With the Commerce Deadline looming later this week, prospects round Minor League Baseball are taking part in beneath as a lot of a microscope as they are going to all 12 months. Who will swap organizations by week’s finish as a part of a deadline deal? Now’s the time prospects could make an impression with out even figuring out it, as a result of all people is watching.
Sunday’s prime performers flexed, exhibiting off their greatest in-game energy, whereas a few proficient right-handers racked up punchouts on the mound. Listed here are the highest performers:
Carson Benge, OF, Binghamton (NYM No. 4/MLB No. 68)Benge achieved his first profession multihomer sport by the second inning for Binghamton, homering in his first two at-bats — as soon as going back-to-back with Ryan Clifford (NYM No. 7) — as a part of an incredible all-around day on the plate. He matched a season excessive with 4 hits, reached base 5 occasions, scored 4 runs and drove in three. The efficiency continued a torrid stretch for the 2024 first-rounder, who has hit safely in eight straight video games and 14 of 16 this month. In 21 Double-A video games, Benge is batting a strong .350 with a 1.046 OPS. Gameday
Leo De Vries, SS, Fort Wayne (SD No. 1/MLB No. 3)The ability stroke is starting to re-emerge for De Vries after he hit just one homer over Could and June. He rotated a 95-mph fastball on the within nook, pulling it over the right-field wall for a solo residence run, his eighth of the season at Excessive-A. De Vries has homered on consecutive Sundays — the most recent was his third in July. Curiously, it was additionally the seventh (of eight) he is hit as a left-handed batter this season. Throughout his professional debut at Single-A final season, De Vries swatted seven of his 11 lengthy balls from the precise aspect of the plate. Gameday
Kevin McGonigle, SS, Erie (DET No. 1/MLB No. 6)McGonigle propelled himself into the sport’s prime 10 prospects behind an infinite first half, incomes a promotion to Double-A proper earlier than the All-Star break. He is steadily exhibiting why he belongs, producing an .858 OPS by means of his first 12 video games on the stage. He socked two doubles within the newest effort, driving in two runs and scoring one other in his second consecutive multihit sport. Gameday
Bryce Eldridge, 1B, Sacramento (SF No. 1/MLB No. 17)Eldridge continues to be comparatively inexperienced at Triple-A. Although he reached the extent down the stretch final season, he is been restricted to 25 video games with the River Cats to this point this season as a result of some early accidents. However the Giants’ 2023 first-rounder appears to be discovering his stroke. Eldridge blasted his fourth homer in six video games, a three-run jack that broke the sport open. He added one other RBI on a stroll. The 20-year-old has pushed in 13 runs in 9 video games since coming back from the IL. Gameday
Eduardo Tait, C, Jersey Shore (PHI No. 4/MLB No. 56)The 18-year-old backstop had his most efficient sport on the dish since reaching Excessive-A. He hammered three hits, together with two doubles, and drove in two runs. The three doubles Tait has in six video games on the new stage are indicative of the way in which he can influence the sport. He had 19 doubles and 11 homers earlier than his promotion, although this was his first two-double sport of the season. It was additionally Tait’s eighth sport this season with three or extra hits. Gameday
Jesús Rodriguez, C/3B, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (NYY No. 27)It isn’t each day that you simply see a catcher batting leadoff, however then once more, it is not each day {that a} workforce will get as a lot punch out of that spot because the Triple-A RailRaiders did with Rodriguez. The 23-year-old backstop cranked two three-run homers in his first multihomer sport of the season for a career-high six RBIs. Although he was taking part in because the designated hitter, Rodriguez is Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s common catcher. He has been having a stellar 12 months on the plate, hitting .320 with a .394 OBP, rating within the prime 5 within the Worldwide League in each classes, with 17 steals. Gameday
Gage Stanifer, RHP, Vancouver (TOR No. 7)A Nineteenth-round choose within the 2022 Draft, the 21-year-old Stanifer struck out eight throughout 5 innings of one-hit ball at Excessive-A, one among his finer efforts since reaching the extent in mid-Could. It has been an uneven run for Stanifer, although. He started July with an identical five-inning, one-hit effort, and sandwiched in a scoreless three-inning begin on July 13. However in between, he allowed 10 earned runs in 5 innings throughout two different begins. Gameday
Didier Fuentes, RHP, Gwinnett (ATL No. 8)The Braves have challenged the 20-year-old Fuentes this 12 months. He started the 12 months at Excessive-A and rose three ranges, making 4 begins within the Majors, the place he had some tough outcomes. Again at Triple-A, all of it got here collectively in his newest outing. Fuentes tied his season excessive with 9 strikeouts throughout 5 sturdy innings to earn his first victory. It was his third begin this season with at the least 9 strikeouts out of 12 whole outings. Gameday
