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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 31, 2019
It’s snuck up on us! The final day of August and the final weekend of the minor league baseball season are now here. A number of players are finishing out the season strong, but one to highlight is Connor Wong in the Los Angeles Dodgers system: Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA John Andreoli, Tacoma, 4-5, 2 R, K, 2B, 2 SB Rob Brantly, Lehigh Valley, 4-7, 2 RBI, K Ali Castillo, Lehigh Valley, 4-7, R, RBI, BB, K, 2B Michael Chavis, Pawtucket, 2-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, K, 2 HR Kevin Cron, Reno, 4-6, R, 3 RBI, K Santiago Espinal, Buffalo, 2-3, R, 2 BB, SB Connor Marabell,…
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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 18, 2019
At times it’s hard to see the point in spending the heavy time many of us do in minor league baseball. Then, you read an anniversary like today, from Baseball-Reference’s “on this day” for August 18th. You see that Roberto Clemente, still in the Dodgers system, got national exposure on his 20th birthday in 1954 when he uncorked a powerful throw from right field to get the final out of the game at home plate, nabbing the potential game-tying run and allowing Montreal to win 8-7. Clemente would go on to be drafted by the Pirates in the 1954 Rule 5 draft that offseason and go on to be one…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 10th, 2019
A pair of High-A clubs in Palm Beach and San Jose both had big offensive days as teams and ended up dominating that level’s list of top performers, while big arms had big days in AA. Let’s take a look at Friday’s top performers in minor league baseball: Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Emilio Bonifacio, Durham, 2-3, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB Rocky Gale, Durham, 4-4, R, RBI Adolis Garcia, Memphis, 4-5, 4 R, 3 RBI, K, 2B, HR Jack Lopez, Gwinnett, 4-5, 2 R, K, 2B Zach McKinstry, Oklahoma City, 4-4, 2 R, 6 RBI, 2 HR John Nogowski, Memphis, 1-3, 4 R, 3 BB Nate Orf,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 5th, 2019
We’ve now officially entered August. By the end of this month, many of the leagues in minor league baseball will have completed their regular seasons and only have postseason games left. We’ll start with the leaders like we do every Monday! Minor League Baseball Statistical Leaders Overall AVG: Ty France .402, Corban Joseph .379, David Freitas .366, Yonathan Daza .364, Gavin Lux .358HR: Kevin Cron 30, Adam Duvall/Yasmany Tomas/Jared Walsh/Seth Brown 29SB: Nick Heath 51, Khalil Lee 42, Vidal Brujan 41, Johneshwy Fargas 40, Zach Davis 39ERA: MacKenzie Gore 1.72, Alex Fagalde 1.73, Zac Gallen 1.77, Garrett Hill 1.83, Seth Corry 1.85IP: Jack Wynkoop 140, Steven Moyers 137 1/3, Trey…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 4th, 2019
Pitchers at the AA level across minor league baseball had quite a day on Saturday, with many of the best performances on the day coming from that level! Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Jo Adell, Salt Lake, 2-3, 3 R, 2 BB, 2B Lewis Brinson, New Orleans, 2-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 K, 2 HR Andy Burns, Buffalo, 4-5, R, RBI, 2B Ty France, El Paso, 3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, K, 2B, 2 HR Patrick Kivlehan, Buffalo, 3-3, R, 4 RBI, BB, HR Ryan McBroom, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 3-3, 2 R, BB Adam Moore, Nashville, 4-5, RBI Sheldon Neuse, Las Vegas, 2-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, K,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 3rd, 2019
I will be on vacation with my family for a number of days, so the timing of the daily thread could be later during the next few days. Let’s take a look around minor league baseball from Friday! Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Eric Campbell, Las Vegas, 3-4, R, 4 RBI, BB, HR Jaylin Davis, Sacramento, 3-3, 3 RBI, BB, 2 2B Pedro Florimon, Gwinnett, 2-3, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HR Ty France, El Paso, 4-5, 2 R, RBI, K, 2B Ryan LaMarre, Gwinnett, 4-5, 3 R, RBI, BB, K, 2 2B, HR Domingo Leyba, Reno, 5-7, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2B Jack Lopez, Gwinnett, 4-5, 2…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for July 27th, 2019
The New York Yankees Florida State League affiliate in Tampa finished an error shy of a perfect game, still securing the 7-inning no-hitter as part of a doubleheader sweep on Friday. Let’s take a look at the other top performers around minor league baseball: Hitters AAA Aaron Altherr, Syracuse, 3-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2B, HR Randy Arozarena, Memphis, 4-6, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2B, 3B, HR, SB Andres Blanco, Gwinnett, 3-4, R, 2 RBI, BB, 2B Donnie Dewees, Iowa, 3-4, 3 RBI, BB Dustin Fowler, Las Vegas, 4-6, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2B, 2 HR Phil Gosselin, Lehigh Valley, 3-3, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB, 2B, HR Travis Jankowski,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for July 24th, 2019
After one of the most incredible nights of baseball at the major league level, we look at the leaders on Tuesday night in minor league baseball: Hitters AAA Austin Allen, El Paso, 3-5, R, 3 RBI, 2B, HR Alex Blandino, Louisville, 3-3, R, RBI, BB, 2B, HR Justin Bour, Salt Lake, 3-3, 4 R, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 2 HR Socrates Brito, Buffalo, 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, K, 2 HR Seth Brown, Las Vegas, 3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB, 2 HR Jaycob Brugman, Tacoma, 3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB, K, 2 2B, HR Rusney Castillo, Pawtucket, 5-6, 3 R, RBI, 2 2B Jaylin Davis, Rochester, 5-5, 4…
