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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 20th, 2019
The top performers were pretty easy for Monday night’s performers, but there were plenty of other incredible performances on top of those two around minor league baseball on Monday! Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Austin Allen, El Paso, 3-5, R, 2 RBI, K, 2 2B, HR Mandy Alvarez, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 3-4, 3 RBI, BB Seth Brown, Las Vegas, 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 K, 2 HR Dylan Carlson, Memphis, 3-4, 2 R, BB, K Erik Kratz, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 3-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB, HR Seth Mejias-Brean, El Paso, 3-4, R, RBI, BB, K Travis Shaw, San Antonio, 3-3, R, RBI, BB, 2B Christin Stewart, Toledo, 2-2, 3 R,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 19th, 2019
This is coming out late on Monday as I’ve got dad duties Sunday and Monday morning. The minor league baseball leaderboards are starting to get more final as we get close to the end, but the home run leaders have changed this week, which is impressive this late in the season! Minor League Baseball Statistical Leaders Overall (min. 250 AB or 75 IP for rate stats) AVG: Ty France .399, David Freitas .387, Corban Joseph .371, Yonathan Daza .364, Gavin Lux .352HR: Kevin Cron 38, Seth Brown 35, Jaylin Davis 33, Kyle Tucker/Mason Martin/Sam Hilliard 32SB: Nick Heath 57, Khalil Lee 48, Vidal Brujan 45, Johneshwy Fargas/Reggie Pruitt 44ERA: Daniel…
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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 17th, 2019
While monster offensive games were scattered throughout the day (three AAA players clobbered 3 home runs in a single game!), the best pitching performances on the day seemed to come out of the bullpen in minor league baseball on Friday. Let’s take a look at the top performers: Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Cristhian Adames, Sacramento, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, 2B Jaylin Davis, Sacramento, 3-5, 4 R, 5 RBI, BB, 3 HR Michael De La Cruz, Buffalo, 2-2, R, 2 BB Aramis Garcia, Sacramento, 4-5, R, K, 2B Phil Gosselin, Lehigh Valley, 4-9, 2 R, K, 2 2B Michael Hermosillo, Salt Lake, 3-5, 3 R, 4 RBI,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 16, 2019
On a personal note, I want to wish my beautiful wife a happy 5th anniversary! With just two more weeks of regular season play, the Dominican Summer League saw some incredible performances on Thursday. Let’s look at other top minor league performers on Thursday: Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Austin Allen, El Paso, 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B, HR Matthew Batten, El Paso, 4-5, 2 R, 2 2B, 3B Drew Butera, Albuquerque, 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B, HR Phil Gosselin, Lehigh Valley, 2-3, 3 R, 2 BB, K, 3B Dilson Herrera, Syracuse, 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, K, 2 HR Seth Mejias-Brean, El Paso,…
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Starting 9: Minor League Baseball Playoff Picture
With minor league baseball coming to a close in the next few weeks, let’s take a look around the game at each league’s playoff procedure and how the races are shaping up. But first… Before we dig into the exact standings and such, a quick word on the reality of playoff runs in the minor leagues – they matter very little. Yes, you always want to see your team win, but the goal is not to have the best team in AAA if you’re a major league team. It is to develop the best development system in all of minor league baseball. That could mean that a team in first…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 15th, 2019
Pitching performances were absolutely incredible across minor league baseball on Wednesday as many arms had games that would typically be worthy of the highlight spot. Let’s take a look at the day’s best: Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Zack Collins, Charlotte, 4-5, 3 R, 6 RBI, BB, 2 HR Austin Hays, Norfolk, 1-2, R, RBI, 3 BB, K, SB Trey Michalczewski, Charlotte, 3-4, 2 RBI, BB, K Wynston Sawyer, Rochester, 4-4 AA Jake Adams, Corpus Christi, 3-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, HR, SB Eliezer Alvarez, Frisco, 2-3, R, 2 BB, K, SB Daulton Varsho, Jackson, 3-5, R, 3 RBI, 2 2B, HR Vance Vizcaino, Hartford, 2-4, 2…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 14th, 2019
A night after Seth Brown took over the minor league baseball home run lead, he was bested by yet another huge game from the guy who’s been atop the board all year. Let’s take a look at the top performers around the minors for Tuesday! Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Gregor Blanco, Syracuse, 2-3, 2 BB Kevin Cron, Reno, 3-5, 3 R, 5 RBI, K, 3 HR (36, MiLB HR leader) Andy Ibanez, Nashville, 4-6, R, 5 RBI, HR Nick Madrigal, Charlotte, 4-6, 3 R, 2 RBI, K, 2B John Nogowski, Memphis, 2-2, R, 2 RBI, 3 BB Francisco Pena, Sacramento, 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, K, 2…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 13th, 2019
Aberdeen had a huge night in the New York-Penn League on Monday night, tossing a combined no-hitter and also seeing a hitter put together 4 extra-base hits! Let’s take a look at the rest of the top performers in minor league baseball for Monday with a short schedule of games at the top 3 levels of the minors: Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Carlos Asuaje, Reno, 2-2, 2 R, 2 BB Seth Brown, Las Vegas, 3-4, 2 R, 5 RBI, 2B, 2 HR (new MiLB HR leader!) Michael Gettys, El Paso, 3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, K, 2 HR Kyle Tucker, Round Rock, 2-5, 2 R, 4 RBI,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 12th, 2019
With less than a month left of minor league baseball, these leaderboards begin to solidify into what will be the final leaderboards on the season. That really puts into perspective where names fall on these lists. Minor League Baseball Statistical Leaders Overall AVG: Ty France .406, David Freitas .381, Corban Joseph .373, Yonathan Daza .364, Gavin Lux .358HR: Kevin Cron/Seth Brown 32, Kyle Tucker/Sam Hilliard 30, Adam Duvall/Yasmany Tomas/Jared Walsh/Mason Martin 29SB: Nick Heath 55, Vidal Brujan 45, Johneshwy Fargas 44, Khalil Lee 43, Jarren Duran/Reggie Pruitt/Zach Davis 40ERA: Seth Corry 1.64, Garrett Hill 1.71, MacKenzie Gore 1.72, Joe Ryan 1.79, Joey Cantillo 1.93IP: Jack Wynkoop 146, Tommy Parsons 143…
