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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 1st, 2019
The MLB trade deadline overshadowed the excellent action around minor league baseball on the final day of July. Now, minor league baseball turns into its final month. Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA John Andreoli, Tacoma, 1-2, R, RBI, 3 BB, K, HR Andy Burns, Buffalo, 3-4, 3 R, 3 RBI, BB, HR Narciso Crook, Louisville, 3-6, 2 R, RBI, BB, 2B, 3B Danny Espinosa, Syracuse, 3-4, R, BB, SB Luis Guillorme, Syracuse, 3-4, R, 3 RBI, BB, HR Nick Heath, Omaha, 3-5, 4 R, BB, 2B Daniel Johnson, Columbus, 3-5, R, RBI, BB, 2 2B, HR Nick Longhi, Louisville, 3-5, R, BB, 2B Daniel Palka, Charlotte, 3-4, R,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for July 1st, 2019
We enter July with a chance to see a number of players around Minor League Baseball traded in deals that help Major League Baseball teams in their pursuit of October glory. It’s a Monday, so we’ll begin with statistical leaders around the minors… Minor League Statistical Leaders Overall AVG: Corban Joseph .391, Yonathan Daza .386, David Freitas .367, Trey Harris .359, Luis Robert .359HR: Kevin Cron 26, Adam Duvall/Bobby Bradley 24, Kyle Tucker/Yordan Alvarez 23SB: Nick Heath 42, Johneshwy Fargas/Khalil Lee 33, Reggie Pruitt/Michael Gigliotti 31ERA: Casey Mize 0.92, MacKenzie Gore 1.12, Brendan McKay 1.21, Damon Jones 1.41, Tucker Davidson 1.48IP: Jack Wynkoop 101, Hector Noesi 98, Trey Supak 97,…
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2019 MLB Draft team-by-team strategy – NL East
This is part 3 of my team-by-team review of each team’s strategy for the 2019 MLB draft. Today, we focus on the National League East, a division that entered 2019 with hopes of 4 of the teams fighting for the division lead. That hasn’t played out this year so far, but much like the division race the rest of the way in this division, the draft among these teams could be very intriguing to watch! Atlanta Braves 2018 Record: 90-72 (lost NLDS)Bonus Pool: $11,532,200Day 1 selections: 3 (9, 21, 60)Day 2 selections: 8 (98, 127, 157, 187, 217, 247, 277, 307) Draft Strategy This draft could be a very interesting…
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New York Mets top 10 prospects for 2019
The first top 10 prospect list on the new site happens to be the New York Mets, so bear with me with the new format! System Overview Typically known for having 1-2 quality players and pushing them much too hard to the point that the players fizzled out quickly, the New York Mets had seen their farm system fall to one of the worst in the game just 2-3 years ago. While new General Manager Brody Van Wagenen has traded a few players already, former GM Sandy Alderson helped to build up the farm system over the last few seasons with quality drafts of college arms and high-upside high school…
