Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 22, 2022

Minor League Baseball Top Performers

There were plenty of excellent performances across minor league baseball on Saturday, but the Toronto Blue Jays ended up with both individual top performers from the day, with one from A-ball and one from Triple-A. Let’s take a look!

Hitter of the Day
The Blue Jays’ final pick of the shortened 2020 draft, Zach Britton has shown his defensive flexibility this season, starting in the outfield and behind the plate. While he’s hitting just .224, he’s getting on base at an impressive .381 clip for the year. Saturday, Britton had a big day for Vancouver, going 3-3 with a double and a pair of home runs, with one of his two home runs winning the game for the Canadians against Tri-City.

Pitcher of the Day
The Chicago Cubs drafted Thomas Hatch in the third round in 2016 out of Oklahoma State. He climbed to Double-A in the Cubs org before he was traded to Toronto at the 2019 trade deadline. Hatch has developed into a backend starter, with a four-seam fastball that works in the mid-90s, a sharp-breaking two-seamer, a plus change, and an average slider that he typically controls well, but he has struggled with commanding the offspeed stuff at times. When Hatch is at his best, hitters simply cannot square him up, and that’s exactly what he did on Saturday, tossing six no-hit innings, allowing one walk, and striking out six against Syracuse.

Hitters

AAA
Austin Allen, Las Vegas – 1-3, R, 2 BB
Sherten Apostel, Round Rock – 1-2, 2 BB
Jonathan Arauz, Worcester – 3-5, 2 R, K
Seth Beer, Reno – 2-3, R, 2 RBI, BB, K, 2B, HR
Wynton Bernard, Albuquerque – 3-5, 2 R, SB
Greg Bird, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre – 3-4, R, 2 RBI, 2B, HR
Alec Burleson, Memphis – 3-4, R, 2 RBI, HR
Luis Campusano, El Paso – 2-4, R, RBI, BB, 2 K, HR
Kody Clemens, Toledo – 3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 2 3B
Nick Dini, Syracuse – 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB, HR
Freddy Fermin, Omaha – 2-3, R, BB, K
Niko Goodrum, Sugar Land – 1-2, 3 BB, K, SB
Cadyn Grenier, Norfolk – 3-5, 2 R, RBI, BB, K, 2B
Kelvin Gutierrez, Norfolk – 3-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, K, 2 2B, SB
Billy Hamilton, Tacoma – 1-3, R, 2 BB
Adam Haseley, Charlotte – 2-4, BB, K, SB
Jarred Kelenic, Tacoma – 3-5, R, 2 RBI, BB, 2 K, 2 2B
Buddy Kennedy, Reno – 2-4, R, BB
Taylor Kohlwey, El Paso – 2-2, 2 BB, 2B
Josh Lester, Toledo – 2-4, 3 R, RBI, 2 BB, K
Otto Lopez, Buffalo – 2-4, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, K
Mason McCoy, Tacoma – 3-5, 3 R, 3 RBI, K, 2 HR
Gabriel Moreno, Buffalo – 4-5, R, 3 RBI, BB, 2B, HR
Jacob Nottingham, Norfolk – 3-3, R, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 2B, HR, SB
Joseph Odom, Tacoma – 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, K, 2B, HR
Mark Payton, Charlotte – 2-4, R, BB, 2B
Zach Remillard, Charlotte – 1-1, 3 BB
Jacob Robson, Toledo – 2-5, 2 R, RBI, BB, K, 2B, SB
Braden Shewmake, Gwinnett – 4-4, R, RBI, 2B
Eric Stamets, Buffalo – 2-4, R, BB, SB
Kyle Stowers, Norfolk – 2-5, R, BB, K
Travis Swaggerty, Indianapolis – 3-4
Samad Taylor, Buffalo – 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, K, 2B, SB
Matt Thaiss, Salt Lake – 2-4, R, RBI, BB, 2 K
David Villar, Sacramento – 1-3, R, RBI, 2 BB, 2 K, HR
Forrest Wall, Tacoma – 2-4, R, BB, 2 K, 2 2B, 2 SB
Marcus Wilson, Tacoma – 2-5, R, BB, 3 K
Connor Wong, Worcester – 3-5, R

