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Samuel Basallo, C, Orioles: Basallo left Double-A Bowie’s game Thursday night after being hit by a pitch in the right arm/elbow area. Basallo, baseball’s No. 11 prospect, was in the midst of a big week. He hit two homers on Sunday and then followed it up with another home run on Tuesday while also returning to catcher defensively for the first time since sustaining a stress fracture in his right elbow over the offseason. Basallo was removed from Thursday’s game for precautionary reasons, per MLB.com’s Jake Rill, and we’ll update the Prospect Wire with additional information as it becomes available. 

Josh Kasevich, SS, Blue Jays: Kasevich has shown no issues with Double-A pitching so far. On Thursday, Kasevich recorded his fifth three-plus hit game on the season after just 21 total games with New Hampshire. The shortstop currently leads the Eastern League in hits with 30. While Kasevich lacks even average power, his bat-to-ball skills and approach are easily plus.

Kristian Campbell, OF, Red Sox: The buzz this spring out of Red Sox camp around the 2023 fourth-rounder was deafening. The organization was vocal about the changes Campbell had made during the offseason, taking to the team’s bat speed training and adding power. On Thursday, Campbell had his best performance of the season going 4-for-4 with a home run against Asheville. This was Campbell’s third straight game with a home run dating back to Tuesday, as he’s homered in each game of the series with Asheville.

Yilber Diaz, RHP, D-backs: It’s no secret that the Texas League is one of the most hitter-friendly circuits in the minors. That’s doubly true for Amarillo, the home park for the D-backs’ Double-A affiliate. It doesn’t matter if you don’t let them hit the ball. That was Diaz’s modus operandi on Thursday, when he punched out 11 Midland hitters over seven shutout innings. He got 21 swings and misses as well and walked nobody. For the season, Diaz has 42 strikeouts in 25 innings, which is good for fourth in the minors.

Mike Boeve, 2B, Brewers: After hitting .533 at High-A, the Brewers moved Boeve up a level to give him a new challenge. So far, he hasn’t missed a beat. After going hitless in his first two games, he’s done so only once in the next nine. In fact, he has six multi-hit games in that span (and 15 overall for the season). That total includes both ends of Thursday’s doubleheader against Tennessee, which featured a two-hit and three-hit game. Some totals from Boeve’s scorching start: 15 multi-hit games, 18 walks, 16 strikeouts.

Lazaro Montes, OF, Mariners: It’s no secret that Montes is one of the most powerful men in the minors. Plain and simple, the man vaporizes baseballs as easily as anyone. He proved it twice on Thursday night by socking a pair of home runs in Modesto’s rout over Rancho Cucamonga. The outburst gives him five longballs for the year. Montes also walked twice, upping that total to 15 against 16 strikeouts.

Jonah Tong, RHP, Mets: Tong has been one of the breakout names so far in 2024. After a dominant showing in Low-A to begin the season, the Mets promoted Tong to High-A Brooklyn at the beginning of the week. Tong continued to roll at home against Aberdeen on Thursday afternoon. The righthander went five innings, allowing one unearned run on two hits, three walks, while striking out seven. Tong landed 56 of 81 pitches for strikes in the effort mixing his high ride four-seam fastball, slider and curveball. Tong is making an early case for breakout pitcher of the spring.

Jesus Baez, SS, Mets: After a quiet start to the season, Baez has caught fire over the last week. After collecting two more hits on Thursday, Baez is now 7-for-20 over his last four games with five runs. Baez’s second home run of the season came in his second at bat as he took a low-inside changeup 411 feet to left field, as the ball came off the bat at 104.7 mph. Baez has a nice balance of contact, approach and power and is one of the most exciting young players in the Florida State League to begin the season.

Christian Scott, RHP, Mets: Scott went from a reliever at the University of Florida to one of the top pitching prospects in baseball. This weekend the 24-year-old righthander will become a big leaguer. The Mets are set to call up Scott on Saturday. When the Mets drafted Scott in the fifth round in 2021, he was a sinker/slider reliever, but over the years he has updated his repertoire to include a four-seam fastball, split-changeup and sweeper. This year at Triple-A Syracuse he struck out 36 and walked six in 25.1 innings, though he did allow seven home runs in five starts.

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Ramon Ramirez, C, Royals: Ramirez was flagged by scouts as the most talented player on Kansas City’s DSL team. He finished the year with a 1.055 OPS and eight home runs before being brought stateside for instructional league. The 18-year-old blends hittability and power into what could become the foundation for a fearsome offensive player. He has a strong throwing arm, too, but has lots of development remaining on defense. Ramirez is one of 10 Arizona Complex League players on on our radar, and you can see 10 players from the Florida Complex League here.