Athletics LHP prospect Gage Jump recorded six strikeouts and allowed one run over three innings in relief on Friday for Double-A Midland.
Jump’s meteoric rise has flown a bit under the radar for fantasy managers this season, but he’s rapidly evolved into one of the top pitching prospects in baseball, checking in as Rotoworld’s 55th-ranked prospect in our midseason Top 500 dynasty rankings update. The 22-year-old southpaw came out of the bullpen for the second time this season and piled up six strikeouts over three innings of work. The Athletics are going to carefully manage his workload during his professional debut, but the results have been other-worldly with a sparkling 2.16 ERA, 0.98 WHIP and 103/25 K/BB ratio across 83 1/3 innings across two levels.