AA
Jacob Amaya, Tulsa – 1-3, R, RBI, 2 BB
Bryce Ball, Tennessee – 2-3, R, RBI, 2 BB, K
Andrew Bechtold, Wichita – 2-4, R, 3 RBI, BB, 2 K, HR
Michael Beltre, Somerset – 2-3, 2 R, BB, SB
Tucker Bradley, Northwest Arkansas – 2-2, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB
Josh Breaux, Somerset – 2-3, R, RBI, BB, HR
Leandro Cedeno, Amarillo – 2-2, R, 2 BB
Blaine Crim, Frisco – 2-3, 2 R, RBI, BB, 2 2B
Alex Destino, Birmingham – 0-1, R, 3 BB, K
Thomas Dillard, Biloxi – 2-3, R, 2 RBI, BB, K
Nick Dunn, Springfield – 1-3, R, 2 BB
Jeremy Eierman, Midland – 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 HR
Juan Fernandez, San Antonio – 2-4, R, RBI, BB
Isiah Gilliam, Chattanooga – 2-4, 2 R, BB, 2 K
Devlin Granberg, Portland – 3-4, 2 R, RBI, 2B
Dustin Harris, Frisco – 3-4, 2 R, 6 RBI, 2 HR, SB
Michael Harris II, Mississippi – 2-4, R, 2 RBI, BB, K, 2B, HR
Darius Hill, Tennessee – 1-3, R, 2 BB
Connor Hollis, San Antonio – 1-4, 2 BB, 2B
TJ Hopkins, Chattanooga – 3-3, 5 RBI, 2 BB, 2B
Dondrei Hubbard, Harrisburg – 2-3, BB, K, 2B
Zach Humphreys, Rocket City – 3-5, R, K, 2B
Andre Lipcius, Erie – 3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 3 2B
Jake Mangum, Binghamton – 3-4, RBI, 2B
Austin Martin, Wichita – 2-4, R, RBI, 2 BB, K
Michael Massey, Northwest Arkansas – 1-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, K, HR, SB
Thomas Milone, San Antonio – 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, K, 2B, 3B
Bo Naylor, Akron – 2-4, BB, K, 2B
Tirso Ornelas, San Antonio – 1-2, 2 R, 3 BB, 2B
Dennis Ortega, Wichita – 1-3, R, 2 BB
Kaden Polcovich, Arkansas – 1-2, R, 2 BB
Logan Porter, Northwest Arkansas – 3-5, R, RBI, K
John Rave, Northwest Arkansas – 2-3, R, BB
Esteury Ruiz, San Antonio – 2-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, K, 2B, 2 SB
Chandler Seagle, San Antonio – 2-4, 2 R, RBI, BB
Livan Soto, Rocket City – 3-4, R, BB
Chase Strumpf, Tennessee – 2-4, R, 3 RBI, BB, K, 2B, HR
Ezequiel Tovar, Hartford – 2-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, 2 HR
Matt Wallner, Wichita – 0-2, 2 R, 3 BB
Joey Wiemer, Biloxi – 4-5, 2 R, RBI, 2B, HR, SB
Chris Williams, Wichita – 3-4, R, RBI, BB, 2B

High-A
Mike Antico, Peoria – 2-3, R, BB, 2B
Cole Barr, Everett – 1-2, R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, HR, SB
Tyler Black, Wisconsin – 3-5, 2 R, K, 2B, 3 SB
Zach Britton, Vancouver – 3-3, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2B, 2 HR
Beau Brundage, Bowling Green – 2-2, 2 R, RBI, BB, 3B, HR
Lawrence Butler, Lansing – 2-3, 2 R, RBI, BB, K, HR, SB
Owen Caissie, South Bend – 2-3, R, BB
Wes Clarke, Wisconsin – 2-3, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, K
Josh Crouch, West Michigan – 2-2, 2 BB
Cole Daily, Wilmington – 3-4, 2 R, BB, SB
Tristin English, Hillsboro – 2-3, R, RBI, 2 BB, HR
Randy Florentino, Hickory – 1-3, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 K, SB
Joe Gray Jr, Wisconsin – 2-4, R, RBI, BB, KBB, K
Seth Gray, Cedar Rapids – 2-3, 2 RBI, BB, K, 2B
Trevor Hauver, Hickory – 3-4, 2 R, 5 RBI, BB, K, 2 2B, HR
Justin Lavey, Everett – 2-3, 2 R, BB, 2B, SB
Matthew Lugo, Greenville – 3-4, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2B, 2 3B
Cody Milligan, Rome – 2-4, 2 R, BB, K
Daniel Montano, Spokane – 2-4, RBI, BB, K
Cody Morissette, Beloit – 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, K, HR
Joe Naranjo, Lake County – 2-5, 2 R, RBI, BB, 2 K
James Nelson, Hudson Valley – 2-3, 2 R, 4 RBI, BB, K, HR
Jhonkensy Noel, Lake County – 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB, K, 2B, HR
Nasim Nunez, Beloit – 3-5, R, 3 RBI, K, SB
Danny Oriente, Hillsboro – 1-2, 2 BB
Everson Pereira, Hudson Valley – 3-5, R, BB, K
Jairo Pomares, Eugene – 1-2, R, 2 BB, K, 2B
Baron Radcliff, Jersey Shore – 0-2, 2 R, 3 BB, 2 K
Caleb Roberts, Hillsboro – 1-3, RBI, 2 BB, K
Carlos Rodriguez, Wisconsin – 2-3, R, 2 RBI, BB, 2B
Aldenis Sanchez, Hudson Valley – 2-4, RBI, BB, SB
Michael Sandle, Asheville – 3-4, R, RBI, BB, 2 2B, HR
Trey Sweeney, Hudson Valley – 1-4, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, 2 K
Terrell Tatum, Winston-Salem – 3-4, R, 3 RBI, BB, 2 2B
Imanol Vargas, Great Lakes – 1-2, R, RBI, 2 BB, HR
Zac Veen, Spokane – 2-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB
Jorbit Vivas, Great Lakes – 2-3, BB
Charlie Welch, Everett – 1-2, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HR

