Top stories Skaggs not sharp in Tucson: Last year, Tyler Skaggs started the Futures Game to the delight of the hometown Diamondbacks fans. Wednesday, he had another chance to pitch in friendly territory but didn’t have his best start. At Tucson, he allowed four runs, one earned, in five innings with only one strikeout. His control wasn’t as good as usual, and that resulted in three walks and less than 60% of his pitches...
Top stories Brown heating up: After a tremendous 2011 season in the Cal League, Gary Brown got off to a dreadful start in 2012 with Richmond. His OPS in April and May was .617 and .635 respectively, but he finally turned it up a bit in June. The dynamic leadoff hitter has been tremendous in June with a 1.123 OPS in 16 games. In the first two months of the season, he only had...
Top stories MiLB recognizes Player of the Week recipients: Every Monday, MiLB acknowledges each league’s Player of the Week recipients. This week’s honorees include Modesto’s Kyle Parker. Clemson’s former Quarterback is having an outstanding year, and he has a 1.024 OPS in 24 second half games for the Nuts. This week also included Peoria’s Javier Baez. The top Cubs’ prospect is showing great power early in his young career with eight homers in 41...
Top stories Castro promoted? Simon Castro‘s career has stalled in recent years, but his change in organization could soon pay off. He was pulled from his start against Durham Sunday after three scoreless innings, and it’s believed he’s on his way to joining the White Sox to make a spot start Wednesday. Elbow tendinitis looks like it’ll keep Gavin Floyd out for longer than expected, and the White Sox need someone to start. Castro...
Top stories Bats top Braves on grand slam: Former All-Star catcher Dioner Navarro has been far from an All-Star since he appeared in the 2008 edition of the game, and he’s trying to work his way back to the majors in the Cincinnati organization. A night after Louisville crushed Gwinnett 22-1, late inning heroics by Navarro gave the Bats another win. After Jaye Chapman walked in a run to cut Gwinnett’s lead to 8-6,...
Top stories Louisville crushes Gwinnett: When they went down 13-0 after two innings, the Gwinnett Braves probably knew they were in for a rough night. Before starter Yohan Flande even recorded an out, the Bats were out to a 4-0 lead, largely due to Neftali Soto‘s three run homer. With two outs, Louisville put three more on the board before Billy Bullock came in and put out the fire by recording the last out....
Top stories Freiman hits 20th homer: He’ll never be on anyone’s prospect radar, but 6’7 first baseman Nate Freiman continues to be one of the minors’ most productive bats. The Texas League home run derby champ hit his 20th blast of the season in San Antonio’s 7-6 loss at Northwest Arkansas, giving him sole possession of second place in the league behind Mike Olt. He leads the league in RBI after finishing with 111...
Top stories MiLB honors Player of the Week recipients: Every Monday, Minor League Baseball recognizes each league’s Player of the Week winner. This week’s honorees included Jonathan Singleton in the Texas League. He capped off his strong week with a great performance at the Futures Game. This week also included Chris Serritella in the New York-Penn League who homered in three consecutive games. Other recipients include Nate McLouth (IL), Andrew Brown (PCL), Brad Glenn...
Top stories PCL announces All-Stars: A day after the International League announced their All-Stars for next month’s AAA All-Star Game, the visiting Pacific Coast League followed suit. Wil Myers is the only Bus Leagues Top 100 prospect, but this is still a talented team. Jake Elmore, whose 31 game hit streak (46 on-base) ended this week, will represent Reno. The infield is full of intrigue with Las Vegas’ Adeiny Hechavarria, Iowa’s suddenly resurgent Josh...
Kudos to Missoula’s Daniel Pulfer on hitting for the cycle in their 20-0 rout of Helena last night. Top stories International League All-Stars revealed: On July 11th, Buffalo will host the annual AAA All-Star Game. Yesterday, the International League squad was announced, and it features one Bus Leagues Top 100 Prospect in Buffalo pitcher Matt Harvey. Two other Bisons will join Harvey representing the host team, Val Pascucci and Fernando Cabrera. There are plenty...
2012 05 14 Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox
