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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for February 17th, 2020
After highlighting the top 100 players in camp, we're going to go through the players on the Prospects Live top 30 for each team that are in camp! We will go through the divisions that are done on Prospects Live, starting with the American League Central:
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for September 13, 2019
A short slate of games in the minor league baseball playoff games didn’t mean that there wasn’t plenty of excitement or excellent performances! Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Ka’ai Tom, Columbus, 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 K, 2B, HR AA Cedric Mullins, Bowie, 2-3, RBI, BB, K, SB High-A None qualified Low-A Jax Biggers, Hickory, 2-4, 2 R, BB, K, SB Bubba Hollins, Clinton, 3-4, RBI, K, 2B Tyreque Reed, Hickory, 3-4, R, 3 RBI, HR Matt Whatley, Hickory, 2-3, BB, K Advanced Rookie Isaiah Henry, Idaho Falls, 2-3, 3 R, RBI, K, 2 2B Leonardo Seminati, Billings, 3-4, R, RBI, HR Pitchers AAA Blake Snell, Durham,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for September 11th, 2019
Another minor league baseball champion was crowned as the Brooklyn Cyclones won the New York-Penn League championship on Tuesday night. Let’s take a look at the night’s top performers: Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Bobby Bradley, Columbus, 1-3, R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, K, HR Dalton Kelly, Durham, 3-4, R, RBI, K, HR Kevin Padlo, Durham, 3-4, R, RBI, K, HR Francisco Pena, Sacramento, 4-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR Ka’ai Tom, Columbus, 1-3, 2 R, BB, 3 RBI, HR Stephen Wrenn, Round Rock, 2-3, R, BB, 2 2B AA Luis Aviles Jr., Biloxi, 5-5, 4 R, RBI, HR Seth Beer, Jackson, 3-5, R, RBI, 2B Bruce Caldwell,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for September 8th, 2019
While Friday night saw multiple teams in the minor league baseball playoff stave off elimination, Saturday was just the opposite. Seemingly every team that faced a win-or-go-home situation fell short, but some of the games were tremendous with walk-off action and late-game comebacks! Let’s look at Saturday’s best: Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Jason Coats, Durham, 2-4, 3 R, 4 RBI, BB, K, HR Rocky Gale, Durham, 2-5, R, 3 RBI, BB, 2B Zach Houchins, Sacramento, 2-4, R, RBI, K, HR Dalton Kelly, Durham, 3-4, 4 R, 4 RBI, BB, K, HR, SB Mark Mathias, Columbus, 3-4, 2 R, K, 2B Cristian Pache, Gwinnett, 3-4, RBI, 2 2B…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 30th, 2019
Hurricane Dorian has ended the season of yet another league in minor league baseball, as the Florida State League announced the close of their season due to the impending hurricane on Thursday. Let’s take a look at the top performers around the minors on the day: Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Bobby Bradley, Columbus, 4-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, K, 2B, 2 HR C.J. Chatham, Pawtucket, 3-8, R, RBI, BB, 2 K, 2B Alejandro De Aza, Rochester, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, 3B, SB Wilmer Difo, Fresno, 5-5, 3 R, 5 RBI, 2 2B, 3B Clint Frazier, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 3-8, 4 R, 2 RBI, BB, 2B, HR Travis Jankowski,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 23, 2019
The Indians organization saw a no-hitter hurled by multiple pitchers at their rookie league level, and multiple big games at the plate happened on Thursday across minor league baseball, led by a Royals hitter who has been beating the snot out of baseballs for the last few days! Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Cristhian Adames, Sacramento, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, K, 2 2B, HR Taylor Gushue, Fresno, 4-5, 2 R, K, 2 2B Nate Lowe, Durham, 2-2, R, 2 BB, 2B Nick Madrigal, Charlotte, 2-3, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2B, 3B Joey Rickard, Sacramento, 2-4, 3 R, 3 RBI, BB, K, 2 HR Tomas Telis, Rochester, 4-4,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 1st, 2019
The MLB trade deadline overshadowed the excellent action around minor league baseball on the final day of July. Now, minor league baseball turns into its final month. Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA John Andreoli, Tacoma, 1-2, R, RBI, 3 BB, K, HR Andy Burns, Buffalo, 3-4, 3 R, 3 RBI, BB, HR Narciso Crook, Louisville, 3-6, 2 R, RBI, BB, 2B, 3B Danny Espinosa, Syracuse, 3-4, R, BB, SB Luis Guillorme, Syracuse, 3-4, R, 3 RBI, BB, HR Nick Heath, Omaha, 3-5, 4 R, BB, 2B Daniel Johnson, Columbus, 3-5, R, RBI, BB, 2 2B, HR Nick Longhi, Louisville, 3-5, R, BB, 2B Daniel Palka, Charlotte, 3-4, R,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for July 21st, 2019
The Hall of Fame welcomes in one of its largest classes in voting history as it inducts six members this afternoon. We look briefly at the six inductees’ minor league baseball track records: Harold Baines: 2 seasons + rehabs, 335 games, 1,333 PA, .278/.341/.448, 40 HR, 10 SB, 8.6% BB, 17.6% KRoy Halladay: 5 1/2 seasons + rehabs, 121 games, 653 IP, 3.80 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 7.8% BB, 15.5% KEdgar Martinez: 5 seasons + rehabs, 681 games, 2,842 PA, .300/.412/.439, 46 HR, 30 SB, 15.7% BB, 8.9% KMike Mussina: 1 1/2 seasons + rehabs, 31 games, 189 IP, 2.38 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 8% BB, 32.9% KLee Smith: 5 1/2 seasons…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for July 9th, 2019
As MLB All-Stars enjoyed their Home Run Derby, minor league baseball had their own big games on Monday night. Let’s take a look at the top performers: Hitters AAA No games scheduled AA No hitters qualified High-A Luis Alejandro Basabe, Visalia, 4-5, RBI Keith Curcio, Salem, 4-6, 3 R, BB, K, 2 2B Mario Feliciano, Carolina, 3-4, 3 RBI, 2 2B, 3B Brewer Hicklen, Wilmington, 4-8, 2 R, RBI, 2B, 2 SB Nick Pratto, Wilmington, 3-6, R, 2 RBI, BB, K, 3B Curtis Terry, Down East, 3-3, 2 R, RBI, 2B, HR Low-A Ivan Herrera, Peoria, 3-4, R, 2 RBI, BB, K, 2B John Jones, Beloit, 5-6, R, RBI, K…
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2019 MLB Draft team strategy by division – AL Central
With four of the top dozen bonus pools in the entire 2019 MLB draft, the AL Central could be a very exciting division to watch overall, even if there aren’t the depth of picks that the Royals and Indians both had last year. Chicago White Sox 2018 Record: 62-100Bonus Pool: $11,565,500Day 1 selections: 2 (3, 45)Day 2 selections: 8 (81, 110, 140, 170, 200, 230, 260, 290) Draft Strategy With the third overall selection, the White Sox are going to have a different look than typical this year, even though they’ve picked in the top dozen selections each of the last five drafts. With those five selections in the top…
