A pair of Prime 100 heavyweights led the cost on Wednesday, with Max Clark and Chase Burns lighting up the Excessive-A Midwest League. However the star-studded performances did not cease there. A pair of Texas prospects — one an Astro, the opposite a Ranger — loved enormous offensive afternoons earlier than ending their respective video games with highly effective swings.
Max Clark, OF, West Michigan (DET No. 1/MLB No. 7)Taking part in in his house state of Indiana agreed with Clark, who led off the sport together with his third homer and later singled to proceed his scorching month. The 22-year-old has hit safely in eight of 10 video games in Might, slashing .381/.422/.571 with 4 extra-base hits and 5 RBIs. His sizzling streak has lifted his season common to .310 and his OPS to .881 with Excessive-A West Michigan. Full story | Gameday
Chase Burns, RHP, Chattanooga (CIN No. 1/MLB No. 11)One other strong begin in what’s changing into a sample for final 12 months’s No. 2 total decide. Burns surrendered a solo homer and one different hit over 5 frames whereas hanging out seven. The 22-year-old didn’t subject a stroll for the second time in three begins and sports activities a 48-to-7 Okay/BB ratio throughout 30 2/3 innings in his debut season. Burns has allowed multiple earned run as soon as in seven begins and sports activities a 2.35 ERA and a 0.91 WHIP between Double-A Chattanooga and Excessive-A Dayton. Gameday
Sebastian Walcott, SS/3B, Frisco (TEX No. 1/MLB No. 9)Walcott produced a virtually carbon copy of Tuesday’s strong efficiency by going deep, singling and incomes a stroll in 4 plate appearances. The 19-year-old has boosted his slugging share practically 40 factors for the reason that begin of Might and now has a .769 OPS with 12 extra-base hits in 33 video games for Double-A Frisco. Gameday
Braden Montgomery, OF, Winston-Salem (CWS No. 4/MLB No. 38)Montgomery prolonged his red-hot begin for Excessive-A Winston-Salem with the first-year professional’s fourth homer in eight video games. The Texas A&M product and twelfth total decide within the 2024 Draft has hit safely in 12 of 14 video games since his promotion from Single-A Kannapolis on April 29 and is batting .388 with a 1.221 OPS for the Sprint. He’s slashing .339/.423/.602 with 17 extra-base hits and 32 RBIs in 32 video games total. Gameday
Konnor Griffin, SS/OF, Bradenton (PIT No. 2/MLB No. 37)Griffin’s scorching Might bought a couple of levels hotter with one other three-hit contest for Single-A Bradenton, his third with a minimum of three knocks previously six video games. The 19-year-old, who’s using a six-game hitting streak, scored twice and stole two extra bases, giving him 15 in 19 makes an attempt. Griffin’s sturdy Might exhibiting has boosted his common 31 factors to .296 and his OPS to .878 within the first 30 video games of his professional profession. Gameday
Chase DeLauter, OF, ACL Guardians (CLE No. 2/MLB No. 52)DeLauter’s rehab task within the Rookie-level Arizona Advanced League took an upturn together with his first house run. The sixteenth total decide in 2022 has been out of motion since February with a core muscle harm however has performed in 4 video games as he works his method again to common motion. DeLauter has gone 3-for-8 throughout his rehab. Gameday
Travis Sykora, RHP, Fredericksburg (WSH No. 1/MLB No. 62)Having accomplished a two-start rehab task within the Rookie-level Florida Advanced League, Sykora made his first affiliated look for Single-A Fredericksburg. The outcomes continued to be constructive for the 21-year-old, who struck out 4 over three scoreless innings after trying no worse for put on within the FCL. Sykora, who underwent offseason surgical procedure on his hip labrum, has struck out 18 throughout eight frames this season. Gameday
Shay Whitcomb, INF/OF, Sugar Land (HOU No. 15)Whitcomb is on a tear that may make even one of the best of sluggers proud. The 26-year-old homered twice for the second consecutive sport, drove in 5 runs and made his second dinger rely by strolling it off for Triple-A Sugar Land. Whitcomb, who additionally homered Sunday and has gone deep in three straight video games, has seven jacks and 12 RBIs in 12 video games this month. The UC San Diego product leads all Minor Leaguers with 13 lengthy balls and sports activities a .975 OPS via 40 video games. Gameday
Abimelec Ortiz, 1B/OF, Frisco (TEX No. 13)Ortiz had already tallied his second straight multihit effort by the point he got here to bat within the backside of the ninth inning for Double-A Frisco. The 23-year-old put an exclamation level on his afternoon with a walk-off grand slam en path to a career-high six RBIs. Ortiz struggled in April however has turned issues round in Might, slashing .375/.432/.700 with three homers and 13 RBIs in 10 video games. Gameday
