The latest Baseball America Hot Sheet is out and two Cincinnati Reds prospects found themselves among the 20 players on the list. Tony Santillan came in at the #4 spot on the list this week. The right hander allowed one earned run this past week in two starts, spanning 11.2 innings. He walked just three batters and he struck out 15.
That was just more of the same for Tony Santillan. The 21-year-old has made 15 starts with the Daytona Tortugas, and another six with the Pensacola Blue Wahoos this season. Across his 21 starts he has thrown 122.0 innings with 30 walks and 109 strikeouts. Oh, and that’s come along with a 2.43 ERA this season. His strikeout rate has jumped up in Double-A, where he has 36 strikeouts (and just eight walks) in 35.1 innings.
Rounding out the Top 20 was outfielder Mariel Bautista. I wrote a little bit about what he’s been doing lately on Sunday afternoon, so be sure to check that out if you missed it. For the 20-year-old Billings Mustangs outfielder, he cracked the list after hitting .471/.500/.765 on the week with six extra-base hits.
Like Santillan, he’s been pretty good this season. Mariel Bautista had a small slump in late June, but finds himself hitting .312/.363/.518 on the year for the Mustangs. In his 157 plate appearances over 37 games played he’s racked up 17 extra-base hits to go along with nine walks and 20 strikeouts. He also has stolen nine bases in ten attempts.
Update on Jon Moscot
Jon Moscot underwent Tommy John surgery in the 2016 season. He hasn’t pitched in a game since then. In fact, he’s barely thrown at all since then. Over the weekend he provided an update on the twitterverse.
Twitterverse I’ve been MIA for a long time..3 surgeries and 2 missed seasons in Arizona rehabbing will test you. But I’m happy to say that the arm is coming back finally and I will pitch again. If you’ve reached out in support I thank you. Im real excited to play this game again
— Jon Moscot (@JonnyMoscot) August 5, 2018
This is good news for Jon Moscot, who is about to celebrate his birthday in less than two weeks. Things aren’t always a smooth road back after surgery. Sometimes there are complications along the way. Things don’t always go as planned in the medical field. Unfortunately for Moscot, he’s been the cautionary tale for the “things haven’t gone as planned” route. Hopefully the remainder of the journey back goes better than the start of it has.