The Weekend Round-up: Andrew Fischer Keeps Launching, Franklin Arias Goes 7-for-11 at Triple-A
By Morgan Davis ·
A look at the top prospect performances from Friday through Sunday, September 4–6, 2026.
Fischer's Power Week Has No Brake Pedal
Andrew Fischer went 2-for-6 with two home runs, five RBI, and seven walks against just two strikeouts across three games at Double-A Biloxi this weekend, a line that doubles as a window into what makes his profile both compelling and genuinely hard to bracket. The Brewers third baseman, ranked 102nd and seventh in Milwaukee's system, graded out with a 60 power tool heading into the season, but the production has already outrun that number by a wide margin. He now has 46 home runs combined across High-A and Double-A in 531 plate appearances, with 95 walks against 179 strikeouts. The power is real. The question is whether it comes packaged with enough contact reliability to anchor a corner spot at the highest level.
Over the last 30 days at Double-A, Fischer has 12 home runs and 32 RBI in 103 plate appearances, with a 19.4 percent walk rate and a 60.2 percent contact rate. The contact figure is the honest tension in the profile: the swing generates plus-plus game power from the left side, but it also carries real swing-and-miss risk against premium velocity and breaking balls. The projection currently sits at first base as a second-division regular, partly because the defensive reads at third base are tight for the position. That is a conservative framing given what he is doing right now. Seven walks in a three-game weekend against Double-A pitching show that opposing arms are not eager to challenge him either, which only amplifies the at-bat quality when he does get pitches to hit. Forty-six home runs at 22 years old across two full-season levels is a number that sparks organizational conversation.
Quick Hits
- Franklin Arias, SS, Red Sox (AAA, Worcester) · #6 · Seven hits in 11 plate appearances, three of them doubles, two RBI, and zero strikeouts. Arias carries a 60 hit tool and 60 fielding grade, with a shortstop projection grounded in above-average contact feel and polished defensive actions, and this weekend was the hit tool operating at its best. Over the last 30 days at Triple-A, he has a 84.3 percent contact rate and just a 13.6 percent strikeout rate, with seven doubles and a 6.8 percent walk rate during that stretch. The season combined line across Double-A and Triple-A sits at 23 home runs, 27 doubles, and a 14.1 percent strikeout rate in 474 plate appearances. He is 20 years old. Boston has to be running out of patience watching him put up this level of contact at Worcester.
- Charlie Condon, 1B, Rockies (AAA, Albuquerque) · #87 · org #3 · Drove in 11 runs on 6 hits, including three home runs, a double, one walk, and four strikeouts across 14 plate appearances. The power grade is 70, and this weekend confirmed it: three home runs and 11 RBI is production that only happens when the raw gets fully realized. Condon has 25 home runs and 90 RBI in 547 plate appearances on the season at Triple-A, and over his last 30 days he has three home runs, five doubles, and 20 RBI in 109 plate appearances. The contact rate has hovered around 70.9 percent on the season, and the swing-and-miss against premium velocity remains the scouting file's primary concern. Still, 25 home runs at 23 years old in Triple-A, with a 13.0 percent walk rate, keeps his everyday corner profile alive.
- Bo Davidson, OF, Giants (AAA, Sacramento) · #203 · org #7 · Went 5-for-14 with two home runs, five RBI, and two walks against two strikeouts. Davidson's last 30 days at Triple-A have been his best stretch of the year: nine home runs, 11 doubles, and 30 RBI in 120 plate appearances, with a 76.6 percent contact rate and a 15.8 percent strikeout rate during that span. On the season combined across Double-A and Triple-A, he has 28 home runs, 24 doubles, and 90 RBI in 522 plate appearances. He grades with 55 power and 55 speed, projecting as a second-division left fielder, but the September pace has the power playing well above that.
