
Each week during the Minor League Baseball season we pick the hitting and pitching prospects from each level (AAA, AA, A+, and A, then Short Season-A and Rookie league later in the summer) who, in our opinion, had the best week. We’re always on the lookout for candidates, so tweet us (@Prospects1500, @berrys_baseball and @Scotty_Ballgame) when you see a great performance.
Jake Berry and Scott Greene pick their Prospects of the Week hitters and pitchers for each level, while also presenting other names at each level that are just as deserving of POTW honors. Enjoy, and make sure you’re keeping an eye out for these prospects in your dynasty leagues.
Triple-A
Hitter: Domingo Leyba, INF (Arizona Diamondbacks #45)
Reno Aces (.520/.571/1.200, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 6 2B, 1 3B, 1 SO, 2 BB)
What a week for Leyba. 10 extra base hits in his six games last week made him the second Reno Ace to get the honor in as many weeks. He hit safely in each game and had four multi-hit games.
It’s not even 10:30 and Domingo Leyba already has a home run.
We’re up one after our first round of swinging. pic.twitter.com/DvAxzDbwBO
— Reno Aces (@Aces) May 22, 2019
Honorable Mentions:
Isan Diaz, 2B (Miami Marlins #7)
New Orleans Baby Cakes (.440/.563/1.120, 11 H, 2 2B, 5 HR, 10 RBI, 11 R)
Kyle Tucker, OF (Houston Astros #2)
Round Rock Express (.370/.485/.963, 5 HR, 8 RBI, 1 2B, 3 SO, 5 BB)
Pitcher: Elieser Hernandez, RHP (Miami Marlins, NR)
New Orleans Baby Cakes (6 IP, W, 0 ER, 12 K, 3 BB, 1 H)
Hernandez posted a dominant six innings in his outing against Oklahoma City on the 22nd and it was easily his best outing of the year. The righty allowed just one hit and 3 walks while striking out 12.
*Editor note: Hernandez isn’t prospect eligible any longer with 65.2 IP in majors last year, but his one game performance vs. Oklahoma City on 5/22 was worthy of the Triple-A honor.
With his third quality start in his last four outings, Elieser Hernandez has lowered his ERA to 1.07, lowest in the Pacific Coast League.
Elieser K’d 12, a mark he’s bested only once (2016 in A ball). He has a ridiculous 61/14 (26.5%‼️) K/BB.#Marlins | @cakesbaseball pic.twitter.com/wH1M5FN8zF
— Fish On The Farm (@marlinsminors) May 23, 2019
Honorable Mentions:
Logan Allen, LHP (San Diego Padres #11)
El Paso Chihuahuas (7 IP, 1 ER, 10 K, 1 BB, 3 H)
J.P. Feyereisen, RHP (New York Yankees, NR)
Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (3 G, 5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 11 K, 1 W, 1 SV)
In his 3rd outing of the week, Feyereisen mowed down the Syracuse Mets to get the W, going 2.1 IP without giving up a hit and striking out 7.
Right-handed reliever J.P. Feyereisen’s line last night for @swbrailriders:
2.1 IP // 0 H // 0 R // 2 BB // 7 K
Here’s some of Feyereisen’s work from earlier this season: pic.twitter.com/ONL2OMiXXU
— NYYPlayerDev (@NYYPlayerDev) May 26, 2019
Double-A
Hitter: Joshua Rojas, UT (Houston Astros #37)
Corpus Christi Hooks (.516/.571/1.194, 6 HR, 16 H, 7 RBI, 3 2B, 3 SO, 4 BB)
16 hits in 31 at bats will usually get you considered for POTW honors, but when you throw in nine extra base hits, six of which are round trippers, you’re usually a shoo-in. Rojas was giving opposing Texas League pitchers fits all week as he was both mashing and drawing walks.
7 hits. 6 DINGERS for the Hooks today! Josh Rojas with his 4th big fly in his last 6 at-bats. Abraham Toro went deep to start the 6th. pic.twitter.com/l6rjJD2nAu
— Corpus Christi Raspas (@cchooks) May 22, 2019
Honorable Mention:
Abraham Toro, 3B (Houston Astros #15)
Corpus Christi Hooks (.536/.606/.893, 15 H, 2 HR, 1 3B, 2 2B)
Pitcher: Kyle Muller, LHP (Atlanta Braves #11)
Mississippi Braves (12.2 IP, 2 W, 1 ER, 17 K, 4 BB, 6 H)
Muller got two starts and two wins for Mississippi last week. The big lefty was solid in his May 20th outing against Birminghman where he tossed 5.2 innings of one run, three hit ball. However, he was simply exceptional in his seven shutout innings against Jacksonville.
