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Jac Caglianone, 1B, Royals: Caglianone is known across the sport for his immense power. Think Paul Bunyan with the wind at his back. He proved it again on Tuesday by clubbing a pair of longballs in Northwest Arkansas' series-opening win over Wichita. The blasts were his seventh and eighth of the season and drove home four of the Naturals' five runs. He's one off the Texas League's home run lead, which is unsurprising. Perhaps more encouraging is the .330 average he's sporting, which ranks fifth on the circuit and speaks to an improved ability to make contact. For a guy of Caglianone's strength, contact is the key to the castle.

Braden Montgomery, OF, White Sox: After allowing him a few weeks to thoroughly cook the Carolina League, the White Sox promoted Montgomery to High-A. It seems he's handling the move just fine. Facing Bowling Green on Tuesday, the Texas A&M crushed his first two home runs at his new level. Both longballs came off of Top 100 prospect and Rays prospect Gary Gill Hill. Montgomery is 9-for-25 with Winston-Salem with six extra-base hits.

Matt Allan & Raimon Gomez, RHP, Mets: For the first four innings of their game against St. Lucie on Tuesday, the Clearwater Threshers might have wanted to pray for rain. That's because they were tasked with trying to hit against two of the Mets' foremost fireballers, righties Matt Allan and Raimon Gomez. Allan was up first, and he held Clearwater to a lone hit and two walks while striking out a pair. His four-seamer sat between 95-96 mph. Those pitches were a mere breeze compared to what was to come. Gomez entered in the third and let up just a walk over his two frames, though he gave up an unearned run in the process. The minors' preeminent fireballer then set about doing what he does best: turning up the temperature. Gomez fired 21 four-seamers. The pitch averaged 100.8 mph and topped out at 102.5 mph. Nineteen of them were harder than 100.

Brendan Tunink, OF, Dodgers: On Tuesday, the Arizona Complex League featured a matchup of two big leaguers. One, Rhett Lowder, ranks among BA's Top 100 Prospects. The other, Clayton Kershaw, is a surefire Hall of Famer. Only the details for his plaque remain. Usually, advanced pitching of any kind spells misery for hitters in the complex league. Dodgers prospect Brendan Tunink, however, took the opportunity to add an exclamation point to a career milestone. The 2024 eighth-rounder out of high school in Illinois connected against Lowder in the third inning for his first career home run. The blast gave the Dodgers their first runs of the game and was part of a two-hit night for Tunink.

Colby Thomas, OF, Athletics: Athletics outfielder Colby Thomas has been one of the better hitters in the minors this season. On Tuesday, he provided two more pieces of evidence in the form of his sixth and seventh home runs of the season. The first blast came in the eighth inning against reliever Kyle Nelson. It left the bat at 103.9 mph. The second longball came an inning later, off of position player Kevin Graham. It produced an exit velocity of 97 mph. The homers were part of a three-hit night that also included a double.

Justin Gonzales, 1B/OF, Red Sox: The Red Sox assigned Gonzales to the Florida Complex League for Opening Day at the Rookie level. After one game in the FCL—he went 0-for-4 with an RBI and a strikeout on May 3—Gonzales is moving up a level to Low-A Salem. He joins fellow 18-year-old prospects such as Jesus Made and Luis Peña as young Carolina League standouts. Boston signed Gonzalez out of the Dominican Republic in 2024 and he starred in the Dominican Summer League in his pro debut, batting .320/.391/.517 with five home runs, 19 walks and 20 strikeouts in 48 games. The rapid promotion to Low-A seems aggressive on the surface, but Gonzales shined in extended spring training with standout exit velocities and sound swing decisions. The 6-foot-4 righthanded hitter plays right field, first base and some center field.

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Quick Hits

Prospect news and notes from around baseball…

• Blue Jays RHP Jake Bloss had imaging done on his right elbow, per Ben Nicholson-Smith.

• Reds RHP Chase Petty struck out eight over six scoreless innings for Triple-A Louisville yesterday.

• White Sox LHP Noah Schultz walked five batters over four innings yesterday, his second outing this season for Double-A Birmingham with five walks.

• A’s infielder Max Muncy struggled in his big league debut, but has had little issue back in Triple-A. He went 3-for-5 with two doubles and is hitting .383/.423/.596 in Las Vegas.

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