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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 28, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers While there were some impressive pitching performances at the team level across minor league baseball on Wednesday, finding individual performances was not an easy task. Hitters were tough to choose among, though, so highlighting a top prospect that’s opened the season well but not been featured as a hitter of the day yet was a worthy pick. Hitter of the DayOne of the top prep hitters in the 2018 draft, Nolan Gorman slipped down the first round until the Cardinals selected him with the 19th overall pick. He struggled in his first full season in 2019 before the pandemic season, but he bounced back significantly…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 27, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers A pair of minor league baseball prospects that have been heard about for a while, rose up rankings, and fell back down due to a combination of “shiny new toy syndrome” and perceived lack of progress from the players had big days on Tuesday to claim the top hitter and top pitcher of the day. Hitter of the DayBorn in New York, Luis Garcia moved to the Dominican Republic when he was very young, signing with the Washington Nationals as a consensus top-5 player in his international class. One of the youngest players in his signing class, he moved quickly through the minor league system,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 26, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers While the big leagues struggled offensively, those issues didn’t translate to minor league baseball, with more than a dozen teams scoring 10+ runs each of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday over the past week. That led to plenty of options for strong individual performances on the offensive side for hitter of the week choice. Even with that offense, there were plenty of strong choices on the pitching side as well. Hitter of the WeekThe Washington Nationals originally drafted Blake Perkins in the second round out of Arizona high school in 2015. The switch-hitting outfielder tantalized with raw talent before the Nationals traded him to the Royals…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 25, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Offense again ruled the day on Sunday as minor league baseball finished up its second full week of the season. No games will be played today, so remember that tomorrow’s daily thread will include hitter of the week, pitcher of the week, top weekly performers, and the overall minor league leaders. Make sure to check it out! Hitter of the DayThrough his first four pro seasons in the Kansas City Royals organization, Herard Gonzalez displayed excellent glove skills and a sharp eye at the plate, but his contact skills have always been in question. The lean Dominican has shown more power with Quad Cities this…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 24, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers With 16 minor league baseball teams scoring 10 or more runs on Saturday, there were plenty of impressive individual offensive efforts Saturday along with a pair of Phillies’ arms among the top pitching performances for the day. Hitter of the DayThe Los Angeles Dodgers drafted Jacob Amaya out of California high school in the 11th round in 2017. He’s shown a steady infield glove with an average toolset offensively. He’s retooled his swing to generate more loft over the past two years and returned to Tulsa this year with excellent numbers this year so far. Saturday night was an indication of the breakout he’s having…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for April 23, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Some very elite performances from lower-level pitchers across minor league baseball on Friday couldn’t outweigh the first complete game tossed in voting for pitcher of the day. Let’s take a look at the rest of the top performers from the day and Saturday’s schedule, including a doozy of a pitching matchup! Hitter of the DayThe Colorado Rockies signed Ezequiel Tovar out of Venezuela, and he had a rather nondescript first two pro years as he worked his way through short-season ball. In 2021, in his age 19 season, he really impressed many with his performance across both A-ball levels, showing power and speed while handling…
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Minor league baseball top performers for April 22, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Without a “huge” game from any one pitcher in minor league baseball on Thursday, the choice came among many excellent performances, and today’s top hitter and top pitcher both happen to be former early draft picks, which hasn’t been the case all the time in the selections. Let’s take a look at Thursday’s top performers and Friday’s schedule! Hitter of the DayOriginally drafted by the San Diego Padres, Hudson Potts was traded to the Boston Red Sox during the 2020 season in a trade that sent Mitch Moreland to the Padres. Potts has always shown excellent defensive skills, but his bat has developed slowly as…
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Minor league baseball top performers for April 21, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers With just a week left in the first month of the minor league baseball season, we’re now seeing numbers start to regulate more with many of the hot starters to the season finding their first slump or the slow starters hit their first hot streak. Let’s take a look at Wednesday’s top performers! Hitter of the DayOne of the top prospects in Puerto Rico in his draft year, Nelson Velazquez has slowly moved up the Chicago Cubs system with plenty of promise but never put it all together for production until he put up 20 home runs and 17 stolen bases across two levels in…
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Minor league baseball top performers for April 20, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers Seemingly most days this season, one Major League Baseball organization has had multiple top performers in minor league baseball which makes picking either a hitter of the day or pitcher of the day difficult. Tuesday, it was less one team, but more lower-level pitching as a whole to take the turn at making it a difficult choice! Hitter of the DayAfter seven years in the New York Yankees organization, Dermis Garcia signed with the Oakland Athletics as a minor league free agent this offseason. He’s always exhibited power (and plenty of strikeouts) along his minor league path, including 31 home runs in 2021 for the…
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Minor league baseball weekly top performers for April 19, 2022
Minor League Baseball Top Performers The format for the weekly wrapup is better set with focus on the performance of the past week and providing the overall statistical leaders across all of the minor leagues. Enjoy! Hitter of the WeekWhile there are many players who put up big power numbers on the week, knocking out as many as eight extra base hits on the week, Max Ferguson of the Padres system has been elite in a different manner. The former Tennessee standout opened in Single-A and led the minors this week in runs scored and stolen bases, going .444/.621/.556 with 11 runs scored and nine stolen bases on the week.…
