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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for July 22nd, 2019
The Hall of Fame brought in 6 new members and trade season is heating up, but we are at the point in the minor league baseball season where we begin to consider the end, with roughly 45 days left. Who will get one more promotion by the end of the year? Who can finish strong with a big final six weeks? You know I’ll keep watching! Minor League Baseball Statistical Leaders Overall AVG: Corban Joseph .380, Yonathan Daza .371, David Freitas .361, Gavin Lux .350, Luis Robert .350HR: Kevin Cron 29, Adam Duvall/Yasmany Tomas/Sam Hilliard 28, Brian O’Grady 26SB: Nick Heath 48, Khalil Lee 39, Reggie Pruitt 37, Brock Deatherage/Johneshwy…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for July 20th, 2019
Upper minors hitters were the top performers in minor league baseball on Friday night as we enter the final weekend of July. Let’s take a look at the top performers: Hitters AAA Narciso Crook, Louisville, 3-4, R, RBI, BB, 3B, HR Kyle Garlick, Oklahoma City, 3-4, 3 R, RBI, K, 2B, HR Jose Godoy, Memphis, 3-4, R, 2 2B Luis Marte, Gwinnett, 3-3, R, 2 RBI, BB, 2B Jake Noll, Fresno, 3-4, 2 R, RBi, BB DJ Peters, Oklahoma City, 3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 HR Nick Solak, Nashville, 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR Andrew Stevenson, Fresno, 3-5, R, RBI, BB AA Gabriel Cancel, Northwest Arkansas, 3-4,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for July 8th, 2019
Minor League Baseball was on display in Cleveland on Sunday evening during the Futures Game, where Sam Huff hit a big home run while Luis Patino shut down the American League to close the game in a tie. As the big leaguers get their shot at All-Star week starting tonight, let’s start today’s look with our weekly review of minor league baseball’s statistical leaders. Minor League Baseball Statistical Leaders Overall AVG: Corban Joseph .402, Yonathan Daza .377, David Freitas .362, Luis Robert .349, L.T. Tolbert .349HR: Kevin Cron 29, Adam Duvall 25, Yasmany Tomas/Bobby Bradley/Kyle Tucker 24SB: Nick Heath 45, Khalil Lee 35, Johneshwy Fargas 34, Reggie Pruitt/Michael Gigliotti 32ERA:…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for July 2nd, 2019
As major league teams sign a whole host of new future stars from Latin America today, we look back at the top performers from the first day of July across minor league baseball: Hitters AAA Yadiel Hernandez, Fresno, 3-4, R, BB, 2B Domingo Leyba, Reno, 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 HR Brian O’Grady, Louisville, 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR Jordan Patterson, Buffalo, 3-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, 2B, HR Brent Rooker, Rochester, 3-5, R, 2 RBI, 2 K, HR Tomas Telis, Rochester, 3-4, 3 R, 2 2B Andy Young, Reno, 3-3, 2 R, RBI, BB, HR AA Wynton Bernard, Tennessee, 3-3, R, 2 RBI, BB, 2B,…
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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…