Single-A
Jase Bowen, Bradenton – 2-7, 3 R, RBI, 2 BB, K, SB
Tsung-Che Cheng, Bradenton – 3-6, 3 R, 3 RBI, BB, K, 3B, SB
Jackson Chourio, Carolina – 2-3, R, BB, K, 2B
Kenedy Corona, Fayetteville – 1-2, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HR
Trendon Craig, Delmarva – 2-4, 2 RBI, BB, 3B
Colin Davis, Modesto – 2-2, BB, 2B
Jeremy De La Rosa, Fredericksburg – 4-5, R, 2B, SB
Albert Fabian, Lake Elsinore – 2-4, R, BB, K
Garrett Frechette, San Jose – 2-3, BB, K, 2B, 3B
DJ Gladney, Kannapolis – 2-4, RBI, BB
Juan Guerrero, Fresno – 2-3, 3 R, RBI, BB, 2B, SB
Darell Hernaiz, Delmarva – 2-4, BB, SB
Sammy Infante, Fredericksburg – 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, K, 2 HR
Jordan Lawlar, Visalia – 3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, K, HR
Tyler Malone, Lake Elsinore – 2-3, R, 2 RBI, BB, K, HR
Jelfry Marte, Charleston – 2-3, R, BB, K
Kier Meredith, Salem – 3-4, 2 R, K, 2B, SB
Noah Miller, Fort Myers – 1-3, 2 R, 2 BB, K
Tyler Miller, Salem – 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, K, HR
Dylan Neuse, Fort Myers – 2-3, BB
Rodolfo Nolasco, Bradenton – 3-6, 2 R, 3 BB, K, 2B
Miguel Palma, Fayetteville – 3-5, R, RBI
Wilderd Patino, Visalia – 3-4, R, RBI, HR, SB
Viandel Pena, Fredericksburg – 2-3, R, BB, SB
Victor Planchart, Lynchburg – 1-2, 2 R, 2 BB, K
Guillermo Quintana, Columbia – 2-3, R, RBI, BB, HR
Emmanuel Rodriguez, Fort Myers – 0-2, R, 3 BB, 2 K
Bobby Seymour, Charleston – 1-3, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, K, HR
Wilfred Veras, Kannapolis – 3-5, R, K
Carson Williams, Charleston – 2-2, R, RBI, 2 BB, 2B, 3B

Pitchers

AAA
Manny Banuelos, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre – 5 2/3 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
Colten Brewer, Omaha – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Chad Donato, Sugar Land – 6 2/3 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Colton Eastman, Lehigh Valley – 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 6 K
Ryan Feltner, Albuquerque – 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
Thomas Hatch, Buffalo – 6 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Janson Junk, Salt Lake – 6 2/3 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Brendon Little, Iowa – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Daniel Ponce de Leon, Tacoma – 5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 12 K
Dereck Rodriguez, St. Paul – 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 9 K
Mark Solbach, Toledo – 5 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Jackson Tetreault, Rochester – 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
Touki Toussaint, Gwinnett – 6 1/3 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Tanner Tully, Columbus – 5 2/3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Blake Whitney, Tennessee – 2 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Taylor Widener, Reno – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

