Pair of Phillies, Indians lead Prospect Team of the Week

MLBPipeline.com’s Prospect Team of the Week honors the best performances from the previous seven days. Any player currently on an organization Top 30 Prospects list on our Prospect Watch is eligible, including big leaguers.

This week’s Pipeline Prospect Team of the Week features a pair of Carolina League teammates and a pair of Futures Game participants who were opponents in San Diego. Three of this week’s squad came from the 2015 Draft class, including a first-round pick just getting his pro career going in earnest.

C: Deivi Grullon, Lakewood BlueClaws (Class A)Phillies’ No. 29 prospect 4 G, .333/.333/.909, 3 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 3 SO

Known more for his defense behind the plate, Grullon has had difficulty getting his bat going enough to move up the Phillies’ ladder. He’s repeating the South Atlantic League, and it’s been an up-and-down campaign, though this past week was a good one. Grullon homered in three straight games, doubling his total for the year, and drove in two runs in each of those games.

1B: Ronald Guzman, Frisco RoughRiders (Class AA)Rangers’ No. 22 prospect 5 G, .364/.391/.889, 6 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 1 BB, 4 SO

The Futures Game must have given Guzman some confidence. Of course, he was swinging the bat well before heading to San Diego, and he now has a 16-game hitting streak going, pushing his season line to .306/.365/.516. This past week, Guzman had a pair of multihit games, homering on Thursday and Friday, then finishing the week off with another home run and three RBIs.

2B: Scott Kingery, Clearwater Threshers (Class A Advanced)Phillies’ No. 11 prospect 6 G, .448/.452/.552, 5 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SO, 3 SB

The 2015 second-rounder is really getting the bat going, hitting in all six Florida State League games he played in. Four of those games were of the multihit variety, including a four-hit performance on Saturday. Kingery has pushed his average for the year up to .295, hitting .330 in June and now .333 in July, with a .364 OBP for the year and 25 steals in 30 attempts.

3B: Mark Mathias, Lynchburg Hillcats (Class A …

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