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From BA's June 2 MLB Hot Sheet:


7. Alex Clemmey, LHP, Nationals

Team: High-A Wilmington (South Atlantic)
Age: 19
Why He’s Here: 1-0, 0.00, 11 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 7 BB, 18 SO, 0 HR

The Scoop: When Clemmey’s right, he’s unhittable. When he’s wrong, he’s also unhittable, but for different reasons. Both scenarios leave hitters flailing at high-velocity heaters and sidewinding sliders, but the latter also sees taking long looks at plenty of pitches out of the strike zone before strolling to first base. With 18 more strikeouts and seven more walks over two starts against Hudson Valley this past week, Clemmey now owns a preposterous 32.8% strikeout rate to go with an 18.6% walk rate that leaves plenty of room for improvement. With even moderate improvements to his control, he could be a dominant late-game reliever. If he can become an average strike-thrower, the sky’s the limit. (JN)


10. Alfredo Duno, C, Reds

Team: Low-A Daytona (Florida State)
Age: 19
Why He’s Here: .450/.607/.850 (9-for-20) 7 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBIs, 8 BB, 4 SO

The Scoop: Duno has been one of the best hitters in the Florida State League this year, as you have to remember to mentally adjust for just how hard this league is for hitters. Only three hitters are slugging above .500 in the league. As good as Duno’s power has been, the most important development this year is that he’s has stayed healthy. He has been limited in each of his first two pro seasons, so Duno will set a career high in games played sometime next week. (JJ)


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Dillon Lewis, OF, Yankees

When the Yankees called Lewis’ name last summer, they made him just the second player to be drafted out of Queens College of Charlotte. They did so on the strength of a very loud tool set that has shown up in spades in pro ball. Scouts go as high as double-plus on Lewis’ raw power and give him plus grades for his speed, as well. That combination alone is enough to raise eyebrows, but there’s plenty of room for improvement as he moves up the ladder. The Yankees are working with Lewis to raise the trajectories of his batted balls, and in doing so, his miss rates are elevated. His nine home runs and 13 stolen bases are each among the top 10 in his organization, and he’s one of just five minor leaguers to reach both of those plateaus this season. (JN)

From the June 2 BA article 20 Dominican Summer League Pitching Prospects To Watch In 2025:


Adrian Peña, RHP, Marlins: Defrank has a case to be the best pitching prospect in the DSL. So does Peña, giving the Marlins two outstanding arms in their rotation from the Dominican Republic. Peña is a gigantic 6-foot-7, 195-pound righthander who was up to 94 mph when the Marlins signed him and now reaches 99 as a 17-year-old. Peña’s long arm and legs help him generate excellent extension and his feel to spin both his curveball and slider give him multiple breaking balls that could be bat-missing weapons. Signed for $400,000, Peña is still learning to repeat his delivery to throw consistent strikes, but he has good body control and mechanics for a young, gangly pitcher.

From the June 3 BA article 10 MLB Prospects We’re Excited To See In The Arizona Complex League:


Joswa Lugo, SS, Angels

I heard all I needed to hear from Lugo during spring training when he cracked a thunderous home run to the opposite field against the Rockies. Although he’s cooled off a bit lately, he’s been one of the better players in the ACL. There are plenty of questions about where Lugo plays defense, but there’s little doubt he’ll be right at home in the batter’s box as he moves through the minor leagues.

From BA's June 5 Prospects Wire:


Humberto Cruz Shows Off Advanced Mix

Padres righthander Humberto Cruz is just 18 years old, but his pitch mix and demeanor on the mound point to a far more wizened player. The righthander is working to regain his strength after dealing with an injury during the early days of spring training, and Wednesday’s 2.2-inning outing in the Arizona Complex League was the deepest he’s worked in his pro career. For the first two innings, Cruz was efficient, mixing a fastball with solid life through the zone with low-80s slider and the occasional mid-80s changeup. He showed feel to manipulate the break on the slider, proving at times he could add and subtract depth as well as landing the pitch in the zone or using it to get chase swings. Cruz was efficient and mostly dominant through the first two innings before running out of gas in the third inning. He would have completed the frame were a grounder to second not booted. Though the box score might not show it, Cruz showed plenty of upside on Wednesday, though it might take a bit longer to reach his ceiling.

From BP's June 6th Minor League Update:


Pitcher of the Day:

Eriq Swan, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers (High-A Great Lakes): 6 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 7 K, 2 BB.

Swan is a huge (6-foot-6) pitcher with huge stuff (upper 90s heat and two plus breakers) and also, lamentably, a huge walk rate. Even so, the former fourth-rounder has put up solid numbers this season aside from the walks and aside from two catastrophic outings, and last night shows the kind of force he can be when everything clicks in.


Dillon Lewis, OF, New York Yankees (High-A Hudson Valley): 2-5, 3B, HR, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI.

