Knocking Down The Door (2021 Archive)

August 6, 2021

“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
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
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