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Minor League Baseball Weekly Top Performers for June 21, 2022
Minor League Baseball Weekly Top Performers This was possibly the most difficult week so far to pick the singular winner of the hitter of the week or pitcher of the week. It was not because there weren’t worthy players, as many were worthy on both the hitter and pitcher sides, but no one player set himself apart in a significant way over the competition, so I ended up choosing two players to highlight. Hitter of the WeekThe Atlanta Braves had a 2019 draft that brought a depth of talent into the organization. One of those later picks that has significantly blossomed has been 11th-round pick Vaughn Grissom, an infielder that…
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Video Scouting Report on San Francisco Giants prospect Casey Schmitt
The last San Diego State player who went in the first two rounds of the major league baseball draft before the San Francisco Giants selected Casey Schmitt in the second round of the 2020 draft was Stephen Strasburg, who was selected first overall in 2009. Now, he’s having a breakout season in 2022. Is he for real? Let’s take a look! BackgroundCasey Shawn Schmitt is a California guy through and through, born in San Diego, graduating from high school in Chula Vista, and then attending San Diego State. Schmitt originally got on the map for many with a huge performance at the Cape Cod League in the summer of 2019.…
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Minor League Baseball Weekly Top Performers for June 14, 2022
Minor League Baseball Weekly Top Performers A perfect week over a pair of relief appearances gave the nod to the minor league baseball pitcher of the week this week. On the hitting side, one of the top performers this season finally gets a weekly note after one of the top seasons in the minors in 2022. Hitter of the WeekOriginally signed by the Kansas City Royals out of the Dominican Republic, Esteury Ruiz was included in a trade to the San Diego Padres in 2017, and he has been working his way up the San Diego system ever since. Originally a free swinger, Ruiz has refined his approach year by…
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Minor League Baseball Weekly Top Performers for June 7, 2022
Minor League Baseball Weekly Top Performers The hitting performances this week across minor league baseball were amazing, but one of the elite ascending prospects shined above the rest while a fringe pitching prospect had a career week. Hitter of the WeekSigned for $2.75 million out of the Dominican by the Twins, Emmanuel Rodriguez has established himself in his first season in full-season ball. After the first week of June, Rodriguez is the only qualified minor leaguer with a wRC+ over 200 and is leading all qualified minor league hitters in on-base with a .495 mark. While he started out strong, Rodriguez has made an adjustment after pitchers made their adjustment…
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Minor League Baseball Weekly Top Performers
Minor League Baseball Weekly Top Performers for May 30, 2022 When reviewing minor league baseball top performers each week, the choice is subjective, for sure, but I can assure you that the end result was purely coincidental. This week the top pitcher and the top hitter of the week could do an advertisement for United Parcel Service! Hitter of the WeekThe extra season awarded to college players did mean some prospects are older at different development points, but it also means players like Vaun Brown are getting a chance. Brown was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 10th round last summer after using his extra season to make…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 27, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Thursday’s games across minor league baseball showed that the season is definitely in full swing as multiple pitchers went seven innings deep into their starts, a sign that teams feel that their arms are stretched out. Always a great thing to get into the meat of the season of baseball! Hitter of the DayNow that Adley Rutschman is in the major leagues, the honor of the top catching prospect in the minor leagues is likely passed down to the New York Mets’ Francisco Alvarez. The 20-year-old Alvarez has been holding his own at Double-A Binghamton this season, but he was mired in an extended slump…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 26, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Minor league baseball provides that doubleheaders are seven-inning games, which meant that the big event no-hitter on Wednesday was a seven-inning no-hitter, but it was a unique experience all the same. Let’s take a look at the rest of the top performers from a fun day around the minor leagues! Hitter of the DayA big (6’4″, 250ish pounds) guy, Vinnie Pasquantino was drafted in the 11th round in 2019 out of Old Dominion by the Kansas City Royals with the knowledge that he’d need to hit to have value. Let’s just say that he’s had plenty of value in his minor league career. He caught…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 25, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers All levels of minor league baseball bring excellent action on a daily basis, but often the top performers end up being notable in the higher levels because hitters and pitchers are allowed to spend the entire game showing their skills while teams are attempting to see as many players as possible at lower levels and not overtax exciting young talents until they’re nearly ready for the major leagues. Today, however, we feature two Single-A players as top performers from Tuesday’s games. Let’s check it out! Hitter of the DayThe Milwaukee Brewers signed Hedbert Perez for $700K out of Venezuela and was advanced enough that the…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 24, 2022
Minor League Baseball Weekly Top Performers For minor league baseball fans of teams whose major league clubs are not doing well, seeing success from the team’s minor league players at least brings some excitement to what would be an otherwise rough year of baseball fandom. This week, Pirates and Orioles fans get to enjoy a player being noted as the player of the week. Let’s dig in! Hitter of the WeekThe Pirates drafted Matt Gorski in the second round of the 2019 draft out of the University of Indiana as a toolsy center fielder with plenty of growth left for a college draftee. He struggled his first two seasons with…
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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…
