Cleveland Guardians Spring Training Prospect Report 2/28/24

Feb 29, 2024

STARTERS

Deyvison De Los Santos (RF): 0-2 - While it's not wise to read too much into any early-spring stats, a .222 OPS for a Rule 5 pick in his must-roster year is…not good. He did have a liner hit his way and took a rather rough route to get to it. His OF experience is still very limited, but it’s clear there’s a lot of work to do if he’s going to stick on the roster and play some OF.

Joey Cantillo (P): 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R (earned), 1 BB, 2 WP, 1 K - Cantillo started his 2024 spring debut going four-up, four-down. Some control issues in the second led to his only hit allowed (a Tucker Barnhart double) being an RBI one. All in all, however, a solid start to Joey’s campaign.

RESERVES WITH ONE OR MORE HITS

Angel Martinez (3B): 2-2, 1 R, 1 BB - Martinez is batting .500 with a 1.431 OPS in four games (all as a reserve) after posting the Guards' lone multi-hit performance of Wednesday's contest.

Alexfri Planez (RF): 1-3, 2 RBI, 1 K - Planez only had one hit yesterday, but it was a big one as his two-run single completed the Guardians’ sixth-inning comeback.

Johnathan Rodriguez (LF): 1-2, 1 K, 1 SB - J-Rod had a good afternoon both at the plate and on the basepaths.

OTHER NOTABLE RESERVES

Kyle Manzardo (PR-1B): 0-0, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP - Manzardo didn’t get a hit, or even have an official at-bat, on Wednesday in Goodyear, but he had as impressive of a day as some of the guys in the above heading.

Christian Cairo (PH-DH): 0-1, 1 R, 1 BB - While Cairo’s spring debut only saw him reach once, he - like Manzardo - scored despite the lack of a hit.

Jose Tena (SS): 0-1, 1 RBI, 1 BB,1 SF - Tena, like Manzardo, had multiple productive plate appearances, including a sac fly that started the aforementioned comeback.

Michael Berglund (C): 0-2, 1 HBP, 2 K - Berglund, whose presence in the game was a bit of a surprise as he was not on the travel roster the team provided the media earlier in the day, nearly ended up under the “also played” heading, but made it up here by reaching base via a sixth-inning plunking.

ALSO PLAYED

Juan Brito (2B): 0-2, 1 K

Petey Halpin (PR-CF): 0-2, 1 K

RELIEVERS

Connor Gillispie: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R (earned), 1 K - Not the first full inning of the spring Gillispie wanted, but hardly a disaster - especially from a Depth Camp guy.

Juan Zapata: 1 IP, 6 H, 4 R (all earned), 1 K - This inning happened. Forget about it. Move on to the next outing. All that Zapata, the pitching coaches, or anyone else can do.

DRESSED BUT DID NOT PLAY

Cs Eric Rodriguez and Micael Ramirez

IF Kahlil Watson

OF Connor Kokx

Ps Trey Benton, Bradley Hanner, Jordan Jones, Randy Labaut, and Jack Leftwich