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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 July 31st, 2019
A cycle, a handful of big games from top prospect arms at AA, and other excellent performances around minor league baseball were overshadowed by a handful of trades, including one major blockbuster that sent a top-20 prospect on the move. Let’s take a look at Tuesday’s top performers: Minor League Baseball Top Performers Hitters AAA Eddy Alvarez, New Orleans, 3-3, 2 R, 4 RBI, BB, HR, SB Francisco Arcia, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 3-3, 2 R, RBI, BB, HR Jaycob Brugman, Tacoma, 2-2, R, 2 BB, 2B Jake Cave, Rochester, 4-5, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2B, 3B Kaleb Cowart, Salt Lake, 3-4, R, BB, 3B Alcides Escobar, Charlotte, 4-5, 3 R, 3 RBI…
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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 25th, 2019
Rehabbing major leaguers had a number of big games on Wednesday as we take a look at the top performers around minor league baseball: Hitters AAA Cristhian Adames, Sacramento, 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, 2B, HR Ryan Flaherty, Columbus, 3-4, R, 2 RBI, 2B, HR Dawel Lugo, Toledo, 4-6, 2 R, 2 RBI, SB John Ryan Murphy, Reno, 3-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B Jordan Patterson, Buffalo, 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, K, 2B, 3B, HR Jacob Robson, Toledo, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, K, 2B, SB Wilin Rosario, Rochester, 3-4, 2 RBI, BB, K Zack Zehner, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 3-3, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB, 2 HR AA…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for July 17th, 2019
While a near-no-hitter would typically be the highlight of the evening, it wasn’t even the best pitching performance in AA among the top performances across minor league baseball on Tuesday. Hitters AAA Kaleb Cowart, Salt Lake, 4-7, R, RBI, BB Jake Cronenworth, Durham, 4-4, 2 R, 2B Austin Dean, New Orleans, 3-4, 2 R, 5 RBI, 2 HR Aramis Garcia, Sacramento, 4-7, 3 R, 5 RBI, 2 HR Brennon Lund, Salt Lake, 4-7, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 K, 2B, 3B Gavin Lux, Oklahoma City, 4-5, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB, HR Shane Peterson, Oklahoma City, 3-4, R, RBI, BB, K, 2B, 3B Jose Pirela, El Paso, 4-4, 2 R,…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for July 14th, 2019
Saturday’s minor league baseball action was a bit topsy-turvy with AAA hitting numbers still being wild, but the majority of the crazy run environments coming from the International League and the top pitching performances at the level coming from the Pacific Coast League. Let’s take a look at the rest of the top performers from Saturday’s action: Hitters AAA Jake Elmore, Indianapolis, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, 2B Gavin Lux, Oklahoma City, 3-7, 3 R, RBI, K, 3B, HR Jonathan Morales, Gwinnett, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, BB Sheldon Neuse, Las Vegas, 3-4, 3 R, RBI, BB, K, 2 2B, HR Brian O’Grady, Louisville, 3-5, 3 R, 8 RBI, 2 K, 2…
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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 July 9th, 2019
As MLB All-Stars enjoyed their Home Run Derby, minor league baseball had their own big games on Monday night. Let’s take a look at the top performers: Hitters AAA No games scheduled AA No hitters qualified High-A Luis Alejandro Basabe, Visalia, 4-5, RBI Keith Curcio, Salem, 4-6, 3 R, BB, K, 2 2B Mario Feliciano, Carolina, 3-4, 3 RBI, 2 2B, 3B Brewer Hicklen, Wilmington, 4-8, 2 R, RBI, 2B, 2 SB Nick Pratto, Wilmington, 3-6, R, 2 RBI, BB, K, 3B Curtis Terry, Down East, 3-3, 2 R, RBI, 2B, HR Low-A Ivan Herrera, Peoria, 3-4, R, 2 RBI, BB, K, 2B John Jones, Beloit, 5-6, R, RBI, K…
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Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for July 3rd, 2019
A number of recent draft picks had big days as promotions were announced for others as we head into a holiday weekend. Hitters AAA Randy Arozarena, Memphis, 3-3, BB, 2B Abiatal Avelino, Sacramento, 3-5, R, 3 RBI, 2B, HR Seth Brown, Las Vegas, 3-3, 3 R, BB, 2B, 3B, SB Kaleb Cowart, Salt Lake, 3-8, 3 R, 4 RBI, BB, 3 K, 2B Kevin Cron, Reno, 3-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, K, 2 HR Rajai Davis, Syracuse, 4-5, 2 R, 3B Michael Hermosillo, Salt Lake, 3-6, 5 R, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 2 K, 2B, SB Yadiel Hernandez, Fresno, 3-4, R, 4 RBI, BB, HR Nate Lowe, Durham, 3-4, 3…
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2019 MLB Draft team-by-team strategy: AL West
As we continue our review of each team’s potential draft strategy for the 2019 MLB draft, we reach the American League West, a division with two of the bottom four bonus pools in the draft and only one team even in the top half of the game in bonus pool money. Houston Astros 2018 Record: 103-59 (lost ALCS)Bonus Pool: $5,355,100Day 1 selections: 2 (32,68)Day 2 selections: 8 (106,136,166,196,226,256,286,316) Draft Strategy The Astros have been smart with pursuing high-aptitude high school players in the draft while also focusing on versatility and athleticism in their college selections. That could serve them well in this draft that has a number of top high…
