Cleveland Guardians Spring Training Prospect Report 2/25/25

SCOREBOARD

Milwaukee Brewers 9, Cleveland Guardians 6 (Statcast)

STARTER

Juan Brito (DH): 0-3, 2 K - Brito’s rough start to the Spring (0-for-5) continued yesterday. This is where it’s important to remember that he’s only played two games so far and neither of them matter.

RESERVES

Joe Lampe (LF): 0-2, 1 K - Lampe, who got the most defensive innings (five) of any Guardians backup yesterday as he replaced leadoff hitter Steven Kwan, became the first Cleveland player to appear in three straight games (albeit only as a pinch runner on Monday).

Micah Pries (1B): 0-2, 1 K - Pries went hitless on Tuesday after getting a hit in each of his first two games this Spring.

Will Wilson (PR-3B): 1-2, 1 R - While Wilson didn’t score as a pinch runner for Jose Ramirez in the fifth, he did cross home plate in the ninth after reaching on his first base hit in the Guardians org.

Petey Halpin (CF): 0-2 - Halpin, the first member of the 40-man to come off the bench twice this Spring went 0-for-2 for the second straight day.

Kody Huff (C ): 0-0, 2 R, 2 BB - No hits? No problem for Huff, who scored both times after reaching on a pair of walks.

Travis Bazzana (2B): 1-1, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB - Bazzan only swung the bat once on Tuesday, but once was enough for Travis to open his major league (exhibition) base hit account with a three-run blast to right center (443 feet, 107.6 MPH off the bat at a 25-degree launch angle) that was the second-longest of the day in the majors, behind a 462-foot moonshot by Kris Bryant of the Colorado Rockies.

Justin Boyd (RF): 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K - Despite starting the Spring 0-for-3, Boyd has a walk in each of the two games he has played so far.

Angel Genao (SS): 0-2, 1 K - Genao’s Tuesday was, well, the polar opposite of his major league Spring debut on Sunday.

Cooper Ingle (PH-DH): 0-0, 1 BB,1 RBI - Ingle walked with the bases loaded in the eighth in his only action of the day.

RELIEVERS

Nick Mikolajchak: 0.2 IP, 1 H - Mikolajchak successfully completed mop-up duty for the second time this Spring, this time with the help of some heads-up defense by Carlos Santana that led to a key rundown between third and home. The real story, here, however, is that his fastball was back to nearly full speed in the low and mid 95s.

Zak Kent: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R (earned), 2 K - Kent, the only prospect to hurl multiple frames yesterday, followed up a stellar fifth with a rough sixth that saw him allow one tally. Of note: Zak reprised his Opening Day velo in the fifth, but saw it drop into the 92 in the sixth. Not surprisingly, he made greater use of his slowest pitch (curveball) in the latter frame compared to a four-seamer/slider heavy fifth.

Mason Hickman: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R (earned), 1 HR allowed - Hickman started the seventh strong before giving up a homer and needing a big play from Bazzana to get out of the frame. As in the preseason opener, his four-seamer was in the 92s, so that looks like it might be a real improvement rather than a fluke.

Trenton Denholm: 1 IP, perfect, 2 K - Denholm dazzled in his first full big league exhibition frame, striking out two of the three batters he faced (both of them swinging at 91 mPH fastballs). I say “full frame” as he gave up a hit and induced a pop out, both on the first pitch, last March 2 in mop-up duty after a disastrous ninth inning by Juan Zapata.

Carter Spivey: 1 IP, perfect, 2 K - Spivey finally pitched after being one of only two Guardians to dress for the first three Spring contests (and the only to dress for each of the first four after Jorge Burgos got yesterday off). He set down a trio of Brewer minor leaguers in order. His major league Spring debut saw his four-seamer and sinker average around 92 MPH, with a sinker topping his velo chart at 93.8.

DID NOT PLAY

RHP Ross Carver
RHP Jake Miller
RHP Davis Sharpe
C Kevin Rivas
IF Jose Devers
OF Jaison Chourio