For Baseball America this month, James Fegan wrote about Javier Mogollon, who captured his attention when he dropped in on Arizona Complex League White Sox earlier this month.
It's basically a thumbnail version of what he wrote about Mogollon in his travelogue post here, but leading the way instead of capping off the article.
But with his frenetic style of play, Mogollon stands out from the pack in Rookie ball the way any prospect should.
“I was always known as the kid who came out to play hard and played with lots of energy,” Mogollon said via interpreter.
“That kid has too many tools,” joked ACL White Sox manager Danny Gonzalez. “I don’t think he has five. He has more than that.”
It ends with a brief note about Mathias LaCombe, but thanks to space constraints, Baseball America readers won't know what they're missing there.
Norfolk 14, Charlotte 4
- Oscar Colás went 1-for-5 with three strikeouts.
- Colson Montgomery walked twice and struck out twice.
- Oh no, Nick Nastrini: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 6 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP, 26 of 44 pitches for strikes.
- Carlos Pérez pitched: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K
Tennessee 4, Birmingham 1
- Jacob Gonzalez went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Terrell Tatum, 0-for-4 with a K.
- Brooks Baldwin went 1-for-4.
- Tim Elko, 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Edgar Quero was 0-for-1 with a walk and an HBP.
- Wilfred Veras, 1-for-3 with a double, strikeout and stolen base.
- Jake Eder: 3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 35 of 61 pitches for strikes.
Winston-Salem 7, Rome 6
- Samuel Zavala went 0-for-2 with a walk, strikeout, sac bunt, HBP and stolen base.
- DJ Gladney went 1-for-3 with a walk.
- Ryan Galanie also went 1-for-3 with a walk, adding a double and a strikeout.
- Eddie Park was 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Shane Murphy: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, 58 of 90 pitches for strikes.
Columbia 4, Kannapolis 1
- Rikuu Nishida went 0-for-5.
- George Wolkow went 2-for-3 with a walk, making it consecutive games without a strikeout, and four in a row with fewer than two.
- Ryan Burrowes went 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- Aldrin Batista: 4 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 46 of 80 pitches for strikes.
ACL Athletics 10, ACL White Sox 6
- Abraham Nunez went 1-for-2 with a triple and two walks.
- Adrian Gil, 0-for-3 with a walk.
- Javier Mogollon was 2-for-4 with a homer, strikeout and stolen base.
- Luis Reyes: 4 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
DSL Angels 10, DSL White Sox 3
- Christian Gonzalez went 0-for-3.
- Jehancarlos Mendez, Jurdrick Profar and Jesus Premoli all were 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Orlando Suarez: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 4 WP
- Jeziel Boukhoudt: 1.2 IP 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP
