Sadly, we’re running out of weekends on the 2024 MiLB calendar. Luckily this one was chock full of interesting prospect nuggets, including a late-season promotion for Rangers teenage sensation Sebastian Walcott, who is one of seven players featured below.

Sebastian Walcott, SS, Rangers: The Rangers are planning to promote Walcott to Double-A Frisco as the minor league season winds to a close, according to multiple reports. Walcott ranks No. 55 on Baseball America’s Top 100 and hit .261/.342/.443 with 10 homers, 26 steals with a 25.5% strikeout rate to 10.6% walk rate in 491 plate appearances with High-A Hickory in his age-18 season. Walcott struggled out of the gates this season amid an aggressive assignment before surging over the second half of his season. He has an exciting package of tools and plus power potential and doesn’t turn 19 until March.

Kyle DeBarge, SS, Twins: DeBarge, the Twins’ supplemental first-round pick in 2024, had his first four-hit day as a pro for Low-A Fort Myers, as he went 4-for-5 with two runs scored, his first pro home run, and two stolen bases. DeBarge had gone 6-for-41 (.146) in a recent slump, but Sunday’s season finale gave him a chance to finish the season strong. He hit .235/.322/.343 for the Miracle in his brief 26-game pro debut.

Bob Seymour, 1B, Rays: When the Rays promoted Seymour to Triple-A Durham, the hope was that his power would continue to play at the highest level of the minors. It most definitely has. Seymour homered three times on Sunday, giving him 16 home runs in just 46 games in Triple-A. The first baseman has collected home runs in bunches since he was bumped to the Bulls. This was his fourth multi-homer game with Durham. None of his trio of homers on Sunday were cheap. They were the three hardest hit balls of the game, with his hardest being a 111.1 mph blast that traveled 400 feet while another of his homers was a 110.9 mph shot that traveled 429 feet. Seymour now has 25 home runs for the season. He is hitting .283/.346/.520 overall and .270/.341/.610 since his promotion to Durham.

Roman Anthony, OF, Red Sox: Triple-A Worcester outfielder Roman Anthony went 3-for-6 with a double and a stolen base on Sunday. Anthony currently has a seven-game hitting streak, as he’s raised his Triple-A slash line to .340/.418/.543.

Chandler Simpson, OF, Rays: Simpson became the first MiLB player in 12 years to top 100 stolen bases. Simpson went 3-for-4 with three steals on Sunday, giving him 102 steals this season. The last minor leaguers to top 100 steals came in 2012 when Billy Hamilton set the MiLB record with 155 steals and Delino DeShields Jr. stole 101. Simpson leads the minors in steals by 32, and his three hits also makes it all the more likely he’s also going to win the MiLB batting crown. With one week remaining in the Double-A season, Simpson’s .356 batting average leads the minors by 11 points.

Dylan Lesko, RHP, Rays: In what was his final start of the season unless he gets a promotion to Double-A, Lesko walked seven High-A Greensboro batters in two innings. Lesko’s 42% strike percentage was his lowest of the season, as he consistently missed high and arm-side, although he did do some solid damage control, getting a double play and a strikeout to limit the damage in the first. He was much better in the second inning. After allowing a leadoff walk, Lesko struck out the final three batters he faced. He was pulled after two innings because he’d thrown 65 pitches. Acquired by the Rays in July’s Jason Adam trade, Lesko’s offseason to-do list will be to improve his control and command. He had a 19.2% walk rate this year, which largely led to his 6.92 ERA.

Ty Madden, RHP, Tigers: In this third outing in the majors, Madden held Oakland to one run in five innings on five hits and one walk to pick up his first MLB win. it wasn’t a start, as the Tigers have been adopting openers recently, so Madden came in to start the second inning, but it was the second time in three outings that Madden has worked five innings. He’s now 1-0, 2.57. Madden’s splitter was especially effective on Sunday. He got six swings and misses with it (for a 50% whiff rate) and he used it to finish off three of his seven strikeouts. Madden was also featured in RoboScout’s weekly update, which you can see below.

Updated Top 30s For Every Team

Our Top 30s received a bit of a facelift on Friday, accounting for recent graduations since our previous midseason update. This means the Red Sox, Orioles, Nationals and Braves are among teams with new No. 1s, and nearly every organization had at least one prospect enter the back of their list as we approach the offseason.

Baseball America Helium Pick Of The Day

Ty Madden, RHP, Tigers: Madden’s walk rate has become much more palatable in recent weeks. After taking a look under the hood, RoboScout thinks it knows why. Madden tweaked his mechanics in the second half of the season, lowering his release height since June 28 by 2-3 inches, leading to an increase of about half a tick in velocity across the board on his pitch mix while throwing his changeup about half a tick slower. As RoboScout wrote this weekend, the change has increased Madden’s likelihood of sticking in the big leagues as a midrotation starter.

In Case You Missed It

We wondered on a recent Hot Sheet Show if Chandler Simpson could replicate his eye-popping stolen base figures if given regular big league playing time.