Daily Minors Threads
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 28, 2019
A no-hitter by Burlington overshadowed some incredible pitching on Tuesday night around minor league baseball with impressive performances at every level. Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Jake Cronenworth, Durham, 3-5, 2 R, BB, K Narciso Crook, Louisville, 3-4, R, RBI, BB, K, 2B Matt Davidson, Nashville, 3-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, HR Kyle Garlick, Oklahoma City, 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 K, 2 HR Alfonso Rivas, Las Vegas, 3-3, R, RBI, 2 BB, 2B Elliot Soto, Albuquerque, 3-4, 3 R, BB, K, 3B, SB Pat Valaika, Albuquerque, 3-4, R, 3 RBI, BB, K, 2 2B Luke Voit, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 3-5, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 27th, 2019
Playoffs have officially begun around minor league baseball with the Dominican Summer League kicking off festivities and the Arizona Rookie League to join in today. Let’s take a look around the minors for Monday’s top performers! Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Justin Bour, Salt Lake, 3-5, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB, HR Johan Camargo, Gwinnett, 3-4, R, BB, K Nick Ciuffo, Louisville, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, 3 2B Christian Colon, Louisville, 4-5, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B, 3B Mac James, Durham, 1-1, R, RBI, 4 BB Braxton Lee, Syracuse, 3-4, 2 R, BB Brian Mundell, Albuquerque, 4-4, R, 2 RBI, BB Jarrett Parker, Salt Lake, 1-3,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 25th, 2019
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Eddy Alvarez, New Orleans, 3-6, R, BB, 2 K Matthew Batten, El Paso, 4-4, 3 R, RBI, BB, 2B Drew Butera, Albuquerque, 4-5, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2B, 3B Wilmer Difo, Fresno, 2-4, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 2B Drew Ferguson, Round Rock, 2-5, 2 BB Sam Hilliard, Albuquerque, 3-5, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB, K, 2B, HR Seth Mejias-Brean, El Paso, 2-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K, 2B, HR Brian Mundell, Albuquerque, 2-3, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 2 2B Rodrigo Orozco, El Paso, 2-2, 2 R, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 2B Jarrett Parker, Salt Lake, 1-3,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 24th, 2019
A cycle, a handful of multi-homer games, and a whole bunch of double-digit strikeout games made for a very exciting Friday across minor league baseball! Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Yu Chang, Columbus, 3-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR Mauricio Dubon, Sacramento, 3-5, 5 R, BB Mitch Gerber, Sacramento, 4-6, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B Ke’Bryan Hayes, Indianapolis, 4-5, R, RBI, SB Yadiel Hernandez, Fresno, 4-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR Andrew Knizner, Memphis, 4-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2B, 2 HR Connor Marabell, Columbus, 3-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB, HR Joey Rickard, Sacramento, 4-4, 3 R, 2 BB Ali Sanchez, Syracuse, 3-3, 2 RBI, BB,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 23, 2019
The Indians organization saw a no-hitter hurled by multiple pitchers at their rookie league level, and multiple big games at the plate happened on Thursday across minor league baseball, led by a Royals hitter who has been beating the snot out of baseballs for the last few days! Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Cristhian Adames, Sacramento, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, K, 2 2B, HR Taylor Gushue, Fresno, 4-5, 2 R, K, 2 2B Nate Lowe, Durham, 2-2, R, 2 BB, 2B Nick Madrigal, Charlotte, 2-3, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2B, 3B Joey Rickard, Sacramento, 2-4, 3 R, 3 RBI, BB, K, 2 HR Tomas Telis, Rochester, 4-4,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 22nd, 2019
Wednesday had many doubleheaders, a number of which had some very impressive performances by offenses around minor league baseball, though this may be the most balanced day of offensive performances vs. pitchers in the individual top performers since I started this! Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Daz Cameron, Toledo, 3-7, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB, K, HR Jeimer Candelario, Toledo, 3-7, RBI, BB, K, 2 2B Willi Castro, Toledo, 3-7, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 K, 2B, 2 HR Stone Garrett, Jacksonville, 5-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B, HR Ronald Guzman, Nashville, 4-4, 3 R, RBI, BB, 2 2B, HR Sam Hilliard, Albuquerque, 3-5, 3 R, RBI, K,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 20th, 2019
The top performers were pretty easy for Monday night’s performers, but there were plenty of other incredible performances on top of those two around minor league baseball on Monday! Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Austin Allen, El Paso, 3-5, R, 2 RBI, K, 2 2B, HR Mandy Alvarez, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 3-4, 3 RBI, BB Seth Brown, Las Vegas, 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 K, 2 HR Dylan Carlson, Memphis, 3-4, 2 R, BB, K Erik Kratz, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 3-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB, HR Seth Mejias-Brean, El Paso, 3-4, R, RBI, BB, K Travis Shaw, San Antonio, 3-3, R, RBI, BB, 2B Christin Stewart, Toledo, 2-2, 3 R,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 19th, 2019
This is coming out late on Monday as I’ve got dad duties Sunday and Monday morning. The minor league baseball leaderboards are starting to get more final as we get close to the end, but the home run leaders have changed this week, which is impressive this late in the season! Minor League Baseball Statistical Leaders Overall (min. 250 AB or 75 IP for rate stats) AVG: Ty France .399, David Freitas .387, Corban Joseph .371, Yonathan Daza .364, Gavin Lux .352HR: Kevin Cron 38, Seth Brown 35, Jaylin Davis 33, Kyle Tucker/Mason Martin/Sam Hilliard 32SB: Nick Heath 57, Khalil Lee 48, Vidal Brujan 45, Johneshwy Fargas/Reggie Pruitt 44ERA: Daniel…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 18, 2019
At times it’s hard to see the point in spending the heavy time many of us do in minor league baseball. Then, you read an anniversary like today, from Baseball-Reference’s “on this day” for August 18th. You see that Roberto Clemente, still in the Dodgers system, got national exposure on his 20th birthday in 1954 when he uncorked a powerful throw from right field to get the final out of the game at home plate, nabbing the potential game-tying run and allowing Montreal to win 8-7. Clemente would go on to be drafted by the Pirates in the 1954 Rule 5 draft that offseason and go on to be one…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 17th, 2019
While monster offensive games were scattered throughout the day (three AAA players clobbered 3 home runs in a single game!), the best pitching performances on the day seemed to come out of the bullpen in minor league baseball on Friday. Let’s take a look at the top performers: Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Cristhian Adames, Sacramento, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, 2B Jaylin Davis, Sacramento, 3-5, 4 R, 5 RBI, BB, 3 HR Michael De La Cruz, Buffalo, 2-2, R, 2 BB Aramis Garcia, Sacramento, 4-5, R, K, 2B Phil Gosselin, Lehigh Valley, 4-9, 2 R, K, 2 2B Michael Hermosillo, Salt Lake, 3-5, 3 R, 4 RBI,…
