Daily Minors Threads
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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…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 13, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers After the first “off day” of the minor league baseball season, games were back in full force on Tuesday, with some incredible performances at the plate and on the mound, which made selecting the top performers a challenge! Hitter of the DayThe Phillies drafted T.J. Rumfield out of Virginia Tech in the 12th round last summer. He comes with a baseball background, as his father played for 12 years in the minors across five organizations but never got a major league shot. The Yankees saw something that they liked in Rumfield, and they acquired him in the offseason in a four-player deal. Rumfield has an…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 12, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers After one week of minor league baseball (one weekend for non-Triple-A leagues), there have been plenty of impressive performances at all levels. On a weekly basis, I intend to produce this list on Tuesdays rather than a regular daily performers list to highlight the weekly performers. The statistics are through Sunday for each player, and the intention will be that any player highlighted in the hitter or pitcher of the week will only get the honor once in the season in order to highlight as many players as possible throughout the season (though if a player is worthy of multiple hitter/pitcher of the day recognition…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 11, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers The first weekend of the minor league baseball season is complete, and with that comes the first Monday off day for nearly every team in the minor leagues today. With no performances to review tomorrow, look for a “top performers of the week” post on Tuesday, something we’ll do each week throughout the season! Hitter of the DayThe Orioles drafted Hudson Haskin out of Tulane in the second round of the 2020 draft. The outfielder showed excellent plate discipline and flashed double-plus speed despite battling a thumb fracture in 2021. The real test for a college bat is hitting upper level pitching, however, and Haskin…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 10, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers The minor league baseball season has hit full stride, with the selection for hitter of the day and pitcher of the day getting tougher with a full slate of full-season league games each day now. Hitter of the DayThe Minnesota Twins drafted Christian Encarnacion-Strand out of Oklahoma State in the fourth round in 2021. He had a big pro debut, hitting .391/.424/.598 in 87 at-bats with Fort Myers at Single-A. He’s definitely not slowed down to open 2022, picking up nine hits in his first ten at-bats of the 2022 season, including four extra base hits. Saturday, the Cedar Rapids third baseman went 5-5 with…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 9, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers The top pitching prospect in the game debuted and the rest of full-season leagues joined Triple-A in play on Friday night as the minor league season is now truly underway! Hitter of the DayPortland infielder David Hamilton was originally drafted by the Brewers out of Texas in the 8th round in 2019. He missed the 2020 season but worked his way up to Double-A in 2021 before he came to the Boston Red Sox organization as part of the Hunter Renfroe trade. It would be hard to have a better first night with a new organization than what Hamilton did on Friday, going 4-5 with…
