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With the minors off, Monday was a quiet day for prospect performances. Jacob Wilson and Max Muncy each had 2-for-4 days in an A’s loss. Red Sox RHP Richard Fitts went six innings, allowing six hits and three runs in a loss. Pirates RHP Thomas Harrington picked up his first career save, allowing three runs in four innings of relief.

You can see updated stats below, plus some injury notes on Nick Yorke, Kevin McGonigle and others.

Identifying The Youngest Players At Every Level

Each year, we comb through rosters at every level to identify the youngest players. We often say teams will tell you how they feel by where they assign players, especially when they give a younger player a vote of confidence with an aggressive assignment.

Here’s a snippet of the story, which is free for all to read.

The youngest players in the major leagues at the start of 2024 are once again the youngest players in the major leagues at the start of 2025. Jackson Holliday and Jackson Chourio may have graduated from prospect status a while ago, but they remain younger than many of the top players in the minors. Chourio, for example, would be the third-youngest player in the International League and the youngest player in the Pacific Coast League.

American League

1. Jackson Holliday, 21.3

2. Junior Caminero, 21.7

3. Cam Smith, 22.1

4. Jasson Dominguez, 22.2

5. Max Muncy, 22.6

National League

1. Jackson Chourio, 21.1

2. Jackson Merrill, 22

3. AJ Smith-Shawver, 22.4

4. James Wood, 22.5

5. Javier Sanoja, 22.6

Editor’s Picks

Hot Sheet Chat: Come chat with Baseball America about the latest prospect news at 2 p.m. ET. Ask your questions here…

10 Most Talented Teams: We use our preseason Top 100 and Top 30s to identify the 10 most talented minor league teams. Read more…

Baseball America Helium Pick Of The Day

Each day, we’ll pick a prospect that has our attention.

Bryan Torres, OF, Cardinals: Torres did an excellent job making himself impossible to ignore. In the partner league American Association, Torres just hit and hit to the point where he was Baseball America’s Independent Leagues/Partner Leagues Player of the Year in 2023. He then hit .331/.418/.416 to lead the Texas League in hitting last year. So far this year, he leads all Triple-A batters in batting average, on-base percentage and OPS. He’s even fifth in slugging percentage. Torres was out of affiliated baseball two years ago. Now, it’s not crazy to think he could eventually get to the big leagues.

Quick Hits

Prospect news and notes from around baseball…

• After exiting a game with hamstring discomfort, Samuel Basallo was placed on the seven-day injured list by Triple-A Norfolk

• Zac Veen will officially join the Rockies big league roster Tuesday

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