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Jaden Hamm, RHP, Tigers: We highlighted Hamm as a spring training pop-up prospect to know on multiple occasions. He was someone scouts kept mentioning as having eye-opening stuff, and he’s added a new slider. Hamm’s 2024 season has been as impressive as expected. Pitching for High-A West Michigan, Hamm lowered his ERA to 1.14 with 3.1 scoreless innings on Sunday. The Tigers limited Hamm to 70 pitches and the Dayton Dragons did a good job of working long counts, which explains the shortness of his outing, but overall, he was once again in control. Hamm has allowed just three runs this year and has a 37-3 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 23.2 innings.

Jacob Misiorowski, RHP, Brewers: Misiorowski threw five innings for the first time this season in an effective outing against Double-A Tennessee. Misiorowski struck out eight and allowed only two singles in five scoreless innings. Misiorowski did battle control troubles, as is often the case. He walked four, but he did throw strikes on 64% of his pitches, which is just above league average. His control trouble almost all came in the first inning, when he walked the bases loaded, but struck out Ezequiel Pagan to escape the jam. After Misiorowski struck out the side in the second, Matt Shaw walked for a second time in the game in the third, but Misiorowski picked him off. Misiorowski is now 0-0-0, 2.70 with a 17.8% walk percentage and a 37.5% strikeout percentage. Batters are hitting .117/.284/.156 against him.

Lazaro Montes, OF, Mariners: Montes strung together his sixth three-hit game of the season on Sunday as he hit his sixth home run of 2024. Montes continues to be one of the best hitters in the Low-A California League. He’s hitting .313/.415/.566. He leads the league in home runs, hits (31), RBIs (36), extra-base hits (12) and total bases (56) and is also in the top 10 in batting average, slugging and runs.

Rayne Doncon, SS/3B, Twins: Doncon has made an excellent first impression on his new team. Acquired from the Dodgers in the offseason along with Manuel Margot for shortstop Noah Miller, Doncon has continued to show the power he had demonstrated as a Dodger, but this year it’s coming with improved swing decisions and better contact. Doncon had another big day on Sunday, going 3-for-4 with his eighth double and fourth home run of the season. Doncon is hitting .263/.342/.474. His four home runs and eight doubles are second-most in the Low-A Florida State League in both categories.

Chase DeLauter, OF, Guardians: The Guardians announced on Sunday that outfielder Chase DeLauter, the team’s No. 1 prospect and the No. 26 prospect on the recently updated Baseball America Top 100, has a fractured fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot. This is a recurrence of the same injury that first occurred in 2022, and also cost him significant time in 2023. DeLauter has been excellent when he can get on the field. He’s a .315/.389/.489 hitter for his brief MiLB career, but this will be the third straight season that the foot injury will cost him significant time.

Shane Baz, RHP, Rays: Triple-A Durham righthander Shane Baz (Rays) made his first official start in nearly two years when he threw three innings against Gwinnett. Baz showed plenty of velocity–he sat at 95 mph and touched 97, but he didn’t really miss bats and he struggled with his control. Baz had a 56% strike percentage and got only two swings and misses on 39 pitches.

We updated the Prospect Wire all weekend. See the latest on Mets RHP Blade Tidwell, Giants LHP Carson Whisenhunt, Mariners RHP Logan Evans, Rangers RHP Brock Porter and more below. 

10 Statcast Standouts (May 6)

Each Monday, we’re taking a look at 10 standouts with impressive data from the previous week of action. Two familiar faces, Coby Mayo and James Wood, again headline this week’s installment and continue their powerful ways.

Wood’s power so far puts him in rare air. With the caveat that Wood is producing his exit velos against inferior pitching, his max exit velocity of 115.3 mph would rank ninth in baseball, just behind Juan Soto, his 94.4 mph average exit velocity would tie Shohei Ohtani for seventh in baseball, sandwiched between Bobby Witt Jr. and Matt Olson. Wood’s EV Best 50 of 104.7 MPH would tie Elly De La Cruz for 11th, and his hard hit% of 54.2% would be 16th in baseball, just ahead of Teoscar Hernández.

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Want to get ahead? Each day we’ll surface one prospect from recent Baseball America coverage who could be on the rise.

Baseball America Helium Pick Of The Day

Jedixson Paez, RHP, Red Sox: RoboScout has surfaced a new Low-A pitcher worth keeping tabs on. Paez struck out 12 batters while yielding just nine baserunners over two starts and 10 innings. The Venezuela native’s two-seamer sits just 90-91 mph, but has over a foot-and-a-half of horizontal armside run. His low-80s frisbee slider moves gloveside with over 18 inches of horizontal break, and he bridges the two offerings with a mid-80s cutter. On average, a 20-year-old will gain 1.5 to 2 mph of fastball velocity as he matures. Still, Paez is fighting an uphill battle to develop into anything more than a back-of-the-rotation starter if he averages 92.5 mph.

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