Colorado Rockies’ prospect Ryan McMahon continued his barrage on Triple-A pitching on Wednesday night. The No. 7 PuRP went 4-for-4 with a home run and a walk, raising his slash line to an absurd .440/.467/.734 since being promoted to Triple-A Albuquerque. For the season, he’s now hitting .369/.418/.610 in 325 plate appearances between Double- and Triple-A. After a rough season in Double-A in 2016, there have been several significant strides made by McMahon in 2017. Perhaps most notably, he’s increased his isolated power from .157 to .241 while cutting his strikeout rate from 30.1 percent to 16.6 percent. Hitting for power is good, putting the ball in play is good, and doing both is great. DJ LeMahieu’s recent injury is supposedly not serious, but if it does end up requiring a DL stint, one would think McMahon will be first in line to take his place.
Elsewhere on the farm, every team in the system had a top 30 PuRP with a multi-hit game. No. 1 PuRP Brendan Rodgers had his first three-hit game in Double-A, No. 22 PuRP Garrett Hampson had a pair of hits and a walk for High-A Lancaster, No. 30 PuRP Jose Gomez had a three-hit day for Low-A Asheville, No. 23 PuRP Tyler Nevin had two hits for Short-Season A Boise, No. 16 PuRP Pedro Gonzalez had a pair of triples as part of a three hit day for rookie league Grand Junction, and last but not least, No. 21 PuRP Daniel Montano had a triple, a home run, and six RBI as part of his three-hit day for the DSL Rockies.
Triple-A: Fresno Grizzlies 8, Albuquerque Isotopes 5
Ryan McMahon (No. 7 PuRP): 4-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, BB, SB
Jordan Patterson (No. 13 PuRP): 0-for-3
Carlos Estevez: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, K
Double-A: Hartford Yard Goats 7, Binghamton Rumble Ponies 1
Brendan Rodgers (No. 1 PuRP): 3-for-4, RBI, K
Yency Almonte (No. 12 PuRP): 7 IP, 4 H, ER, 4 BB, 3 K
Dom Nunez (No. 14 PuRP): 1-for-4, HR, 3 RBI, K
Brian Mundell (HM PuRP): 0-for-3, 2 BB, K
Omar Carrizales: 4-for-5, 2B, HR, RBI
Matt Pierpont: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K; 1-for-1, 2B
High-A: Lancaster JetHawks 7, Inland Empire 66ers 1
Garrett Hampson (No. 22 PuRP): 2-for-4, RBI, BB, K, SB
Wes Rogers: 2-for-5, 2B, RBI, 2 K, 2 SB
Jesus Tinoco: 6 2⁄3 IP, 11 H, 0 R, BB, 4 K
Avery Romero: 2-for-2, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Low-A: Asheville Tourists 6, Greenville Drive 5 (10 innings)
Jose Gomez (No. 30 PuRP); 3-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI
Willie Abreu: 1-for-5, 2B
Manuel Melendez: 2-for-5, RBI, K, SB
Bryan Baker: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, BB, 4 K
Short-Season A: Boise Hawks 8, Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 3
Tyler Nevin (No. 23 PuRP): 2-for-5, 2B, K, E
Breiling Eusebio: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 7 K
Daniel Jipping: 2-for-4, HR, 3 RBI, K
Austin Moore: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Rookie: Idaho Falls Chukars 6, Grand Junction Rockies 4
Pedro Gonzalez (No. 16 PuRP): 3-for-5, 2 3B, RBI
Todd Czienge: 4-for-4, 2B, RBI
Shael Mendoza: 2-for-5, CS, E
DSL: DSL Rockies 9, DSL Nationals 8
Daniel Montano (No. 21 PuRP): 3-for-5, 3B, HR, 6 RBI, SB
Bernnie Alaniz: 2-for-3, 2B, RBI, E
Jose Grullart: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, K
Thursday probables:
Triple-A: Sam Howard (No. 20 PuRP; 1-0, 6.28 ERA) @ Fresno
Double-A: Konner Wade (2-5, 4.89 ERA) vs. Binghamton
High-A: TBD @ Inland Empire
Low-A: Ty Culbreth (2-2, 2.77 ERA) vs. Greenville
Short-Season A: TBD vs. Spokane
Rookie: TBD @ Ogden
DSL: TBD @ DSL Twins