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Nick Kurtz, 1B, Athletics: The Athletics are calling up the 22-year-old first baseman from Triple-A Las Vegas. The club drafted him fourth overall out of Wake Forest last year, and he ranked as the organization's No. 1 prospect heading into 2025. Kurtz leads all minor league hitters with seven home runs, 14 extra-base hits and 24 RBIs. He batted .321/.385/.655 in 20 games for Las Vegas. Kurtz figures to serve as a first baseman and DH for the A's, with incumbent DH Brent Rooker assuming a larger share of corner outfield work. Kurtz will join Astros outfielder Cam Smith and Angels righthander Ryan Johnson as the only 2024 draft picks to reach MLB.

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Logan Henderson, RHP, Brewers: Henderson tossed six innings of one-run ball and struck out nine batters in his April 20 big league debut. The 23-year-old's game score registered as a 70, the fourth-best effort by a rookie this season, according to Baseball-Reference Stathead. The only better efforts: Kyle Hart,74, on April 12; Shane Smith, 73, on April 8; and Jack Leiter, 71, on April 2. The Brewers optioned Henderson back to Triple-A Nashville on April 21 to make room for the returning Tobias Myers, but Henderson will likely factor in the Milwaukee rotation later this season. The Brewers drafted him in the fourth round in 2021 out of McLennan JC in Texas.

Jacob Wilson, SS, Athletics: Relative to league norms, Wilson is the king of contact through the early stages of the season. His 3.7% strikeout rate compared with the MLB average of 22.5% yields one of the lowest index scores—16—for any rookie hitter since 1900, according to FanGraphs.com data. Wilson likes to swing the bat—he has not drawn a walk or even faced a three-ball count yet this season—and he's not picky about where the ball is pitched. He has connected on 92% of his swings this season, while offering at more than 45% of pitches out of the zone. Those rates are both at the extreme. The strategy has worked so far. Wilson is hitting .354/.354/.500 through 26 games. Combined with his plus defensive value at shortstop, he leads all rookie position players with 1.0 fWAR this season.

Kameron Misner, OF, Rays: Injuries to Josh Lowe, Jonny DeLuca and Richie Palacios opened the door to playing time for Misner in the Rays outfield. The 27-year-old rookie has taken full advantage. Misner has served as Tampa Bay's primary center fielder versus righthanded starters of late. On the season, the lefthanded batter is hitting .405/.438/.691 with all three of his home runs against pitchers of the opposite hand. Misner has done well to keep strikeouts in check so far this season after fanning 29% of the time at Triple-A last season. The Marlins selected Misner out of Missouri in the supplemental first round of the 2019 draft but traded him to the Rays for Joey Wendle after the 2021 season.

Craig Yoho, RHP, Brewers: Yoho earned first-team Minor League All-Star honors last year as the reliever rose from High-A to Triple-A. This year, the Brewers prospect shined in big league spring training and has now made his MLB debut. Milwaukee is called up the 25-year-old Yoho from Triple-A Nashville, where he recorded nine strikeouts, three walks and zero home runs allowed in 9.2 innings. He posted a 0.93 ERA in eight appearances. The righty got into action Tuesday night, allowing one run over one inning of work. Yoho is not a prototype flame-throwing reliever. He pitches at 93 mph with his sinker and his signature pitch is his elite changeup, which draws comparisons with former Brewers closer Devin Williams' "airbender."

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David Davalillo, RHP, Rangers: The only reason Davalillo didn’t leave with a perfect game on Friday night was because one of his strikeout pitches skittered to the backstop for a wild pitch. It was a great outing from a pitcher who seems to string them together week after week. In 145 pro innings, Davaillo has a 2.17 career ERA. In full-season ball, it’s below 1.80. Davalillo has enough of a fastball (93-94 mph) because he spots it well, and he has a slider, curve and split-change that he commands with precision, too. Davalillo doesn’t seem to make mistakes up in the strike zone. If you see him put a pitch in the top third of the zone, it’s almost assuredly a late-count fastball that plays up because hitters are so worried about him pounding the bottom of the zone.

Quick Hits

Prospect news and notes from around baseball…

• Marlins catcher Agustin Ramirez notched a hit and a steal in his big league debut

• Brewers infielder Caleb Durbin hit his first big league homer in a loss to the Giants

• White Sox infielder Chase Meidroth hit the IL with a thumb injury

• With Kurtz now in the majors, Michael Chavis, Will Wilson, Spencer Jones and Otto Kemp lead all minor leaguers with six homers

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