Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 4, 2022

Minor League Baseball Top Performers

Tuesday’s minor league baseball games may not have had some of the absolutely outrageous statistical games on the mound or at the plate that have been seen recently, but there were plenty of big-time performances up and down the minors. Let’s take a look!

Hitter of the Day
Those who follow prospects closely may feel like Esteury Ruiz has hit the point of retread, aged-out prospect, but Ruiz is just 23. He was one of the youngest members of his signing class in 2015 when he signed with Kansas City. He came to the Padres’ organization through a six-player trade in 2017, and he’s still trying to make his way beyond Double-A. Ruiz has raw, loose power in his compact swing along with plus speed. This year, he’s really stepped up his discipline at the plate, and the results have been impressive. Ruiz had a big game Tuesday for San Antonio, going 3-4 with a double and a pair of home runs, scoring three times and driving in three runs, adding in a walk on the day.

Pitcher of the Day
Part of the Los Angeles Angels’ deep class of drafted pitching in the 2021 draft, Brett Kerry was selected last summer in the fifth round out of South Carolina with a background as a reliever, but a reliever with an intriguing profile. Kerry had the ability to hold low-90s with his fastball with excellent life on the pitch, and he added in four other pitches – a slider, cutter, curve, and change – that all rate average at best, but that he controlled tremendously well. Kerry has used his diverse repertoire to attack hitters this season, and he’s kept hitters off-balance, striking out 38 over 25 innings this season, with his command/control his most impressive tool at this point. Tuesday, Kerry pitched his longest game for Rocket City, going seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and a walk, striking out six.

Brett Kerry tonight for AA Rocket City: 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K’s. pic.twitter.com/FgATrA9jjQ

— Angels MiLB (@AngelsMiLB) May 4, 2022

Hitters

AAA
Trey Amburgey, Louisville – 2-3, R, 2 RBI, BB, HR
Matthew Batten, El Paso – 2-3, R, 3 RBI, BB, K, 2B, HR
Will Benson, Columbus – 2-4, 2 R, BB, K, 2B
Braden Bishop, Reno – 2-4, RBI, BB, K
Mark Contreras, St. Paul – 2-3, BB
Ryan Dorow, Round Rock – 3-5, 2 R, RBI, 2B, 3B
Patrick Dorrian, Norfolk – 3-4, 2 RBI, K, SB
Darick Hall, Lehigh Valley – 2-4, RBI, BB, K, 2B
Elier Hernandez, Round Rock – 2-4, 3 R, RBI, BB, K, HR
Shea Langeliers, Las Vegas – 2-4, R, RBI, BB, 2 K, HR
Charles Leblanc, Jacksonville – 2-3, R, BB
Kyle Lewis, Tacoma – 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR
Dixon Machado, Iowa – 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, K
David MacKinnon, Salt Lake – 3-4, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Nelson Maldonado, Iowa – 3-5, R, 2 RBI, K, 2B
Jake McCarthy, Reno – 2-4, 2 R, BB, K, SB
Mickey McDonald, Las Vegas – 1-2, 2 BB
Erick Mejia, Tacoma – 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, K, 2B
Danny Mendick, Charlotte – 2-4, R, BB, 2 K, 2B
Robert Neustrom, Norfolk – 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B
Vinnie Pasquantino, Omaha – 2-3, 2 R, RBI, BB, K, HR
Carlos Perez, Charlotte – 3-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, K, 2 HR
Josh Rojas, Reno – 2-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2B
Jon Singleton, Nashville – 1-2, R, 3 BB, K
Steven Souza Jr. Tacoma – 2-4, 3 R, RBI, BB, 2 K, HR
Michael Stefanic, Salt Lake – 2-4, 2 R, BB
Leody Taveras, Round Rock – 1-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, 2 K, 2B, SB
Alek Thomas, Reno – 2-4, 3 R, RBI, BB, SB
Dillon Thomas, Salt Lake – 3-5, 3 R, 2 RBI, K
Bubba Thompson, Round Rock – 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, K, HR, 3 SB
Mitch Tolman, Columbus – 2-4, BB, K
Chadwick Tromp, Gwinnett – 2-3, 3 R, 4 RBI, BB, 2 HR
Ildemaro Vargas, Iowa – 2-4, R, BB, K, 2B
Chad Wallach, Salt Lake – 1-4, R, RBI, 2 BB, K
Drew Waters, Gwinnett – 4-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR
Kean Wong, Salt Lake – 3-6, 2 RBI, 2 K, 2B, SB

