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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 10, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers The first full week of May brought some focus on who is truly succeeding this season in minor league baseball and who simply had a hot week or two. As we head toward Memorial Day, that will definitely iron out even further. Hitter of the WeekThe Dodgers drafted Jacob Amaya in 2017 out of high school in the 11th round. He has moved up the Dodgers’ system slow and steady, but when the pandemic hit, he took the time to do some significant swing changes to attempt to tap into his raw power. The results in 2021 were not great, as Amaya struck out at…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 8, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Even though a significant amount of doubleheaders were completed across minor league baseball on Saturday, many more were rained out, leading to a number more that are either moved to today or being played later in the season. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers enjoying a game of hardball on your special day! Hitter of the DayA 16th round pick in 2019 by the Chicago White Sox, DJ Gladney was known to have immense raw power at the plate but has struggled to make consistent contact in his minor league career thus far. He’s repeating Single-A Kannapolis this year, and the White Sox are…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 7, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers The postponements that were across the majors Friday were also notable across minor league baseball, setting up a weekend of doubleheaders, including 10 that will take place on Saturday! Hitter of the DayFittingly, heading into a big day of doubleheaders across the minors, the top hitter is a guy who did it in a doubleheader Friday. Matt Wallner was a native Minnesotan that the Twins drafted in 2019 after a college career with Southern Mississippi. He’s struggled to keep his swing and miss in check while also tapping into his big raw power thus far in his minor league career, but Friday is a good…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 6, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Some of the top pitching performances around minor league baseball were overshadowed by a pair of performances in Reading on Thursday. While a number of hitters had great days, one of the most consistent performers of the day got the nod for the day. Hitter of the DayGrowing up around major league baseball his entire life as his father works as a strength and conditioning coach in MLB, Alek Thomas was a highly-touted prospect in the 2018 draft, going in the second round out of high school in Chicago. He’s moved quickly through the Arizona minor league system, showing tremendous natural baseball instincts, handling center…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 5, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers A minor league team scored 24 runs on Wednesday, and multiple pitchers had elite outings, though fairly short ones. Let’s take a look at the top performers across minor league baseball from Wednesday and look ahead to Thursday’s games! Hitter of the DayOne of the biggest prep power bats in the 2019 draft, Rece Hinds was selected by the Reds in the second round and has struggled to fully tap into his raw power in his time in the Cincinnati organization. Despite that, he was promoted to High-A to open 2022, and he’s struggled to open the season. If Wednesday was his breakout, it was…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 4, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Tuesday’s minor league baseball games may not have had some of the absolutely outrageous statistical games on the mound or at the plate that have been seen recently, but there were plenty of big-time performances up and down the minors. Let’s take a look! Hitter of the DayThose who follow prospects closely may feel like Esteury Ruiz has hit the point of retread, aged-out prospect, but Ruiz is just 23. He was one of the youngest members of his signing class in 2015 when he signed with Kansas City. He came to the Padres’ organization through a six-player trade in 2017, and he’s still trying…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for May 3, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Some of the elite prospects in minor league baseball had big weeks over the past week, but many of the top performances came from guys that were completely off the radar this week. Hitter of the WeekThere are few hitters in all of minor league baseball who impact the ball stronger than Trey Cabbage. The Minnesota Twins drafted Cabbage out of high school in 2015 before letting him go as a minor league free agent. He signed with the Angels organization, and he’s absolutely crushed the ball this season, but over the past week, he even controlled his swing and miss tendencies. Cabbage posted a…
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Minor League Baseball Thread for May 2, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers With some family things going on, there was not a minor league baseball daily thread released Sunday, so today’s thread will include all the typical players of note for Saturday and Sunday along with the hitter of the day and pitcher of the day for both days. Saturday Hitter of the DayOne of the top-rated prospects in the 2018 international signing class, Diego Cartaya has been on the radar as one of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ top prospects for some time. After an injury-shortened 2021, he was ranked within the top 25 prospects in the game coming into this season. Cartaya opened the season back…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 30, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers A pair of Miami Marlins arms made strong cases for the top minor league baseball pitching performance of the day, but in the end, a young Blue Jay took the honor Friday with what has become “just another day” in a big season for the young lefty this year. Hitter of the DayThe Philadelphia Phillies drafted Darick Hall out of Dallas Baptist in the 14th round in 2016 knowing he had prodigious power and hoping he could offer other things around that part of his game. He moved quickly through the system by bashing baseballs, topping 20 home runs every full minor league season until…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 29, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Thursday saw some elite performances across minor league baseball, but the top performances of the day were turned in at the highest level at the plate and on the mound. Hitter of the DayA premium athlete in college, Ryan Boldt was picked in the second round by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2016 with some raw edges still to refine in his game. He then had Tommy John surgery that cost him the 2019 season before the pandemic year of 2020. It’s left Boldt at Triple-A with plenty of talent but also issues with his plate discipline and free swinging. The raw talent is still…
