It was a grand Saturday for one of baseball's Top 100 prospects, who ended the month on a home run heater ... but he wasn't alone. A teenager cycled in the desert, another continued tearing things up in Florida and a quartet of hurlers were in total command on the mound. All that and more on a busy day of Minor League action.
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Chase Burns, RHP, Chattanooga (CIN No. 1/MLB No. 11)
Burns reached a benchmark in his 10th professional start by completing six innings for the first time as a pro. Coming off a career-high 10-strikeout performance last Sunday, the Wake Forest product only fanned four but did not allow a run and surrendered just a pair of singles and a walk during his 82-pitch outing. Burns has allowed one run or fewer in nine of his 10 starts and sports a 1.54 ERA in seven appearances for Double-A Chattanooga. Gameday
Konnor Griffin, SS/OF, Bradenton (PIT No. 2/MLB No. 37)
Griffin once again filled up the box score and created havoc atop Single-A Bradenton's lineup with his eighth game of three or more hits. The 19-year-old drove in a pair of runs with his second triple of the season, singled twice, scored two runs and swiped two bases in the opener of the Marauders' doubleheader. Griffin leads the Florida State League in slugging percentage (.516), runs scored (41), is tied for the lead in hits (57) and is batting .313 with an .881 OPS in his first 44 professional games. Gameday
Trey Yesavage, RHP, Vancouver (TOR No. 2/MLB No. 71)
Yesavage was limited to 4 1/3 innings due to a high pitch count -- courtesy of four walks -- but the 21-year-old was still extremely effective. The East Carolina product struck out five and did not allow a hit or a run, which lowered his ERA to 1.46 in three starts for High-A Vancouver. Opponents are batting .140 off Toronto's 2024 first-rounder, who owns a 79-to-18 K/BB ratio in 45 2/3 innings across two Minor League levels. Gameday
Justin Crawford, OF, Lehigh Valley (PHI No. 3/MLB No. 56)
Triple-A Lehigh Valley's leadoff hitter played the part to perfection during the second game of the IronPigs' doubleheader. Crawford singled three times, swiped a pair of bases, collected an RBI and scored once. Crawford has hit safely in 14 of his past 15 games and finished May slashing .378/.440/.489 over 90 at-bats. The son of former big leaguer Carl Crawford is second in the International League in hits (65) and fifth in average (.332). Gameday
Travis Sykora, RHP, Wilmington (WSH No. 1/MLB No. 62)
Another scoreless outing for Sykora, who is unscored upon since he moved into affiliated action on May 14. The 21-year-old surrendered a single and nothing else over four frames while racking up six punchouts. Sykora has yet to allow more than one hit in any of his six starts -- including a pair of rehab appearances in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League -- and has surrendered a combined three hits and owns a 24-to-4 K/BB ratio in 14 innings for Single-A Fredericksburg and High-A Wilmington. Gameday
Josue Briceño, 1B/C, West Michigan (DET No. 4/MLB No. 81)
Briceño's third grand slam of the season turned a one-run deficit in the top of the ninth inning into a win for High-A West Michigan. The 20-year-old has been on a power-hitting tear as May concludes, going yard in consecutive games and five times in his past four contests, highlighted by his three-homer game on Thursday. Briceño leads the High-A Midwest League with 12 long balls and a 1.005 OPS, and is second on the circuit with 37 RBIs. Gameday
Carter Jensen, C, Northwest Arkansas (KC No. 3/MLB No. 88)
Jensen ended May on a high note, smashing his fourth homer of the year and falling a double shy of the cycle during his fourth multihit effort in five games. The 21-year-old went 18-for-41 (.439) over his final 11 games of the month to raise his average 43 points to .271. Jensen amassed nine of his 12 extra-base hits and 13 of his 21 RBIs in May. Gameday
Hunter Barco, LHP, Indianapolis (PIT No. 5/MLB No. 93)
Making his first start since May 15 following a brief IL stint, Barco looked no worse for wear during his three-inning stint. The Florida product did not allow a run and recorded five of his first six outs via the strikeout en route to seven punchouts. Barco was unscored upon over his first six starts for Double-A Altoona and has struck out 47 across 33 1/3 innings in nine appearances between Triple-A Indianapolis and Altoona. Gameday
Daniel Lopez, OF, Arizona Complex League Royals (Unranked)
Lopez broke out of a 2-for-23 skid in a huge way in the Rookie-level ACL, hitting for the cycle and establishing a career high with four hits. The 19-year-old also drove in a personal-best six runs, two coming on his first long ball of the season, and he scored three times. Lopez signed with the Royals out of the Dominican Republic in 2023. Gameday