MLB Prospect Watch

Making Moves - Gordon, de la Rosa, Weeks, Rizzo

• Dee Gordon was promoted to the majors by the Dodgers on Monday reports Dylan Hernandez of The Los Angeles Times, and will start pitching prospect Rubby de la Rosa on the mound tonight in his major league debutaccording to MLB.com.
• The Oakland A's are on the verge of calling up second base prospect Jemile Weeks, according to Jeff Seidel of MLB.com.
• The San Diego Padres may be promoting top prospect Anthony Rizzo soon, according to Corey Brock of MLB.com.

 

Making Moves - de la Rosa, Furbush, Oliver, Lincoln, Hoes

• The Los Angeles Dodgers are considering promoting Rubby de la Rosa to the majors and would use him in their bullpen, tweets Ken Gurnick.
• One day after Charlie Furbush picked up his first major league win, the Tigers have announced that they will put Andy Oliver in their major league rotation, taking the place of the DL-bound Phil Coke, reports Jason Beck of MLB.com.
• The Pirates are thrilled with how Brad Lincoln is pitching in Triple-A, but simply don't have a spot for him in their major league rotation, reports Bill Brink of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  The Pirates did make a move, placing shortstop Chase d'Arnaud on the DL with groin tightness, reports Tim WIlliams of PiratesProspects.com.
• The Orioles have promoted second baseman L.J. Hoes from High-A to Double-A, reports Jeff Zrebiec of The Baltimore Sun.

 

 

Blogs Track Teams - Weekend Wrap-Up

• Doug Gray of RedsMinorLeagues.com discusses Yonder Alonso's hot hitting in May, and other notables Reds topics.
• TalkingChop.com breaks down Brett Oberholtzer's dominant start, and other Braves highlights.
• Steve Foster of InsidetheRockies.com reports on Nolan Arenado's two-homer day, and other Rockies results.
• Tim Williams of PiratesProspects.com has updates on the Bucco's farm system, including starts by Rudy Owens and Colton Cain.
• Orioles-Nation.com has the Orioles prospects in action, including a multi-hit day for L.J. Hoes.
• Jarred Massey of LAdodgertalk.com breaks down a busy day in the Dodgers farm system, including a poor start from Rubby de la Rosa, but a strong showing from Allen Webster and a 3-hit day at the plate for Trayvon Robinson.
• PineTarPress.com has our Royals updates, including a homer for Mike Moustakas and seven shutout innings for Will Smith.

 

 

Prospect Performances - Pineda, Harper, Teheran, Britton

• It was a good day to hit for White Sox and Indians prospects, as Stefan Gartrell homered and had an RBI single and Jared Mitchell had an RBI single of his own in the game, reports Jordan Bastain of MLB.com.  For the Indians, second base prospect Cord Phelps drove in a run, and Nick Weglarz hit a two-run bomb.
• Michael Pineda gave up just a hit and a walk in two scoreless of innings of work, reports Robert Emrich of MiLB.com.  Josh Lueke also threw two shutout innings for the Mariners and third base prospect Alex Liddi went 1-for-2 in the contest.
• Bryce Harper went 2-for-2 with two RBI's in his best game yet this spring for the Nationals, despite some heckling from one loud fan, says Bill Ladson of MLB.com.  Jiovanni Mier went 2-for-2 for the Astros in the game, says Danny Wild of MiLB.com.
• Jerry Sands homered on Monday and continues to make his case for a promotion to Los Angeles sooner rather than later, notes Robert Emrich of MiLB.com.
• Julio Teheran threw a scoreless inning in his first appearance for the Braves this spring, notes Mark Bowman of MLB.com.  Also appearing for the Braves was fellow prospect Randall Delgado, who threw a perfect ninth, notes Josh Jackson of MiLB.com, while the Marlins saw prospect Tom Koehler blow a save in the ninth but earn the win in extras.  
• Mark Trumbo continued his quest for an Angles roster spot on Monday with a 4-for-4 performance that included his third home run of the spring, says Robert Emrich of MiLB.com.
• Zach Britton threw three scoreless innings for the Orioles on Monday, says Emrich.

Prospects scheduled to make pitching appearances today are Rubby de la Rosa (LAD), Garrett Richards (LAA), and Alex White (CLE).

 

Prospect Action - Trumbo, Parker, Nats, Cox, Scheppers

• The Angels had their prospects on display on Thursday, as Mark Trumbo homered for the second time this spring, but Garrett Richards gave up three runs in 2 1/3 innings of relief work, and Trevor Reckling gave up three more in his two innings.
• Jarrod Parker tossed two scoreless innings in his second appearance for the Diamondbacks, and showed much better command than he had in his first outing, notes Steve Gilbert of MLB.com.
• The Nationals have some depth at catcher in their farm system, and their top two backstop prospects, Wilson Ramos and Derek Norris, both had solid days at the plate, with Ramos collecting two hits, and Norris hitting a home run off of Cardinals pitching prospect Maikel Cleto, reports Danny Wild of MiLB.com.  Zack Cox collected two hits in the game for the Cardinals, including a double, notes Rick Hummel of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
• Brad Lincoln retired all nine batters he faced for the Pirates on Thursday, reports John Parker of MiLB.com.
• Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters in his one inning of work for the Reds, needing only seven pitches to complete the feat, including getting Dodgers prospect Trayvon Robinson to ground out on one pitch.  On the Dodgers side, Jerry Sands knocked two more hits, and Rubby De La Rosa threw two shutout innings, striking out three, and continuing to impress new skipper Don Mattingly.
• Tanner Scheppers couldn't get through his scheduled inning of work for the Rangers, walking two batters and complaining of back stiffness afterward, reports Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.