General baseball writing
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 27, 2019
Happy Memorial Day! For those in the U.S., please take some time today at 3:00 PM local time to remember those who lost their lives defending the freedom you enjoy. Let’s quickly get into our Monday leaderboards with a touch of reformatting, still with stats through Saturday: Overall AVG – Jarren Duran .415, Mason McCoy .384, Jake Elmore .380, Trey Harris .371, Yordan Alvarez .371HR – Kevin Cron 21, Yordan Alvarez 19, Sam Huff 17, Yasmany Tomas 16, Five with 15SB – Nick Heath 29, Jose Caballero 24, Vidal Brujan/Reggie Pruitt 21, Michael Gigliotti/Khalil Lee 20ERA – Anthony Kay 1.07, Elieser Hernandez 1.07, Casey Mize 1.11, MacKenzie Gore 1.15, Devin…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 26, 2019
A number of “pop-up” prospect seasons continued their big impressions this year on Saturday with strong performances: Hitters AAA Braden Bishop, Tacoma, 2-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, 2 2B Christopher Bostic, Norfolk, 3-7, 3 R, RBI, 2 K, 2B, 3B Socrates Brito, Buffalo, 3-4, R, 2 RBI, BB, K, HR Daz Cameron, Toledo, 3-5, 3 R, RBI, BB, HR Jeimer Candelario, Toledo, 3-6, R, 6 RBI, 2 BB, HR Will Craig, Indianapolis, 2-5, R, RBI, 3 K, 2B, HR Isan Diaz, New Orleans, 3-4, 3 R, RBI, BB, 2B, HR Mike Ford, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, HR Mike Gerber, Sacramento, 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB,…
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2019 MLB Draft team strategy by division – AL East
Other divisions can have the biggest bonus pool, the most teams in the top half of bonus pools and other such distinctions, but only the American League East hosts the team with the top overall selection. With the top pick and the defending World Series champions in the same division, this is definitely one to watch on June 3rd! Baltimore Orioles 2018 Record: 47-115Bonus Pool: $13,821,300Day 1 selections: 3 (1, 42, 71)Day 2 selections: 8 (79, 108, 138, 168, 198, 228, 258, 288) Draft Strategy The Orioles have the top overall pick, but they really don’t have the leverage with it that recent top drafters have had as there’s an…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 25, 2019
As the talk has been heavily on the increased offense in AAA due to the change to the major league ball this season, Friday’s action was highlighted by some top pitching performances at the AAA level: Hitters AAA Lane Adams, Lehigh Valley, 4-5, R, 2 RBI, K, 2 2B, HR Socrates Brito, Buffalo, 3-5, 3 R, RBI, BB, K, 2B Michael Brosseau, Durham, 2-3, 2 BB, 2B, SB Jeimer Candelario, Toledo, 2-3, 2 R, 4 RBI, 3 BB, HR Alen Hanson, Buffalo, 3-5, 3 R, 6 RBI, 2B, 2 HR Marco Hernandez, Pawtucket, 4-8, 3 R, 2 2B Yadiel Hernandez, Fresno, 3-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, HR, SB Alex…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 24, 2019
Gavin Lux and Travis Blankenhorn continued their hot play on Thursday among a busy night of action: Hitters AAA Matthew Batten, El Paso, 3-5, 3 R, 3 RBI, K, 2 2B Michael Brosseau, Durham, 2-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B, HR Andy Burns, Buffalo, 3-3, 3 RBI, 2 BB Matt Davidson, Nashville, 2-3, 2 R, 4 RBI, BB, 2B, HR Deivy Grullon, Lehigh Valley, 3-4, BB, K, 2B Monte Harrison, New Orleans, 2-3, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 2B, SB Oscar Hernandez, Pawtucket, 2-2, R, 2 BB Yadiel Hernandez, Fresno, 3-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR Dilson Herrera, Syracuse, 2-3, R, 2 RBI, BB, 2B, HR Domingo Leyba,…
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2019 MLB Draft team strategy by division – AL Central
With four of the top dozen bonus pools in the entire 2019 MLB draft, the AL Central could be a very exciting division to watch overall, even if there aren’t the depth of picks that the Royals and Indians both had last year. Chicago White Sox 2018 Record: 62-100Bonus Pool: $11,565,500Day 1 selections: 2 (3, 45)Day 2 selections: 8 (81, 110, 140, 170, 200, 230, 260, 290) Draft Strategy With the third overall selection, the White Sox are going to have a different look than typical this year, even though they’ve picked in the top dozen selections each of the last five drafts. With those five selections in the top…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 23, 2019
The low-A level had some excellent performances on Wednesday, including a no-hitter and four days with at least 4 hits for a hitter at that level! Hitters AAA Trey Amburgey, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 4-5, 3 R, 3 RBI, HR Abiatal Avelino, Sacramento, 4-6, R, RBI Tommy Edman, Memphis, 3-5, R, 4 RBI, BB, K, HR Ian Happ, Iowa, 4-4, 2 R, 5 RBI, 2 2B, HR Elier Hernandez, Omaha, 4-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR Sam Hilliard, Albuquerque, 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 3B, HR Ryan Howard, Sacramento, 4-5, R Caleb Joseph, Reno, 3-5, R, 2 RBI, 2B, HR Kevin Kramer, Indianapolis, 2-3, 2 RBI, BB, 2 2B Domingo Leyba, Reno,…
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Minor League Baseball Thread for May 22, 2019
Erie’s pitching staff continues to hurl gems and the action Tuesday was highlighted by a number of impressive pitching performances: Hitters AAA Christian Arroyo, Durham, 3-5, 2 RBI, K, 2 2B, 3B Abiatal Avelino, Sacramento, 2-4, R, 2 RBI, K, 2 3B Brandon Barnes, Columbus, 3-4, 2 R, K, 2 2B Randy Cesar, Rochester, 2-4, 2 K, 2 2B Travis Demeritte, Gwinnett, 3-4, R, 2 2B, 3B Isan Diaz, New Orleans, 2-2, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2B Drew Ferguson, Round Rock, 3-5, 3 R, 4 RBI, K, 2 2B, HR David Freitas, San Antonio, 3-4, R, 2 RBI, K, 2B, HR Tyler Heineman, Reno, 2-3, R, 2 BB, K, 2B…
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2019 MLB Draft team-by-team strategy: AL West
As we continue our review of each team’s potential draft strategy for the 2019 MLB draft, we reach the American League West, a division with two of the bottom four bonus pools in the draft and only one team even in the top half of the game in bonus pool money. Houston Astros 2018 Record: 103-59 (lost ALCS)Bonus Pool: $5,355,100Day 1 selections: 2 (32,68)Day 2 selections: 8 (106,136,166,196,226,256,286,316) Draft Strategy The Astros have been smart with pursuing high-aptitude high school players in the draft while also focusing on versatility and athleticism in their college selections. That could serve them well in this draft that has a number of top high…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 21, 2019
The perfect dichotomy came on Monday to really show the effect of the MLB ball in AAA this year as two AAA teams scored 20+ runs on Monday while two AA starters left the game having thrown at least 7 no-hit innings. Hitters AAA Ryan Court, Tacoma, 2-4, R, 3 RBI, BB, 2 2B Kevin Cron, Reno, 3-4, 5 R, 6 RBI, 2 BB, 2B, 2 HR Dustin Garneau, Salt Lake, 2-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, K, 2 HR Zack Granite, Nashville, 3-6, R, 2 RBI, BB, SB Connor Joe, Oklahoma City, 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, K, 2 HR Caleb Joseph, Reno, 2-5, 2 R, RBI, BB,…
