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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 23, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Some very elite performances from lower-level pitchers across minor league baseball on Friday couldn’t outweigh the first complete game tossed in voting for pitcher of the day. Let’s take a look at the rest of the top performers from the day and Saturday’s schedule, including a doozy of a pitching matchup! Hitter of the DayThe Colorado Rockies signed Ezequiel Tovar out of Venezuela, and he had a rather nondescript first two pro years as he worked his way through short-season ball. In 2021, in his age 19 season, he really impressed many with his performance across both A-ball levels, showing power and speed while handling…
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Minor league baseball top performers for April 22, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Without a “huge” game from any one pitcher in minor league baseball on Thursday, the choice came among many excellent performances, and today’s top hitter and top pitcher both happen to be former early draft picks, which hasn’t been the case all the time in the selections. Let’s take a look at Thursday’s top performers and Friday’s schedule! Hitter of the DayOriginally drafted by the San Diego Padres, Hudson Potts was traded to the Boston Red Sox during the 2020 season in a trade that sent Mitch Moreland to the Padres. Potts has always shown excellent defensive skills, but his bat has developed slowly as…
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Minor league baseball top performers for April 21, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers With just a week left in the first month of the minor league baseball season, we’re now seeing numbers start to regulate more with many of the hot starters to the season finding their first slump or the slow starters hit their first hot streak. Let’s take a look at Wednesday’s top performers! Hitter of the DayOne of the top prospects in Puerto Rico in his draft year, Nelson Velazquez has slowly moved up the Chicago Cubs system with plenty of promise but never put it all together for production until he put up 20 home runs and 17 stolen bases across two levels in…
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Minor league baseball top performers for April 20, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Seemingly most days this season, one Major League Baseball organization has had multiple top performers in minor league baseball which makes picking either a hitter of the day or pitcher of the day difficult. Tuesday, it was less one team, but more lower-level pitching as a whole to take the turn at making it a difficult choice! Hitter of the DayAfter seven years in the New York Yankees organization, Dermis Garcia signed with the Oakland Athletics as a minor league free agent this offseason. He’s always exhibited power (and plenty of strikeouts) along his minor league path, including 31 home runs in 2021 for the…
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Minor league baseball weekly top performers for April 19, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers The format for the weekly wrapup is better set with focus on the performance of the past week and providing the overall statistical leaders across all of the minor leagues. Enjoy! Hitter of the WeekWhile there are many players who put up big power numbers on the week, knocking out as many as eight extra base hits on the week, Max Ferguson of the Padres system has been elite in a different manner. The former Tennessee standout opened in Single-A and led the minors this week in runs scored and stolen bases, going .444/.621/.556 with 11 runs scored and nine stolen bases on the week.…
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Minor League Baseball daily top performers for April 18, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers The end of the second week brought a lot of great performances, but minor league baseball still has not hit its stride. Pitchers are still building up innings, and hitters are still not quite picking up pitches that they’ll be crushing by the end of the season. Let’s take a look at Sunday’s top performers! Hitter of the DayOriginally drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round out of high school, Matt McLain went to UCLA, and the Cincinnati Reds selected McLain with the 17th overall pick last summer. McLain was pushed to Double-A by the Reds in an aggressive assignment, but he’s had…
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Minor league baseball daily top performers for April 17, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers The Atlanta Braves organization made it a tough decision for the top minor league baseball pitching performance of the day with two of the best performances of the entire season on Saturday. Let’s take a look at all the top performers and the schedule for an Easter Sunday! Hitter of the DayWhen he was drafted from Michigan in the third round in 2019 by the Astros, Jordan Brewer was still raw in his baseball skills, having spent notable time working with the football team. The lost 2020 season and an injury that cost him a significant amount of his 2021 season have put Brewer behind…
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Minor league baseball top performers for April 16, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Some impressive hitting performances across the minor leagues made selecting a top hitter a tough choice from Friday’s games. Let’s take a look at the top performers: Hitter of the DayOutfielder Kyle Stowers was drafted by the Orioles out of Stanford with a reputation for big power and solid corner defense. The lefty-swinging Stowers has long levers that lead to plenty of swing and miss in his game, but he also generates plenty of oomph when he connects. This year, he’s only struck out once on the season, which has been impressive, and Friday, he had a huge game, blasting out four extra-base hits for…
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Minor League Baseball top performers for April 15, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers With a number of games rained out on Wednesday, Thursday’s schedule included a host of doubleheaders and suspended games. That led to a bit more time to sort out everything, but the cream rose to the top all the same! Hitter of the DayAustralian Aaron Whitefield tantalized the Minnesota Twins system for a number of years with raw tools but never could refine all of those tools into baseball production. He signed with the Angels and is playing with Double-A Rocket City this season. He’s had a very big year overall, but the suspended game that finished yesterday along with the full 9-inning game that…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Top Performers for April 14, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Though Clayton Kershaw was pulled before he could make history against the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday, the Twins’ Triple-A affiliate was the victim of the first no-hitter of the minor league baseball season. Let’s take a look at more from that and other top performers from Wednesday! Hitter of the DayAfter catching more “national” attention at Arizona Fall League with his performance last October, Juan Yepez made a valiant effort to claim the designated hitter spot in St. Louis this spring before the Cardinals signed a franchise icon for his retirement tour. That sent Yepez back to Triple-A, and he struggled with the demotion to…
