Cleveland Guardians Prospect Report 8/9/25

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Cleveland Guardians Prospect Report 8/9/25
Yorman Gomez has a career outing, Junieker Cacares stays hot, Austin Peterson finds footing in Columbus
Justin Lada and Arthur Kinney
Aug 10







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SCOREBOARD

Columbus Clippers 2, Gwinnett Stripers 1 - Statcast
Akron RubberDucks 5, Chesapeake Baysox 1
Dayton Dragons 2, Lake County Captains 1
Carolina Mudcats 3, Lynchburg Hillcats 2 (F/7 - G1)
Lynchburg Hillcats 8, Carolina Mudcats 6 (F/7 - G2)
DSL Pirates Gold 6, DSL Guardians Mendoza 3
DSL Guardians Goryl 3, DSL Cubs Blue 1 (F/7 - scheduled)
HIGHLIGHTS

Austin Peterson (SP, Columbus): W (2-3), 8.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R (earned), 8 K - Peterson came within two outs of the first Clippers nine-inning complete game since Adam Plutko’s no-hitter in 2018 in an outing that made it seem like his early struggles with adjusting to the Triple-A level are behind him. It would not be surprising to see him make the trip up 71 North sometime next season.

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Yorman Gomez (SP, Akron): 6IP, 2H, ER, BB, 10K - A career outing for Gomez with 10 strikeouts. His fastball sat in the low to mid 90s and his big 12-6 hook was working great. This is the deepest I’ve seen him hold his stuff into an outing this year with control. Let’s see if he can repeat this performance

Guy Lipscomb (DH, Akron): 3-4, 2 2B, SB RBI - Really impactful game for Lipscomb, who has nice skills that could make him a good extra outfielder if he can put it all together.

Braylon Doughty (SP, Lynchburg): 4.1IP, 2H, 7K - Doughty has dropped his FIP to 2.80 with another solid efforts as it looks like Cleveland is starting to cap his pitches/innings late in the year, only keeping him at 62 pitches over four innings.

Alexander Garcia (SP, Goryl): W (1-2), 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R (earned), 2 BB, 5 K - Garci gave up the same amount of runs and hits as he did last Saturday, albeit while getting four more batters out in a career-long six-inning performance that continued a stellar second season in the DSL (1.55 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 43:18 K:BB ratio and .129 opponents’ batting average).
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES

George Valera (RF, Columbus): 2-4 - Valera was the only player on either team with a multi-hit performance in last night’s pitcher’s duel at the Corner of Neil and Nationwide.

Dayan Frias (1B, Columbus): 1-4, 1 R, 1 K - Frias, who has reached safely in all four games he has played in this week’s series, was the only Clipper to both get a hit and score a run last night.

Kody Huff (C, Columbus): 1-3 - Huff’s seventh-inning single was the only Clippers hit with a 100+ MPH exit velo (103.2 MPH).

Kahlil Watson (LF-CF, Columbus): 0-3, 0-2 - Watson, who moved to center field mid-game to replace Petey Halpin after he was injured on a spectacular catch, ended the game with his own defensive gem.

Joe Lampe (RF, Akron): 2-4, 2B - Lampe has his OPS up over .700 now with a nice July run that has carried slightly into August.

Alfonsin Rosario (CF, Akron): 0-4, 4K - Wrong reason for Rosario to end up in the notable performances section with the Golden Sombrero. He struggled with heat in the zone quite a bit and the potential for swing and miss is something to watch for with the promotion.

Jonah Advincula (LF, Akron): 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI, SB - A solid day for Advincula who has the skills similar to Lipscomb to be a good extra outfielder.

Michael Kennedy (SP, Lake County): 5.2IP, 7H, ER, 3BB, 5K - Kennedy has had an up and down year but the ERA is down to 3.89 and I think we’re seeing some growth here.

Juneiker Caceres (CF, Lynchburg): 4-2, 2 2B, RBI, BB - In this small sample, Caceres has been an aggressive hitter but the results have been incredible so far.

Carlos Garces (CF, Mendoza): 1-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI - Garces’ second triple of the week (he also hit one on Tuesday) got Mendoza’s three-run sixth going by driving in a pair.

Jose Riera (3B, Mendoza): 1-4, 1 RBI, 2 SB - Riera later drove in Garces to complete Mendoza’s scoring for the inning and the day - and then proceeded to steal both second and third to break a tie with Garces for the organizational DSL steals lead.

Freilyn Rodriguez (CF, Goryl): 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 K - Rodriguez’s fourth-inning single tied the game by driving in Goryl’s first run of the contest. It would prove to be their only RBI of the day as their two fifth-inning tallies were the result of wild pitches (two of the four Cubs Blue hurlers threw in that frame).

Jose Marcano (1B, Goryl): 1-2, 1 R, 1 2B - Yesterday was all about the bottom of the order for Goryl as number eight hitter Rodriguez’s RBI was joined by the team’s lone extra base - a leadoff double in the fifth off the bat of number nine batter Marcano - from which he would later score the go-ahead and eventual winning run on one of the aforementioned wild pitches.

Angel Abreu (DH, Goryl): 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K - The story further up the order was largely about extending lengthy on-base streaks, with leadoff man Abreu bringing his to 16 games by extending it exclusively via walk(s) for the fourth time.

Steven Cruz (RF, Goryl): 1-1,1 R, 2 BB, 1 CS - Cruz’s streak is one game shorter at 15 but was extended yesterday by a much more impressive performance, as the number six hitter reached base in all three plate appearances he made in the scheduled seven-inning contest.

Gustavo Baptista (C, Goryl): 0-3, 1 K - Speaking of streaks, a notable one was broken on Saturday as Baptista, in his 38th pro game, failed to record a productive plate appearance for the first time in his career.