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The Minnesota Twins Jose Berrios has long been one of baseball’s top pitching prospects. The world got a glimpse of the 22-year old future ace late in April when the Twins called him up to The Show. Unfortunately it didn’t go as planned.
Monthly Archives: July 2016
The Cleveland Indians Erik Gonzalez earns trip to bigs with breakout All Star Game
To be perfectly honest, I didn’t know much about Erik Gonzalez. I knew he was a shortstop in the Cleveland Indians system that was surpassed to the bigs by Francisco Lindor. I knew that he was the starting shortstop for the International League All Stars when I headed to Charlotte Wednesday night.
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The Chicago Cubs Dan Vogelbach awaiting his turn in Iowa [Interview]
Hitting has never been a problem for the Chicago Cubs prospect Dan Vogelbach. He’s done it quite successfully since the day he was drafted. This year, it has been business as usual as Vogelbach is enjoying an All-Star season that saw him as the starting first baseman for the Pacific Coast League Wednesday night in Charlotte.
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Wally Backman still plays a big role in New York Mets success [Interview]
Thirty years ago, Wally Backman was the starting second baseman for the legendary 1986 New York Mets squad. They were a very high-profiled team, and to this day still very much are. Lenny Dyskstra just saw the release of his book, and ESPN aired the 30 For 30 on Doc and Darryl this week.
Backman is still in the limelight as well. Since 2013, he has been at the helm for the Mets Triple-A affiliate, the Las Vegas 51s. If you watched baseball last season, you are aware that the Mets had an exciting turnaround in 2015, led to the World Series by many of the young players Backman has coached since taking over as manager.
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The New York Yankees Ben Gamel talks about his big 2016 [Interview]
Ben Gamel has certainly had an exciting season. The New York Yankees’ outfield prospect got his first taste of the Bronx earlier this season. Wednesday, he got his first start in a Triple-A All Star Game.
Sites and sounds from the Triple A All Star Game
This past Wednesday was one of the best experiences of my young journalistic career in covering Minor League Baseball. I was on hand in Charlotte, North Carolina at BB & T Ballpark — home of the Charlotte Knights — for the Triple A All Star Game.
The stars of tomorrow of the International and Pacific Coast League battled in what would be a 4-2 victory for the IL. I was surrounded by a dozen guys that will be in the big leagues by September and a handful that have already been there. Oh, and a PCL head coach that was the starting second baseman of one of the greatest World Series champion teams of my lifetime, a member of the 600 Home Run Club and a World Series champion manager.
It was a good night. Here are some videos and pictures from my evening.
Dunton’s PGA thoughts: Open for the taking — four contenders and a favorite
So the Open Championship snuck up on me this year. It’s a week earlier due to the Olympics which seems to be the dominant headline in golf lately. Unfortunately, it’s not for who is playing but for who is not playing in Brazil… but more on that another time.
Discover: All-Star Takeaways
My piece on Tyler O’Neill is highlighted.
- Giancarlo Stanton dominated the Home Run Derby, as Cloud Nine Sports recaps.
- Dodgers Photog Blog and SF Giants Photos posted images from Petco Park.
- Chris Sale starts for the AL tonight, and Inside the White Sox discusses the honor.
- More Splash Hits notes the good omen when a Giant starts the All-Star Game.
- Re-live this Mets All-Star memory of Jacob deGrom with subwaybaseball.com.
- Joeschlabotnikfanclub weighs in on the All-Star fan selections for the NL.
- Miguel Cabrera represents the Tigers in San Diego and Tigers Forever loves it.
- Phillies Insider highlights Odubel Herrera and some Phillies All-Star “lasts.”
- Here are some midseason MLB awards, courtesy of Beyond the X’s and O’s.
- The MLB.com Fantasy 411 gurus identify some surprises and disappointments.
- There were some positives to the A’s rough first half, argues Jen Rainwater.
- Matt Fassnacht Sports calls for fans to believe in Pirates GM Neal Huntington.
- Let new GM…
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Seattle Mariners Tyler O’Neill showing he isn’t just a power bat
This was going to be a big season for Seattle Mariner outfield prospect Tyler O’Neill. Just 21 years old and coming off a big 2015 season that put him on the prospect map, all eyes were on the right-handed slugger’s Double-A debut. So far, the Mariners must be happy with what they are seeing.
Keep reading for more on one of the Mariners most exciting prospects.
The Tampa Bays Rays Jake Bauers breaking out in Montgomery
Jake Bauers has been somewhat of an enigma to start his career. Here’s a kid that has one of the prettiest swings in Double-A, yet thus far, he has profiled much more as a James Loney than a Will Clark. This season, however, Bauers seems to be finding some of that power.
Keep reading about the Rays first base prospect Jake Bauers.
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