MLB Prospect Watch

Prospect Action - 7/10/12

Triple-A

• No Games - All-Star Break

Double-A

• Parker Frazier earned his ninth win of the season, as the Rockies right-hander struck out seven batters in as many innings, reports Ashley Marshall of MiLB.com.  The outing lowered Frazier's ERA to 3.74 on the season.
• Unlike in the Future's Game, Jurickson Profar's first inning home run proved to be the difference in his Frisco RoughRiders game on Tuesday.

High-A

• No Games - All-Star Break

Low-A

• Mets 2011 third-rounder Logan Verrett threw a complete game shutout on Tuesday, says Tucker Blair of Orioles-Nation.com.  Verrett stuck out seven batters, lowering his ERA to 2.84 in his nine starts on the season.
• Mike Foltynewicz continued his rebound season, as the Astros right-hander threw six shutout innings to earn his South Atlantic League-leading 10th win of the season, reports David Heck of MiLB.com.
• Rangers pitcher Will Lamb earned his third victory of the season despite giving up four earned runs in five innings of work, according to The Hickory Daily Record.

Rookie

• Blue Jays 2010 internaional signee Adonys Cardona made his fifth appearance of the season, throwing 2 1/3 innings and allowing two earned runs. 
• Twins pitcher Kyle Gibson threw a successful inning in his first rehab start.

 

Prospect Hot Sheet - 6/22/12

Baseball America put out their weekly hot sheet again yesterday, with a slew of new names making the list.  Our standings, as found on the bottom right sidebar of our site, remain unchanged in the top-10, but a number of new prospects joined the party this week:

• Jed Bradley (MIL)
• Edwar Cabrera (COL)
• Kole Calhoun (LAA)
• Chris Carter (OAK)
• Alex Castellanos (LAD)
• Andrew Chafin (ARI)
• Brody Colvin (PHI)
• Daniel Corcino (CIN)
• Jarred Cosart (HOU)
• Zack Cox (STL)
• Parker Frazier (COL)
• Anthony Gose (TOR)
• Taylor Guerrieri (TB)
• Tom Koehler (MIA)
• Ryan Lavarnway (BOS)
• Alex Liddi (SEA)
• Luis Mateo (NYM)
• Martin Perez (TEX)
• Drew Pomeranz (COL)
• Julio Rodriguez (PHI)
• Ronny Rodriguez (CLE)
• Hayden Simpson (CHC)
• Dan Straily (OAK)
• Trevor Story (COL)
• Jameson Taillon (PIT)

 

Prospect Action - 4/25/12

Triple-A

• Will Middlebrooks homered again, reports Brendan McGair of The Pawtucket Times, as the Red Sox prospect now has a minor league-leading nine on the season.
• Mets prospect Matt Harvey threw seven scoreless innings and his a home run, says Andrew Pentis of MiLB.com.

Double-A

• Oscar Taveras collected two more hits, including his fourth homer of the season, as the Cardinals outfielder just keeps on hitting, says Ben Badler of Baseball America.
• Trevor May allowed just one hit in six innings, as the Phillies top prospect lowered his ERA on the season to 2.35, notes Ashley Marshall of MiLB.com.
• Rockies pitching prospect Parker Frazier turned in a strong outing, allowing two earned runs over seven innings, but still got stuck with the loss.

High-A

• Trayce Thompson hit his third home run of the season as part of a 14-run onslaught that he and his White Sox teammates put on on Wednesday.
• Gerrit Cole was let down by his fellow Pirates prospects, as the 2011 first overall pick gave up five runs in as many innings, but only two of them were earned.

Low-A

• The Cubs got their first look at Cuban signee Gerardo Concepcion, who gave up five runs in as many innings in his first professional start, reports Ben Badler of Baseball America.
• Mason Williams went 4-for-4 on Wednesday, as the Yankees outfield prospect added his first home run of the season, says Brendon Desrochers of MiLB.com.

Other

• In extended spring training action, Cubs 2011 draftee Dan Vogelbach homered, and Javier Baez ended an 0-for-20 slump, says The Cub Reporter.