs over seven innings of work to pick up a victory on the same night the Tigers announced they were moving fellow prospect, reliever Chance Ruffin, up to Triple-A, reports Mike Copper of the Erie Times-News.
• Alex Torres took a loss on Thursday night, falling victim to 3 errors by his Rays teammates, notes The Charlotte Observer.
• Carlos Martinez made his first Florida State League start on Thursday, and despite an inconsistent effort and control, the Cardinals prospect managed to allow just two runs in six innings while striking out seven, says Ashley Marshall of MiLB.com.
• Joe Mahoney hit a home run and fellow O's prospect Chorye Spoone turned in a strong outing, notes Jeff Seidel of BowiePatch.com.
• Marlins 3B prospect Matt Dominguez blasted a 9th inning grand-slam to lead his team to a 7-6 victory, reports Tim Grubbs of NOLA.com.
• Rangers prospect Barret Loux struck out 11 batters over six shutout innings of work, notes Robert Emrich of MiLB.com.
• Red Sox prospect Madison Younginer threw four shutout innings, says CatsCorner.com.

 

Prospect Action - Machado, Banuelos, Tate, Franklin

• Manny Machado homered on Thursday night in his first game since the Orioles had promoted the young shortstop to High-A ball, reports Steve Gould of The Baltimore Sun.
• Rays pitching prospect Alex Torres tossed seven scoreless innings on Thursday night, notes BisonsBlog.com.
• Yankees prospect Manny Banuelos threw five strong innings, says Mike Ashmore of ThunderBaseball.com.
• Cubs prospect Trey McNutt struggled on Thursday night, facing just five batters and walking four of them before being removed from the game, reports Daniel Paulling of The Birmingham News.
• Colton Cain allowed just three baserunners in six innings of work, as the Pirates prospect was part of a three-pitcher shutout for the West Virginia Power, notes Mark Parker of the Hickory Daily Record.
• The San Diego Padres third-round pick from this month's draft, RHP Matt Andriese, allowed just one run in six innings of work, reports John Parker of MiLB.com, and was helped out offensively by fellow 2011 draftee, first-rounder Cory Spangenberg, who went 2-for-3 with a double, two walks, and a stolen base, and 2009 first-rounder Donavan Tate, who had a triple, single and two runs scored, 
• Blake Beavan threw seven strong innings to earn a win, notes Larry Larue of The News Tribune.  Fellow Mariners prospect, SS Nick Franklin, made his Double-A debut on Thursday, collecting two hits and taking part in turning a triple play, says Andrew Pentis of MiLB.com.

 

Blogs Track Teams - 5/2/11

• Tim Williams of PiratesProspects.com wraps up the Bucco action, including a multi-hit day from Jarek Cunningham.
• RaysProspects.com fills us in on Alex Torres' latest start and other Rays prospect action.
• PineTarPress.com recaps our Royals action, including a solid Sunday at the plate for Johnny Giavotella.
• Jarred Massey of LAdodgertalk.com reports on the Dodgers farm system, including a rough day at the plate for Leon Landry.
• Orioles-Nation.com notes solid days at the plate throughout the O's system, but specifically in Delmarva with Manny Machado and Jonathan Schoop.
• TalkingChop.com breaks down the Braves action, including Andrelton Simmons and his 3-hit day.
• Doug Gray of RedsMinorLeagues.com recaps the Reds results, including a home run by Yonder Alonso.
• BluebirdBanter.com has all the Blue Jays prospect action, including three more hits for Brett Lawrie.

 

Blogs Track Teams - 4/27

• IndiansProspectInsider.com reports in on another strong start for Nick Hagadone and other Indians prospect action.
• Tim Williams of PiratesProspects.com updates us on a number of Pirates prospects who homered on Tuesday, including Andrew Lambo.
• BlueBirdBanter.com has all the Blue Jays action, including a strong start from Zach Stewart.
• FutureRedBirds.com mentions another solid outing by Lance Lynn and other recaps of other Cardinals prospects.
• PineTarPress.com raves about Chris Dwyer's tough-luck loss and other Royals results.
• Doug Gray of RedsMinorLeagues.com mentions Zack Cosart's multi-hit day and two more steals for Billy Hamilton, among other Reds prospect reports.
• RaysProspects.com discusses a rough outing by Alex Torres and other Rays results.
• Jared Massey of LAdodgerTalk.com points out a pair of multi-hit days for Dee Gordon and Trayvon Robinson, on what was a busy day for Dodgers prospects.
• Orioles-Nation.com points out a perfect night for pitcher Dan Klein, and other Orioles updates.

 

Prospect Hot Sheet - 4/22

Baseball America released their weekly Prospect Hot Sheet yesterday, with a number of new names not featured in week one.  Making an appearance on this week's list are:

• Mark Cohoon
• Jaff Decker
• Danny Duffy
• Jedd Gyorko
• Yasmani Grandal
• Billy Hamilton
• Brad Holt
• Jae-Hoon Ha
• Eric Hosmer
• Brett Jackson
• Tom Koehler
• Jefry Marte
• Marcell Ozuna
• Jacob Petricka
• Anthony Rizzo
• Jonathan Schoop
• Eric Thames
• Alex Torres
• Kolbrin Vitek
• Alex White

Appearing on the bad part of the list this week are Zack Cosart, Yorman Rodriguez, Joe Cruz, and Trevor May.  Decker and Jackson are the only players to appear on both lists thus far this season.