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Minor League Baseball Awards for April 2019
Each month, I’m going to put out my pick for the top hitter and top pitcher at each level. Of course, for April and May that will only include full-season levels, but we will add in others as they begin to play after the draft! A quick explanation before we get into this is appropriate. Some guys will not be the top prospect performing well at a level. Some guys will not be the player with the absolute best statistics subjectively at a level. What I try to do is combine both aspects to some degree in choosing who will be highlighted. Also, while there are likely dozens of potential…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 1, 2019
While the final day of April brought to close an incredibly exciting month of minor league baseball, it was the debut of one of the top prospects in baseball last night that caught my eye. Griffin Canning made his MLB debut for the Angels against the Blue Jays. He went 4 1/3 innings, allowing 3 runs on 4 hits, walking one and striking out 6. He was rolling through 4 innings but opened the 4th by allowing a solo home run and a double, and that ended his night. He’ll be one to watch for sure! Hitters AAA Lane Adams, Lehigh Valley, 3-5, R, RBI, 2 2B Greg Allen, Columbus,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 30, 2019
The 2018 first overall selection made his AA debut with an efficient, impressive complete game no-hitter. Casey Mize has been moving easily through high-A, and it sure didn’t look like AA will be much tougher for him! Hitters AAA Trey Amburgey, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 2-4, R, 4 RBI, 2B, HR Humberto Arteaga, Omaha, 2-4, 2 RBI, K, 2B, 3B Seth Brown, Las Vegas, 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 3B, HR Jonathan Davis, Buffalo, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, 2 2B Adam Duvall, Gwinnett, 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB, 3B, HR Roemon Fields, Buffalo, 3-4, 2 R Nolan Fontana, Nashville, 3-3, R, RBI, BB, HR Carlos Gomez, Syracuse, 3-5, R, 2 RBI, 2B,…
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MLB Mock Draft Monday, version 4.7
The 2019 MLB draft will take place on June 3-5. This is the fourth of the mock drafts that I will put out, looking to put out one per week all the way up to the draft. 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 $10.33 M 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…
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Minor League Daily Thread for April 29, 2019
Sunday was an early day for the minor leagues, with all games done by 9 PM Eastern on the day. As we will continue to do each Monday, we will have the leaders in the minor leagues to right now (stats through Saturday, April 27): All minors: AVG: Luis Robert, .426; KJ Harrison, .424; Ty France, .423; Travis Snider, .411; Jarren Duran, .407 HR: Kevin Cron/Yordan Alvarez, 11; Jacob Wilson/Sam Huff, 10; Ty France, 9 SB: Brayan Morales, 16; Jose Caballero, 15; Nick Heath, 13; Cody Wilson/Vidal Brujan, 11 ERA: Bailey Ober, 0.00; Tommy Parsons, 0.30; Clay Chandler, 0.31; Casey Mize, 0.35; Zac Gallen, 0.36 IP: Ricardo Sanchez 32; Tommy…
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Starting 9 – Extensions
For a new segment that I’d like to make a weekly thing, I’ll take a look at the top issues around the game with a 9-point format. If you have an idea for a topic, feel free to comment below! Starting 9: MLB Extension talk Our topic of the day is going to be extensions in Major League Baseball. MLB organizations have dished out 32 extensions to notable players (not counting settling arbitration) since the end of the GM meetings in November. Those 32 deals have totaled 141 years of contract and $2.179 billion in guarantees with a potential outlay of 166 years and over $2.5 billion when options and…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 28, 2019
An incredible 15 players hit multiple home runs across minor league baseball on Saturday as balls continue to leave the yard at record paces around the game! Hitters AAA Yordan Alvarez, Round Rock, 4-5, 4 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B, HR Jose Briceno, Salt Lake, 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, 2B, HR Yonathan Daza, Albuquerque, 6-8, 3 R, 4 RBI, BB, 3B, HR Adam Duvall, Gwinnett, 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 K, 2B, HR Danny Espinosa, Syracuse, 5-9, 4 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B, HR, SB Pedro Florimon, Gwinnett, 3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB, K, 2B Lourdes Gurriel, Jr., Buffalo, 2-4, 2 R, 5 RBI, K, 2B,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 27, 2019
On a night when Pawtucket scored 16 in the first two innings and still didn’t have the highest run-scoring game of the evening, three top prospects made their major league debuts: Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., Toronto – 1-4, 2BCarter Kieboom, Washington – 1-4, HR, 2 KJustus Sheffield, Seattle – 3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 3 K Hitters AAA Willie Calhoun, Nashville, 2-5, R, 2 RBI, K, 2B, HR Kevin Cron, Reno, 2-3, R, 4 RBI, 2 BB, K, 2B, HR Joey Curletta, Tacoma, 1-4, 2 R, RBI, HR, SB Alex De Goti, Round Rock, 3-4, RBI, BB, 2B Austin Dean, New Orleans, 3-3, 2 R, RBI, BB Adam…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 26, 2019
With the focus on Vladdy’s debut tonight, many may have missed that yet another no-hitter was thrown in the minor leagues this year and a pair of teammates each completed a home run hat trick in the same game! Hitters AAA Harold Castro, Toledo, 2-3, 2 R, 5 RBI, K, 2B, HR Willi Castro, Toledo, 4-6, 2 R, RBI, 2 K Kevin Cron, Reno, 3-4, 3 R, 7 RBI, K, 3 HR Tommy Edman, Memphis, 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, K, 2B, HR Johnny Field, Iowa, 2-4, R, 3 RBI, 2 K, 2 2B Nick Franklin, Indianapolis, 2-2, R, RBI, 2 BB, HR Michael Gettys, El Paso, 2-5, R, 5…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 25, 2019
A no-hitter in Erie tops the list of events from yesterday’s games, though the biggest news by far is that top prospect Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. will soon be taking his swings in Toronto! Hitters AAA Cristhian Adames, Iowa, 2-3, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, K, HR Jim Adduci, Iowa, 3-4, RBI, 2B, SB Mandy Alvarez, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 4-5, 2 R, 2B Cavan Biggio, Buffalo, 3-4, R, 3 RBI, BB, K, HR Bobby Bradley, Columbus, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, K, 2B, HR Rajai Davis, Syracuse, 2-4, 2 R, BB, K, 2B, SB Austin Dean, New Orleans, 3-4, 3 R, 3 RBI, BB Tommy Edman, Memphis, 1-5, R, 2B, SB Alcides Escobar, Charlotte,…
