He has struck out 30 of 50 batters faced (60 percent!) and has issued only three walks in 13 2/3 innings. Espino, 21, has not seemed fazed by his first taste of Double-A competition. A few hard-hit balls marred his final line, but he wound up with the victory and 14 total strikeouts. He flashed his 99-100 mph fastball with good control of it. Daniel Espino, the Guardians’ top pitching prospect and their first pick in the 2019 MLB Draft, struck out 11 batters to open his start for Double-A Akron against the Bowie Baysox (Orioles) last week. The pitcher who posted the highest strikeout rate (40.5 percent) of anyone with at least 90 innings last year is back to his old tricks.Shorebirds 8, Pelicans 3 in the bottom of the seventh /YNHu2yMPgR He showed off his wheels in the six-game set, including on a steal of home and on this inside-the-parker (the first homer of his pro career).įirst career home run for Pete Crow-Armstrong is an inside-the-park two run homer! 326/.463/.581 with seven stolen bases in eight attempts after going 10-for-24 in a series against the Orioles’ Low-A affiliate. The Mets’ 2020 first-rounder, now with the Cubs, is hitting. Pete Crow-Armstrong is strong-arming competition in his comeback from the shoulder surgery that ended his debut season after six games last year.Amaya also hit a home run yesterday and is 7 for his last 9 #dodgers #jacobamaya /P19UUatWO1 He just got another hit and is now 5-5 with 2 home runs, 2 doubles, a single, 6 RBI, and 2 of the best defensive plays you'll ever see. Gonna wrap up this historic day for SS Jacob Amaya. Amaya, who fell out of Keith Law’s ranking of Dodgers prospects after ranking 19th in 2021 and 11th in 2020, also added to a defensive highlight reel that includes this charging play during which he lost his glove. He owns a 1.207 OPS, the third-highest mark among Dodgers farmhands. His output: three doubles, three homers, one walk and seven RBIs. The 23-year-old, who is on the Dodgers’ 40-man roster, snapped out of a 6-for-29 start with a stretch of nine hits in 14 at-bats during the last three games of Double-A Tulsa’s series against the Springfield Cardinals. That’s what Dodgers shortstop prospect Jacob Amaya did over the weekend. What’s better than tallying a two-homer, five-hit line in your team’s boxscore? Starting the next game with a home run on the first pitch you see, tying the bow on an insane few days.Welcome to The Athletic’s weekly baseball column focused on what’s happening in the minor leagues, where you’ll find a synopsis of notable hot and cold streaks, videos of interesting plays, news and prospect notes from the previous week.
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