Daily Minors Threads
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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…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 15, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Saturday was apparently “Andrew” day in minor league baseball as both top performers are named Andrew. There were other incredible performances on the day that were on par with both guys, but they were just a hair better. Let’s look at Saturday’s best and prepare for the final day of the sixth week of minor league ball already this year! Hitter of the DayNo longer rookie eligible, Washington’s Andrew Stevenson has been part of the organization since the Nationals selected him in the second round in 2015 out of LSU. Stevenson has fourth outfielder skills, excellent defensively around the outfield, but his bat has never…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 14, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers While the pitching performances across minor league baseball were excellent, a relief performance ended up taking the top spot, and a utility infielder’s performance at the plate ended up being the best hitting performance of Friday as well. Let’s take a look at the top dogs around the minors! Hitter of the DayOriginally a seventh-round selection from Oregon, Mitchell Tolman worked his way up the Pirates system through 2019 before the pandemic. He was a minor league free agent in 2021 and played in the Giants system. He then signed with the Guardians system this offseason and has played with Columbus this year, posting an…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 12, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Another day, another minor league baseball no-hitter! Of course, there were many other incredible performances across the minors, and more impressively, all games were played, meaning a more “normal” schedule for players and teams this weekend! Hitter of the DayNorfolk’s Ryan McKenna was originally drafted out of New Hampshire high school by the Orioles in the fourth round of the 2015 draft. For context, 54 players and three managers have been major leaguers from New Hampshire, one of the managers (Frank Selee) has been a Hall of Famer. McKenna had a breakout season in 2018 followed up with a big Arizona Fall League performance that…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 11, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Across minor league baseball on Tuesday we saw 20-run outbursts and no-hitters in the same evening, pitchers strike out double-digit hitters and batters reach base a half-dozen times. You truly never know what you might see when you come to a ballgame! Hitter of the DayThe Braves originally drafted Braden Shewmake with the hope that he would move quickly through the system and potentially work as a high-floor infielder that could play all over. Instead, Shewmake showed a much better glove at shortstop than expected and initially showed a very good bat. His 2021 season was marred by a miserable start to the year, but…