AA
Grant Anderson, Frisco – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Dante Biasi, Northwest Arkansas – 4 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 7 K
Bryan Brickhouse, Richmond – 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
Ky Bush, Rocket City – 6 1/3 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Nick Bush, Hartford – 6 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Tanner Gordon, Mississippi – 5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
Tim Herrin, Akron – 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Stephen Jones, Hartford – 2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Chance Kirby, Erie – 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Josh Maciejewski, Somerset – 3 2/3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
Bryce Montes de Oca, Binghamton – 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Oddanier Mosqueda, Portland – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Freddy Pacheco, Springfield – 1 2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Cole Ragans, Frisco – 6 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 9 K
Kaleb Rober, Birmingham – 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
Noah Skirrow, Reading – 6 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Dylan Spacke, Portland – 4 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Garrett Stallings, Bowie – 6 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
Ryan Weiss, Amarillo – 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Brandon Williamson, Chattanooga – 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K

High-A
Ben Brown, Jersey Shore – 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
Joey Estes, Lansing – 5 1/3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
Ignacio Feliz, Aberdeen – 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
Robert Gasser, Fort Wayne – 6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 6 K
Brendan Hardy, Brooklyn – 2 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Andrew Hoffmann, Rome – 6 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
Victor Juarez, Fresno – 6 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
Zach King, Beloit – 7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
Brandon Knarr, Wisconsin – 6 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
Kyle Molnar, Tri-City – 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Nick Nastrini, Great Lakes – 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
Naswell Paulino, Vancouver – 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Dylan Smith, West Michigan – 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Beck Way, Hudson Valley – 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
Patrick Wicklander, Bowling Green – 5 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K

Single-A
Mason Black, San Jose – 5 2/3 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
Maceo Campbell, Salem – 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Stiven Cruz, Carolina – 4 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Jordan Fowler, Clearwater – 3 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Aaron Haase, Lakeland – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Alejandro Hidalgo, Inland Empire – 5 2/3 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K
Jimmy Kingsbury, Modesto – 5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 8 K
Luke Little, Myrtle Beach – 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Justin Meis, Bradenton – 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Alan Mundo, Lake Elsinore – 2 1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Mitch Myers, Stockton – 6 1/3 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
Jack Owen, Stockton – 2 2/3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Tony Santana, Myrtle Beach – 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Alex Santos II, Fayetteville – 4 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Kohl Simas, Kannapolis – 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Austin Vernon, Charleston – 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

Today’s games

Pitching matchup of the day
One of the “pop-up” prospects in the Chicago White Sox system takes on the top pitching prospect in the game Sunday in Charlotte. Davis Martin was a 14th-round selection by the White Sox out of Texas Tech where he was noted as a college arm that didn’t really have the raw stuff of pro pitchers. He’s built from there to develop his fastball into a 97 MPH heater, and his slider is a true plus secondary offering. He’s already made one spot start in the majors in 2022, which went quite well. Martin will face off against top pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez of Norfolk. Rodriguez could be making one of his final starts for the Tides before he joins Adley Rutschman with the big league club.

AAA
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre @ Worcester
Lehigh Valley @ Rochester
Memphis @ Gwinnett
Norfolk @ Charlotte
Syracuse @ Buffalo
Toledo @ Indianapolis
El Paso @ Round Rock
Columbus @ Iowa
Oklahoma City @ Sugar Land
Albuquerque @ Salt Lake
St. Paul @ Omaha
Louisville @ Nashville
Durham @ Jacksonville
Tacoma @ Sacramento
Las Vegas @ Reno

AA
Harrisburg @ Portland
Richmond @ Altoona
Reading @ Somerset
Hartford @ Bowie
Akron @ Binghamton
New Hampshire @ Erie
Chattanooga @ Tennessee
Springfield @ Wichita
Tulsa @ Amarillo
Northwest Arkansas @ Arkansas
Midland @ San Antonio
Biloxi @ Mississippi
Rocket City @ Birmingham
Corpus Christi @ Frisco

High-A
Hudson Valley @ Brooklyn (doubleheader)
Asheville @ Winston-Salem
Lansing @ Great Lakes
West Michigan @ Fort Wayne
Quad Cities @ Dayton
Jersey Shore @ Wilmington
Bowling Green @ Greensboro
Peoria @ Beloit
Rome @ Aberdeen
South Bend @ Wisconsin
Lake County @ Cedar Rapids
Hickory @ Greenville
Tri-City @ Vancouver
Eugene @ Spokane
Hillsboro @ Everett

Single-A
St. Lucie @ Tampa
Bradenton @ Palm Beach
Fort Myers @ Clearwater
Fayetteville @ Kannapolis
Down East @ Carolina
Jupiter @ Lakeland
Fredericksburg @ Delmarva
Lake Elsinore @ Visalia
Rancho Cucamonga @ Fresno
Augusta @ Charleston
Lynchburg @ Salem
Myrtle Beach @ Columbia
San Jose @ Inland Empire
Modesto @ Stockton
Dunedin @ Daytona

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