The Daily Briefing — Monday, May 11
By Morgan Davis · Mon May 11 2026
Seth Hernandez Promoted Seth Hernandez was promoted from Low‑A Bradenton to High‑A Greensboro after he diced the Florida State League for six starts, earning every bit of the aggressive push. Over 28 innings with Bradenton, Hernandez went 3‑0 with a 0.96 ERA, 50 strikeouts against just seven walks, a .135 opponents’ average and a microscopic 0.71 WHIP, leading the league in essentially every run-prevention and dominance metric while stretching from three to six innings per outing as the staff gradually took the governor off his workload. This is what it looks like when a top‑10 pick immediately validates the “future ace” label. The 19-year-old currently sits at #31 on our Top 100 but I expect he'll continue to climb. Quick hits: Sunday standouts Ryan Waldschmidt , OF, D‑backs (MLB): Waldschmidt continues to look like he belongs in the bigs, going 2‑for‑4 with a double and three RBI in Sunday’s win over the Mets while starting in the outfield again. He looks like the top option to man center for the D-backs at least until Jordan Lawler returns. Henry Bolte , OF, A’s (MLB Promotion): Bolte’s entire week turned into a “stop what you’re doing” show, highlighted by a 5‑for‑5 game that featured two homers, two doubles and a triple, giving him 10 home runs in just 35 games and a .329/.401/.604 line with 16 steals in 17 tries. Between the 479‑foot blast he launched earlier in the week and the all‑fields damage he did on Friday, it is no surprise that th Athletics are calling him up to the Major League team. Starlyn Caba , SS, Marlins (High‑A Beloit): After a thumb injury derailed his 2025 and left him with a .222/.335/.278 line at Low‑A, Caba has quietly re‑asserted himself in 2026 by hitting .274/.397/.432 with a strong walk rate over his first 25 games for Beloit. He went 3-for-6 on Sunday with a homer and 2 RBI and has been on-base in 15 of his last 16 games. Jordan Woods , LHP, Royals (Low‑A Columbia): No one had a more dominant Sunday on the mound than Woods, who spun six perfect innings and struck out 14 of the 18 Kannapolis hitters he faced, setting the high‑water mark for strikeouts in a single MiLB game this season and tying a Columbia franchise record. It came on the heels of a solid early‑season run. He has a 1.73 ERA and 43 strikeouts to just 8 walks. He's also handled right-handed batters well. They have a mere .393 OPS against him. Wehiwa Aloy , IF, Royals (High‑A): Aloy unloaded for a three‑homer game on Sunday. He added a walk as well and now has a .985 OPS on the season. John Gil , OF, Braves (High‑A Rome): Gil put together a loud day on Sunday, homering twice. He has 7 hits and 3 walks in his last 3 games and now owns a .911 OPS on the year. Eric Hartman , Braves (High‑A Rome): Rome’s lineup was a problem for opponents Sunday, with Gil and Eric Hartman homering twice. Hartman now has a dozen homers and is 13-for-16 in steal attempts. Is this lefty swinger a 30-30 candidate?