Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 10, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers
The first full week of May brought some focus on who is truly succeeding this season in minor league baseball and who simply had a hot week or two. As we head toward Memorial Day, that will definitely iron out even further.
Hitter of the Week
The Dodgers drafted Jacob Amaya in 2017 out of high school in the 11th round. He has moved up the Dodgers’ system slow and steady, but when the pandemic hit, he took the time to do some significant swing changes to attempt to tap into his raw power. The results in 2021 were not great, as Amaya struck out at a 20%+ rate for the first time in his career. He’s adjusted that swing coming into this year, and his walk rate is back to previous levels with his strikeout rate back down, even lower than before. However, he’s hitting for significantly more power due to putting a lot more balls on a line, with his ground ball rate down from 46.5% in 2021 to 27.9% this year and his line drive rate up to 27.9% from 17.9%. Amaya has shown himself more than capable at shortstop, and with his performance at the plate, he’s skyrocketing up lists this season. This past week, Amaya hit .533/.632/1.067 with three doubles, a triple, a home run, and a stolen base with four walks and a strikeout.
Pitcher of the Week
The Midwest League had some tremendous performances over the week, but the one that really stood out in viewing was TJ Shook. He was an undrafted free agent out of South Carolina in the shortened 2020 draft. Shook has worked with the Brewers and his change is one of the most impressive this side of fellow Brewer hurler Devin Williams‘ airbender. Over the week, Shook tossed 10 scoreless innings, allowing eight hits without allowing a walk, striking out 12.
Hitters
AAA
JJ Bleday, Jacksonville – .429/.556/.952, 7 R, 2 2B, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 6/4 BB/K
Sam Huff, Round Rock – .333/.500/1.133, 6 R, 4 HR, 8 RBI, 5/4 BB/K
Ryan Dorow, Round Rock – .455/.520/.909, 5 R, 2 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 3/0 BB/K
Jake McCarthy, Reno – .522/.593/.696, 5 R, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 4/4 BB/K, 3 SB
Chadwick Tromp, Gwinnett – .471/.526/1.353, 7 R, 3 2B, 4 HR, 12 RBI, 2/1 BB/K
AA
Jacob Amaya, Tulsa – .533/.632/1.067, 5 R, 3 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RBI, 4/1 BB/K, SB
Dominic Fletcher, Amarillo – .444/.474/1.278, 6 R, 5 HR, 10 RBI, 1/3 BB/K
Gunnar Henderson, Bowie – .529/.600/.765, 5 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2/3 BB/K, 4 SB
Connor Hollis, San Antonio – .522/.645/.870, 10 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 7/4 BB/K, 3 SB
Matt Wallner, Wichita – .500/.579/1.063, 5 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 3/4 BB/K, SB
Grant Witherspoon, Montgomery – .583/.630/.917, 7 R, 3 2B, 3B, HR, 6 RBI, 3/3 BB/K, 3 SB
High-A
Cody Freeman, Hickory – .429/.529/1.071 – 3 R, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 3/5 BB/K, SB
Colt Keith, West Michigan – .407/.448/.630, 5 R, 3 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2/6 BB/K, 2 SB
PK Morris, Vancouver – .450/.560/.900, 4 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 5/4 BB/K, 2 SB
Michael Sandle, Asheville – .318/.348/.909, 5 R, 2B, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 1/8 BB/K, 3 SB
Andy Thomas, Everett – .462/.632/.769, 2 R, 2B, HR, 7 RBI, 6/2 BB/K, SB
Single-A
Vaun Brown, San Jose – .478/.500/1.000, 6 R, 4 HR, 5 RBI, 1/5 BB/K, 3 SB
Jackson Chourio, Carolina – .480/.519/.800, 7 R, 5 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 2/4 BB/K, 2 SB
Yosy Galan, Down East – .550/.571/1.000, 5 R, 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 1/5 BB/K, 2 SB
Eduardo Lopez, Salem – .476/.538/.952, 4 R, 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 4/4 BB/K, SB
Gabriel Martinez, Dunedin – .450/.476/.900, 8 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 1/2 BB/K
Noah Miller, Fort Myers – .478/.556/.783, 5 R, 2 2B, 3B, HR, 5 RBI, 4/6 BB/K, 3 SB
Alex Ramirez, St. Lucie – .536/.552/.893, 4 R, 3 2B, 2 3B, HR, 5 RBI, 1/4 BB/K, SB
Pitchers
AAA
Ryan Feltner, Albuquerque – 10 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 13 K
Reiss Knehr, El Paso – 11 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 6 BB, 15 K
Jared Koenig, Las Vegas – 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K
Hayden Wesneski, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre – 10 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 12 K
AA
Logan Allen, Akron – 11 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 13 K
Taj Bradley, Montgomery – 10 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 12 K
Mike Burrows, Altoona – 8 2/3 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 13 K
Tyler Herb, Biloxi – 10 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 12 K
Garrett Hill, Erie – 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 10 K
James McArthur, Reading – 10 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 11 K
Chris Murphy, Portland – 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 10 K
