Guardians Farm Report: Top International Prospect Chourio Continues Terrific Start To His Career

Here is a recap of what happened with the Guardians minor league teams last night

Todd Paquette | Jun 28, 2022

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Cleveland Guardians

All four Cleveland Guardians full season minor league affiliates were off Monday with only the teams three rookie league teams in action.

Arizona Complex League Guardians

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The Arizona Complex League Guardians out hit the Royals last night nine hits to 5 but could only push across one run stranding 28 runners on-base in the contest.

Starter Ryan Webb went three scoreless innings marking his longest outing to date in his return from Tommy John surgery. Webb struck out two allowing just one hit and one walk in the start.

#Guardians 23yr old LHP prospect Ryan Webb with his longest and best outing to date in the Arizona Complex League as he continues his comeback from TJ surgery.

Line - 3.0(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 1BB 2SO@RWebb55 #ForTheLand
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) June 28, 2022

Top shortstop prospect Angel Genao continued his torrid start with three more hits in Monday night's contest. Genao is now hitting .383 on the season over his first 11 games with a 1.016 OPS.

Angel Mendoza played in his first game of the season for the ACL Guardians coming off an injury before the season. Mendoza went 1-for-2 at the plate collecting his first hit of year.

#Guardians 19yr old OF prospect Angel Mendoza lines a single up the middle vs the Royals playing in his 1st game tonight in the Arizona Complex League. Mendoza finished the going 1-2 at the plate.#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/6AK7wDxTzN
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) June 28, 2022

The ACL Guardians record falls to 10-5 on the year with the loss.

Top Performers:

Angel Genao 3-5 R
Marlin Made 2-4 RBI
Wilmer Hernandez 1-3 BB
Angel Mendoza 1-2
Ryan Webb 3.0(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 1BB 2SO
Miguel Vinicio 1.1(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 2SO

Dominican Summer League Guardians (Red)

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The battle of the Guardians took place once again in the Dominican Summer League on Monday as both Cleveland teams faced off against each other. This time the Guardians Red squad would hold of the Blue team by a final of 9-to-8 improving to 7-11 on the season.

Top International prospect Jaison Chourio the younger brother of the Brewers prospect Jackson Chourio continued his outstanding start to his professional career reaching base four times going 1-for-2 with three walks and scoring four runs in the game.

Chourio is now second in the league in walks with 20 in just 13 games played. He has a .507 OBP to go along with a .298 AVG and a .911 OPS.

#Guardians 17yr old switch hitting OF prospect Jaison Chourio reached base 4x in Monday's game going (1-2 4R 3BB) in the contest. Chourio is 2nd in the Dominican Summer League in walks with 20 in just 13 games and has a .507 OBP to go along a .298 AVG & a .911 OPS.#ForTheLand
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) June 28, 2022

Rafael Ramirez Jr. the son of former big leaguer Rafael Ramirez who played 13 years in MLB had a nice game going 2-for-4 with a double scoring twice while driving in two runs and adding a walk and two stolen bases.

Top Performers:

Rafael Ramirez 2-4 2R 2B 2RBI BB 2SB
Jaison Chourio 1-2 4R 3BB
Yanki Jean-Baptiste 1-4 3B 2RBI BB
Emilio Taveras 1-3 R RBI BB SB
Christopher Espinola 1-5 R 2RBI
Emerson Purroy 1-4 RBI BB
Javier Tovar 3.0(IP) 1H 1R 1ER 3BB 1SO

Dominican Summer League Guardians (Blue)

The Guardians Blue squad came out on the losing end despite having the much better record than the Red team coming into the game. The loss drops them to 10-7 on the year.

Outfield prospect Carlos Gutierrez led the way on offense for the Guardians Blue team collecting three hits including two doubles and two RBI's while scoring three runs.