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Smith among Sunday’s top prospect performers
- Updated: May 23, 2016
Alex Reyes did not disappoint in his highly anticipated season and Triple-A debut on Sunday, as the No. 11 overall prospect allowed just two hits (both singles) in four scoreless innings to pace Memphis in an 8-1 win over Fresno. He recorded eight strikeouts — matching the season-high for a Redbirds starting pitcher — against three walks, with 48 of his 85 pitches going for strikes.
The Cardinals’ No. 1 prospect fanned a two Memphis hitters in the first inning and then struck out the side in the following frame, while pitching around a pair of walks. He punched out three more hitters across his final two innings, including back-to-back called third strikes to end the third after he had allowed the first two batters to reach base.
The outing marked Reyes’ first game action since he received a 50-game suspension for testing positive for a drug of abuse on Nov. 9, 2015, while pitching in the Arizona Fall League. Last season, the electric 21-year-old righty posted a 2.49 ERA with 151 strikeouts in 101 1/3 innings (22 starts) across three levels. He finished the year with Double-A Springfield, where he pitched to a 3.12 ERA with 51 strikeouts in just 34 2/3 innings.
The rest of the best performances from top prospects Sunday:
• After he was unable to hit a home run in his first 36 games for Double-A Hartford, No. 43 overall prospect Ryan McMahon (Rockies’ No. 3) went deep for a second straight day in a loss against New Hampshire. The 21-year-old third baseman finished 2-for-5 at the plate with a season-high four RBIs and now has multiple hits in three of his last five contests for the Yard Goats.
• No. 8 overall prospect Tyler Glasnow (Pirates’ No. 1) turned in another impressive outing for Triple-A Indianapolis, striking out nine hitters in six innings, but he was done in by No. 54 overall prospect Gary Sanchez’s (Yankees’ No. 3) tie-breaking (and ultimately game-winning) two-run homer — his sixth of the season — in the sixth inning. Glasnow scattered eight hits and walked a pair, but he still managed to complete six frames for a second straight turn. On the year, he owns a 2.16 …
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