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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for June 5th, 2019
Issues with the website and then injury that made it difficult to type yesterday led to two days without a daily thread, but we come back with an excellent day of performances! Hitters AAA Trey Amburgey, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 K, 2 HR Humberto Arteaga, Omaha, 4-6, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR Franklin Barreto, Las Vegas, 4-5, 2 R, 6 RBI, K, 2B, HR Jorge Bonifacio, Omaha, 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, K, 2 HR Justin Bour, Salt Lake, 2-4, 2 RBI, BB, K, 2B, 3B Franchy Cordero, El Paso, 2-5, R, 2 RBI, 2B, HR Alex De Goti, Round Rock, 3-5, 2 R, RBI, 2B, 3B…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for June 2, 2019
Due to family obligations and the focus on the draft, this edition did not get out in time to really highlight games to be played for Sunday before they were pretty much all done! Enjoy Saturday’s top performers, including the first day of the Dominican Summer League! Hitters AAA Franklin Barreto, Las Vegas, 2-4, K, 2 2B Andres Blanco, Gwinnett, 2-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, K, 2B, HR Bobby Bradley, Columbus, 4-4, R, 4 RBI, HR Franchy Cordero, El Paso, 3-7, 2 R, 5 RBI, K, 2B, HR Will Craig, Indianapolis, 2-3, R, RBI, 2 BB, K Jake Cronenworth, Durham, 4-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B, HR Isan Diaz, New…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for June 1, 2019
Welcome to June! Today launches the first day of the Dominican Summer League, and I will mention top performers from that league on here, but due to the typical difficulty of getting starting pitchers, we won’t have games to watch at that level. This will continue into the other rookie leagues as well once the draft is done and those leagues begin play in mid-June, but similarly, I will note the top performers from the previous day! Hitters AAA Braden Bishop, Tacoma, 2-4, R, 4 RBI, 2B, HR, SB Justin Bour, Salt Lake, 2-4, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2B Micah Brown, New Orleans, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, 2B, HR…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 31, 2019
The Blue Jays farm system had some big performances on Thursday to kick off the top performers from the day: Hitters AAA Mike Brosseau, Durham, 2-3, 2 RBI, 2 BB, K, 2B Wilmer Difo, Fresno, 3-4, 4 R, BB, SB Phillip Ervin, Louisville, 3-5, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2B, 2 HR Ryan Flaherty, Columbus, 2-3, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB Adolis Garcia, Memphis, 2-5, R, RBI, 3 K, 2B, HR Kyle Garlick, Oklahoma City, 3-5, R, 5 RBI, K, 2B, HR Yadiel Hernandez, Fresno, 3-4, 2 R, 5 RBI, 2B, 3B Drew Jackson, Oklahoma City, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, HR Tim Lopes, Tacoma, 4-7, 2 R, 3…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 30, 2019
Yet another member of the Detroit Tigers loaded rotation in Erie had a huge day to lead off Wednesday’s top performers: Hitters AAA Anthony Alford, Buffalo, 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B Yordan Alvarez, Round Rock, 3-6, 2 R, RBI, BB, 3 K, SB Nick Ciuffo, Durham, 3-4, K, 2 2B Alex De Goti, Round Rock, 4-5, R, RBI, BB Phil Ervin, Louisville, 2-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR Adam Haseley, Lehigh Valley, 3-4, R, 2 RBI, K, 2 2B Andy Ibanez, Nashville, 3-7, 3 R, 4 RBI, K, 2B, HR Daniel Johnson, Columbus, 2-3, 4 R, RBI, 2 BB, HR Taylor Jones, Round Rock, 3-5, 2 R,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 29, 2019
While the baseball world seemed to focus their attention on the work of a two-way player in Durham, one of his teammates arguably had the biggest day on Tuesday: Hitters AAA Arismendy Alcantara, Syracuse, 3-3, 5 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HR Christian Arroyo, Durham, 5-5, 3 R, 7 RBI, BB, 3 2B, HR Franklin Barreto, Las Vegas, 4-5, 4 R, 2 RBI, 3 2B, 3B Mike Brosseau, Durham, 1-1, 4 R, 4 RBI, 3 BB, HR Bobby Bradley, Columbus, 3-5, 2 R, 6 RBI, K, 2 HR Jose Lobaton, Tacoma, 5-5, 2 R, 5 RBI, 2B Kristopher Negron, Tacoma, 2-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2B, HR Sheldon Neuse, Las…
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Starting 9: What we know at Memorial Day
Memorial Day: What we know The old adage in baseball is that “nothing is real until Memorial Day.” That phrase really became real for me when I started playing fantasy baseball in my teens (back in the early 1990s when I played from a Baseball Weekly each week). Well, Monday was Memorial Day, so what do we know about the 2019 season? Opener: The Twins are for real Even after Monday’s loss, the Minnesota Twins are tied for the most wins in the major leagues with 36 and have the best winning percentage in the majors at .679. Already, they’ve opened up a 10 game lead over the second-place Indians,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 28, 2019
Memorial Day led to a lighter slate of games, but there were plenty of excellent performances as we close out Monday: Hitters AAA Andres Blanco, Gwinnett, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, 2B Seth Brown, Las Vegas, 4-4, R, 2 RBI, BB, 2 2B Harold Castro, Toledo, 3-4, R, RBI, 2B, 3B Willi Castro, Toledo, 4-5, R, 4 RBI, K, 2B Samir Duenez, Omaha, 2-4, R, RBI, 2 BB, K Danny Espinosa, Syracuse, 2-3, 2 R, 2 BB, K, 2B David Freitas, San Antonio, 2-2, R, 2 RBI, BB, 2B, HR Josh Fuentes, Albuquerque, 4-5, 2 R, 3 2B Anthony Garcia, Sacramento, 4-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR Mike Gerber, Sacramento,…
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MLB Mock Draft, Version 8.9 – Full First Day
The 2019 MLB draft will take place June 3-5, next Monday! This is the first of two mock drafts that will cover the entire first day, with the second to come early on Monday, June 3rd. Before we get into the picks, let’s start with a quick look at the bonus pools for each team: Arizona $16.09M Baltimore $13.82M Kansas City $13.11M Miami $13.05M Chicago (A) $11.57M Atlanta $11.53M Texas $11.02M San Diego $10.76M Detroit $10.40M Tampa Bay $10.33M Pittsburgh $9.94M Minnesota $9.91M Cincinnati $9.53M San Francisco $8.71M Toronto $8.46M New York (N) $8.22M Los Angeles (N) $8.07M Los Angeles (A) $7.61M Seattle $7.56M New York (A) $7.46M Colorado $7.09M…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 27, 2019
Happy Memorial Day! For those in the U.S., please take some time today at 3:00 PM local time to remember those who lost their lives defending the freedom you enjoy. Let’s quickly get into our Monday leaderboards with a touch of reformatting, still with stats through Saturday: Overall AVG – Jarren Duran .415, Mason McCoy .384, Jake Elmore .380, Trey Harris .371, Yordan Alvarez .371HR – Kevin Cron 21, Yordan Alvarez 19, Sam Huff 17, Yasmany Tomas 16, Five with 15SB – Nick Heath 29, Jose Caballero 24, Vidal Brujan/Reggie Pruitt 21, Michael Gigliotti/Khalil Lee 20ERA – Anthony Kay 1.07, Elieser Hernandez 1.07, Casey Mize 1.11, MacKenzie Gore 1.15, Devin…

























