Welcome to June! Today launches the first day of the Dominican Summer League, and I will mention top performers from that league on here, but due to the typical difficulty of getting starting pitchers, we won’t have games to watch at that level. This will continue into the other rookie leagues as well once the draft is done and those leagues begin play in mid-June, but similarly, I will note the top performers from the previous day! Hitters AAA Braden Bishop, Tacoma, 2-4, R, 4 RBI, 2B, HR, SB Justin Bour, Salt Lake, 2-4, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2B Micah Brown, New Orleans, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, 2B, HR…

The Blue Jays farm system had some big performances on Thursday to kick off the top performers from the day: Hitters AAA Mike Brosseau, Durham, 2-3, 2 RBI, 2 BB, K, 2B Wilmer Difo, Fresno, 3-4, 4 R, BB, SB Phillip Ervin, Louisville, 3-5, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2B, 2 HR Ryan Flaherty, Columbus, 2-3, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB Adolis Garcia, Memphis, 2-5, R, RBI, 3 K, 2B, HR Kyle Garlick, Oklahoma City, 3-5, R, 5 RBI, K, 2B, HR Yadiel Hernandez, Fresno, 3-4, 2 R, 5 RBI, 2B, 3B Drew Jackson, Oklahoma City, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, HR Tim Lopes, Tacoma, 4-7, 2 R, 3…

Yet another member of the Detroit Tigers loaded rotation in Erie had a huge day to lead off Wednesday’s top performers: Hitters AAA Anthony Alford, Buffalo, 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B Yordan Alvarez, Round Rock, 3-6, 2 R, RBI, BB, 3 K, SB Nick Ciuffo, Durham, 3-4, K, 2 2B Alex De Goti, Round Rock, 4-5, R, RBI, BB Phil Ervin, Louisville, 2-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR Adam Haseley, Lehigh Valley, 3-4, R, 2 RBI, K, 2 2B Andy Ibanez, Nashville, 3-7, 3 R, 4 RBI, K, 2B, HR Daniel Johnson, Columbus, 2-3, 4 R, RBI, 2 BB, HR Taylor Jones, Round Rock, 3-5, 2 R,…

Memorial Day led to a lighter slate of games, but there were plenty of excellent performances as we close out Monday: Hitters AAA Andres Blanco, Gwinnett, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, 2B Seth Brown, Las Vegas, 4-4, R, 2 RBI, BB, 2 2B Harold Castro, Toledo, 3-4, R, RBI, 2B, 3B Willi Castro, Toledo, 4-5, R, 4 RBI, K, 2B Samir Duenez, Omaha, 2-4, R, RBI, 2 BB, K Danny Espinosa, Syracuse, 2-3, 2 R, 2 BB, K, 2B David Freitas, San Antonio, 2-2, R, 2 RBI, BB, 2B, HR Josh Fuentes, Albuquerque, 4-5, 2 R, 3 2B Anthony Garcia, Sacramento, 4-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR Mike Gerber, Sacramento,…

Happy Memorial Day! For those in the U.S., please take some time today at 3:00 PM local time to remember those who lost their lives defending the freedom you enjoy. Let’s quickly get into our Monday leaderboards with a touch of reformatting, still with stats through Saturday: Overall AVG – Jarren Duran .415, Mason McCoy .384, Jake Elmore .380, Trey Harris .371, Yordan Alvarez .371HR – Kevin Cron 21, Yordan Alvarez 19, Sam Huff 17, Yasmany Tomas 16, Five with 15SB – Nick Heath 29, Jose Caballero 24, Vidal Brujan/Reggie Pruitt 21, Michael Gigliotti/Khalil Lee 20ERA – Anthony Kay 1.07, Elieser Hernandez 1.07, Casey Mize 1.11, MacKenzie Gore 1.15, Devin…

A number of “pop-up” prospect seasons continued their big impressions this year on Saturday with strong performances: Hitters AAA Braden Bishop, Tacoma, 2-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, 2 2B Christopher Bostic, Norfolk, 3-7, 3 R, RBI, 2 K, 2B, 3B Socrates Brito, Buffalo, 3-4, R, 2 RBI, BB, K, HR Daz Cameron, Toledo, 3-5, 3 R, RBI, BB, HR Jeimer Candelario, Toledo, 3-6, R, 6 RBI, 2 BB, HR Will Craig, Indianapolis, 2-5, R, RBI, 3 K, 2B, HR Isan Diaz, New Orleans, 3-4, 3 R, RBI, BB, 2B, HR Mike Ford, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, HR Mike Gerber, Sacramento, 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB,…

As the talk has been heavily on the increased offense in AAA due to the change to the major league ball this season, Friday’s action was highlighted by some top pitching performances at the AAA level: Hitters AAA Lane Adams, Lehigh Valley, 4-5, R, 2 RBI, K, 2 2B, HR Socrates Brito, Buffalo, 3-5, 3 R, RBI, BB, K, 2B Michael Brosseau, Durham, 2-3, 2 BB, 2B, SB Jeimer Candelario, Toledo, 2-3, 2 R, 4 RBI, 3 BB, HR Alen Hanson, Buffalo, 3-5, 3 R, 6 RBI, 2B, 2 HR Marco Hernandez, Pawtucket, 4-8, 3 R, 2 2B Yadiel Hernandez, Fresno, 3-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, HR, SB Alex…

Gavin Lux and Travis Blankenhorn continued their hot play on Thursday among a busy night of action: Hitters AAA Matthew Batten, El Paso, 3-5, 3 R, 3 RBI, K, 2 2B Michael Brosseau, Durham, 2-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B, HR Andy Burns, Buffalo, 3-3, 3 RBI, 2 BB Matt Davidson, Nashville, 2-3, 2 R, 4 RBI, BB, 2B, HR Deivy Grullon, Lehigh Valley, 3-4, BB, K, 2B Monte Harrison, New Orleans, 2-3, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 2B, SB Oscar Hernandez, Pawtucket, 2-2, R, 2 BB Yadiel Hernandez, Fresno, 3-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR Dilson Herrera, Syracuse, 2-3, R, 2 RBI, BB, 2B, HR Domingo Leyba,…