Multihit video games, walk-off homers and scintillating pitching performances made for a busy Saturday across the Minors. Pittsburgh’s first-year professional Konnor Griffin continues to play past his years, vaulting up offensive leaderboards in his preliminary style of Single-A. In the meantime, Mets hurler Jonah Tong adopted up an ideal outing with much more dominance, persevering with a exceptional run of stellar mound work. All that and extra from Saturday’s high prospect performers.
Konnor Griffin, SS/OF, Bradenton (PIT No. 2/MLB No. 37)The Mississippi native’s torrid Could continued with one other three-hit efficiency, his fifth contest with three or extra knocks in his final 9 video games. Griffin doubled, singled twice, drove in two runs, scored two runs and stole his seventeenth base in 21 makes an attempt. The 19-year-old leads the Single-A Florida State League in hits (45), runs (34) and is tied for the lead in stolen bases, largely resulting from a .411/.433/.589 slash line this month. The new stretch has boosted his common to a .324 and his OPS to .920. Gameday
Sebastian Walcott, SS/3B, Frisco (TEX No. 1/MLB No. 9)The Rangers 19-year-old prospect is starting to faucet into his 65-grade energy. Walcott cleared the fences simply twice in his first 31 video games for Double-A Frisco however has now gone deep 3 times in his earlier 5 contests after his newest two-run jack. Regardless of being one of many youngest gamers in Double-A, Walcott has 13 extra-base hits and 20 walks for the RoughRiders. Gameday
JJ Wetherholt, SS, Springfield (STL No. 1/MLB No. 20)Final yr’s seventh general Draft choose is having a robust marketing campaign for Double-A Springfield, which is all of the extra spectacular contemplating he ignored Excessive-A very. Wetherholt’s energy has but to emerge constantly, however the West Virginia product picked an excellent time for his second tater of 2025, cracking a game-tying clout to cap off his ninth multihit efficiency in 26 video games. The 22-year-old is slashing .298/.387/.426 with eight extra-base hits and 14 RBIs. Gameday
Jackson Ferris, LHP, Tulsa (LAD No. 5/MLB No. 63)Ferris got here by with one among his greatest begins of the season, twirling a season-high six innings and permitting one run and three hits. The 21-year-old struck out 5 throughout his 88-pitch outing and didn’t problem a stroll for the primary time in seven appearances (5 begins). Ferris continues to rack up strikeouts, fanning 37 in 31 innings for Double-A Tulsa. Gameday
Kevin Alcántara, OF, Iowa (CHC No. 5/MLB No. 74)Alcántara produced his second five-RBI recreation of the season and got here inside a triple of finishing the cycle throughout his first three-hit recreation in two weeks. The 22-year-old drove in runs with every of his three hits, plating two apiece together with his third roundtripper of the yr and his single, whereas driving in one other with a double. The lengthy ball was Alcántara’s first since April 22. Gameday
Brady Home, 3B, Rochester (WSH No. 3/MLB No. 95)After an inconsistent 2024 marketing campaign spent between Double-A and Triple-A, Home seems to be again to his first-round kind. The 21-year-old cleared the fences twice for his second multihomer recreation of the yr and drove in three runs for Triple-A Rochester. Home batted a career-low .241 final yr however is off to a .288/.347/.506 begin in 2025, which incorporates 18 extra-base hits, eight homers and 24 RBIs in 41 video games. Gameday
Jonah Tong, RHP, Binghamton (NYM No. 6)Tong got here inside an out of finishing a seven-inning good recreation in his final begin, and he adopted that up by twirling six extra scoreless frames. The 21-year-old struck out eight and yielded simply two singles and two walks throughout his 94-pitch outing. Tong, who lowered his ERA to 2.12 and his WHIP to 1.00, has allowed two earned runs whole over his previous 5 begins whereas fanning 48 in 25 innings. Gameday
Ramon Ramirez, C, Columbia (KC No. 10)Ramirez is making a robust impression for Single-A Columbia throughout his first season of affiliated competitors. The 19-year-old catcher hammered a pair of homers, punctuating his efficiency with a walk-off jack within the eleventh inning. It was the second straight recreation Ramirez went deep and elevated his lengthy ball whole to eight to associate with 33 RBIs and an .893 OPS in 32 video games. Gameday
Aroon Escobar, 2B/3B, Clearwater (PHI No. 13)Within the midst of a Could stoop, Escobar made certain his common would not dip under .300 for the primary time this season. The 20-year-old led off the underside of the primary together with his eighth homer and flirted with a cycle whereas gathering a career-high 5 hits for Single-A Clearwater. Escobar added an RBI double and three singles to his ledger and likewise scored three runs. The Venezuela native leads the Florida State League in common (.328) and OPS (1.002). Gameday