From BP's June 9 Monday Morning Ten Pack:


Eriq Swan, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers (High-A Great Lakes)

Extremely raw with a limited track record of pitching, an arm injury limited Swan to just 28 ⅓ innings last year, but he’s healthy now and gaining much-needed development time on the mound in the Midwest League. Swan possesses a classic starter’s build, tall and lean with plenty of athleticism. The arsenal is exceptionally deep, especially for a player short on experience. The fastball is the headliner, easy gas that sits in the upper-90s and gets on hitters quickly due to Swan’s extreme extension. There’s a natural feel to spin the breakers, and Swan shows the ability to give it several different looks. The low-80s sweeper has strike-to-ball break and has the chance to become a real out pitch in the future. In my look, he also mixed in a vertical breaking curve, a power cutter, and a split used exclusively against right-handed hitters. The control will sometimes get loose, and the free passes issued have led to a few big innings this season. However, additional mound time and Swan’s athleticism should eventually get the strike-throwing ability into the normal range, at least by Dodgers’ standards. In another organization, I might be hesitant with this evaluation but Swan’s electric stuff and Los Angeles’s track record of being the gold standard in pitching development make me think that he will be logging important innings in Chavez Ravine very soon. —Nathan Graham

From the June 10 BA article 25 Rising MLB Prospects So Far In 2025:


Robby Snelling, LHP, Marlins

Preseason Top 30 rank: 7
Current Top 30 rank: 3 (MLB No. 75)

After earning Baseball America’s 2023 Minor League Pitcher of the Year honors with a 1.82 ERA and rapid rise to Double-A, Snelling hit turbulence in 2024. His stuff backed up prior to a deadline trade to Miami in the Tanner Scott deal, and things didn’t get better with Double-A Pensacola. This year, his arsenal took a step forward. His 94-95 mph fastball has touched 97 and his sweepy 78-82 mph slider is a true two-plane breaker that he consistently locates to his glove side, often burying it below the zone to generate whiffs and weak contact. His much-improved changeup with late fade and deceptive arm speed is now a solid-average offering. The ingredients for a midrotation starter remain firmly intact.


Caleb Bonemer, SS, White Sox

Preseason Top 30 rank: 11
Current Top 30 rank: 6 (MLB No. 87)

Whispers about Bonemer’s improvement started in spring training and have reached a full-blown fervor. The 19-year-old has torched Low-A pitching, ranking fifth in the Carolina League with a 151 wRC+ and third in wRAA (14.9). He’s made swing adjustments—flattening his plane and adding a bit of rhythm—that, combined with his physical strength, have produced standout contact metrics, especially against fastballs. Once seen as a potential first-rounder, Bonemer fell to the White Sox in the second round in 2024. So far, it’s looking like a steal. (MC)

From the June 11 BA article 7 MLB Prospects Who Caught Our Attention In The Arizona Complex League:


Humberto Cruz, RHP, Padres

Leo De Vries was the crown jewel of San Diego’s 2024 international signing class, but Cruz wasn’t far behind. After making a deal to acquire more pool money, the Padres inked the righthander for $750,000.

Cruz’s development has been a slowed a touch by injuries, but his recent outing in the ACL was the longest of his career. Facing the Rangers, Cruz showed off a solid three-pitch mix headed by a fastball in the 93-95 mph range that peaked at 96. He backed it with a solid, slicing slider that he could land for strikes or bury for chases and a changeup that showed at least average fading life.

Cruz has room for projection and would benefit from the extra strength he’s likely to gain as he moves into his 20s. His combination of present stuff, projection and a clean delivery points toward a ceiling as a rotation piece.


Keyner Martinez, RHP, Giants

Entering this week, Martinez was not on my radar. But after a thorough flummoxing of Dodgers prospects, he vaulted into San Francisco’s Top 30 prospects. He did so by pairing a lively mid-90s fastball that peaked at 98 mph with a wipeout sweeper. The end result was six strikeouts and no walks over 3.2 innings. He’ll need a third pitch to complete his mix, but Martinez has shown the Giants enough to move into a starter’s role after spending the earlier portion of the season working in shorter bursts.

The first Martinez outing I saw came in relief of rehabber Nick Zwack but stood as the longest of his two-season professional career. That was until the second outing I saw, which saw him go four full innings against Cincinnati. He got fewer whiffs against the Reds, but he mixed in his changeup more often, and the pitch showed at least fringe-average potential.

From the June 11 BA article 12 MLB Pitching Prospects With Intriguing Complex League Performances So Far In 2025:


Humberto Cruz, RHP, Padres

The Padres’ No. 4 prospect is one of the most highly-touted pitching names in either domestic complex league this season. Signed out of Mexico in February 2024, Cruz made his debut in the Arizona Complex League last season, and his pro experience was limited to just a pair of one-inning appearances at the tail end of the complex season. The 18-year-old Cruz returned to the ACL in 2025 and has made five appearances, striking out nine batters with four walks in 8.2 innings.