AA
Ross Adolph, Corpus Christi – 1-1, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HR
Zach Ashford, Binghamton – 2-2, R, BB
Bryce Ball, Tennessee – 2-3, R, RBI, BB, K, 2B
Brett Baty, Binghamton – 1-3, 2 BB
Luke Berryhill, Corpus Christi – 1-3, RBI, 2 BB, 2 K
Chase Calabuig, Midland – 3-4, R, RBI, BB, HR
Jancarlos Cintron, Amarillo – 2-3, R, RBI, BB, 2B, SB
Zach DeLoach, Arkansas – 1-2, R, 2 BB, 2B
Ray-Patrick Didder, Pensacola – 3-4, 2 R, RBI, K, HR, SB
Dominic Fletcher, Amarillo – 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, K, 2 HR
Wilson Garcia, Harrisburg – 2-3, BB, 2B
Michael Gigliotti, Richmond – 2-3, 2 R, 2 BB, K, 3B, SB
Moises Gomez, Springfield – 2-4, 3 R, RBI, BB, K, HR, SB
Devlin Granberg, Portland – 3-4, R, BB, K, 2B, SB
Taylor Gushue, Harrisburg – 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, K, 2 HR
Jameson Hannah, Hartford – 2-2, 2 R, 2 BB, 2B, SB
Gunnar Henderson, Bowie – 3-4, R, 4 RBI, HR
Connor Hollis, San Antonio – 2-3, 2 R, RBI, BB, HR
Todd Lott, Springfield – 1-3, RBI, 2 BB, K
Michael Massey, Northwest Arkansas – 3-5, R, RBI, 2 K
Shane Matheny, Richmond – 2-4, R, RBI, BB, 2B
Seuly Matias, Northwest Arkansas – 2-3, R, RBI, BB, K, 2B, 3B
Tanner Morris, New Hampshire – 3-4, 2 R, BB
Bo Naylor, Akron – 1-3, RBI, 2 BB, K
Malcom Nunez, Springfield – 1-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, K, 2B
Pedro Pages, Springfield – 2-3, R, 4 RBI, BB, K, 2 2B
Delvin Perez, Springfield – 1-3, RBI, 2 BB
Chandler Redmond, Springfield – 2-4, 2 RBI, BB, K
Sean Roby, Richmond – 3-5, 2 RBI, 2 K
Esteury Ruiz, San Antonio – 3-4, 3 R, 3 RBI, BB, K, 2B, 2 HR
Livan Soto, Rocket City – 2-4, R, RBI, BB, K, 2B
Jose Tena, Akron – 3-5, SB
Enmanuel Valdez, Corpus Christi – 2-4, R, 2 RBI, BB, HR
Jeremy Vasquez, Binghamton – 2-3, R, 2 RBI, BB, HR
Jordan Walker, Springfield – 0-1, 4 R, 3 BB, 2 SB
Aaron Whitefield, Rocket City – 1-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, K, SB

High-A
Alex Binelas, Greenville – 2-2, R, 2 BB
Evan Carter, Hickory – 2-4, R, BB, K, 3B
Moises Castillo, Winston-Salem – 1-3, R, 2 BB, K
J.C. Correa, Asheville – 2-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB, 2 HR, SB
Henry Davis, Greensboro – 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR, 2 SB
Abrahan Gutierrez, Greensboro – 1-2, RBI, 2 BB, K
Francisco Hernandez, Peoria – 2-4, 2 R, BB, 2B
Miguel Hiraldo, Vancouver – 2-4, BB, K, 2 2B, SB
Gilberto Jimenez, Greenville – 2-4, R, RBI, 2 K, 3 SB
Justin Lavey, Everett – 1-3, 2 BB, 2 K
Gabe Matthews, Tri-City – 3-4, R, 2B
Harvin Mendoza, Winston-Salem – 4-4, 4 R, 2 RBI, 3B, HR
PK Morris, Vancouver – 2-4, 2 RBI, BB, K, 2 2B, SB
Tyler Osik, Winston-Salem – 2-2, 2 R, 4 RBI, BB, 2 HR
Spencer Packard, Everett – 2-4, R, 2 RBI, BB, HR
Endy Rodriguez, Greensboro – 1-2, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, 3B, SB
Andy Thomas, Everett – 0-2, RBI, 3 BB, 2 K
Luis Verdugo, South Bend – 3-4, 2 2B
Eric Wagaman, Hudson Valley – 0-1, 3 BB
Masyn Winn, Peoria – 1-3, RBI, 2 BB, K, SB
Aaron Zavala, Hickory – 3-4, R, RBI

