Knocking Down The Door (2021 Archive)
“Knocking Down The Door” is a weekly column highlighting minor leaguers who are making a case for a major league promotion. Listed below are the names of this week’s picks and the player’s team, age, level(s), prospect ranking, and last 2-3 weeks of statistics.
The analysis can be viewed in the embedded video of the previous day’s episode of The RosterResource Show, a weekly live stream focused on all things related to rosters, transactions, and RosterResource content at FanGraphs.
Knocking Down The Door (5/19)
NAME | POS | TEAM | LEVEL | AGE | MLB | STATUS |
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Jose Siri | OF | HOU | AAA | 26.1 | X | MLB |
Vidal Brujan | INF/OF | TBR | AAA | 23.6 | X | AAA |
Jackson Kowar | SP | KCR | AAA | 24.9 | X | MLB |
Roansy Contreras | SP | PIT | AA | 21.8 | AA |
Knocking Down The Door (5/26)
NAME | POS | TEAM | LEVEL | AGE | MLB | STATUS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jesus Sanchez | OF | MIA | AAA | 23.9 | X | MLB |
Jo Adell | OF | LAA | AAA | 22.4 | X | MLB |
Nick Lodolo | SP | CIN | AA | 23.6 | AAA | |
Collin Wiles | SP | TEX | AAA | 27.3 | AAA |
Knocking Down The Door (6/2)
NAME | POS | TEAM | LEVEL | AGE | MLB | STATUS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wander Franco | INF | TBR | AAA | 20.5 | X | MLB |
Cal Raleigh | C | SEA | AAA | 24.8 | X | MLB |
Bailey Falter | SP | PHI | AAA | 24.4 | X | MLB |
Cooper Criswell | SP | LAA | AA | 25.1 | X | AAA |
Jake Eder | SP | MIA | AA | 23.1 | AA |
Knocking Down The Door (6/9)
NAME | POS | TEAM | LEVEL | AGE | MLB | STATUS |
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Bobby Witt Jr. | SS/3B | KCR | AA | 21.2 | AAA | |
Daz Cameron | OF | DET | AAA | 24.6 | X | AAA |
Aaron Ashby | SP/RP | MIL | AAA | 23.3 | X | MLB |
Kyle Bradish | SP | BAL | AAA | 25.0 | AAA |
Knocking Down The Door (6/16)
NAME | POS | TEAM | LEVEL | AGE | MLB | STATUS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jahmai Jones | 2B | BAL | AAA | 24.1 | X | MLB |
Kevin Smith | INF | TOR | AAA | 25.2 | X | AAA |
Andy Ibañez | INF | TEX | AAA | 28.4 | X | MLB |
Drew Rasmussen | RP | TBR | AAA | 26.1 | X | MLB |
Tylor Megill | SP | NYM | AAA | 26.1 | X | MLB |
Knocking Down The Door (6/23)
NAME | POS | TEAM | LEVEL | AGE | MLB | STATUS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jarren Duran | OF | BOS | AAA | 25.0 | X | MLB |
Jacob Meyers | OF | HOU | AAA | 25.2 | X | MLB |
Hoy Jun Park | INF/OF | PIT | AAA | 25.4 | X | MLB |
A.J. Alexy | SP | TEX | AA | 23.4 | X | MLB |
Dauri Moreta | RP | CIN | AA | 25.4 | AAA |
Knocking Down The Door (6/30)
NAME | POS | TEAM | LEVEL | AGE | MLB | STATUS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jarred Kelenic | OF | SEA | AAA | 22.1 | X | MLB |
Jose Miranda | 2B/3B | MIN | AAA | 23.2 | AAA | |
Jake Burger | 3B | CHW | AAA | 25.4 | X | AAA |
Shane Baz | SP | TBR | AAA | 22.2 | AAA |
Knocking Down The Door (7/7)
NAME | POS | TEAM | LEVEL | AGE | MLB | STATUS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sam Hilliard | OF | COL | AAA | 27.5 | X | MLB |
