MLB Prospect Watch

Prospect Potent Potables - Rangers, Colon, Harper

• The Texas Rangers need a lefty in their bullpen this season, and that role could be filled by prospects Martin Perez or Robbie Ross, notes T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com, who quotes GM Jon Daniels as stating the possibility.
• The Kansas City Royals have been picking near the top of the draft for years, but only once recently did they draft for need instead of talent, says Kevin Scobee of KingsofKauffman.com.  That pick was SS Christian Colon, who has since switched positions and looks like he may end up as nothing more than a utility player.
• The chances of Bryce Harper making the Nationals Opening Day roster might be aided by new manager Davey Johnson's propensity to play young players, thinks Bill Ladson of MLB.com.

40-man Roster Additions

40-man rosters were set this weekend in preperation for the upcoming Rule V draft.  The players listed below are now protected by their organizations and can't be selected.  This is not the complete list, but rather the list of notable prospects.  Teams with no players listed still protected players, just not any notable prospects.

 

Baltimore - Oliver Drake

Boston - Will Middlebrooks, Drake Britton, Che-Hsuan Lin

New York (AL) - D.J. Mitchell, Corban Joseph

Tampa Bay - Alex Colome, WIlking Rodriguez, Steven Vogt

Toronto - Travis d'Arnaud

 

Chicago (AL) - Charlie Leesman

Cleveland - 

Detroit - Casey Crosby

Kansas City - 

Minnesota - Oswaldo Arcia, Carlos Gutierrez, David Bromberg

 

Los Angeles (A) - Fabio Martinez, Jean Segura

Oakland - 

Seattle - Francisco Martinez, Carlos Triunfel, Chih-Hsien Chiang

Texas - Martin Perez, Neil Ramirez

 

Atlanta - J.J. Hoover

Miami - Dan Jennings

New York (N) - Robert Carson, Jeurys Familia, Wilmer Flores, Juan Lagares, Cesar Puello, Reese Havens, Kirk Nieuwenhuis

Philadelphia - Phillippe Aumont, Tyson Gillies, Sebastian Valle

Washington - Tyler Moore, Eury Perez, Derek Norris

 

Chicago (N) - Junior Lake, Josh Vitters, Matt Szczur

Cincinnati - Didi Gregorius, Kyle Lotzkar

Houston - Paul Clemens

Milwaukee - Caleb Gindl, Zealous Wheeler

Pittsburgh - Starling Marte, Rudy Owens

St. Louis - 

 

Arizona - 

Colorado - Christian Friedrich

Los Angeles (N) - Mike Antonini, Chris Withrow

San Diego - Rymer Liriano

San Francisco - Angel Villalona, Charlie Culberson

 

 

Prospect Action - Clemens, Perez, Dominguez,

• Paul Clemens threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings in his first start in the Astros farm system, says Robert Emrich of MiLB.com.
• Gary Sanchez blasted two more home runs, as the Yankees catching prospect continues his scorching hot bat, says Ashley Marshall of MiLB.com.
• Jake Skole recorded two hits, but it wasn't enough as run support for his Rangers teammates, notes The Hickory Daily Record.  In Triple-A, fellow Rangers prospect Martin Perez allowed just two singles through his first five innings, but got burned by five walks, according to The [Tacoma] News Tribune.
• Phillies pitching prospect Trevor May struck out nine batters in seven scoreless innings, reports David Heck of MiLB.com.
• Matt Dominguez homered on Wednesday night, but the Marlins 3B prospect was later forced to leave the game with what appeared to be a leg injury, reports Ashley Marshall of MiLB.com.

 

Prospect Action - Singleton, Perez, Fuentes

• The Phillies affiliate in Clearwater was led by a Jonathan Singleton home run and seven strong innings by Julio Rodriguez, over which he fanned 10 batters, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer.
• Martin Perez got rocked in his first home start in Triple-A, as the Rangers top prospect allowed 12 hits in 3 2/3 innings pitched, reports Tim Grubbs of NOLA.com.
• Cubs 3B prospect Josh Vitters slugged his 9th homer of the year.
• Yankees prospect Cito Culver put together a 3-hit day.
• Padres CF prospect Reymond Fuentes had 4 hits, including a homer and a triple.
• Marlins pitcher Chad James won his second straight start after starting the year 0-13.

 

Prospect Action - Perez, Rizzo, Archer, Ranaudo

• Martin Perez struck out 10 batters in 7 2/3 innings of work, which are both career highs for the Rangers left-handed pitching prospect, notes John Parker of MiLB.com.
• Brad Hand took a no-hitter into the sixth inning on Monday night, reports The Florida Times-Union.  That was the good news from the Marlins farm system, but the bad news came in the form of Tom Koehler, who walked five and gave up three earned runs in just two innings of work, notes Jimmy Smith of The Times-Picayune.
• Jonathan Shoop extended his hit streak to 15 games, reports TheShoreBirds.com, as the Orioles prospect filled in at SS for the injured Manny Machado, who has now missed 11 straight games.  Shoop was originally a SS prospect, but was moved to third base to accommodate the team's top prospect.
• Anthony Rizzo blasted two more home runs on Monday, says Andrew Pentis of MiLB.com, giving the Padres prospect 12 on the season.
• Rays RHP prospect Chris Archer gave up three runs in five innings of work, but struck out seven, reports The Montgomery Advertiser.
• Braves prospect Zeke Spruill struck out five in a complete game shutout, says Ashley Marshall of MiLB.com.
• In a possible preview of a Yankees-Red Sox rivalry of the future, Gary Sanchez homered off of Anthony Ranaudo, one of two homers the Sox right-hander would allow.