Minor League Ball Gameday: Sunday, April 27

Hello everyone and Welcome back to the Gameday. We had a couple monster hitting performances to get to along with a couple elite arms struggling. The best offensive showing came from Blake Swihart, catcher for the Red Sox AA affiliate. He came to the dish seven times in a game that included some free baseball, hitting his second bomb of the year, a pair of doubles (his fourth and fifth), and a single so it didn't look like he was hogging all the extra base knocks. He drove in two and came across to score three times.

Cubs second baseman Arismendy Alcantara is making a hell of a case to steal Darwin Barney's job in Chicago. He also had seven at bats in an extra innings affair, and he reached base five times. His day included his fourth triple of the year, four singles, a run scored, and three runs batted in.

On the bump, Archie Bradley, Kyle Crick, and Robert Stephenson failed to be very effective in each of their starts. Crick didn't even escape the second inning, Bradley gave up five runs in four frames, and Stephenson allowed three long balls (luckily for him all were solo shots).

Arguably the best performance of the night by a prospect came out of Eddie Butler's right arm. The co-ace of Colorado's AA team with Jon Gray was solid, giving them 7.2 innings. He allowed two runs on five hits and a walk with four punch outs. He threw only 92 pitches with 57 going for strikes, 35 balls, and he induced 12 ground outs to only six fly outs.

Check out the rest of the Top 50 Hitters and Pitchers below along with all of our other usual goodies. Enjoy!

Top 50 Hitters

Rank	Name	Pos	Team	Level	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SB	Notes
1	Byron Buxton	CF	MIN	A+	-	-	-	-	-	-	Left wrist sprain
2	Xander Bogaerts	SS	BOS	MLB							DNP
3	Oscar Taveras	RF	STL	AAA							DNP
4	Addison Russell	SS	OAK	AA	-	-	-	-	-	-	Torn right hamstring
5	Gregory Polanco	CF	PIT	AAA	3	1	0	0	0	0	BB, 2 K
6	Javier Baez	SS	CHC	AAA	7	0	1	1	0	1	SB (1), 2 K
7	Francisco Lindor	SS	CLE	AA	3	0	0	0	0	0	BB, K, E (4 – T)
8	Kris Bryant	3B	CHC	AA	6	1	2	1	1	1	HR (5), SB (5), K
9	Carlos Correa	SS	HOU	A+							DNP
10	George Springer	RF	HOU	MLB	4	0	1	1	0	0	2B (2), K
Rank	Name	Pos	Team	Level	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SB	Notes
11	Jose Abreu	1B	CWS	MLB	4	0	0	0	0	0
12	Miguel Sano	3B	MIN	AA	-	-	-	-	-	-	Right elbow injury – TJS
13	Albert Almora	CF	CHC	A+							DNP
14	Nick Castellanos	3B	DET	MLB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2 K
15	Maikel Franco	3B	PHI	AAA	5	0	0	1	0	0	E (2 – T)
16	Jon Singleton	1B	HOU	AAA	4	1	2	0	0	0
17	Rougned Odor	2B	TEX	AA	4	0	0	0	0	0	K
18	Gary Sanchez	C	NYY	AA	7	1	2	2	0	0	2B (6)
19	Corey Seager	SS	LAD	A+							DNP
20	Clint Frazier	CF	CLE	A	4	1	1	0	0	1	SB (1), BB, K
Rank	Name	Pos	Team	Level	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SB	Notes
21	Austin Meadows	CF	PIT	A	-	-	-	-	-	-	Right hamstring strain
22	Joc Pederson	CF	LAD	AAA	6	0	1	0	0	0	BB, 5 K
23	Jesse Winker	CF	CIN	A+	-	-	-	-	-	-	Concussion
24	Jackie Bradley	CF	BOS	MLB	4	0	0	0	0	0	3 K
25	Austin Hedges	C	SD	AA	4	0	0	0	0	0
26	Kolten Wong	2B	STL	MLB							DNP
27	JP Crawford	SS	PHI	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	2 BB, 2 K
28	Raul Mondesi	SS	KC	A+	5	0	0	0	0	0	4 K
29	Jorge Soler	RF	CHC	AA	-	-	-	-	-	-	Leg injury
30	Travis d'Arnaud	C	NYM	MLB	3	1	1	0	0	0	2B (3), BB
Rank	Name	Pos	Team	Level	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SB	Notes
31	David Dahl	CF	COL	A	5	1	1	0	0	0	K
32	Colin Moran	3B	MIA	A+	0	0	0	0	0	0	BB, K
33	Ryan McMahon	3B	COL	A							DNP
34	Garin Cecchini	3B	BOS	AAA	2	1	1	0	0	0	2 BB
35	Stephen Piscotty	RF	STL	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0
36	DJ Peterson	3B	SEA	A+							DNP
37	Billy Hamilton	CF	CIN	MLB	4	0	0	0	0	0
38	Phillip Ervin	CF	CIN	A	5	1	1	1	0	1	SB (5), K
39	Jorge Alfaro	C	TEX	A+	4	0	2	1	0	0	K, E (5 – T)
40	Hunter Dozier	3B	KC	A+	4	1	1	0	0	0	2 K
Rank	Name	Pos	Team	Level	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SB	Notes
41	Mookie Betts	2B	BOS	AA	7	1	2	2	1	0	HR (3)
42	Chris Owings	SS	AZ	MLB	3	1	1	0	0	0	BB, E (3 – F)
43	Blake Swihart	C	BOS	AA	7	3	4	2	1	0	HR (2), 2 2B (5)
44	Arismendy Alcantara	2B	CHC	AAA	7	1	5	3	0	0	3B (4)
45	Andrew Susac	C	SF	AAA							DNP
46	Reese McGuire	C	PIT	A							DNP
47	Mitch Nay	3B	TOR	A	4	0	0	0	0	0	K
48	Marcus Semien	2B	CWS	MLB	3	0	0	0	0	0	BB
49	Tom Murphy	C	COL	AA	3	0	0	0	0	0	BB
50	Joey Gallo	3B	TEX	A+	4	0	1	0	0	0	BB, K

