Payton Tolle, LHP, Red Sox: Tolle fired seven innings with eight strikeouts in a 5-4 win against the Tigers on Monday. He allowed one hit, one walk and one hit batsmen, with two of them scoring on a fielder's choice to account for the only two runs he allowed. Tolle needed just 83 pitches to get through seven innings. He focused on his 96 mph fastball the first time through the order before using more curveballs, cutters, sinkers and cutters the second and third times.

Alex Freeland, 2B, Dodgers: With Dodgers veteran infielders Tommy Edman and Enrique Hernandez on the injured list, Freeland has carved out playing time at the keystone. He connected for his second home run of the season Monday in a three-hit effort against the Astros that also included a walk.

Freeland homered on Opening Day, and then not again until today. His second-inning solo shot off Ryan Weiss evened the score at two apiece in a game the Dodgers ultimately won 8-3. Freeland went 362 feet the opposite way to the Crawford Boxes at Houston's Daikin Park.

The switch-hitting Freeland starts versus most righthanders. His big game pushed his season batting line to .256/.316/.372 with two homers and four doubles.

Carson Benge, OF, Mets: Benge homered and walked in a 1-for-2 day against the Rockies at Coors Field. His sixth-inning home run off starter Tomoyuki Sugano traveled 436 feet to right-center field. The lefthanded-hitting Benge recently modified his hitting setup by slightly closing his stance. He has been seeing the ball better lately after a rough start, batting .303 with two doubles, two homers and three walks in his last 11 games.

Chase Petty, RHP, Reds: The Reds called up the 23-year-old righthander to take the rotation spot vacated when Brandon Williamson went on the injured list. Petty made his MLB debut last year and made three appearances.

Petty made six starts for Triple-A Louisville this season, recording a 4.38 ERA in 24.2 innings with 29 strikeouts and 11 walks.

Petty is throwing harder this year in his repeat of the International League, up about a tick and a half to average 96 mph on his sinker. He has thrown fewer four-seamers this year, more changeups and a few more sliders.

Most notable in Petty's pitch metrics are an improved first-pitch strike rate at Triple-A year over year. Last year it was about 44%. This year it's about 54%, with an attendant improvement to his swinging-strike rate.

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Yohanfer Santana, RHP, Marlins: Not often will you see a prospect in this space who has spent three seasons in the Dominican Summer League. When those three years add up to just 41 innings, however, a little wiggle room is required. Santana, like many of the Marlins’ young pitching prospects, is tall, physical and can light up a radar gun. The righthander made his stateside debut on Opening Day of the Florida Complex League and spun a scoreless inning with a pair of strikeouts. His fastball touched 100 mph, and he paired the pitch with a sweeping breaking ball in the mid-to-upper 80s. He has a long way to go, but his first inning of the season was a fine first step.

Quick Hits

Prospect news and notes from around baseball…

• After crashing into the outfield wall while making a catch, Twins outfielder Walker Jenkins was diagnosed with a Grade 2 AC joint sprain in his left shoulder, according to Dan Hayes of The Athletic.

• Astros outfielder Zach Cole is back in the big leagues and hit a 107 mph homer on Monday off Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

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