General baseball writing
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 6, 2019
It was a big Sunday for performances! We had a perfect debut, a cycle, monster performances from guys with family name recognition and prospect ranking recognition, and much, much more!! Hitters AAA Abraham Almonte, Reno, 2-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2B, HR Jeff Bandy, Nashville, 3-3, 3 RBI, 2B Willie Calhoun, Nashville, 3-6, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, HR Daz Cameron, Toledo, 2-4, 2 R, RBI, 2 K, 2B, HR Kyle Garlick, Oklahoma City, 4-5, 3 R, 6 RBI, K, 3 HR Carlos Gomez, Syracuse, 3-4, R, 2 RBI, K, 2B, HR Luis Gonzalez, Louisville, 3-4, R, RBI, 2B Zach Green, Sacramento, 2-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR Kyle…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 5, 2019
A number of hitters on the cusp of the major leagues in AAA had big days, and Luis Robert finally got his first AA hit as we look into yesterday’s action and prepare for today: Hitters AAA Yordan Alvarez, Round Rock, 3-4, 2 R, BB Michael Gettys, El Paso, 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB, K, 2 HR Trent Giambrone, Iowa, 2-3, R, RBI, 2 BB, K, 2 2B Nick Gordon, Rochester, 2-5, 2 R, RBI, 2 2B, SB Keston Hiura, San Antonio, 3-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, BB, 2B, 2 HR Jorge Mateo, Las Vegas, 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B, HR, SB Danny Mendick, Charlotte, 3-4, 2 R,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 4, 2019
Another major prospect debuted on Friday as Nick Senzel was part of an early Cincinnati rout, but the Giants came back and eventually won the game 12-11 in 11 innings. Senzel started in center field and went 1-5, scoring a run, and posting a pair of walks and strikeouts each. Hitters AAA Jim Adduci, Iowa, 2-5, R, 2 RBI, K, 2B, HR Greg Allen, Columbus, 2-4, 2 R, BB, K, 3B, SB Rob Brantly, Lehigh Valley, 2-2, R, 3 BB, 2 2B Travis Demeritte, Gwinnett, 3-5, R, 3 RBI, 2 2B Isan Diaz, New Orleans, 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, K, HR Tommy Edman, Memphis, 3-6, 2 R, 3…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 3, 2019
The second day of May saw a couple of top prospects at upper levels of the minors break out of slumps as Brandon Marsh had a big day at the plate and JoJo Romero had a big day on the mound among other big performers from Thursday. Hitters AAA Anthony Alford, Buffalo, 2-6, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 3 K, HR, SB Mandy Alvarez, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 3-5, R, 2 RBI, 3 2B Yordan Alvarez, Round Rock, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, K, 2 2B Yonathan Daza, Albuquerque, 3-5, 2 R, RBI, K, 2B, HR Adolis Garcia, Memphis, 3-5, 2 R, RBI, 2B, HR, SB Kyle Garlick, Oklahoma City, 2-5, R, K,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 2, 2019
The first day of May saw a number of promotions of top prospects. Here are just a few who played their first game at a new level on May 1: Logan Gilbert, RHP, to high-A (Mariners)Daulton Jefferies, RHP, to AA (Athletics)Cal Quantrill, RHP, to MLB (Padres)Luis Robert, OF, to AA (White Sox)Shawn Semple, RHP, to high-A (Yankees)Devin Smeltzer, LHP, to AAA (Twins) Hitters AAA Yordan Alvarez, Round Rock, 6-8, 4 R, 5 RBI, BB, K, 2 2B, HR Willi Castro, Toledo, 1-3, 2 R, 2 BB, K, 3 SB Alex De Goti, Round Rock, 4-8, 3 R, 5 RBI, BB, K, 2B, HR Jake Elmore, Indianapolis, 2-3, 3 R, RBI,…
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Minor League Baseball Awards for April 2019
Each month, I’m going to put out my pick for the top hitter and top pitcher at each level. Of course, for April and May that will only include full-season levels, but we will add in others as they begin to play after the draft! A quick explanation before we get into this is appropriate. Some guys will not be the top prospect performing well at a level. Some guys will not be the player with the absolute best statistics subjectively at a level. What I try to do is combine both aspects to some degree in choosing who will be highlighted. Also, while there are likely dozens of potential…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 1, 2019
While the final day of April brought to close an incredibly exciting month of minor league baseball, it was the debut of one of the top prospects in baseball last night that caught my eye. Griffin Canning made his MLB debut for the Angels against the Blue Jays. He went 4 1/3 innings, allowing 3 runs on 4 hits, walking one and striking out 6. He was rolling through 4 innings but opened the 4th by allowing a solo home run and a double, and that ended his night. He’ll be one to watch for sure! Hitters AAA Lane Adams, Lehigh Valley, 3-5, R, RBI, 2 2B Greg Allen, Columbus,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 30, 2019
The 2018 first overall selection made his AA debut with an efficient, impressive complete game no-hitter. Casey Mize has been moving easily through high-A, and it sure didn’t look like AA will be much tougher for him! Hitters AAA Trey Amburgey, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 2-4, R, 4 RBI, 2B, HR Humberto Arteaga, Omaha, 2-4, 2 RBI, K, 2B, 3B Seth Brown, Las Vegas, 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 3B, HR Jonathan Davis, Buffalo, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, 2 2B Adam Duvall, Gwinnett, 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB, 3B, HR Roemon Fields, Buffalo, 3-4, 2 R Nolan Fontana, Nashville, 3-3, R, RBI, BB, HR Carlos Gomez, Syracuse, 3-5, R, 2 RBI, 2B,…
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Minor League Daily Thread for April 29, 2019
Sunday was an early day for the minor leagues, with all games done by 9 PM Eastern on the day. As we will continue to do each Monday, we will have the leaders in the minor leagues to right now (stats through Saturday, April 27): All minors: AVG: Luis Robert, .426; KJ Harrison, .424; Ty France, .423; Travis Snider, .411; Jarren Duran, .407 HR: Kevin Cron/Yordan Alvarez, 11; Jacob Wilson/Sam Huff, 10; Ty France, 9 SB: Brayan Morales, 16; Jose Caballero, 15; Nick Heath, 13; Cody Wilson/Vidal Brujan, 11 ERA: Bailey Ober, 0.00; Tommy Parsons, 0.30; Clay Chandler, 0.31; Casey Mize, 0.35; Zac Gallen, 0.36 IP: Ricardo Sanchez 32; Tommy…
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Starting 9 – Extensions
For a new segment that I’d like to make a weekly thing, I’ll take a look at the top issues around the game with a 9-point format. If you have an idea for a topic, feel free to comment below! Starting 9: MLB Extension talk Our topic of the day is going to be extensions in Major League Baseball. MLB organizations have dished out 32 extensions to notable players (not counting settling arbitration) since the end of the GM meetings in November. Those 32 deals have totaled 141 years of contract and $2.179 billion in guarantees with a potential outlay of 166 years and over $2.5 billion when options and…
