Welcome to the Minor League Replace. Day-after-day, we inform you the most recent about what occurred to the prospects you care about, and perhaps a number of extra you need to. Right here’s who made waves yesterday:
Hitter of the Day
Liover Peguero, SS, Pittsburgh Pirates (Triple-A Indianapolis): 3-5, 2B, 2 HR, SB.
After ample alternative in 2023, Peguero’s struggles on the dish have been extra pronounced in 2024. Boxed out by a preponderance of intriguing center infielders in Pittsburgh, Peguero wants extra days like this to solidify a profile that has a hard strikeout charge weighing him down.
Pitcher of the Day
Isaac Coffey, RHP, Boston Purple Sox (Double-A Portland): 5 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 11 Ok, 0 BB.
Pacing himself and punching out opponents, Coffey has now struck out 123 in 97.0 frames this season. The Oral Roberts product has been a extremely efficient innings-eater wielding an arm slot hardly ever utilized by starters. Coffey slings the ball from a low sidearm supply very similar to a forehand frisbee throw, evading bats regardless of not at all times scraping 90 mph on his heater.
Reid Detmers, LHP, Angels (Triple-A Salt Lake): 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 H, 9 Ok, 1 BB, 1 HRA.
An especially unfortunate season for Detmers has left him again with the Bees, burying hitters as is to Bee anticipated regardless of a buzzy dinger bug.
Rhett Lowder, RHP, Reds (Triple-A Louisville): 6 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 7 Ok, 0 BB.
Nothing quiet about Lowder’s Worldwide League debut, because the seventh decide of the 2024 draft has already rocketed as much as the highest of the meals chain within the minors.
Manuel Beltre, 2B/SS, Blue Jays (Low-A Dunedin): 3-5, 3B, HR, SB.
Handled to a style of stateside ball every of the previous three seasons, Beltre remains to be simply 20 years outdated. His offensive numbers haven’t moved considerably, nevertheless, leaving the athletic center infielder’s power-speed shows like Thursday fewer and additional between.
Brandon Birdsell, RHP, Cubs (Triple-A Iowa): 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 9 Ok, 0 BB.
Flying by means of the system, Birdsell is scratching the perimeters of an enormous league promotion only a 12 months after his choice out of Texas Tech.
Travis Adams, RHP, Twins (Double-A Wichita): 6 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 10 Ok, 1 BB.
Regardless of extra middling physicality, Adams is ready to outdo the Texas League with a contemporary combo of excessive warmth and laborious breaking balls.
Aidan Miller, SS, Phillies (Excessive-A Jersey Shore): 3-3, HR, BB.
Philly’s phirst spherical decide phrom 2023 has phaced prophessional pitching with the identical superior strategy he displayed as a prep.
George Valera, OF, Guardians (Triple-A Columbus): 3-5, 2 HR.
Reaching as excessive as no. 33 on our 2022 preseason Prime-101 checklist, Valera has but to resolve Triple-A, or his troubles with high-level secondaries. The 23-year-old nonetheless has immense energy, as displayed final evening.
Others of Observe
Dylan O’Rae, 2B, Brewers (Double-A Biloxi): 4-5, 2B, 3B.
Zyhir Hope, OF, Dodgers (Low-A Rancho Cucamonga): 3-3, HR, BB, SB.
DaShawn Keirsey Jr., OF, Twins (Triple-A St. Paul): 4-4, 3B, HR, SB.
Alejandro Rosario, RHP, Rangers (Excessive-A Hickory): 5 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 9 Ok.
Yorman Gomez, RHP, Guardians (Excessive-A Lake County): 7 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 5 Ok, 2 BB, 1 HRA.
Malvin Valdez, OF, Reds (Low-A Daytona): 3-3, 3B, 2 BB.
Keyner Benitez, LHP, Marlins (Low-A Jupiter): 5 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 7 Ok, 1 BB.
Fabian Pertuz, SS, Cubs (Double-A Tennessee): 3-4, HR, SB.
Drake Baldwin, C, Braves (Triple-A Gwinnett): 2-4, HR, BB.
Jansel Luis, SS, Diamondbacks (Low-A Visalia): 3-5, 2B, 3B, SB.
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