Nos. 15-115 of 11<\/p>\n
15. OF Cam Smith, Houston Astros<\/p>\n
Stats: 449 PA, 87 OPS+, .240\/.312\/.358, 30 XBH (8 HR), 6 SB<\/p>\n
Smith played his way onto Houston’s Opening Day roster after coming over from the Cubs during the offseason in the Kyle Tucker trade. And while he has worn down since the All-Star break, his future is extremely bright. The 22-year-old hit .277\/.347\/.418 with 27 extra-base hits in 323 plate appearances during the first half of the season.<\/p>\n
14. SP\/RP Brad Lord, Washington Nationals<\/p>\n
Stats: 43 G, 14 GS, 4.34 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 35 BB, 85 K, 103.2 IP<\/p>\n
Lord ranks fourth on the Nationals roster with 103.2 innings of work, filling a variety of roles on the staff from setup reliever to pitching out of the starting rotation. His numbers looked significantly better before a pair of rocky starts against the Yankees (4.1 IP, 8 H, 2 BB, 6 ER) and Rays (3.0 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 7 ER) to close out August.<\/p>\n
13. RP Jack Dreyer, Los Angeles Dodgers<\/p>\n
Stats: 56 G, 2 SV, 10 HLD, 2.86 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 8.3 K\/9, 66.0 IP<\/p>\n
The Dodgers have leaned heavily on Dreyer and fellow rookie Ben Casparius (44 G, 4.64 ERA, 75.2 IP) to help prop up an injury-plagued bullpen, and Dreyer has been a nice diamond in the rough find as a former undrafted free-agent signing. The 26-year-old has limited lefties to a .185 average and .523 OPS, and his exposure to some high-leverage spots should be useful come October.<\/p>\n
12. SS Colson Montgomery, Chicago White Sox<\/p>\n
Stats: 179 PA, 122 OPS+, .224\/.281\/.539, 21 XBH (15 HR), 0 SB<\/p>\n
Montgomery saw his prospect star fade a bit during a disappointing 2024 season, and he got off to a similarly slow start this year before catching fire at the end of June and earning his first MLB call-up. With 15 home runs in 179 plate appearances, he has made an immediate offensive impact for the South Siders, and his defensive metrics (6 DRS, 3 OAA<\/a>) have also been rock solid at shortstop.<\/p>\n 11. 2B Luke Keaschall, Minnesota Twins<\/p>\n Stats: 126 PA, 153 OPS+, .315\/.413\/.509, 13 XBH (4 HR), 8 SB<\/p>\n Keaschall had seven hits and five walks in his first seven games in the majors before suffering a fractured forearm on April 25 that ended up costing him more than three months. He went 2-for-4 with a home run in his return to action on Aug. 5, and he has quickly emerged as the everyday second baseman and primary cleanup hitter while looking like a long-term building block.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nos. 15-115 of 11 15. OF Cam Smith, Houston Astros Stats: 449 PA, 87 OPS+, .240\/.312\/.358, 30 XBH…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-131674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}