MLU: Serna Motions to Dismiss Batters

Welcome to the Minor League Replace. Day-after-day, we let you know the most recent about what occurred to the prospects you care about, and perhaps a couple of extra you must. Right here’s who made waves yesterday:

Hitter of the Day:

Daniel Pierce, SS, Tampa Bay Rays (Low-A Charleston): 3-5, 2 HR, 2 R, 4 RBI.Our offseason report on Pierce notes an influence upside past that which the 14th-overall decide in final 12 months’s draft had proven in his beginner days. Early on in his age-19 and professional debut season, the previous Georgia prep has raised his batting line from .143/.333./.143 with zero homers to .263/.391/.970 with two homers over the course of three hours or so.

Pitcher of the Day:

Luis Serna, RHP, New York Yankees (Excessive-A Hudson Valley): 7 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 10 Ok, 1 BB.Serna has been one thing of a reputation prospect within the Yanks system for a minute now, however has understandably develop into misplaced within the shuffle after not sticking the touchdown on his Low-A debut in 2024 and lacking most of 2025 with damage. However he throws an interesting changeup, and definitely made an announcement in his 2026 debut Thursday evening.

Juan Valera, RHP, Boston Purple Sox (Excessive-A Greenville): 5 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 9 Ok. 1 BB.Valera is one other pitching prospect who fell into the “what have you ever finished for me recently?” pit in 2025, posting an ugly ERA at Excessive-A after an intriguing seven-start run at Low-A in 2024 noticed him leap onto prime 10 lists that offseason. A fastball that will get as much as triple digits most likely doesn’t harm his odds of bettering on that mark in 2026.

Kendry Chourio, RHP, Kansas Metropolis Royals (Low-A Columbia): 4 ⅔ IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 6 Ok.Second on the Royals listing this and practically leaping onto the 101 this previous offseason after 22 ⅔ innings as a 17-year-old within the Carolina League, Chourio’s superior pitching sport belies the lower than whelming top-line numbers he’s put up to this point. He already locates the ball much better than most pitchers his age (and little doubt many who’re significantly older), and his mid-90s fastball, curve, and alter, make for a quickly growing arsenal.

Edwin Arroyo, SS/2B, Cincinnati Reds (Triple-A Louisville): 2-4, HR, BB, 2 R, RBI, SB.Traded over from Seattle within the Luis Castillo deal of means again when, Arroyo has by no means once more reached the high-water mark he hit as a prospect within the early spring of 2023. He has however made it to Triple-A as a 22-year-old, following up on a Double-A marketing campaign during which he made a whole lot of contact and a scalding winter league run. Nonetheless, a mix of un-prodigious contact high quality and a few tendency to chase could hold him from making a severe huge league influence within the close to time period.

Raudi Rodriguez, OF, Los Angeles Angels (Double-A Rocket Metropolis): 2-4, HR, BB, 2 R, 4 RBI.One other Halos prospect skipping from Low-A to Double-A, Rodriguez had an enormous Arizona Fall League Marketing campaign (.433/.514/.650!), however entered yesterday’s motion 0-for-17 within the Southern League. He’ll put a cost into one at instances—he maxed at 109.4 mph within the AFL—however may even chase a bit.

Coy James, 2B/3B/LF, Washington Nationals (Low-A Fredericksburg): 3-4. 2B, BB, R, 4 RBI, SB.A well-compensated fifth-rounder—his bonus was the very best ever awarded to a participant picked as late as he was—out of Mocksville in Davie County, NC, James was lured out of his Mississippi dedication due to a well-rounded (if not but eye-popping) assortment of instruments. Off to a gradual begin previous to Thursday night, he’s already performed an assortment of positions after being listed as a shortstop on draft day.

Others of Observe

Blake Burke, 1B, Milwaukee Brewers (Double-A Biloxi): 3-5. 2B, 2 HR, 3 R, 4 RBI, SB.Jesús Made, IF, Milwaukee Brewers (Double-A Biloxi): 3-6, 2 3B, R, 4 RBI. George Lombard Jr., SS, New York Yankees (Double-A Somerset): 3-6, 2B, HR, 3 R, RBI.Caleb Bonemer, SS/3B, Chicago White Sox (Excessive-A Winston-Salem): 2-4, 2B, HR, 2 R, 4 RBI.Luke Dickerson, IF, Washington Nationals (Low-A Fredericksburg): 3-4, 2 2B, BB, 2 R, RBI.Dylan Dreiling, OF, Texas Rangers (Double-A Frisco): 2-4, 2B, HR, BB, R, 2 RBI.Jake Brooks, RHP, Colorado Rockies (Double-A Hartford): 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 11 Ok.Trey Gibson, RHP, Baltimore Orioles (Triple-A Norfolk): 5 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 4 Ok.Eduardo Rivera, LHP, Boston Purple Sox (Double-A Portland): 4 ⅓ IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 7 Ok.