Bader, Dean among top prospect performers Tuesday

It’s hard to be any more locked in than Cardinals’ prospect Harrison Bader is right now.

The 21-year old outfielder went 4-for-5 with a pair of homers and a triple in Double-A Springfield’s 4-2 win over Tulsa on Tuesday night.

However, it’s not as if the multi-homer game was an isolated result. The Cardinals’ No. 10 prospect has been thriving in his first season at the Double-A level.

Bader has a 13-game hitting streak and the former third-round selection is hitting .466 with five homers and 11 RBIs in that span.

“Thirteen is pretty cool,” Bader told MiLB.com. “I remember in college, I had a collection of 12-game hitting streaks. I could never get past 12. It’s pretty cool that 13 finally happened. I have a thing that I always tell myself going into every single game. I want to get a hit today, one walk and steal a bag. That’s kind of my checklist that I have every single day.”

After hitting .311 across two levels a season ago (61 games), Bader is hitting .379 in his first full season as a professional.

The rest of the best performances from top prospects Tuesday

• No. 6 overall prospect Dansby Swanson snapped out of an 0-for-13 funk with a 3-for-4 performance Tuesday night. The Braves’ top prospect is hitting .324 for Double-A Mississippi since his promotion from Class A Advanced Carolina.

• Gleyber Torres, the Cubs’ top prospect, turned in his third straight multi-hit game, going 3-for-4 for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. Baseball’s No. 25 overall prospect seems to be finding his rhythm at the plate. Torres has hits in seven of his last eight games and has raised his average from .179 to .245 so far this month.

• Swanson wasn’t the only Braves prospect …

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