MLB Prospect Watch

Winter League Recap - 10/27

Arizona Fall League

• Twelve hits and a home run from Brandon Laird weren't enough for the Desert Dogs to overcome some timely hitting by the Javelinas on Wednesday.  Kyle Greenwalt picked up the win for the Javelinas, tossing four scoreless innings and striking out three.
• Eric Hosmer drove in four runs in the Rafters 7-0 victory over the Saguaros.
• Even with Bryce Harper in the lineup, the Scorpions were unable to out-hit the Solar Sox, dropping Wednesday's contest 7-6.  Harper was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in the contest while every Solar Sox starter had a hit.
• Today's starters include Manny Banuelos going for Phoenix and Sammy Solis on the mound for Scottsdale.

Venezuelan Winter League

• Alex Liddi homered for Cardenales de Lara in their 2-1 loss to Navegantes del Magallanes, who was powered by Mark Trumbo's 2-for-4 day.
• Austin Bibens-Dirkx got the win for Aguilas de Zulia in their 11-3 victory over La Guaira.

 

Prospect Hot Sheet - 8/6

Baseball America has their latest Hot Sheet out, and this week's version has a number of players form the lower levels of the minor leagues.  This week's list includes:

• Yonder Alonso
• Oswaldo Arcia
• Dellin Betances
• Bobby Borchering
• Pat Corbin
• Matt Davidson
• Joe Gardner
• Kyle Gibson
• Jason Kipnis
• Brandon Laird
• Zach Lutz
• Carlos Matias
• Mike Minor
• WIl Myers
• Cesar Puello
• Josh Reddick
• Rubby de la Rosa
• Cody Scarpetta
• Julio Teheran
• Joe Wieland

The negative part of the list this week includes Tony Thomas, Bryce Brentz, Eric Arnett, and Neftali Soto.

Making Moves - 7/13

• In separate but somewhat related moves, the Pirates have promoted pitcher Jeff Locke to Double-A Altoona, reports Tim Williams of BuccoFans.com.  Corresponding with that move is the demotion of Tim Alderson from Double-A to High-A Bradenton, as reported by Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  Alderson has struggled with the Pirates since coming over from San Francisco in the Freddy Sanchez trade, and has been rocked of late.  The organization hopes a refresher in A-ball will help Alderson restore his prospect status.
• New York Yankees' prospect Brandon Laird was forced to exit his game early on Monday night after fouling a pitch off of his foot, according to Josh Harris of The Trentonian.
• The Phillies have had to shut down pitching prospect Jarred Cosart for 2-3 weeks due to an elbow strain, but the hard-throwing righty received a clean bill of health from Dr. James Andrews, reports Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com.
• Justin Smoak may have been the biggest name the Mariners got in return for Cliff Lee, but Blake Beavan is also a legitimate prospect in his own right, and Josh Lueke and Matt Lawson could be big-leaguers at one point.  Bryan Smith of FanGraphs.com has more on all three.

Prospect Hot Sheet - 6/25

This week's edition of Baseball America's Prospect Hot Sheet looks a little different thanks to the start of the summer leagues and all-star breaks in many of the full season leagues.  Here are this week's honorees:

• Dellin Betances
• Domonic Brown
• Jedd Gyorko
• Brad Hand
• Brett Jackson
• Jason Kipnis
• Brandon Laird
• John Lamb
• Brett Lawrie
• Jordan Lyles
• Chris Marrerro
• Tyler Matzek
• Wade Miley
• Aaron Miller
• Matt Moore
• Mike Moustakas
• Michael Pineda
• Domingo Santana
• Brett Wallace
• Chris Withrow

Even during a slow week, some players struggle.  This week it was Peter Bourjos, Aaron Crow, Adeiny Hechavarria.