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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 11th, 2019
Two big names in minor league baseball performance in 2019 both had big days on Saturday to continue their excellent season. Let’s take a look as we close out the first week of August! Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Randy Arozarena, Memphis, 3-5, 3 R, RBI, BB, HR Harrison Bader, Memphis, 2-3, 3 R, 5 RBI, BB, 2 HR, SB Eric Campbell, Las Vegas, 2-3, 2 BB, 2B Christian Colon, Louisville, 2-4, 2 BB, K, 2B, SB Ty France, El Paso, 4-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B, HR Zack Granite, Nashville, 3-4, 3 R, RBI, BB Peter Mooney, Albuquerque, 4-4, R, RBI, 2B, 3B Domingo Leyba, Reno,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 7th, 2019
By my count, five no-hitters went into the 7th inning or later across major and minor league baseball on Tuesday, but not one ended up going the distance! Let’s take a look around the game at the top performers in the minors: Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Jonathan Davis, Buffalo, 2-3, 2 R, 2 BB, SB Tzu-Wei Lin, Pawtucket, 2-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB, 2 HR Billy McKinney, Buffalo, 3-3, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SB Trey Michalczewski, Charlotte, 3-3, RBI, BB, 2B Austin Wynns, Norfolk, 4-4, 3 R, BB AA Brendon Davis, Frisco, 2-2, R, 3 RBI, 2 BB Omar Estevez, Tulsa, 3-4, 3 R, BB,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for August 5th, 2019
We’ve now officially entered August. By the end of this month, many of the leagues in minor league baseball will have completed their regular seasons and only have postseason games left. We’ll start with the leaders like we do every Monday! Minor League Baseball Statistical Leaders Overall AVG: Ty France .402, Corban Joseph .379, David Freitas .366, Yonathan Daza .364, Gavin Lux .358HR: Kevin Cron 30, Adam Duvall/Yasmany Tomas/Jared Walsh/Seth Brown 29SB: Nick Heath 51, Khalil Lee 42, Vidal Brujan 41, Johneshwy Fargas 40, Zach Davis 39ERA: MacKenzie Gore 1.72, Alex Fagalde 1.73, Zac Gallen 1.77, Garrett Hill 1.83, Seth Corry 1.85IP: Jack Wynkoop 140, Steven Moyers 137 1/3, Trey…
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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 29th, 2019
Due to work time constraints, I’m going to tighten up requirements for being mentioned among the top performers. Here are the requirements: For hitters – 4+ times on base, 2+ home rus or 3+ extra base hits, and/or 3+ stolen bases For pitchers – 6+ innings with 2 earned runs or less allowed and less walks+hits than innings pitched and/or 10+ strikeouts Because it’s Monday, let’s take a look at the minor league baseball leaderboards: Minor League Baseball Leaders Overall AVG: Corban Joseph .384, Yonathan Daza .359, Gavin Lux .357, Luis Robert .349, Randy Arozarena .344HR: Adam Duvall/Kevin Cron/Yasmany Tomas 29, Mason Martin/Sam Hilliard 28SB: Nick Heath 50, Khalil Lee…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for July 26th, 2019
On a night when a number of missed games in the past were made up with doubleheaders, top pitching prospects shined on Thursday across minor league baseball. Hitters AAA Andres Blanco, Gwinnett, 4-5, R, 2 2B Ty France, El Paso, 5-6, 5 R, 4 RBI, K, 2 HR Nick Gordon, Rochester, 3-4, R, RBI, BB, HR Corban Joseph, Las Vegas, 5-5, R, 3 RBI, 2B, HR Aderlin Rodriguez, El Paso, 5-6, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 2B, HR Jason Vosler, El Paso, 4-5, 3 R, 5 RBI, BB, 2B, 3B, HR Tyler Wade, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 3-5, 2 R, BB, K, 2B, SB AA Mandy Alvarez, Trenton, 3-7, RBI, BB, K Jose…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for July 22nd, 2019
The Hall of Fame brought in 6 new members and trade season is heating up, but we are at the point in the minor league baseball season where we begin to consider the end, with roughly 45 days left. Who will get one more promotion by the end of the year? Who can finish strong with a big final six weeks? You know I’ll keep watching! Minor League Baseball Statistical Leaders Overall AVG: Corban Joseph .380, Yonathan Daza .371, David Freitas .361, Gavin Lux .350, Luis Robert .350HR: Kevin Cron 29, Adam Duvall/Yasmany Tomas/Sam Hilliard 28, Brian O’Grady 26SB: Nick Heath 48, Khalil Lee 39, Reggie Pruitt 37, Brock Deatherage/Johneshwy…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for July 11th, 2019
The AAA and Eastern League All-Star games highlighted Wednesday night, which led to a light schedule of games at the upper levels of minor league baseball, but there are plenty of excellent performances to highlight: Hitters AAA No hitters qualified AA Rayder Ascanio, Springfield, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, SB Dylan Carlson, Springfield, 3-5, 2 R, BB, SB Zach McKinstry, Tulsa, 3-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, 2B Buddy Reed, Amarillo, 4-4, RBI, 2B, 3B High-A Luis Alejandro Basabe, Visalia, 3-3, R, RBI, BB Oswaldo Cabrera, Tampa, 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, K, 2 2B, SB Jeremy Eierman, Stockton, 3-5, 2 R, BB Mickey Gasper, Tampa, 3-3, R, 3 RBI,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for June 30th, 2019
Brendan McKay‘s debut was incredible, as he retired the first 16 batters that faced him, finishing with 6 shutout innings pitched, allowing just one hit and one walk, striking out 3. Let’s look at the top performers around minor league baseball on Saturday: Hitters AAA Rob Brantly, Lehigh Valley, 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, K, 2B, HR Narciso Crook, Louisville, 4-6, R, RBI Mike Ford, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 3-5, R, 2 RBI, K, 2 2B, HR Zack Granite, Nashville, 3-4, R, RBI, BB, K, 2B Dalton Kelly, Durham, 3-4, 3 R, BB, K, SB Carter Kieboom, Fresno, 3-4, R, BB, K, 2B Domingo Leyba, Reno, 5-6, 3 R, 2 HR Dawel Lugo,…
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2019 MLB Draft team strategy: NL West
With the MLB draft now a short three weeks away, we break through our first divisional outlook on draft needs and draft strategy for the upcoming 2019 MLB draft. Arizona Diamondbacks 2018 Record: 82-80Bonus Pool: $16,093,700Day 1 selections: 7 (16, 26, 33, 34, 56, 74, 75)Day 2 selections: 8 (93, 122, 152, 182, 212, 242, 272, 302) Draft Strategy The team with the most money in the draft by over $2 million over the 2nd-highest team and nearly $3 million over the 3rd-highest bonus pool, the Diamondbacks will be able to have a lot of paths to their 2019 draft. With a farm system that is on the rise, but…