Top 50 Pitchers

Rank	Name	Pos	Team	Level	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Notes
1	Masahiro Tanaka	RHP	NYY	MLB
2	Archie Bradley	RHP	AZ	AAA	4	7	5	5	4	3	Balk, 58 S, 35 B, 4 GO, 5 FO, L (1-4)
3	Robert Stephenson	RHP	CIN	AA	6	6	3	3	2	8	3 HR (M. Jones, K. Kubitza, B. Schlehuber), 64 S, 36 B, 5 GO, 3 FO
4	Jon Gray	RHP	COL	AA
5	Kevin Gausman	RHP	BAL	AAA	4.2	3	0	0	1	5	51 S, 24 B, 5 GO, 1 FO
6	Carlos Martinez	RHP	STL	MLB
7	Noah Syndergaard	RHP	NYM	AAA
8	Eddie Butler	RHP	COL	AA	7.2	5	2	2	1	4	57 S, 35 B, 12 GO, 6 FO, L (1-2)
9	Andrew Heaney	LHP	MIA	AA
10	Taijaun Walker	RHP	SEA	MLB
Rank	Name	Pos	Team	Level	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Notes
11	James Paxton	LHP	SEA	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	Left lat strain
12	Lucas Giolito	RHP	WAS	A
13	Yordano Ventura	RHP	KC	MLB
14	Kyle Crick	RHP	SF	AA	1.2	0	0	0	3	1	28 S, 23 B, 2 GO, 1 FO
15	Aaron Sanchez	RHP	TOR	AA
16	Kyle Zimmer	RHP	KC	AA	-	-	-	-	-	-	No injury, will begin 5/20
17	Dylan Bundy	RHP	BAL	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	Right elbow injury – recovering from TJS
18	Trevor Bauer	RHP	CLE	AAA
19	Henry Owens	LHP	BOS	AAA
20	Julio Urias	LHP	LAD	A+
Rank	Name	Pos	Team	Level	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Notes
21	CJ Edwards	RHP	CHC	AA
22	Mark Appel	RHP	HOU	EST	-	-	-	-	-	-	Demoted 4/25
23	Alex Meyer	RHP	MIN	AAA
24	Sean Manaea	LHP	KC	A+
25	Marcus Stroman	RHP	TOR	AAA
26	Rafael Montero	RHP	NYM	AAA
27	Matt Wisler	RHP	SD	AA
28	Lance McCullers Jr	RHP	HOU	A+
29	Miguel Almonte	RHP	KC	A+
30	Tyler Glasnow	RHP	PIT	A+
Rank	Name	Pos	Team	Level	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Notes
31	Braden Shipley	RHP	AZ	A
32	Mike Foltynewicz	RHP	HOU	AAA
33	AJ Cole	RHP	WAS	AA
34	Kohl Stewart	RHP	MIN	A
35	Max Fried	LHP	SD	EST	-	-	-	-	-	-	Left forearm soreness
36	Erik Johnson	RHP	CWS	AAA
37	Jake Odorizzi	RHP	TB	MLB
38	Lucas Sims	RHP	ATL	A+	5.1	5	3	3	3	3	8 GO, 3 FO, L (1-3)
39	Jesse Biddle	LHP	PHI	AA
40	Edwin Escobar	LHP	SF	AAA	4.1	3	1	1	2	6	HBP, 47 W, 23 B, 5 GO, 1 FO, L (0-2)
Rank	Name	Pos	Team	Level	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Notes
41	Hunter Harvey	RHP	BAL	A
42	Alex Reyes	RHP	STL	A
43	Jimmy Nelson	RHP	MIL	AAA
44	Vince Velasquez	RHP	HOU	A+
45	Aaron Blair	RHP	AZ	A
46	Zach Lee	RHP	LAD	AAA
47	Clayton Blackburn	RHP	SF	AA
48	Daniel Norris	LHP	TOR	A+
49	Jameson Taillon	RHP	PIT	EST	-	-	-	-	-	-	Right elbow injury – recovering from TJS
50	Nick Kingham	RHP	PIT	AA

