Sunday's top 10 Arizona Fall League performers
Here are the top 10 performers from Sunday, Sept. 29 in the Arizona Fall League.
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Brandon Wagner, 1B/DH, New York Yankees
Wagner had a huge game at the plate for Surprise, going 3-for-4 with a grand slam. He drove in seven of the Saguaros' 11 runs in its victory over Peoria.The grand slam was his second of the Fall League season in only seven games. As a result, Wagner leads the AFL in RBIs with 15. Wagner hit only eight homers all season in 119 games in the Minors, mostly with the Double-A Trenton Thunder.
Jo Adell and Brandon Marsh, OF, Angels Nos. 1 and 2
Adell was a catalyst from atop the lineup, going 3-for-5 with an RBI double and two runs scored and his first AFL stolen base. The No. 5 prospect in baseball swiped seven bags this season across three levels, playing only 76 games due to injury. Marsh doubled in his first two at-bats and added an RBI single in his next to finish 3-for-4 with two RBIs. The 21-year-old hit an even .300 in 96 games for Double-A Mobile this season.
Joey Bart, C, Giants No. 1
Bart crushed the ninth pitch of his second at-bat 423 feet over the wall in left field for a grand slam. The homer was Bart’s third in six AFL games and had an exit velocity of 103.7 mph, and he added a single in the eighth inning to finish 2-for-4 with three runs scored. He’s batting .444 for Scottsdale in the Fall League, with multiple hits in three of his six games.
Andres Gimenez, SS, Mets No. 3
Gimenez recorded Scottsdale’s top exit velocity on Sunday when he laced a 106.7 mph single in the seventh inning, and he delivered a two-run double (99.7 mph) in the following frame to finish 2-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored. The Mets’ No. 3 prospect (MLB No. 93) is off to a hot start this fall, batting .346 with 11 RBIs through seven games.
Daniel Lynch, LHP, Royals No. 3
Lynch started for Surprise and tossed four scoreless innings, yielding two hits, walking two and striking out eight. It was the second straight scoreless start for Lynch. The 34th overall pick in the 2018 Draft posted a 2.99 ERA across three levels in 2019.
Vidal Brujan, SS/2B, Rays No. 3
Brujan started at shortstop and led off for the Rafters, and he picked up his second triple of the Fall League en route to a 2-for-5 day at the plate. He also drove in two runs on a second-inning single with the bases loaded. He’s batting .324 so far this fall and has shown off both his speed and a bit of power along the way.
Logan Warmoth, 2B/SS, Toronto Blue Jays
The 2017 first-round pick hit a two-run double in the eighth inning to cap a 3-for-5, three-run night at the plate that boosted his average to .375 for the Fall League season. Warmoth did well with Class A Advanced Dunedin to begin the season, but an in-season promotion to Double-A New Hampshire proved to be a challenge. The North Carolina product finished the season with a .235 average but did steal a career-high 14 bases.
Connor Johnstone, RHP, Atlanta Braves
Johnstone tossed four scoreless innings to pace the Scottsdale Scorpions on the mound in their 17-0 rout of Caneros de los Mochis. The 24-year-old right-hander scattered three hits, walked one batter and struck out a pair while throwing 33 of 50 pitches for strikes.
Derek Hill, OF, Tigers No. 28
Hill smashed one off the center-field wall in his first at-bat and raced around the bases for an inside-the-park home run. The Tigers’ No. 28 prospect ripped a double down the left field line in his next at-bat and finished 2-for-4, improving his AFL average to .300