General baseball writing
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 14th, 2019
A night after Seth Brown took over the minor league baseball home run lead, he was bested by yet another huge game from the guy who’s been atop the board all year. Let’s take a look at the top performers around the minors for Tuesday! Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Gregor Blanco, Syracuse, 2-3, 2 BB Kevin Cron, Reno, 3-5, 3 R, 5 RBI, K, 3 HR (36, MiLB HR leader) Andy Ibanez, Nashville, 4-6, R, 5 RBI, HR Nick Madrigal, Charlotte, 4-6, 3 R, 2 RBI, K, 2B John Nogowski, Memphis, 2-2, R, 2 RBI, 3 BB Francisco Pena, Sacramento, 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, K, 2…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 13th, 2019
Aberdeen had a huge night in the New York-Penn League on Monday night, tossing a combined no-hitter and also seeing a hitter put together 4 extra-base hits! Let’s take a look at the rest of the top performers in minor league baseball for Monday with a short schedule of games at the top 3 levels of the minors: Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Carlos Asuaje, Reno, 2-2, 2 R, 2 BB Seth Brown, Las Vegas, 3-4, 2 R, 5 RBI, 2B, 2 HR (new MiLB HR leader!) Michael Gettys, El Paso, 3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, K, 2 HR Kyle Tucker, Round Rock, 2-5, 2 R, 4 RBI,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 12th, 2019
With less than a month left of minor league baseball, these leaderboards begin to solidify into what will be the final leaderboards on the season. That really puts into perspective where names fall on these lists. Minor League Baseball Statistical Leaders Overall AVG: Ty France .406, David Freitas .381, Corban Joseph .373, Yonathan Daza .364, Gavin Lux .358HR: Kevin Cron/Seth Brown 32, Kyle Tucker/Sam Hilliard 30, Adam Duvall/Yasmany Tomas/Jared Walsh/Mason Martin 29SB: Nick Heath 55, Vidal Brujan 45, Johneshwy Fargas 44, Khalil Lee 43, Jarren Duran/Reggie Pruitt/Zach Davis 40ERA: Seth Corry 1.64, Garrett Hill 1.71, MacKenzie Gore 1.72, Joe Ryan 1.79, Joey Cantillo 1.93IP: Jack Wynkoop 146, Tommy Parsons 143…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 11th, 2019
Two big names in minor league baseball performance in 2019 both had big days on Saturday to continue their excellent season. Let’s take a look as we close out the first week of August! Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Randy Arozarena, Memphis, 3-5, 3 R, RBI, BB, HR Harrison Bader, Memphis, 2-3, 3 R, 5 RBI, BB, 2 HR, SB Eric Campbell, Las Vegas, 2-3, 2 BB, 2B Christian Colon, Louisville, 2-4, 2 BB, K, 2B, SB Ty France, El Paso, 4-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B, HR Zack Granite, Nashville, 3-4, 3 R, RBI, BB Peter Mooney, Albuquerque, 4-4, R, RBI, 2B, 3B Domingo Leyba, Reno,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 9th, 2019
Thursday night saw elite performances across minor league baseball as a half-dozen pitchers struck out at least 10 hitters, seven hitters hit multiple home runs, and more as we look at the top performances on the day: Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Arismendy Alcantara, Syracuse, 4-6, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 K, 2B, HR Gregor Blanco, Syracuse, 4-6, 4 R, 3 RBI, 2B, 2 HR Jake Elmore, Indianapolis, 2-6, 2 R, 2 BB, K David Freitas, San Antonio, 4-5, R, 4 RBI, HR Michael Hermosillo, Salt Lake, 2-4, 2 R, 5 RBI, K, 2 HR Andy Ibanez, Nashville, 1-2, 3 R, RBI, 3 BB, 2B Travis Jankowski, El…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 8th, 2019
My family had a big day on Wednesday, so this ended up a bit late. Here is a run down of the big day in two Twitter threads: Now let’s get to the top performers in minor league baseball from Wednesday: Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Noel Cuevas, Albuquerque, 3-4, R, BB, 3B Alex De Goti, Round Rock, 5-6, 3 R, 6 RBI, K, 2B, 3B, 2 HR Lucas Erceg, San Antonio, 4-5, 3 R, 3 RBI, K, 3 2B Phillip Evans, Iowa, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, HR Drew Ferguson, Round Rock, 3-5, 4 R, BB, 3B Xavier Fernandez, Omaha, 3-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 6th, 2019
Monday brought a host of announcements of major promotions around minor league baseball. The upper levels were scant with days off for multiple AA and AAA leagues, so the top performers list around minor league baseball for Monday is a bit more thin than typical… Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Austin Barnes, Oklahoma City, 3-5, R, 4 RBI, BB, 2B, HR Eric Campbell, Las Vegas, 3-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2B, HR Ben DeLuzio, Reno, 2-3, 2 R, 2 BB Kyle Garlick, Oklahoma City, 3-4, R, RBI, BB, 2B Gavin Lux, Oklahoma City, 3-4, R, RBI, 2 BB, 2 2B Mark Payton, Las Vegas, 2-4, 2…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 5th, 2019
We’ve now officially entered August. By the end of this month, many of the leagues in minor league baseball will have completed their regular seasons and only have postseason games left. We’ll start with the leaders like we do every Monday! Minor League Baseball Statistical Leaders Overall AVG: Ty France .402, Corban Joseph .379, David Freitas .366, Yonathan Daza .364, Gavin Lux .358HR: Kevin Cron 30, Adam Duvall/Yasmany Tomas/Jared Walsh/Seth Brown 29SB: Nick Heath 51, Khalil Lee 42, Vidal Brujan 41, Johneshwy Fargas 40, Zach Davis 39ERA: MacKenzie Gore 1.72, Alex Fagalde 1.73, Zac Gallen 1.77, Garrett Hill 1.83, Seth Corry 1.85IP: Jack Wynkoop 140, Steven Moyers 137 1/3, Trey…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 4th, 2019
Pitchers at the AA level across minor league baseball had quite a day on Saturday, with many of the best performances on the day coming from that level! Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Jo Adell, Salt Lake, 2-3, 3 R, 2 BB, 2B Lewis Brinson, New Orleans, 2-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 K, 2 HR Andy Burns, Buffalo, 4-5, R, RBI, 2B Ty France, El Paso, 3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, K, 2B, 2 HR Patrick Kivlehan, Buffalo, 3-3, R, 4 RBI, BB, HR Ryan McBroom, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 3-3, 2 R, BB Adam Moore, Nashville, 4-5, RBI Sheldon Neuse, Las Vegas, 2-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, K,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 3rd, 2019
I will be on vacation with my family for a number of days, so the timing of the daily thread could be later during the next few days. Let’s take a look around minor league baseball from Friday! Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Eric Campbell, Las Vegas, 3-4, R, 4 RBI, BB, HR Jaylin Davis, Sacramento, 3-3, 3 RBI, BB, 2 2B Pedro Florimon, Gwinnett, 2-3, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HR Ty France, El Paso, 4-5, 2 R, RBI, K, 2B Ryan LaMarre, Gwinnett, 4-5, 3 R, RBI, BB, K, 2 2B, HR Domingo Leyba, Reno, 5-7, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2B Jack Lopez, Gwinnett, 4-5, 2…
