RJ Hamster
Do you know where your prospects are post-Deadline?
The latest news, interviews, highlights and more from Minor League Baseball
Tuesday, August 04
★★★★ TOP NEWS
Who picked up the best of the best at the Deadline?
Eighty-six prospects changed MLB organizations in the two weeks leading up to Monday night’s Trade Deadline. Fifty-six of them were ranked. So who were the best pickups? Here’s a look at the top 25.
★★★★ TOP PERFORMANCES
Conor Essenburg, OF, Augusta (ATL): Hits for HR trifecta
Goes 8-for-14 with 11 RBIs over course of four games
Caden Hunter, LHP, Chesapeake (BAL): Stretching out
Matches career high with 10 K’s over seven scoreless innings
Xavier Isaac, 1B, Montgomery (TB): Closing in on 20/20
Goes 9-for-17 with four homers, 11 RBIs for the week
★★★★ A dozen can’t-miss August theme nights
From tributes to three beloved television shows to a Minor League broadcaster getting a well-earned bobblehead treatment, here are some sensational promos worth getting you out to the ol’ ballgame in August.
★★★★ MUST-SEE PLAY: He’s got it Made!
Just Jesús Made (Brewers) showing why he’s the No. 1 prospect in baseball. Sure, the 19-year-old delivered a career night with two of his five hits leaving the yard and seven RBIs for Double-A Biloxi, but he also stands second on the circuit in both RBIs (76) and runs (71).
★★★★ STAFF PICKS
What the cool kids will be wearing in the cornfields
The St. Paul Saints and Iowa Cubs will meet in the MiLB at Field of Dreams game on Aug. 11 in the iconic cornfields of Dyersville, Iowa. The clubs gave a glimpse of the throwback-style uniforms the prospects will don in the nostalgia-evoking showdown.
The show about nothing is EVERYTHING
The Brookyln Cyclones’ 12th annual Seinfeld Night featured an Elaine dance contest, a “second spitter” contest and iconic bobbleheads.
Fond farewell for Lombard Jr.?
If Sunday’s game was George Lombard Jr.’s swan song, it was a good one. The top Yankees prospect — called up to The Show — collected four hits.
Fans get Jimothy his own night
Who better than the Rocket City Trash Pandas, who have a name derived from a raccoon, to pay tribute to the internet’s most famous one?
★★★★ ONLY IN MiLB: Swap meeting of the minds
The podcast crew makes educated guesses about the Trade Deadline, talks about the performances of Max Clark and Sebastian Walcott, discusses the tough news about teen sensation Seth Hernandez and reviews a recent trip to Double-A Richmond’s new ballpark.
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