RJ Hamster
Who’s got the best nickname in the Minors?
The latest news, interviews, highlights and more from Minor League Baseball
Tuesday, May 19
★★★★ TOP NEWS
Vote for the Minors’ best moniker in Nickname Knockout!
Countless characters have incredible nicknames in the Minors. Read up on how Tugboat, The Jaguar, El Mutante, The Password, the Iowa Meat Truck and the rest of the 32-player bracket got theirs, then cast your ballot!
★★★★ TOP PERFORMANCES
Karson Milbrandt, RHP, Pensacola (MIA): Career-high 11 K’s
Yielded three hits without a walk across six scoreless innings
Jacob Gonzalez, SS, Charlotte (CWS): Collects 12 RBIs for week
Hit .476 with four taters (inc. his third multihomer game of ’26)
Kash Mayfield, LHP, Fort Wayne (SD): Almost unhittable
Gave up a hit, no walks while fanning 9 in 5 shutout frames
★★★★ MLB Pipeline’s updated Top 100 prospects
The matriculation of the Pirates’ Konnor Griffin — the top dog on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list — resulted in a host of changes across the board on the best-of-the-best prospect rankings.
★★★★ MUST-SEE PLAY: Adams channels gridiron days
Jordyn Adams (Brewers) played high school baseball AND football. The Triple-A Nashville right fielder showed off both skills — tipping the ball to himself and then hosing a runner at first — to seal a Sounds’ victory.
★★★★ STAFF PICKS
Bats deliver something big on ‘Nothing Night’
A Minor League game with no between-innings promotions or contests, no ad reads and only live organ music on the loudspeakers? For one game, the Triple-A Louisville Bats (Reds) made “Nothing Night” everything.
Good Holliday tidings
Hours after Jackson Holliday homered in a Norfolk rehab game, Ethan Holliday matched his big brother … and then one-upped him with Fresno.
Living on Tulsa time
The latest “Grass Routes” travels to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to examine how the Double-A Drillers (Dodgers) are woven into the fabric of the community.
Teen sensation rolls at High-A
19-year-old fireballer Seth Hernandez’s first start for Greensboro (Pirates) went as well as it could have with five hitless frames and seven strikeouts.
★★★★ ONLY IN MiLB: The week in review (expanded)
On the latest The Show Before the Show, the crew reviews Nothing Night (as well as other roadtrip stops), dives into the Top 100 Prospects list and reflects upon MiLB’s partnership with Joe Torre’s Safe at Home.
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