- Jefferson Rojas, SS, Mets (AA, Binghamton) · #126 · org #4 · Five hits in 13 plate appearances, including two home runs and a double, four RBI, two walks, and three strikeouts. His last 30 days at Double-A have been something: nine home runs, six doubles, 29 RBI, and an 8.6 percent walk rate across 105 plate appearances, with a 75.3 percent contact rate. That power output is running well ahead of his 45 power grade, and the compact right-handed swing has produced 24 home runs across two Double-A stops this season in 511 plate appearances. The projection currently slots him at second base as a second-division regular; the bat has been doing more than that number requires.
- Tyson Hardin, RHP, Brewers (AAA, Nashville) · #352 · org #18 · Six and two-thirds innings, three hits, one earned run, one walk, and seven strikeouts. It was Hardin's best start in weeks, and it fits a meaningful September shift: over the last 30 days at Triple-A, he has a 2.78 ERA in 22.2 innings with 29 strikeouts and just four walks, a 4.3 percent walk rate against a 31.5 percent strikeout rate. The season ERA across Triple-A sits at 4.58 through 18 starts, so the recent form represents a real uptick in performance. The fastball runs 95 to 97 and the slider grades 50, projecting a back-end starter, and weekend featured 13 whiffs on 81 pitches with a 53.1 percent strike rate that was well above his season average of 47.3 percent.
- Nolan Perry, RHP, Blue Jays (AA, Manchester) · #201 · org #7 · Five innings, no hits, no earned runs, two walks, and eight strikeouts, generating 14 swinging misses on 70 pitches. Perry's arsenal is headlined by a four-seam/slider combination, with the four-seamer grading 55 and the slider also at 55; those two pitches produced most of the 14 whiffs. The combined season ERA sits at 2.63 across three levels in 78.2 innings, with a 35.7 percent strikeout rate. The walk rate has been the profile's main concern, and the two walks this weekend are an improvement over his last-30-day mark of 13.8 percent at Double-A. The projection is reliever with up-down potential, but this outing keeps the starter conversation open.
- Wyatt Sanford, SS, Pirates (A+, Greensboro) · #232 · org #7 · Eight hits in 16 plate appearances, three home runs, a double, four RBI, three walks, and zero strikeouts. The zero-strikeout weekend is notable because Sanford's season contact rate sits at 60.6 percent, and the 19 home runs in 363 combined plate appearances already exceed what his 40 power grade projected. Over the last 30 days at High-A he has seven home runs and 14 RBI in 112 plate appearances, with a 13.4 percent walk rate. The scouting file grades him with a 60 speed tool and projects an everyday shortstop, with the bat-contact profile being the variable. I'd take the over on that 40 power grade at this point.
- Christian Zazueta, RHP, Dodgers (AA, Tulsa) · #147 · org #8 · Six innings, four hits, two earned runs, zero walks, and seven strikeouts, generating 11 swinging misses on 84 pitches. The zero-walk outing is consistent with who Zazueta has been all year: his season walk rate across both levels sits at 4.9 percent, with a season WHIP of 0.97. The fastball grades 60 and the changeup also grades 60, making that pairing the core of a #4 starter projection. Over the last 30 days at Double-A, he has a 3.66 ERA in 19.2 innings with a 33.8 percent strikeout rate and a 54.4 percent strike rate. The command has been the most polished part of his profile all year, and the weekend confirmed that trend.
- Jurrangelo Cijntje, RHP, Cardinals (AAA, Memphis) · #315 · org #14 · Five and two-thirds innings, four hits, no earned runs, one walk, and five strikeouts, with 11 swinging misses on 90 pitches. Cijntje carries a 60 four-seam fastball and 55 grades on both the slider and curve from the right side, though command has been the season-long drag: a 5.12 ERA and 11.6 percent walk rate across 123 innings. The last 30 days at Memphis tell a different story: 3.33 ERA in 24.1 innings with a 32.4 percent strikeout rate and a 52.2 percent strike rate. He throws from both sides, and the right-handed arsenal is the more advanced package; outings like this weekend build on the up-down starter projection.