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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 27, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Thursday’s games across minor league baseball showed that the season is definitely in full swing as multiple pitchers went seven innings deep into their starts, a sign that teams feel that their arms are stretched out. Always a great thing to get into the meat of the season of baseball! Hitter of the DayNow that Adley Rutschman is in the major leagues, the honor of the top catching prospect in the minor leagues is likely passed down to the New York Mets’ Francisco Alvarez. The 20-year-old Alvarez has been holding his own at Double-A Binghamton this season, but he was mired in an extended slump…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 26, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Minor league baseball provides that doubleheaders are seven-inning games, which meant that the big event no-hitter on Wednesday was a seven-inning no-hitter, but it was a unique experience all the same. Let’s take a look at the rest of the top performers from a fun day around the minor leagues! Hitter of the DayA big (6’4″, 250ish pounds) guy, Vinnie Pasquantino was drafted in the 11th round in 2019 out of Old Dominion by the Kansas City Royals with the knowledge that he’d need to hit to have value. Let’s just say that he’s had plenty of value in his minor league career. He caught…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 25, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers All levels of minor league baseball bring excellent action on a daily basis, but often the top performers end up being notable in the higher levels because hitters and pitchers are allowed to spend the entire game showing their skills while teams are attempting to see as many players as possible at lower levels and not overtax exciting young talents until they’re nearly ready for the major leagues. Today, however, we feature two Single-A players as top performers from Tuesday’s games. Let’s check it out! Hitter of the DayThe Milwaukee Brewers signed Hedbert Perez for $700K out of Venezuela and was advanced enough that the…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 24, 2022
Minor League Baseball Weekly Top Performers For minor league baseball fans of teams whose major league clubs are not doing well, seeing success from the team’s minor league players at least brings some excitement to what would be an otherwise rough year of baseball fandom. This week, Pirates and Orioles fans get to enjoy a player being noted as the player of the week. Let’s dig in! Hitter of the WeekThe Pirates drafted Matt Gorski in the second round of the 2019 draft out of the University of Indiana as a toolsy center fielder with plenty of growth left for a college draftee. He struggled his first two seasons with…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 23, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers With a half-dozen minor league baseball hitters powering out multiple home runs on Sunday, picking out the top hitter of the day was a challenge! Let’s check out the top performers from the final day of week seven around the minor leagues! Hitter of the DayThe St. Louis Cardinals have a knack for developing solid hitters from selections in the middle to back of the draft, and Lars Nootbaar may simply be another in that line. Nootbaar was an eighth-round pick in 2018 by the Cardinals, and he’s worked his way up for a brief time in the majors in 2021 and a seven-game stint…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 22, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers There were plenty of excellent performances across minor league baseball on Saturday, but the Toronto Blue Jays ended up with both individual top performers from the day, with one from A-ball and one from Triple-A. Let’s take a look! Hitter of the DayThe Blue Jays’ final pick of the shortened 2020 draft, Zach Britton has shown his defensive flexibility this season, starting in the outfield and behind the plate. While he’s hitting just .224, he’s getting on base at an impressive .381 clip for the year. Saturday, Britton had a big day for Vancouver, going 3-3 with a double and a pair of home runs,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 20, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers After a day’s absence, we’re back with the top minor league baseball performers of the day. Let’s take a look of the top players from Thursday as we prepare for the weekend in the minors. Hitter of the DayWith tremendous bloodlines as the son of Roger Clemens, Kody Clemens was already well-known when he was drafted by the Tigers out of the University of Texas in the third round in 2018. He’s hit his way up the Detroit system, with a glove that doesn’t really fit at any one position, but he can handle anywhere in the infield but short. Clemens’ bat is loaded with…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 18, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers One of the top pop-up minor league baseball prospects this season finally had a day that allowed him to be featured. One of the downfalls of a daily thread like this is that the guys who get picked out as the top performer of the day may not be a guy who shows up consistently with excellent daily performances, and that’s the case here. Hitter of the DayFollowing the tradition of many elite prospects from the island of Curacao, Ceddanne Rafaela has emerged from a low-priced signee by the Red Sox in 2017 with extremely high defensive grades to a guy whose bat has emerged.…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 16, 2022
Minor League Baseball Weekly Top Performers In a week of no-hitters across minor league baseball, very few of the pitchers involved in those no-hitters get mentioned in the weekly numbers, primarily because many of the no-hitters this week were combined no-hitters, so pitchers didn’t tally enough numbers to compete for the weekly nod! Hitter of the WeekThe son of former World Series hero Luis Gonzalez, Jacob Gonzalez was originally drafted by the Giants out of high school in the second round in 2017. After a very promising pro debut that summer, he struggled to make consistent contact in future seasons. The Giants did not protect Gonzalez in the minor league…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 16, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Another day in minor league baseball, another no-hitter. The minors have seemingly had a no-hitter from at least one team every day of the last week, and many of those big events have sparked the top pitcher of the day as well, while others, like Sunday, were spread among a number of pitchers and didn’t really impact the discussion of the top individual of the day. Let’s look at Sunday’s best! Hitter of the DayThe Yankees’ farm system had a number of breakout performances from infielders last season. They spun off a few of those breakouts in the deal to bring in Joey Gallo at…
