Right here’s a take a look at Thursday’s high performers from Arizona Fall League and Winter League motion.
Astros: Tyler Guilfoil, RHP (Unranked), Mesa Photo voltaic Sox
A.J. Blubaugh, RHP (Unranked), Mesa Photo voltaic Sox
Guilfoil put collectively certainly one of his greatest outings of the autumn by placing out six over 3 2/3 innings of one-run ball. He allowed just one hit and walked two earlier than Mesa’s bullpen made it stand as much as earn the 23-year-old righty his second victory.
5 Photo voltaic Sox relievers delivered scoreless frames behind Guilfoil to safe Mesa’s win. The perfect of them was Blubaugh, who fanned two throughout a 1-2-3 ninth to earn his third save of the Fall League.
Blue Jays: Damiano Palmegiani, LF (No. 18), Shock Saguaros
The Toronto slugger socked his sixth homer of the autumn in Shock’s win, his second in as many days to place a stamp on his robust regular-season efficiency. Palmegiani, who additionally performed outfield within the recreation for the primary time as a professional and was a participant within the AFL Residence Run Derby, heads to the AFL championship sporting a .263/.366/.575 slash line with 12 extra-base hits in 101 plate appearances. Extra >>
Brewers: Jackson Chourio, CF (No. 1/MLB No. 2), Aguilas del Zulia
The second-ranked prospect in baseball continues to rake in his native Venezuela, posting one other two-hit efficiency with a stroll and a run scored for Zulia. Chourio has compiled multihit video games in his previous 4 contests and hit safely in every of his final six. He is batting .359 by way of 10 video games.
Cardinals: Inohan Paniagua, RHP (Unranked), Scottsdale Scorpions
The 6-foot-1 right-hander was stellar in three innings of reduction, permitting only one baserunner on a stroll whereas punching out 4. Paniagua struggled earlier this fall, however after the Cardinals farmhand’s second scoreless look, he has given up only one run over his final 5 2/3 frames.
Guardians: Kyle Manzardo, 1B (No. 2/MLB No. 58), Peoria Javelinas
Chase DeLauter, OF (No. 4/MLB No. 85), Peoria Javelinas
Manzardo has mashed all fall, however his four-hit efficiency — which featured his sixth AFL homer and 4 RBIs — was his greatest displaying but. The 23-year-old slugger sports activities a sterling .905 OPS with 14 extra-base hits in 22 Fall League contests.
DeLauter additionally confirmed out within the regular-season finale, together with his second three-hit recreation of the marketing campaign. He scored twice and added an RBI to his AFL-leading complete (27). DeLauter batted .299/.385/.529 in 109 regular-season plate appearances, posting 9 hits in his closing 20 at-bats. Extra >>
Rangers: Mitch Bratt, LHP (No. 17), Shock Saguaros
The Texas lefty turned in his greatest efficiency of the Fall League in a four-inning look to complete off the common season, permitting just one hit whereas strolling two and placing out 4. It was possible his closing look of 2023, bookending a robust season spent totally at Excessive-A Hickory, the place he went 2-3 with a 3.54 ERA in 61 innings.
Tigers: Justice Bigbie, OF (No. 21), Salt River Rafters
The Detroit outfield prospect tallied three hits, together with a two-run homer, on the backside of the Rafters order, placing the ending touches on a stable Fall League season. He compiled a slash line of .292/.373/.375 with as many walks as he had strikeouts (10) throughout 20 video games.
Twins: Andrew Cossetti, C (Unranked), Glendale Desert Canines
Cossetti solely performed in 9 video games for Glendale this fall, racking up simply three hits in 36 complete journeys to the plate. However two of these hits had been homers, his greatest being a three-run shot within the regular-season finale that accounted for the majority of the Desert Canines’ offensive output.