Sunday funday is here! Welcome to the Minor League Ball Gameday discussion thread for Sunday, July 22nd, 2018. Plenty of baseball today, so let’s get started.
***Yesterday’s Gameday discussion is here.
***Today’s schedule of minor league games and probable starters is here.
Some fun pitchers to watch:
Beau Burrows (Detroit Tigers), Mitch Keller (Pittsburgh Pirates), Kolby Allard (Atlanta Braves), Josiah Gray (Reds), Zack Littell (Minnesota Twins), Sean Reid-Foley (Toronto Blue Jays), Bruce Zimmermann (Braves),
DUEL OF THE DAY: Taylor Hearn (Pirates) vs. Franklyn Kilomé (Phillies)
Also, the enigma that is Huascar Ynoa goes today. This was my first look, and he seems to be progressing, but the secondary stuff is questioned by many. Curious to what our community thinks of him.
***Today’s MLB schedule and list of probable starters is here.
***Scheduled rookie starters for today are Trevor Richards for the Miami Marlins and Brad Keller for the Royals.
What you missed at Minor League Ball this week:
**** Both John and I looked at the Braves midseason Top 20. Here’s John’s look back, and here are the first two parts of mine, with the conclusion coming tomorrow (Part I, Part II)
**** Be sure to catch all of John’s midseason reassessments HERE, as well as his Midseason Top 50
**** Chuck Johnson took a nice look at Nick Madrigal in FanPosts, which sometimes get overlooked. This is well worth the read, as he details several other prospects as well.
**** MLB Trade Deadline fodder:
**** John breaks down the Manny Machado deal HERE
**** I look at what the Padres got in Francisco Mejia HERE
**** John looks at the Jesse Chavez deal HERE
**** My look at some top prospects that may be on the move
**** Matt Jordan looked at the Mets’ Peter Alonso
**** One of my personal favorite series, Asher Feltman takes another great look back at some pieces in memorable trades HERE and HERE
**** Another fantastic series, Jason Kinander looked at a sleeper at each level for the Toronto Blue Jays
**** John shared his thoughts on the Cardinals Yairo Munoz and the Rays’ Justin Williams
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