Daily notes on prospects from lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen. Read previous installments here.

Ronald Acuna, CF, Atlanta (Profile)
Level: Double-A   Age: 19   Org Rank: 3   Top 100: 35
Line: 3-for-4, HR, SB, CS, IBB, 2 R

Notes
After a whifftastic start to the season, Acuna caught fire and hit .352/.410/.611 during his final two weeks at High-A before a promotion to Double-A, where he debuted last night. His peripherals had gone backward at Florida. For example: he recorded a 32% strikeout rate and 6% walk rate there — double and nearly half, respectively, of last year’s rates. Nevertheless, Acuna is entering a strange statistical realm where, even though he’s at a minor-league level at which on-paper performance becomes a more reliable measure of ability, failure will seem relatively meaningless because he’s a 19-year-old at Double-A who has played only 68 career games above Rookie-level ball. He has plus speed, plus raw power, and surprising bat control for such a high-effort swing.

Jose Cardona, OF, Texas (Profile)
Level: Double-A   Age: 23   Org Rank: HM   Top 100: NR
Line: 4-for-4, 2 2B, SB

Notes
Cardona posted a strong .300/.370/.460 line at High-A last year but was old for the level and playing in one of professional baseball’s friendliest offensive environments at High Desert. His swing remains simple and compact, geared for a high volume of low-lying contact. Cardona is hitting .337, but his ceiling is limited by his lack of power. Some scouts think he passes in center field. If he does, there’s a chance he has enough bat to be a low-end regular, but most scouts have him projected in a bench outfield role.

Wuilmer Becerra, OF, New York NL (Profile)
Level: Hi-A   Age: 22   Org Rank: 13   Top 100: NR
Line: 3-for-4
Notes
The hitting line is less notable than Beccera’s defensive presence in the outfield. He played left field on Sunday, his first game in the field since May of 2016. Becerra was burdened by a shoulder injury last season, was finally shut down in July, and then underwent labrum surgery. He has great feel to hit (he’s up to .276 in the FSL this year) and his big, broad-shouldered frame remains somewhat projectable, tipping the scales at a listed 225 pounds. As a result, he might still add enough power to profile every day in a corner-outfield spot, assuming he throws well enough to play one.

Trey Supak, RHP, Milwaukee (Profile)
Level: Low-A   Age: 21   Org Rank: NR   Top 100: NR
Line: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 1 ER, 11 K
Notes
Supak pitches in the 88-92 range (and has since he was drafted, despite having added at least 25 pounds) and commands his fastball and fringe-to-average curveball. Breaking-ball command is often enough to succeed in Low-A, and scouts still think Supak’s ceiling lies at the back of a rotation despite his electric start to the year (42 K, 7 BB, 30 IP).

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Notes from the back fields

I saw Cubs righty Jose Albertos again yesterday. He was 92-95, touched 96, and induced several ground balls (including two that netted double plays), but his command wasn’t much better than it was in his first start last Thursday. San Francisco’s 19-year-old Dominican righty, Camilo Doval, made the honorable-mention section of my Giants list after sitting in the low-90s with some slider feel during last fall’s instructional league. He was up to 97 yesterday, slinging in 93-95 from a low, relief-screaming arm slot. The first hitter whom Doval faced was rehabbing Cubs prospect Eloy Jimenez, who has feasted on inexperienced pitching during his time down here. After throwing a mid-90s fastball at the letters past Jimenez, Doval induced a weak ground out on the following pitch. He closed the inning by freezing former Boise State linebacker Joey Martarano with a tight, late-breaking slider.