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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 12, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers After one week of minor league baseball (one weekend for non-Triple-A leagues), there have been plenty of impressive performances at all levels. On a weekly basis, I intend to produce this list on Tuesdays rather than a regular daily performers list to highlight the weekly performers. The statistics are through Sunday for each player, and the intention will be that any player highlighted in the hitter or pitcher of the week will only get the honor once in the season in order to highlight as many players as possible throughout the season (though if a player is worthy of multiple hitter/pitcher of the day recognition…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 10, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers The minor league baseball season has hit full stride, with the selection for hitter of the day and pitcher of the day getting tougher with a full slate of full-season league games each day now. Hitter of the DayThe Minnesota Twins drafted Christian Encarnacion-Strand out of Oklahoma State in the fourth round in 2021. He had a big pro debut, hitting .391/.424/.598 in 87 at-bats with Fort Myers at Single-A. He’s definitely not slowed down to open 2022, picking up nine hits in his first ten at-bats of the 2022 season, including four extra base hits. Saturday, the Cedar Rapids third baseman went 5-5 with…