Cards No. 11 prospect Hence sets tone with three perfect frames
After a tough May, Single-A Palm Beach is turning things around in June, going 7-3 to start the month. And on Wednesday, the club was given the perfect opportunity to recognize their efforts — a no-hitter.
Cardinals prospects Tink Hence, Jose Moreno and Roy Garcia combined for Palm Beach’s first
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Quality and quantity
In his first quality start of the season, Luis Medina fanned a season-high 10 batters through six scoreless innings of work, giving up just two hits and a walk.
The Yankees’ No. 11 prospect led the way in Double-A Somerset’s 2-0 victory over New Hampshire. It marked
Manchester team celebrates its city’s claim to culinary fame
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Regional food-based alternate identities have been a popular trend in Minor League Baseball for years, but until this season the New Hampshire Fisher Cats had been on the outside looking in.
“We hadn’t done any [food promotions]. We were asking ourselves, ‘What is New Hampshire?’” said Fisher
Phillies right-hander fans 12 over eight innings in resumed start
On May 1, Matt Russell got off to a good start. Six weeks later, he finished the job.
In a quirk of scheduling, Russell got to pick up his own outing from a weather-suspended game and nearly went the distance — combining for a wild line in the box score
Hartford Yard Goats PA announcer thrives on mic despite condition
HARTFORD, CONN. — Jared Doyon, PA announcer for the Hartford Yard Goats, describes his style on the mic as clear and concise. So, too, is his message for those who may take inspiration from his career path:
“Don’t let Tourette’s stop you from doing what you love.”
Doyon, 28, was
Dodgers prospect collects six RBIs, four hits in career-high effort
Nelson Quiroz enjoyed hitting his first homer in nearly three years so much he decided to do it again.
And then again.
The Dodgers prospect went deep three times during his four-hit, six-RBI performance as Single-A Rancho Cucamonga rolled past Stockton, 15-3, on Sunday afternoon at Banner Island Ballpark. Quiroz
Red Sox prospect collects career-high eight RBIs in the effort
Nicholas Northcut is always confident in his swing.
In a way, it wasn’t a surprise that the 22-year-old slugger crushed three home runs in a game for the first time in his pro career. But it didn’t stop his excitement about it.
“It felt pretty good,” Northcut said. “It’s always
Return of half-seasons to lower levels puts more clinchings in play
Believe it or not, it’s already “magic number season” for much of the Minor Leagues.
That’s right, there will be playoff berths clinched in June once again thanks to playoff procedures at Double-A, High-A and Single-A that are similar to those pre-pandemic.
The Minor Leagues’ highest level was in the
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Ben returns from road trip with tales of Eastern League stops
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No. 98 prospect on shaping his slider, earning promotion to High-A
Throughout the first two months of the season, Ricky Tiedemann has been on a stretch that seems impossible to maintain.
The fourth-ranked Blue Jays prospect sports a 1.44 ERA with 68 strikeouts in 44 2/3 frames over nine starts this season, with his two most recent outings coming after a
Brooklyn reliever helps filmmakers re-create Hall of Fame career
For a Hall of Fame career that had to be seen to be appreciated, it took an appearance from a Minor League reliever to help bring some of those stories to life.
Over 27 years in the Majors, Nolan Ryan set all-time records for total strikeouts (5,714), no-hitters (seven) and
Top Red Sox prospect lives up to high billing in full-season ball
Each week, MiLB.com profiles an elite prospect by chronicling the steps he’s taken toward achieving his Major League dream. Here’s a look at top Red Sox prospect Marcelo Mayer. For more stories about players on The Road to The Show, click here.
As he rose to the top of MLB
New Hampshire pitching coach Jim Czajkowski passes on lessons from a life of baseball
Manchester, N.H. – The bases are loaded in the top of the second inning at Delta Dental Stadium. There’s no score between the New Hampshire Fisher Cats and the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, Double-A affiliate of the New York Mets. Hayden Juenger retired the first two batters he faced but then
Twins’ No. 9 prospect has clubbed four long balls in past two games
Spencer Steer entered Sunday’s contest with three home runs in 12 Triple-A games. By game’s end, he had doubled that total.
The ninth-ranked Twins prospect smacked three long balls and drove in five runs in St. Paul’s 16-7 win over Iowa, marking the first time the 24-year-old has hit for