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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 23, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers With a half-dozen minor league baseball hitters powering out multiple home runs on Sunday, picking out the top hitter of the day was a challenge! Let’s check out the top performers from the final day of week seven around the minor leagues! Hitter of the DayThe St. Louis Cardinals have a knack for developing solid hitters from selections in the middle to back of the draft, and Lars Nootbaar may simply be another in that line. Nootbaar was an eighth-round pick in 2018 by the Cardinals, and he’s worked his way up for a brief time in the majors in 2021 and a seven-game stint…
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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 DayThose 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…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 3, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Some of the elite prospects in minor league baseball had big weeks over the past week, but many of the top performances came from guys that were completely off the radar this week. Hitter of the WeekThere are few hitters in all of minor league baseball who impact the ball stronger than Trey Cabbage. The Minnesota Twins drafted Cabbage out of high school in 2015 before letting him go as a minor league free agent. He signed with the Angels organization, and he’s absolutely crushed the ball this season, but over the past week, he even controlled his swing and miss tendencies. Cabbage posted a…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 29, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Thursday saw some elite performances across minor league baseball, but the top performances of the day were turned in at the highest level at the plate and on the mound. Hitter of the DayA premium athlete in college, Ryan Boldt was picked in the second round by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2016 with some raw edges still to refine in his game. He then had Tommy John surgery that cost him the 2019 season before the pandemic year of 2020. It’s left Boldt at Triple-A with plenty of talent but also issues with his plate discipline and free swinging. The raw talent is still…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 23, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Some very elite performances from lower-level pitchers across minor league baseball on Friday couldn’t outweigh the first complete game tossed in voting for pitcher of the day. Let’s take a look at the rest of the top performers from the day and Saturday’s schedule, including a doozy of a pitching matchup! Hitter of the DayThe Colorado Rockies signed Ezequiel Tovar out of Venezuela, and he had a rather nondescript first two pro years as he worked his way through short-season ball. In 2021, in his age 19 season, he really impressed many with his performance across both A-ball levels, showing power and speed while handling…
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Minor League Baseball daily top performers for April 18, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers The end of the second week brought a lot of great performances, but minor league baseball still has not hit its stride. Pitchers are still building up innings, and hitters are still not quite picking up pitches that they’ll be crushing by the end of the season. Let’s take a look at Sunday’s top performers! Hitter of the DayOriginally drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round out of high school, Matt McLain went to UCLA, and the Cincinnati Reds selected McLain with the 17th overall pick last summer. McLain was pushed to Double-A by the Reds in an aggressive assignment, but he’s had…
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Minor League Baseball top performers for April 15, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers With a number of games rained out on Wednesday, Thursday’s schedule included a host of doubleheaders and suspended games. That led to a bit more time to sort out everything, but the cream rose to the top all the same! Hitter of the DayAustralian Aaron Whitefield tantalized the Minnesota Twins system for a number of years with raw tools but never could refine all of those tools into baseball production. He signed with the Angels and is playing with Double-A Rocket City this season. He’s had a very big year overall, but the suspended game that finished yesterday along with the full 9-inning game that…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for February 20th, 2020
Happy Thursday! The Prospects Live crew does not have any more full divisions done on top 30 prospect lists, though they'll be done soon. I'm going to take the top 30 lists that are done by date of completion, however, and continue our stroll through camp invitees!
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for October 15th, 2019
The Arizona Fall League was back in action on Monday after a day off, and some of the top players in minor league baseball stepped up with big days.
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for October 10th, 2019
As the National League Division Series came to a close Wednesday, the bats came alive in the desert. The best in minor league baseball saw an offensive explosion in the Arizona Fall League, led by an extra-inning affair with both teams scoring double-digit runs.
