Graduated from Stash List #2: Bazzana Republic or Charlie In Charge: Travis Bazzana (#1), Bryce Eldridge (#3), Robby Snelling (#5), Ryan Waldschmidt (#7), Trey Yesavage (#9)
1. Mariners LHP Kade Anderson (21, AA)
I think he’d be in Triple-A by now if they planned to send him there at all. Double-A seems too easy for him though: an 0.60 ERA and 0.67 WHIP through 30 innings with 47 strikeouts against five walks is preposterous. I realize there’s no room in the rotation for him, but life finds a way.
2. Brewers OF Luis Lara (21, AAA)
Brandon Lockridge crashed into a wall and tore up his leg.
PS: Here’s a link to the short story “Leg” by Steven Polansky if you’re open to some baseball-related fiction today.
The first sentence reads “When Dave tagged up and tried for third, everyone had to laugh.”
Anywho, Lara has been excellent in Triple-A this season, slashing .315/.414/.523 with more walks (13.2%) than strikeouts (12.5%) along with seven home runs and 12 stolen bases in 15 attempts.
3. Mariners SS Colt Emerson (20, AAA)
He’s 6-for-15 with two home runs in his last three games. Might not take much more than that for Seattle to want him in the lineup, but there’s not really a spot open for him at the moment.
4. Athletics OF Henry Bolte (22, AAA)
With ten home runs, 16 stolen bases and a slash line of .329/.401/.604, Bolte is probably the #1 player for Triple-A fantasy leagues. He’s also cut his strikeout rate ten percentage points from the 32.6% he posted in 34 Triple-A games last year. He’s not on the 40-man roster, and the team has plenty of bats. They’re in first place, by the way, which I think gives him a chance to come up earlier than he might have if they were already underwater.
5. Rockies 1B/OF Charlie Condon (23, AAA)
Condon’s outcomes have gone south since our last check-in, lowering his wRC+ to 96 in the process, but the process is still there in terms of limiting strikeouts (20.8%) and drawing walks (16%). He might need another hot streak before taking that next step.
6. Tigers OF Max Clark (21, AAA)
Clark’s 92 wRC+ is not going to get him promoted any time soon. Neither is batting .143 over his last 16 games.
7. Reds SS Edwin Arroyo (22, AAA)
I don’t care how good a fielder you are at third base, you can’t post an 11 wRC+ and remain in the everyday lineup. Cincinnati is paying Hayes through 2029, but you can only let sunk cost fallacy fool you for so long before you look over your options. Arroyo is a shortstop by trade, but he’s not going to be Cincinnati’s shortstop, so they might as well find out if he can hang at the hot corner considering how he’s mashing in the minors, slashing .331/.404/.568 with seven home runs, five stolen bases and solid plate skills (16.3% K: 9.6% BB).
8. Dodgers OF James Tibbs III (23, AAA)
The third James Tibbs in his family has come back to earth since his spaceman start, but he’s still slashing .302/.393/.624 with 11 home runs on the season and looking like the next man up in Los Angeles.
9. White Sox OF Braden Montgomery (22, AAA)
He’s only four games into his Triple-A career after posting a 154 wRC+ in 31 Double-A games, but there’s a job waiting for him in Chicago whenever he’s ready, and I thought he had a shot to break camp with the big league club, so I think he’s pretty close to whatever we mean by the word “ready” in this context.
10. Twins SS Kaelen Culpepper (23, AAA)
Over his last nine games, he’s struck out just six times (13%) while hitting five home runs and drawing five walks. Brooks Lee appears to be breaking out with the bat (114 wRC+), but he’s still in the 4th percentile for range according to statcast. Small samples and all, but they could easily keep his bat in the lineup at some other spot.
Thanks for reading!