Single-A
Victor Bericoto, San Jose – 1-4, R, 2 BB, K, SB
Juan Brito, Fresno – 1-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, 2B, SB
Marcos Cabrera, Tampa – 2-4, R, RBI, BB, 2 K, 2B
Diego Cartaya, Rancho Cucamonga – 2-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, K, HR
Kyler Castillo, Jupiter – 3-3, R, RBI, 2 BB, 2B
Javeon Cody, Jupiter – 2-3, R, BB, K
Carlos Dominguez, St. Lucie – 2-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, 2 HR
Alberis Ferrer, Carolina – 2-3, 3 R, 3 RBI, BB, K
Garrett Frechette, San Jose – 2-5, R, 2 RBI, BB, HR
Yosy Galan, Down East – 5-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 3B, HR, SB
Anthony Garcia, Tampa – 0-2, 3 BB, K
Yhoswar Garcia, Clearwater – 1-2, 2 R, 2 BB, K, 3B, 2 SB
Darell Hernaiz, Delmarva – 3-4, 2 SB
Niko Kavadas, Salem – 0-2, R, 3 BB
Abdiel Layer, San Jose – 2-4, 3 R, BB, K, 2B
Hao Yu Lee, Clearwater – 3-4, 2 RBI, K
Eduardo Lopez, Salem – 3-4, R, BB
Oneill Manzueta, Charleston – 1-2, 2 BB, K
Grant McCray, San Jose – 4-5, R, 4 RBI, BB, 2B, HR
Rodolfo Nolasco, Bradenton – 3-4, RBI
Alejandro Osuna, Down East – 3-5, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR
Eddinson Paulino, Salem – 4-5, 2 R, RBI, 2B
Samil Polanco, Kannapolis – 3-4, 2B
Alex Ramirez, St. Lucie – 4-5, K, 2B
Kevin Richards, Stockton – 4-5, 3 R, 3 RBI, K, 2B, 2 HR
Aiverson Rodriguez, Fresno – 3-4, 2 R, RBI, K, 2 2B
CJ Rodriguez, Stockton – 1-3, 3 R, 2 BB, K
T.J. Schofield-Sam, Stockton – 1-3, R, RBI, 2 BB, K, 2B
Adrian Sugastey, San Jose – 2-5, BB, K
Luis Valdez, Delmarva – 3-4, R, SB
Braiden Ward, Fresno – 2-4, R, BB, K

Pitchers

AAA
Yency Almonte, Oklahoma City – 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Hunter Brown, Sugar Land – 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
Enmanuel De Jesus, Sacramento – 4 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Seth Elledge, Gwinnett – 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Ryan Feltner, Albuquerque – 5 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
Zach McAllister, Memphis – 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Luis Ortiz, Sacramento – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Jefry Rodriguez, Rochester – 5 1/3 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Ricardo Sanchez, Lehigh Valley – 4 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Hayden Wesneski, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre – 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
Dan Winkler, Round Rock – 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

AA
Logan Allen, Akron – 5 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
Solomon Bates, Richmond – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Jason Bilous, Birmingham – 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
Jose Butto, Binghamton – 4 1/3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
Harold Chirino, Biloxi – 1 2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Tyler Herb, Biloxi – 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Brett Kerry, Rocket City – 7 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Barrett Loseke, Somerset – 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Luke Murphy, Rocket City – 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Dalton Roach, Springfield – 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
Cam Sanders, Tennessee – 5 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K
Victor Santos, Portland – 6 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Matt Seelinger, Reading – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Chase Shugart, Portland – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Levi Stoudt, Arkansas – 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Kai-Wei Teng, Richmond – 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 9 K
Alex Troop, Harrisburg – 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

High-A
Ryan Boyer, Vancouver – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Zach Brzykcy, Wilmington – 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Christian Chamberlain, Quad Cities – 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Shane Drohan, Greenville – 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K
Ignacio Feliz, Aberdeen – 5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Adrian Florencio, Greensboro – 5 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 11 K
R.J. Freure, Rome – 3 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Gordon Graceffo, Peoria – 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
Leon Hunter, Everett – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Cody Laweryson, Cedar Rapids – 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Max Lazar, Wisconsin – 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Ethan Lindow, Jersey Shore – 4 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
Adam Macko, Everett – 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
Bobby Milacki, Cedar Rapids – 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Yohanse Morel, Quad Cities – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Braden Olthoff, Tri-City – 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Mitchell Parker, Wilmington – 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Malvin Pena, Wilmington – 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Jean Pinto, Aberdeen – 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Bailey Reid, South Bend – 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Sem Robberse, Vancouver – 5 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
Mike Ruff, Spokane – 7 1/3 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
Junior Santos, Brooklyn – 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Lisandro Santos, Rome – 3 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
TJ Shook, Wisconsin – 6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
Zack Trageton, Bowling Green – 5 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Vince Vannelle, Winston-Salem – 1 2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Ryan Zeferjahn, Greenville – 2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

Single-A
Garrett Burhenn, Lakeland – 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Carlos Calderon, Fayetteville – 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Ben Casparius, Rancho Cucamonga – 4 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Gavin Collyer, Down East – 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Christian Fernandez, Charleston – 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Darvin Garcia, Bradenton – 2 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Julio Goff, Inland Empire – 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
Brannon Jordan, Carolina – 5 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Cullen Kafka, Fresno – 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
Ronan Kopp, Rancho Cucamonga – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Nathan Lavender, St. Lucie – 3 1/3 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Gunner Mayer, Clearwater – 5 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Deylen Miley, Fayetteville – 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Matt Svanson, Dunedin – 5 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Levi Thomas, Lake Elsinore – 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
Tyler Uberstine, Salem – 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Marlin Willis, Columbia – 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Logan Workman, Charleston – 4 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Tyrone Yulie, Tampa – 5 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K

Today’s games

Pitching matchup of the day
The matchup Wednesday between Daytona and Jupiter will feature two under-radar arms that should definitely be garnering more attention. Julian Aguiar of Daytona has been very impressive this season after being the talk of Reds’ minor league camp this spring while Jupiter’s Edgar Sanchez has not exactly had the same raw stuff, but he’s been able to keep hitters off base and keep the ball in the park very well.

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

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

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

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

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