Geoff Pontes

3 days ago | baseballamerica.com | Geoff Pontes

Over the first month of complex league play, Rodriguez has been the undisputed top banana. Over his first 20 games, Rodriguez is hitting .355/.494/.839 with eight home runs and more walks than strikeouts. The underlying data backs this production, as Rodriguez shows impressive barrel control and power. His contact rate of 73% is about average and is balanced by a low chase rate of 17%. His max exit velocity is 110 mph with an average launch angle of 16 degrees.

3 days ago | baseballamerica.com | J.J. Cooper |Josh Norris |Geoff Pontes |J. J. Cooper

On this week’s episode of the Prospect Podcast, J.J. Cooper and Geoff Pontes dig into the June update to the Baseball America Top 100 Prospects rankings and analyze some of the big movers in a great crop of young shortstop prospects. (00:00) It is a great time for teenage shortstop prospects(04:00) Why Blue Jays SS Arjun Nimmala is moving up(10:00) Comparing Pirates SS Konnor Griffin and Tigers SS Bryce Rainer(16:30) How good can Mariners SS/2B Cole Young be?

1 week ago | baseballamerica.com | Geoff Pontes

Over the last month, the former LSU lefty has been on fire. Jump began the month dominating High-A before he was promoted to Double-A on May 14. In May, Jump allowed just three earned runs over 32 total innings while striking out 37 batters to five walks. Jump’s blend of command and swing-and-miss stuff allowed him to dominate in May regardless of the competition. He went a perfect 5-0 with a 0.84 ERA, 0.66 WHIP and .147 opponents batting average.

1 week ago | baseballamerica.com | Geoff Pontes |Dylan White

With domestic complex leagues in full swing and a solid sample of games at the four full-season levels of the minors, Roboscout is honing in on some top names to target. On this week’s episode of the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast, we talk through some news early on in the show before discussing how Jac Caglianone should be valued for fantasy. We close with five players RoboScout thinks you should target. (2:00) Jobe velocity was down on Wednesday, are we concerned?

1 week ago | baseballamerica.com | Geoff Pontes

The Rockies snatched up Ritter in the fourth round of the 2022 draft out of Kentucky. A standout defender at shortstop, questions about Ritter revolved around how much contact he’d make and if his power would translate. Nearly three years later, he is on the cusp of the major leagues and answering those questions emphatically. Over 47 games with Triple-A Albuquerque, Ritter is hitting .292/.405/.605 with 14 home runs.