Padres’ Abrams leads AZL All-Stars Padres 2019 first-round pick CJ Abrams was named Arizona League MVP, the league announced, after batting .401/.442/.662 with 14 stolen bases in 32 games. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190826&content_id=310312090&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsBrewers Release Jhoulys Chacin The Brewers announced today that they have released righty Jhoulys Chacin. He had recently been designated for assignment. Given that we’re past the point on the calendar when trades are permissible, this outcome was all but inevitable. Chacin could have been claimed off waivers by a rival club, but it never…
DetailsMinors’ big hitters battle for Bauman Award Entering the final week of the 2019 Minor League Baseball season, Reno Aces slugger Kevin Cron’s 38 home runs leads a group of Triple-A sluggers battling for the annual Joe Bauman Home Run Award. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190826&content_id=310312746&fext=.jsp&vkey=pr_milb&sid=milb
DetailsBucs’ Hayes headlines Players of the Week Pirates No. 2 prospect Ke’Bryan Hayes went 12-for-23 (.522) over six games for Triple-A Indianapolis to lead the group of Minor League Offensive Players of the Week for Aug. 19-25. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190826&content_id=310300848&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_opotw&sid=milb
DetailsReds’ Wynne racks up Pitcher of Week award In his second and third affiliated starts, 26-year-old Reds right-hander Randy Wynne struck out 25 batters in 16 innings and matched a season high among Minor League pitchers. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190826&content_id=310300826&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_opotw&sid=milb
DetailsAthletics Designate Nick Martini The Athletics have designated outfielder Nick Martini for assignment, per a club announcement. More to come. Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/08/athletics-designate-nick-martini.html
DetailsThe Mets’ whole world can change in this closing stretch Journey back 33 games with me. Let’s call it a tour of perspective, a reminder of just how much can happen in a month-plus on a baseball schedule. Thirty-three games ago, the Mets won for the only time in a four-game series in San Francisco…
DetailsRockies Place German Marquez, Raimel Tapia On IL The Rockies announced that they’ve placed right-hander German Marquez and outfielder Raimel Tapia on the 10-day injured list. The club recalled lefty Phillip Diehl and righty Joe Harvey from Triple-A Albuquerque in corresponding moves. Marquez is heading to the shelf with inflammation of his pitching arm, which…
DetailsProspect Rundown: 2019 Santa Barbara Foresters Christian Franklin was one of several notable prospects from high-profile programs like Arkansas, Texas Tech, Texas and West Virginia on the Santa Barbara Foresters roster. Source: https://d1baseball.com/summer-baseball/prospect-rundown-2019-santa-barbara-foresters/
DetailsCANARIES’ COULTER NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK MOORHEAD, MN- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Sioux Falls Canaries’ OF Clint Coulter has been named this week’s Pointstreak Player of the Week for the week ending August 25, 2019. Coulter earned the award after hitting .458 with four doubles, one triple,…
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