The Minor Leagues are in full swing now and meaning gamers on either side of the ball are beginning to put issues collectively. The record of Sunday’s prime performers features a prime 15 prospect who reached safely all weekend, batters who went deep twice and hurlers racking up massive punchout numbers in restricted innings.
Listed below are the performers who stood out to cap the weekend:
Coby Mayo, 3B, Norfolk (BAL No. 2/MLB No. 13)Mayo was about as powerful an out as a batter may be this weekend. He is reached in 9 straight plate appearances after going 2-for-2 with three walks and his third house run of the season for the Triple-A Tides. Mayo uncorked a solo shot within the ninth inning, technically his second dinger in as many video games. Full story | Gameday
Zyhir Hope, OF, Nice Lakes (LAD No. 6/MLB No. 71)Matching a profession excessive with 4 hits, Hope additionally drove in three runs within the Excessive-A Loons’ 3-2 win in further innings. He tripled, doubled twice and scored a run within the effort, which lifted his OPS to 1.202 via 9 video games. Gameday
Spencer Jones, OF, Somerset (NYY No. 2)Jones was a one-man late-game wrecking crew, lofting each of his homers from the seventh inning on. He cranked a three-run shot within the seventh after which a solo homer with two outs within the ninth for the Double-A Patriots. Jones is off to a powerful begin, hitting .290/.412/.613 with three lengthy balls via his first 9 contests. Gameday
Ramon Ramirez, C, Columbia (KC No. 10)The 19-year-old started a banner day on the plate with homers in his first two at-bats, a grand slam within the first and a two-run blast within the third. Ramirez entered play and not using a homer and with solely two RBIs on the season for Single-A Columbia. By his third at-bat, he had six RBIs on the day. Gameday
Kendall George, OF, Nice Lakes (LAD No. 15)The Excessive-A Loons scored 11 runs largely due to the Hope-George mixture on the prime of the lineup. George homered twice out of the leadoff spot, his second a Twelfth-inning two-run tater that briefly put the Loons forward in further innings. He additionally scored 3 times and drew two walks. Gameday
William Bergolla, 2B/SS, Birmingham (CWS No. 16)Bergolla paced the Double-A Barons’ 14-run outburst from the leadoff spot. The 20-year-old racked up a season-high 4 hits (together with two doubles), scored two runs, drove in one other and drew a stroll, reaching base in 5 of his six plate appearances. Gameday
Chase Petty, RHP, Louisville (CIN No. 6/MLB No. 99)The Triple-A Bats right-hander outpitched Bubba Chandler (PIT), MLB’s No. 4 right-handed pitching prospect, for his greatest begin of the season to this point. Holding Indianapolis scoreless for 5 innings. Petty scattered three hits, hanging out 4 and strolling one. Gameday
Trey Yesavage, RHP, Dunedin (TOR No. 2/MLB No. 84)The 2024 first-rounder picked up proper the place he left off in his skilled debut earlier within the week. In his second begin, he logged 4 innings of one-run ball whereas racking up 4 punchouts for the Single-A Blue Jays. He threw 44 of his 51 pitches for strikes and didn’t challenge a stroll. Gameday
Nolan McLean, RHP, Binghamton (NYM No. 5)It was the second straight sturdy begin to open the 12 months for McLean, who racked up six strikeouts throughout 5 innings of one-run ball for the Double-A Rumble Ponies. He issued three walks however largely averted injury, and has allowed solely that lone run throughout 9 whole innings this season. Gameday
Sam Aldegheri, LHP, Rocket Metropolis (LAA No. 5)The 23-year-old loved an all-around stable outing in his second begin of the season for the Double-A Trash Pandas, blanking Knoxville for 4 2/3 innings. Aldegheri struck out six, scattered two hits and was pretty environment friendly, throwing 52 of his 80 pitches for strikes. Gameday
Gerelmi Maldonado, RHP, San Jose (SF No. 17)The 21-year-old right-hander positive made essentially the most of his quick begin for the Single-A Giants, racking up seven strikeouts throughout three scoreless innings. He scattered three hits and issued a stroll, however averted the large inning as a consequence of all these swings-and-misses. Gameday