The results have been up and down, but Cruz’s stuff is noteworthy. He mixes a four-seam fastball, slider and changeup, with the fastball seeing a vast majority of his usage. The pitch sits 94-96 mph, touches 98 at peak and features a flatter plane of approach due to his lower release height. His extension at the moment is below-average, but he’s managed to command the fastball well. It’s been less successful as a whiff-generating offering, but for that, he relies on his slider, which sits 83-85 mph, touching 87 at peak with cutter-like shape. So far this season, he has generated whiffs in-zone at a rate of 33% against it. Cruz’s changeup is nearly a non-factor at present, as he’s used it just a handful of times.

Cruz has a fastball/slider combination of above-average quality. Over the next few years, it’s simply a matter of building off of that.


Stharlin Torres, RHP, Reds

After a standout season in the Dominican Summer League in 2024, Torres made the jump to the ACL this year. Over six appearances spanning 23 innings, he has struck out 27 to just four walks. Torres has gone four innings in each of his last five outings and is in the midst of a 15-inning scoreless streak dating back to May 19.

Behind that strong performance are good metrics under the hood. Torres mixes a four-seam fastball, curveball and changeup. His fastball sits 92-94 mph with 18-19 inches of induced vertical break on average from a 5-foot-9 release height. The pitch has good plane, and he generates whiffs against it at a high rate. It has all the makings of a plus pitch.

His primary secondary is a low-80s, two-plane curveball with good depth. Torres’ ability to command the pitch is well above-average, as he’s consistently in the zone with it. His changeup shows good vertical separation off his fastball, even if it is a bit firm. He also does an excellent job killing lift and generating armside run.

Torres has the makings of a three-pitch mix of average-or-better offerings and command. The strong early performance in the ACL early is backed by quality underlying data, making Torres a name to watch.


Joey Oakie, RHP, Guardians

With the cost savings netted with an underslot deal for Travis Bazzana at the No. 1 overall pick, The Guardians aggressively attacked the prep pitching market in last year’s draft. After taking Braylon Doughty in the supplemental first round, they landed Oakie in the third. While Doughty was assigned to Low-A Lynchburg, Oakie began his professional career in the Arizona Complex League.

Though Doughty has a quality arsenal, it’s command and strike-throwing that carries his profile. Oakie, on the other hand, has real fire bolts coming out of his hand. His fastball sits at 95-97 mph and he can reach back for another tick if needed. He doesn’t generate a ton of ride, but his low 5-foot-1 release height is outlier and certainly aided by 6-foot-9 feet of average extension. This creates a flatter plane of approach on Oakie’s fastball that aides in his ability to miss bats.

His primary secondary is a high-80s slider with cutter shape. He also shows a sinker variation of his fastball that has a distinctly different shape from his four-seam. His firm upper-80s changeup gets good vertical separation off the heater.

So far, the results have not yet come to fruition for Oakie, but the raw stuff is certainly there.

From the June 13 BA MLB Prospect Wire:


Yairo Padilla Showing Signs Of Moving Past Sluggish Start?

Cardinals SS Yairo Padilla was a buzzy name in the offseason, with some evaluators even putting him on the periphery of future Top 100 conversations. It’s been a slow start to the year, but he’s heating up in June. Padilla went 4-for-6 with two steals in the Florida Complex League yesterday and is hitting .524 in June, which has helped raise is overall line to .266/.372/.367 through 23 games. Padilla doesn’t turn 18 until the end of the month.

From the June 16 BA Prospect Hot Sheet:


17. Eriq Swan, RHP, Dodgers

Team: High-A Great Lakes (Midwest)
Age: 23
Why He’s Here: 1-0, 1.50, 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 SO, 0 HR

The Scoop: When he’s right, Swan produces stuff that can ruin a hitter’s day. That doesn’t matter as much when he can’t find the strike zone, but in his last two starts, he’s shown better control while racking up plenty of whiffs. His last turn was an eight-strikeout, one-run effort, building on the strong showing he’d put forth in his prior turn. In two starts this month, the righty has allowed just one run over a dozen innings while punching out 14 and issuing only two walks. (JN)

From the June 16 BP Monday Morning Ten Pack:


Sal Stewart, INF, Cincinnati Reds (Double-A Chattanooga)

The 32nd-overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, Stewart continues to build his reputation as one of the most polished hitters in the Reds’ farm system. Now 21 years old, the 6-foot-1, 224-pound right-handed hitter is having a strong 2025 campaign at Double-A Chattanooga, slashing .304/.372/.438 with 17 doubles, four home runs, and 12 stolen bases. Stewart brings an advanced, professional approach to the plate, demonstrating excellent zone awareness and consistent hard contact from a compact swing. He stays inside the ball well, uses the whole field, and showcases gap-to-gap power that is still developing.

While Stewart doesn’t offer standout speed or athleticism, he’s a savvy baserunner with a high baseball IQ. Defensively, he’s played primarily third base this season but also has experience at second base and could eventually settle at first base or in left field. Regardless of his ultimate defensive position, Stewart’s hit tool and on-base ability give him everyday potential. Based on his current production at Double-A, he’s a strong candidate for a midseason promotion to Triple-A and could make his big-league debut in Cincinnati later this year. —Brandon Williams