Mississippi’s Kyle Muller for his five starts in May so far:
3-0, 33.1 IP, 21 H, 3 ER, 11 BB, 33 K
0.81 ERA, 0.960 WHIPI don’t think he’s going to be there much longer.
— Matt Chrietzberg (@BravesMattC) May 27, 2019
Honorable Mention:
Tony Santillan, RHP (Cincinnati Reds #8)
Chattanooga Lookouts (11.1 IP, 2 ER, 12 K, 4 BB)
High-A
Hitter: Ryan Dorow, INF (Texas Rangers, NR)
Down East Wood Ducks (.320/.419/.840, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 3 SO, 4 BB)
Dorow led all High-A leagues with four homers last week and while he added just one more extra base hit to the stat line, he did it all while only striking out three times. Dorow tailed off towards the end of the week, but was on fire for the first handful of games including three multi hit games.
2015 Trail Blazer Ryan Dorow who plays for Texas Rangers affiliate @GoWoodDucks has 4 home runs and 10 RBI’s in his last 3 games. Needless to say he’s on 🔥 pic.twitter.com/f1BT5I7inT
— Adirondack Trail Blazers (@ADKTrailBlazers) May 22, 2019
Honorable Mention:
Luis Castro, INF (Tampa Bay Rays #48)
Lancaster JetHawks (.421/.607/.947, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 8 H)
Pitcher: Jake Latz, LHP (Texas Rangers #38)
Down East Wood Ducks (10 IP, 2 W, 1 ER, 4 H, 16 K, 5 BB)
Latz has tossed exactly five innings in each of his last four starts, including both last week. He added two wins to his record, but the lefty really impressed by tallying up 16 strikeouts over his combined 10 innings.
Honorable Mention:
Kyle Bradish, RHP (Los Angeles Angels #19)
Inland Empire 66ers (5.1 IP, 0 ER, 12 K, 2 BB, 1 H)
#Angels prospect, Kyle Bradish (@kyle_OO7), has been stellar with @66ersBaseball – outside of his pro debut (2 R, 1.2 IP), he has a 1.72 ERA over eight starts (36.2 IP) with a .186 BAA, 30.9 K% and 15.1 StS% while allowing just 5 XBH to 149 BF in hitter/power happy Cal League
— Taylor Blake Ward (@TaylorBlakeWard) May 22, 2019
Single-A
Hitter: Niko Hulsizer, OF (Los Angeles Dodgers #42)
Great Lakes Loons (.313/.333/.844, 5 HR, 2 2B, 9 RBI)
Hulsizer struck out 10 times and didn’t draw a single walk last week, but he did lead all of Single-A in homers. He added a couple of doubles to improve the slugging percentage and hit safely in all seven games last week, spreading his production across the entire week.
Unmistakable.
Now 12 HR to lead the Midwest League. Come see Niko Hulsizer mash. 🌋#NestLevelFun pic.twitter.com/P3PSCAinty
— Great Lakes Loons (@greatlakesloons) May 24, 2019
Honorable Mention:
David Fry, C (Milwaukee Brewers #39)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (.394/.429/.606, 13 H, 1 HR, 2 SB)
Pitcher: Chris Vallimont, RHP (Miami Marlins, NR)
Clinton LumberKings (13 IP, W, 18 K, 0 ER, 1 H, 3 BB)
If we gave an overall award for prospect of the week it would go to Vallimont. The 22-year-old tossed seven hitless innings in his first outing of last week then allowed just one hit in his second start. Vallimont struck out nine in each outing en route to POTW honors.
Chris Vallimont (@Valli_Swag7) earned his twitter dot com handle today. 💪🏻
7 IP, 2 BB, 9 K
In his last four outings, Vallimont has three quality starts. 2.66 ERA in last 27 IP over span.@LumberKings | #Marlins pic.twitter.com/3Zm26n1P0d
— Fish On The Farm (@marlinsminors) May 22, 2019
Honorable Mentions:
Colten Schmidt, RHP (Colorado Rockies, NR)
Asheville Tourists (13 IP, 16 K, 10 H, 0 ER, 1 BB)
Austin Schulfer, RHP (Minnesota Twins, NR)
Cedar Rapids Kernels (1 GS, W, 5 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K)
If there’s any player we missed who you think should be honored or mentioned as a Prospect of the Week, please comment below or hit us up on Twitter to let us know. Until next week, thanks for reading and keep prospecting!
I reside in Carrollton, Georgia and love everything baseball. I graduated from the University of West Georgia with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sport Management. I have a passion for the minor leagues and have high hopes of visiting as many minor league parks as I can. I enjoy the statistical side of the game, especially sabermetrics. I am also an avid baseball card collector and fantasy baseball player.
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