Cam Sanders, Tennessee – 9 2/3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 15 K
Ken Waldichuk, Somerset – 5 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 12 K
Brandon Walter, Portland – 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 10 K
High-A
John Carver, Hillsboro – 5 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 10 K
Christian Chamberlain, Quad Cities – 4 2/3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 11 K
Shane Drohan, Greenville – 11 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 13 K
Adrian Florencio, Greensboro – 7 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 12 K
Gordon Graceffo, Peoria – 12 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 16 K
Kyle Harrison, Eugene – 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 10 K
Brent Headrick, Cedar Rapids – 6 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K
Antoine Kelly, Wisconsin – 5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K
Adam Macko, Everett – 9 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 6 BB, 14 K
Mason Montgomery, Bowling Green – 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K
TJ Shook, Wisconsin – 10 IP, 8 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 12 K
Noel Vela, Fort Worth – 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K
Gavin Williams, Lake County – 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 10 K
Single-A
Deylen Miley, Fayetteville – 7 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 12 K
Jose Salvador, Inland Empire – 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 11 K
Nick Sinacola, San Jose – 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K
Rodney Theophile, Fredericksburg – 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 10 K
Kyle Virbitsky, Stockton – 6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K
Statistical leaders across minors
Hitting
AVG – Milan Tolentino .403, Pete Crow-Armstrong .400, Jacob Gonzalez .393, Erik Gonzalez .392, Max Schuemann .391
OBP – Milan Tolentino .511, Esteury Ruiz .508, Ross Adolph .500, Carlos Mendoza .500, Max Schuemann .491
SLG – Moises Gomez .912, Jacob Amaya .797, Leandro Cedeno .720, Tyler Neslony .714, Alex McGarry .704
HR – Moises Gomez 14, Nolan Gorman/Nicholas Northcut 12, Shea Langeliers 11, Darick Hall 10
SB – Max Ferguson 26, Shane Sasaki/Yhoswar Garcia 20, Esteury Ruiz 18, 3 with 16
wRC+ – Jacob Gonzalez 220, Moises Gomez 214, Jacob Amaya 205, Trey Cabbage 204, Pete Crow-Armstrong 200
Pitching
GP – Zach Lee/Alberto Baldonado/Carl Edwards Jr.JD Hammer/Tyler Clippard 13
IP – Cesar Valdez 35 2/3, Michael McGreevy 34 1/3, Matthew Liberatore 34, Gordon Graceffo 33 2/3, Darren McCaughan 33 1/3
ERA – Andrew Painter 0.00, Sandro Bargallo 0.42, Adam Seminaris 0.46, Andrew Abbott 0.67, John Stankiewicz 0.67
WHIP – Travis Adams 0.55, Gordon Graceffo 0.56, Brandon Walter 0.62, Brent Headrick 0.63, John Stankiewicz 0.64
K – Royber Salinas 53, Adam Macko 48, Gordon Graceffo 46, Logan Allen 43, Kyle Harrison 42
FIP – Andrew Painter 0.45, John Stankiewicz 1.14, Brandon Walter 1.16, Gordon Graceffo 1.44, Logan Workman 1.50
Today’s games
Pitching matchup of the day
With many teams using the Mother’s Day weekend as a barometer to either bring up players from extended spring or promote players who opened the season performing well, there are a significant amount of “TBD” starters in the Tuesday listing. One of the few with both starters names is the Pensacola and Rocket City matchup. Brett Kerry continues his work as one of the top-performing pitchers in the Angels system for the Trash Pandas while George Soriano has been a guy that shows impressive raw stuff but can often struggle to locate that stuff in the strike zone for the Blue Wahoos.
AAA
Reno @ Tacoma
Syracuse @ Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
Memphis @ Norfolk
Toledo @ Louisville
Gwinnett @ Durham
Indianapolis @ Charlotte
Rochester @ Worcester
St. Paul @ Columbus
Buffalo @ Lehigh Valley
Nashville @ Jacksonville
Omaha @ Iowa
Oklahoma City @ Round Rock
Sugar Land @ Albuquerque
Sacramento @ El Paso
Salt Lake @ Las Vegas
AA
Bowie @ Reading
Binghamton @ New Hampshire
Wichita @ Northwest Arkansas
Amarillo @ Springfield
Somerset @ Altoona
Richmond @ Harrisburg
Erie @ Akron
Montgomery @ Tennessee
Frisco @ Tulsa
Portland @ Hartford
Birmingham @ Biloxi
Mississippi @ Chattanooga
Corpus Christi @ Midland
Rocket City @ Pensacola
Arkansas @ San Antonio
High-A
Great Lakes @ Lake County
Winston-Salem @ Rome
Dayton @ Lansing
Beloit @ West Michigan
Greenville @ Asheville
Greensboro @ Hickory
Wilmington @ Brooklyn
Fort Wayne @ South Bend
Cedar Rapids @ Peoria
Aberdeen @ Hudson Valley
Jersey Shore @ Bowling Green
Wisconsin @ Quad Cities
Everett @ Tri-City
Spokane @ Hillsboro
Single-A
Salem @ Delmarva
Freson @ Visalia
Stockton @ Rancho Cucamonga
Lakeland @ St. Lucie
Bradenton @ Jupiter
Tampa @ Dunedin
Daytona @ Clearwater
Lynchburg @ Down East
Palm Beach @ Fort Myers
Charleston @ Myrtle Beach
Kannapolis @ Fredericksburg
Carolina @ Fayetteville
Columbia @ Augusta
Lake Elsinore @ San Jose
Inland Empire @ Modesto
Benjamin Chase
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