A no-hitter turned into a loss, two lefty prospects for NL West teams squared off in a mound battle that is likely a preview of things to come for many years in the future, and the top overall pick from last June continued to show that he’s ready for a move up! Hitters AAA Emilio Bonifacio, Durham, 2-4, 2 R, 2B, SB Christopher Bostick, Norfolk, 2-5, R, 2 RBI, K, 2 2B Dylan Cozens, Lehigh Valley, 1-4, R, 3 RBI, BB, HR, SB Jake Elmore, Indianapolis, 3-4, R, 2 RBI, 2B, HR Danny Mendick, Charlotte, 2-5, 3 R, 4 RBI, BB, 2 K, 2B, HR, SB Oscar Mercado, Columbus, 4-5,…

Five hitters hit multiple home runs on Monday in the minors, but at the same time three pitchers topped double digits in strikeouts. Let’s take a look at all of the top performers on a busy Monday! Hitters AAA Yordan Alvarez, Round Rock, 3-5, R, 3 RBI, K, 2B, HR Skye Bolt, Las Vegas, 4-4, R, 2 RBI, BB, 2 2B Billy Burns, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 1-3, R, RBI, K, 2B, SB Randy Cesar, Rochester, 3-5, R, 4 RBI, 2 2B Yonathan Daza, Albuquerque, 2-5, R, 2 RBI, 2B, HR Alex Dickerson, El Paso, 2-4, 2 K, 2 2B Kyle Garlick, Oklahoma City, 3-4, 3 R, RBI, HR Bryan Holaday, New Orleans,…

In the spirit of John Sickels old daily threads from Minor League Ball, I’ve started doing a daily thread as well. We will have leaderboards every Monday, so let’s take a look! Leaderboards AAA AVG: Travis Snider .460, Ty France, .440, Cavan Biggio .439, Austin Nola .429, Mike Ford .410 AAA HR: Ty France/Yordan Alvarez 9, Jacob Wilson 8, Seth Brown 7, Six with 6 AAA SB: Christian Colon 8, Brett Phillips/Oscar Mercado 7, Myles Straw/Jorge Mateo 6 AAA IP: Daniel Mengden 24, Jake Woodford 23 1/3, Ariel Jurado/Zack Brown 22 2/3, Austin Gomber/Mike Shawaryn 22 1/3 AAA K: Lucas Sims 34, Daniel Mengden/Tyler Beede 28, Taylor Hearn 26, Zac…

Happy Easter to all those who celebrate, and to those who do not, happy Sunday! A weather-worn weekend has eliminated a host of games the past few days, but there are still plenty of very good performances to be noted, included a number of guys who hit multiple home runs on the day! Hitters AAA Michael Batten, El Paso, 3-6, 2 R, RBI, K, 2B, 3B, SB Andres Blanco, Gwinnett, 2-3, K, 2 2B Skye Bolt, Las Vegas, 2-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, K, 2B, 3B Rob Brantly, Lehigh Valley, 3-6, 2 R, 3 RBI, K, 2 2B Seth Brown, Las Vegas, 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B, HR Randy…

A no-hitter by Kane County highlights a pitching-dominant slate of games across minor league baseball on April 19th: Hitters AAA Phillip Ervin, Louisville, 3-4, R, 3B, SB Johnny Field, Iowa, 2-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, K, 2B, HR Mark Mathias, Columbus, 2-4, R, 6 RBI, BB, K, 2 2B Peter O’Brien, New Orleans, 3-4, R, 2 RBI, HR Brendan Rodgers, Albuquerque, 2-4, R, 2 RBI, K, 2B, HR Bubba Starling, Omaha, 3-5, 3 R, 2 RBI, K, 2B, HR Zander Wiel, Rochester, 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, K, 2B, HR Mike Yastrzemski, Sacramento, 1-3, 2 R, RBI, BB, HR, SB AA Omar Estevez, Tulsa, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, 2B, HR…

Being a big fan of John Sickels and Minor League Ball during its run, one of the great items on that page was the daily thread that featured the top performers of the previous day and highlighted top games to watch for the next day. I’m not going to claim to be John or to take his spot by any means, but I’m hoping this can be a spot for folks to get some of what they got from those threads! We’ll start with top performers from the previous day at each level, and then onto the top games to watch later on: Hitters AAA Aristides Aquino, Louisville, 2-2, 2…