Guardians Prospects
Trenton Deholm (SP, Surprise): 4IP, 3H, 2BB, 6K - Another pretty good outing for Denholm in the AFL. It’s hard to truly evaluate his knuckleball development because he continues to look like a pitcher who throws a knuckleball rather than a knuckleball pitcher. He only threw six total in this game and only hit 90 total and only got seven whiffs total, mostly on his sinker, changeup and curve. The results are good, which can be tough in Arizona for pitchers, but it’s hard to project anything going forward with him in this experiment.

Juan Benjamin (2B, Surprise); 1-3, R, HR, 2 RBI - I’ve noted before that Benjamin isn’t exactly lighting it up in the AFL this fall but he did hit a ball 444 feet in this game and 105 off the bat for a homer. That’s pretty shocking considering he’s always been a contact first bat. The air in Arizona can do that sometimes, but still surprised and a nice day for him in a tough fall campaign.

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Zane Morehouse (RP, Surprise): 0.1IP, BB - Morehouse was only needed for one out after he walked a batter.

Gabriel Arias (PH-SS, Tiburones): 0-2, 2K - By the far the toughest game for Arias in the LVBP. He didn’t start and still entered the game and stuck out twice.
[Whether he's hot or cold, Arias always is good for a bunch of strikeouts]

Angel Genao (SS, Aguilas): 1-3, E - Just one hit after a nice big offensive day by Genao earlier this week. He did make his fifth error of the winter already, so that’s a little concerning but I don’t know the condition of the field down there or the official scoring tendencies. So not going to look into it too much at this point.