Cleveland Guardians Prospect Report 11/15-17/24
Venezuelan League (Fri.) - Cardenales de Lara 8, Leones del Caracas 1
Arizona Fall League Championship (Sat.) - Salt River Rafters 3, Surprise Saguaros 2
Venezuelan League (Sat.) - Tiburones de La Guaira 9, Cardenales de Lara 4
Venezuelan Leaue (Sun.) - Aguilas del Zulia 9, Tiburones de La Guaira 8 (F/10)
Premier12 (Sun.) - Chinese Taipei 11, Australia 3
Premier12 (Mon.) - Korea 5, Australia 2
GUARDIANS PROSPECTS (AND GABRIEL ARIAS!)
Steven Perez (RP, Caracas - Fri.): 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R (earned), 1 K, 1 HR allowed - A Carlos Narvaez solo shot to center in the ninth was the only blemish on Perezâs otherwise impressive official LVBP season debut.
Gabriel Arias (SS, La Guaira - Sat.): 3-4, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K - Arias hit the ground running in his LVBP season debut, coming within a triple of the cycle and scoring exactly one-third of the Tiburon runs. Oh, and he did all of this batting eighth, joining starting LF and ninth batter Daniel Montano (a former Rockies prospect who played indy ball for the American Associationâs Sioux City Explorers this past summer) - who also had a three-hit Saturday - in carrying the La Guaira offense from the bottom of the lineup.
Gabriel Arias (SS, La Guaira - Sun.): 4-5, 2 R, 3 2B, 3 RBI, 1 SB, 2 E - Arias managed to clear the high bar he set for himself in his debut in his second game of the season with an effort highlighted by a three-run double in the second that opened the dayâs scoring. As for his pair of fielding miscues, no runs resulted, either directly or indirectly. from either of them.
Chase DeLauter (DH, Surprise - Sat.): 1-5, 1 R - DeLauter reached base and cored one more time in the title tilt to cap off a fall of DHing that saw Chase slash .340/.475/.511 with eleven RBI and a 6:12 K:BB ratio in twelve regular season games. Even given the laundry list of caveats that accompany autumnal statlines, DeLauter putting these figures up and - most importantly - staying healthy throughout the short season are both promising signs for his 2025.
Milan Tolentino (2B, Surprise - Sat.): 0-4, 1 K - Tolentino also finished his fall with an outing representative of his season. However, in this case, that is not a good thing, The long season seems to gotten the best of Milan, who slashed .202/.352/.274 in 25 games, with even the twenty walks that propelled him to his .150 isolated plate discipline being accompanied by thirty strikeouts.
Dayan Frias (SS, Monteria): Frias hit a two-run single on Saturday in his only plate appearance across a pair of games that were both suspended by rain well short of being official.
Travis Bazzana (2B, Australia - Sun.): 1-4, 1 K, 1 Cs - Bazzana rebounded slightly from his rough outing against the Dominican squad with a hit against one of the host nations of Group B.
Travis Bazzana (DH, Australia - Mon.): 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K - Bazzana picked up his first RBI of the tournament on a bases-loaded walk in the fifth. While Travis is struggling in the Premier12, playing in this tournament is an excellent opportunity for him to face a high level of opposition - especially in Group B, which includes many Asian nations that are both good at baseball and take the Premier12 VERY seriously - think Olympic basketball in America or the soccer World Cup in Europe and South America.