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Thomas White, LHP, Marlins & Luis Morales, RHP, Athletics: White (No. 73 in our Top 100) and Morales (No. 93) matched up on Sunday and both were impressive. White elicited the second-most swings and misses (21) of any High-A pitcher on Sunday, striking out seven batters while yielding five hits and three runs over 4.2 innings. The No. 35 pick in the 2023 draft is enjoying a superb first full professional season, keyed by a step forward in breaking ball quality. The 19-year-old lefty has a 27-8 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a 2.50 ERA over 18 innings since his promotion to High-A Beloit. You can read more about White (and fellow Marlins pitching prospect Noble Meyer) here.

Morales, meanwhile, was delayed by shoulder fatigue to start the season, and hasn’t been quite as sharp as last year. He hasn’t exceeded 80 pitches in an outing so far. But he turned in one his sharper outings on Sunday. Morales struck out seven batters and allowing just one run over three innings. Morales attacks batters with an upper-90s four-seam fastball and plus breaking ball, and enticed batters into a season-high 13 swinging strikes on Sunday.

Quinn Mathews, LHP, Cardinals: At this point, Quinn Mathews’ breakout should come as no surprise to Baseball America readers. Ben Badler first identified him as a trending arm in late April because of a significant velocity spike. He has made the Hot Sheet four times. He is also now a Top 100 Prospect. But we were curious to see how Mathews’ results held up against better hitters after beginning the year as an older college arm in Low-A. We’d say he is continuing to put those concerns to rest. Mathews turned in a fairly nondescript outing by his 2024 standards on Sunday for High-A Peoria, striking out seven over six innings while yielding just a single run. He has gone six or more innings in every High-A outing with a 58-9 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 43.2 innings, while posting a 2.68 ERA and holding hitters to a .160 batting average.

Dillon Dingler, C, Tigers: Dingler went 3-for-5 with two home runs and seven RBIs on Sunday. It was yet another impressive day at the plate for a catcher who’s biggest question has long been his bat. Dingler is hitting .287/.350/.508 with 10 home runs in 50 games. Dingler has cut his strikeout rate to 20% this year after striking out 32% of the time in his stint in Triple-A last year.

Jackson Ferris, LHP, Dodgers: Ferris had some rocky moments early this year, but he’s having an excellent June. Ferris allowed just two hits in six shutout innings on Sunday for High-A Great Lakes. The only batter to reach scoring position was one who reached on a fielding error behind him. Ferris has allowed just 10 hits in 21.1 innings this month, posting a 2.11 ERA in June after his ERA sat above 5.00 for April and May.

Denzel Clarke, OF, Athletics: The good news for Clarke is that he has been healthy after missing the second half of 2023 with a shoulder injury. The bad news? Through the first two months of the season, Clarke owned a .580 OPS and a 40% strikeout rate in his return to Double-A Midland. But he appears to be heating up — and fast. The 24-year-old outfielder homered twice on Sunday and now has five home runs on his ledger in June, to go along with a .351/.362/.702. There are some warning signs here, as Clarke hasn’t walked during this stretch and continues to search for a consistent feel to hit, but it’s a step in the right direction as the former Top 100 Prospect looks to dig out from a very slow start to the season. 

Matt Shaw, 2B/3B, Cubs: Shaw’s 2024 return season to Double-A Tennessee has been fine, but it’s had few standout moments. But Shaw starred on Sunday with his second two-home run game of the season. Shaw hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning against Mississippi and than added a two-run home run in the eighth. Shaw is hitting .245/.358/.421 this year. He hit four home runs this week, having hit six home runs in his first 59 games before that.

Spencer Jones, OF, Yankees: Jones has gargantuan power. Consistently accessing his juice, though, has proven challenging so far in the upper minors. Jones is hitting .242/.330/.372 through 58 games and a 34% strikeout rate. He went 1-for-3 with a walk Sunday against Double-A Erie. So why are we including Jones? Because he didn’t strike out, ending a 38-game stretch where he punched out at least once dating back to May 9. Jones hasn’t homered since June 9, but he is starting to put the ball in play more, hitting .298/.411/.340 with 19 strikeouts to eight walks in his last 12 games. 

Jhonkensy Noel, James Wood Headline 10 Statcast Standouts

Last week, we broke out some new charts that allowed us to dive deep into a bevy of interesting hitters, headlined by Jace Jung. This week we’ll talk about:

• An ascendant Guardians slugger who doesn’t fit the mold

• The best prospect in baseball?

• An interesting sidearming lefty

• Some Double-A data!

• Another look at a 6-foot-8 Tigers Pitcher

• Drake! Baseball edition.

• A player we dropped from the Top 100

• A different Guardians prospect who fits the mold

• An Astros prospect with almost twice as many walks as strikeouts

• A 6-foot-6 Phillies lefty, with back-to-back 10-strikeout starts

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

Santiago Suarez, RHP, Rays: Geoff Pontes examined Statcast data of 10 breakout pitching prospects today. Suarez is one of them. The Rays righty has production and the stuff to match, sitting mid-90s with above-average ride and good fastball plane. We dive into his pitch data, plus nine other arms you may not know much about yet, but are off to strong starts in 2024.