Miami Marlins Minor League Players of the Week: Isan Diaz & Jordan Yamamoto

Every Sunday throughout the remainder of the season, we’ll be going over the best and the brightest in the Miami Marlins farm system. This week’s heroes are Isan Diaz and Jordan Yamamoto.

Using the FanDuel scoring system, I tracked each player’s output through the week of July 8-14. These 12 players scored the highest in the Miami Marlins minor league feeder system.

To get a little more in detail about it, hitters are graded on hits, extra base hits, runs, RBI, walks, stolen bases, and HBP. Pitchers are graded on wins, quality starts, earned runs, strikeouts, and total innings pitched. Hits, unearned runs, and walks are not involved with the computation.

Player of the Week

Isan Diaz

Isan Diaz scored the highest of everyone, with a total FanDuel score of 123.2. After going 0-for-4 on Sunday, he collected hits in the other five games through the week, raising his average from .229 to .243. He went eight-for-22 overall, with a double, two walks, four home runs, and 10 RBI.

Diaz is rated as Miami’s seventh ranked prospect overall. Through the season, he’s slashing .243/.362/.419 with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, with 11 home runs, and 44 RBI. Despite his strikeout problem (91 K’s in 343 plate appearances), he’s also drawn 50 walks.

Diaz was part of the Christian Yelich prospect haul from the Milwaukee Brewers. He joined the organization with Lewis Brinson, Monte Harrison, and our pitcher of the week.

Pitcher of the Week

Jordan Yamamoto

Yamamoto was a Miami Marlins acquisition over the offseason from the Brewers, as stated above. This week, he started two games for the Jumbo Shrimp. On Monday, he earned a no-decision in a 3-2 win over the Chattanooga Lookouts. He lasted six innings and struck out seven, allowing two earned runs on eight hits and two walks. In Saturday’s game, he earned a victory, striking out seven in five innings and surrendering two earned runs on four hits and three walks as the Shrimp topped the Biloxi Shuckers, 7-4. He lands on this list by virtue of scoring 79.2 on the FanDuel scale.

For the season, Yamamoto is 5-1 with a 1.92 ERA and a 0.97 WHIP between the Jupiter Hammerheads and Jacksonville. He’s collected 61 punchouts in 51 2/3 innings. Currently, he’s Miami’s 19th ranked prospect.

Honorable Mentions

Isael Soto (92.9)

Isael Soto, ranked as Miami’s number 26 prospect, appeared in five games this week for the Greensboro Grasshoppers. He went seven-for-21 with a walk, a stolen base, two home runs and 11 RBI. Soto has been in the Marlins’ system since 2014. He was previously ranked as high as 14th, but missed the entire 2017 campaign with a fractured foot. This season, he’s hitting .203/.273/.356 with six home runs and 33 RBI.

Monte Harrison (87.8)

Monte Harrison is the Miami Marlins top prospect, and another piece gained in the Yelich deal (sensing a trend here?). Harrison went 10-for-29 from Sunday through Saturday for the Jumbo Shrimp, with two walks, a stolen base, a home run, and four RBI. Harrison is slashing .240/.326/.402 with 12 home runs and 35 RBI for the season.

Here's the three-run walkoff by @Team_Harrison3 from earlier this week. I don't think he had any doubt. pic.twitter.com/IBofjkZ4qA
— Marlin Maniac (@MarlinManiac) June 16, 2018

Aaron Knapp (72.6)

An eighth-round pick of the Miami Marlins in 2016, Aaron Knapp was five-for-18 with seven walks and four stolen bases in seven games for Jupiter. This season, he’s slashing .227/.366/.292 between the Greensboro Grasshoppers and the Hammerheads.

Peter O’Brien (71.6)

Peter O’Brien was also part of last week’s player of the week article. He joined the organization via trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 1st, and has proved to have a lot of power. He’s hit a collected 19 home runs this year between the Jumbo Shrimp and the Tulsa Drillers. This week, he was three-for-23, with two home runs, four RBI, and seven walks. So as you’d imagine, his ISO is off the charts. He’s slashing .190/.303/.469, with 51 RBI.

Brian Schales (71.2)

Brian Schales is slashing .260/.363/.397 for the Jumbo Shrimp this season. Miami’s fourth round pick in 2014, this week would see him go 10-for-22 with three walks and two RBI.

Tristan Pompey (71.1)

Tristan Pompey, or the “Lavish Savage,” was Miami’s third round selection in June. This week, he was six-for-22 with six walks, two stolen bases, and three RBI. Between the GCL Marlins and his current home with the Grasshoppers, he’s slashing .263/.404/.289 in his first 11 professional games.

Dalvy Rosario (69.6)

Rosario was highlighted in the Friday Spotlight series. Just 17-years-old, he was eight-for-18 this week, with a home run, a stolen base, and six RBI. He’s slashing .287/.315/.443 for the DSL Marlins.

Sean Reynolds (67.8)

More from Marlins Prospects

On Monday, we got to know Sean Reynolds a little better. Currently a Batavia Muckdog, Reynolds is producing a .215/.351/.419 slashline this season. Miami’s fourth round pick in 2016, he went three-for-20 this week, with a home run, two RBI, two stolen bases, and five walks.

Denis Karas (67.1)

Denis Karas was Miami’s 10th round pick last season. For the week, he was four-for-23 with a home run and seven RBI. For the season, he’s slashed .213/.324/.337.

Jeff Brigham (67.0)

Brigham started a pair of games this week for the New Orleans Baby Cakes. He allowed 11 hits and struck out 11 in 11 innings, allowing three earned runs. He earned a victory and a no-decision.

Next: Spotlight on Brady Puckett

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