The celebrities have been out throughout Week 4 of the Fall League. Pirates No. 30 prospect Tony Blanco Jr. placed on a present on the AFL Residence Run Derby launching 24 moonshots over 4 rounds, together with one with a 122.9 mph exit velocity. The Fall Stars Sport guarantees to ship extra of the identical when the circuit’s high expertise took the sphere Monday night time. Not solely that, however earlier than the weekend’s festivities even commenced, there was a full week of video games that featured loads of standout performances from the highest prospects in baseball.
Listed below are the highest performers from Week 4 of Fall League motion:
Kevin McGonigle, SS, Scottsdale (DET No. 1/MLB No. 2)Stats: .462 AVG (6-for-13), 6 R, 3B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 2 BB, 17 TB
McGonigle has been a gradual supply of offense all fall, however this previous week he tapped into his energy. After beginning his marketing campaign with eight contests with out a massive fly, the floodgates have opened for the 2023 draftee. McGonigle has 5 homers over his previous 9 video games and is now tied for second place amongst all Fall League batters within the class. His signature second from the week got here on Tuesday within the type of a four-hit, two-homer efficiency. Now 17 video games into his Fall League stint, McGonigle has the third-best OPS within the AFL and is slashing .385/.494/.754.
Carson Roccaforte, OF, Shock (KC No. 20)Stats: .417 AVG (5-for-12), 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, BB, 12 TB
Roccaforte mashed a career-high 18 homers this previous season within the Royals’ system, however this week marked his first roundtrippers within the desert. The 23-year-old opened his week with a three-hit efficiency on Wednesday earlier than leaving the yard in back-to-back contests on Thursday and Friday. This fall, Roccaforte has impacted almost each side of the sport. Along with his two homers, the speedster has seven stolen bases and 19 knocks over 17 contests.
Chris Suero, C/OF/1B, Scottsdale (NYM No. 15)Stats: .500 AVG (6-for-12), 4 R, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, SB, 9 TB
McGonigle wasn’t the one Scottsdale hitter to flex his muscular tissues — and pencil his title onto the house run leaderboard — this previous week. Suero, who entered November with 4 homers in his previous eight contests, opened the week with a three-hit, two RBI efficiency on Tuesday earlier than launching his fifth massive fly of the autumn on Wednesday. After placing his title on the prospect map this summer season, the backstop has continued his breakout within the Fall League. Via 14 video games, Suero leads catchers in homers and stolen bases (7) and ranks second amongst them with a .930 OPS.
Enmanuel Tejeda, SS, Mesa (NYY)Stats: .667 AVG (8-for-12), 3 R, 2B, 4 RBI, BB, 5 SB
Tejeda’s gaudy stat line from the week facilities round one eye-popping efficiency. On Tuesday, Mesa put up 21 runs in a barnburner vs. Scottsdale that noticed 35 runs between the 2 groups. The highest hitter from that sport? Tejeda. The Yankees’ infield prospect lifted Mesa to victory with a career-high 5 knocks and three stolen bases. The efficiency raised the 20-year-old’s batting common 21 factors and gave him 13 stolen bases this fall. He is probably not on the similar stage as Patrick Clohisy and Enrique Bradfield Jr., however Tejeda has impacted the sport together with his legs this fall.
Patrick Clohisy, OF, Glendale (ATL)Stats: .429 AVG (6-for-14), 2B, 4 RBI, BB, 4 SB
Fall League stolen-base chief’s greatest hit of the week got here within the ninth inning of the Fall Stars Sport, when he delivered an opposite-field RBI knock earlier than coming round to attain the then-tying run later within the body. However his greatest sport got here on Tuesday, when he recorded 4 hits out of the leadoff spot in opposition to Mesa, driving in two runs and scoring one other. He additionally stole 4 bases this week to extend his whole to 21 in 23 makes an attempt this fall.
Trenton Denholm, RHP, Shock (CLE)Stats: 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 Ok
The 25-year-old righty put collectively maybe the most effective begin of the week on Thursday in opposition to Salt River, holding the Rafters’ highly effective lineup scoreless over 4 hermetic frames. He threw 42 of his 68 pitches for strikes and punched out six, recording half of his outs by way of the Ok. It was the most recent in a pleasant string of outings for Denholm, who’s engaged on fine-tuning his knuckleball this fall with the assistance of former Guardians hurler Tom Candiotti. He lowered his ERA to 2.13 throughout 5 appearances, with 16 strikeouts in that span.
Chen-Wei Lin, RHP, Glendale (STL No. 16)Stats: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 Ok
The 6-foot-7 native of Taiwan leads the AFL with three victories regardless of a 6.57 ERA in 5 begins. His newest was his finest but, with Lin punching out 5 throughout three innings of one-hit ball for Glendale over Peoria on Thursday. He now has 19 strikeouts in 12 1/3 innings this fall and has allowed just one homer, robust peripherals for a pitcher who had a rocky common season regardless of pitching at three ranges.