Estevan Florial | OF | NYY | AAA | 23.8 | X | AAA |
Connor Thomas | SP | STL | AAA | 23.3 | AAA | |
Josh Winder | SP | MIN | AAA | 24.9 | AAA | |
Ben Leeper | RP | CHC | AAA | 24.2 | AAA |
Knocking Down The Door (7/14)
NAME | POS | TEAM | LEVEL | AGE | MLB | STATUS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drew Ellis | 3B | ARI | AAA | 25.7 | X | AAA |
Josh Lowe | OF | TBR | AAA | 23.6 | X | AAA |
Drew Waters | OF | ATL | AAA | 22.7 | AAA | |
Josiah Gray | SP | WSN | AAA | 23.7 | X | MLB |
Reid Detmers | SP | LAA | AA | 22.1 | X | MLB |
Knocking Down The Door (7/21)
NAME | POS | TEAM | LEVEL | AGE | MLB | STATUS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alan Trejo | SS | COL | AAA | 25.3 | X | AAA |
Bryan De La Cruz | OF | MIA | AAA | 24.7 | X | MLB |
Justin Steele | SP | CHC | AAA | 26.1 | X | MLB |
Bowden Francis | SP | TOR | AAA | 25.4 | AAA | |
Jharel Cotton | RP | TEX | AAA | 29.6 | X | MLB |
A.J. Puk | RP | OAK | AAA | 26.4 | X | AAA |
Knocking Down The Door (7/28)
NAME | POS | TEAM | LEVEL | AGE | MLB | STATUS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Keibert Ruiz | C | WSN | AAA | 23.1 | X | MLB |
Alfonso Rivas | 1B/OF | CHC | AAA | 25.0 | X | MLB |
Josh Jung | 3B | TEX | AA | 23.5 | AAA | |
Drew Anderson | RP/SP | TEX | AAA | 27.4 | X | MLB |
Adrian Martinez | SP | SDP | AA | 24.7 | AAA | |
Hunter Stratton | RP | PIT | AAA | 24.8 | AAA |
Knocking Down The Door (8/4)
NAME | POS | TEAM | LEVEL | AGE | MLB | STATUS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andres Gimenez | INF | CLE | AAA | 23.0 | X | MLB |
Greg Bird | 1B | COL | AAA | 28.8 | AAA | |
Seth Beer | 1B | ARI | AAA | 25.0 | X | MLB |
Kutter Crawford | SP | BOS | AAA | 25.4 | X | AAA |
Edward Cabrera | SP | MIA | AAA | 23.4 | X | MLB |
Francisco Perez | RP | CLE | AAA | 24.1 | X | MLB |
Knocking Down The Door (8/11)
NAME | POS | TEAM | LEVEL | AGE | MLB | STATUS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leody Taveras | OF | TEX | AAA | 23.0 | X | MLB |
Michael Stefanic | INF | LAA | AAA | 25.5 | AAA | |
Jose Marmolejos | 1B/OF | SEA | AAA | 28.7 | X | MLB |
Hunter Greene | SP | CIN | AAA | 22.1 | AAA | |
Keegan Thompson | SP | CHC | AAA | 26.5 | X | MLB |
Jovani Moran | RP | MIN | AAA | 24.4 | X | MLB |
Knocking Down The Door (8/18)
NAME | POS | TEAM | LEVEL | AGE | MLB | STATUS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kyle Isbel | OF | KCR | AAA | 24.5 | X | AAA |
Henry Ramos | OF | ARI | AAA | 29.4 | X | MLB |
Adam Oller | SP | NYM | AAA | 26.9 | AAA | |
Matthew Liberatore | SP | STL | AAA | 21.8 | AAA | |
Cody Morris | SP | CLE | AAA | 24.8 | AAA |
Knocking Down The Door (9/1)
NAME | POS | TEAM | LEVEL | AGE | MLB | STATUS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nick Pratto | 1B | KCR | AAA | 22.9 | AAA | |
Ryan Vilade | OF | COL | AAA | 22.5 | AAA | |
Lewin Diaz | 1B | MIA | AAA | 24.8 | X | MLB |
Michael Baumann | SP | BAL | AAA | 26.0 | X | MLB |
Josh Rogers | SP | WSN | AAA | 27.1 | X | MLB |
Dany Jimenez | RP | TOR | AAA | 27.7 | AAA |