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The 2022 Prospect Tournament: The First Four In

Four matchups to determine final seedings in our Prospect Tournament.

Before our tournament can get underway, there are a handful of seedings yet to be fully determined. The “First Four In” represent prospects who were on the cusp of missing out on the tournament completely or being given a worse seed. Here are our First Four matchups.

(11) OF Luis Matos vs. (11) 1B Jhonkensy Noel

WINNER OF Luis Matos, SFG:

2021 stats – .313/.359/.495, 15 HR, 86 RBI, 21 SB

1B Jhonkensy Noel, CLE:

2021 Stats – .340/.390/.615, 19 HR, 66 RBI, 5 SB

 

 

(11) SS Ronny Mauricio, NYM vs (11) SS Jeter Downs, BOS

WINNER SS Ronny Mauricio, NYM:

2021 Stats – .248/.296/.449,  20HR, 64 RBI, 11 SB

SS Jeter Downs, BOS:

2021 Stats – .191/.272/.333, 14 HR, 39 RBI, 18 SB

 

 

(16) SS Cristian Santana vs (16) OF Kevin Alcantara

SS Cristian Santana, DET

2021 Stats – .269/.421/.521, 9 HR, 27 RBI, 12 SB

WINNER OF Kevin Alcantara, CHC

2021 Stats – .345/.423/.588, 5 HR, 24 RBI, 5 SB

 

(16) OF Zac Veen, COL vs. (16) SS Liover Peguero, PIT

WINNER OF Zac Veen, COL

2021 Stats – .301/.399/.501, 15 HR, 75 RBI, 36 SB

SS Liover Peguero, PIT

2021 Stats – .270/.332/.444, 14 HR, 45 RBI, 28SB

 

Featured image by Jacob Roy (@jmrgraphics3 on Instagram)

LaMar Gibson

A lifelong Baltimore Orioles fan that still hasn't forgiven Jeffrey Maier, Tony Fernandez, the 2014 Royals, or Edwin Encarnacion...and has no interest in doing so in the foreseeable future. You can read more of LaMar's thoughts by subscribing to his free monthly newsletter, Inside Fastball, for all things prospects.

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