Duel of the Day

Team Rank	Name	Pos	Team	Level	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Notes
8	Jason Hursh	RHP	ATL	AA	5	4	3	1	1	5	HR (Juan Silverio), 48 S, 31 B, 8 GO, 3 FO
1	Robert Stephenson	RHP	CIN	AA	6	6	3	3	2	8	3 HR (M. Jones, K. Kubitza, B. Schlehuber), 64 S, 36 B, 5 GO, 3 FO

Probable Starters

AAA - IL

• Trevor Bauer (RHP - ATL) vs Eddie Gamboa (RHP - BAL)
• Rubby De La Rosa (RHP - BOS) vs David Buchanan (RHP - PHI)
• Charlie Leesman (LHP - CWS) vs Logan Darnell (LHP - MIN)
• Blake Treinen (RHP - WAS) vs Casey Sadler (RHP - PIT)
• Daniel Rodriguez (LHP - ATL) vs Drew VerHagen (RHO - DET)
• Chris Leroux (RHP - NYY) vs Merrill Kelly (RHP - TB)
• Chien-Ming Wang (RHP - CIN) vs Ricky Romero (LHP - TOR)

AAA - PCL

AA - EL

• Tim Berry (LHP - BAL) vs Felipe Rivero (LHP - WAS)
• Graham Stoneburner (RHP - NYY) vs Henry Owens (LHP - BOS)
• Rainy Lara (RHP - NYM) vs TBD (DET)
• Adrian Sampson (RHP - PIT) vs Joseph Colon (RHP - CLE)
• Perci Garner (RHP - PHI) vs Casey Lawrence (RHP - TOR)
• Virgil Vasquez (RHP - MIN) vs Kelvin Marte (LHP - SF)

AA - SL

• Williams Perez (RHP - ATL) vs Jon Moscot (RHP - CIN)
• Stephen Landazuri (RHP - SEA) vs Michael Lee (RHP - AZ)
• Taylor Jungmann (RHP - MIL) vs Pierce Johnson (RHP - CHC)
• Mike Colla (RHP - TB) vs Justin Nicolino (LHP - MIA)
• Scott Snodgress (LHP - CWS) vs Andres Santiago (RHP - LAD)

• Daniel Winkler (RHP - COL) vs Tim Melville (RHP - KC)
• Seth Blair (RHP - STL) vs TBD (LAA)
• Kyle Lotzkar (RHP - TEX) vs Aaron West (RHP - HOU)
• Nate Long (RHP - OAK) vs TBD (SD)

A+ - CAL

• Ben Lively (RHP - CIN) vs Chris Stratton (RHP - SF) *****DotD*****
• TBD (HOU) vs Tom Windle (LHP - LAD)
• TBD (SEA) vs Seth Streich (RHP - OAK)
• Andrew Brown (RHP - COL) vs Spencer Arroyo (LHP - AZ)
• Alex Keudell (RHP - LAA) vs Ruben Mejia (RHP - SD)

A+ - CAR

• Greg Ross (RHP - ATL) vs Doug Fister (RHP - WAS)
• Chi Chi Gonzalez (RHP - TEX) vs Daniel Stumpf (LHP - KC)
• JB Wendelken (RHP - CWS) vs TBD (BOS)
• Michael Peoples (RHP - CLE) vs Jesse Beal (RHP - BAL)

A+ - FSL

• Jake Thompson (RHP - DET) vs Rafael De Paula (RHP - NYY)
• Kyle Helisek (LHP - STL) vs Alex Wimmers (RHP - MIN)
• Reinaldo Lopez (RHP - TB) vs Scott Lyman (RHP - MIA)
• Jed Bradley (LHP - MIL) vs Tayler Scott (RHP - CHC)
• Miguel Nunez (RHP - PHI) vs Ben White (RHP - TOR)
• John Kuchno (RHP - PIT) vs TBD (NYM)

A - MWL

• Aaron Slegers (RHP - MIN) vs Edwin Diaz (RHP - SEA)
• Sal Romano (RHP - CIN) vs Zachary Bird (RHP - LAD)
• Caleb Hamrick (RHP - CLE) vs Aaron Blair (RHP - AZ)
• Adrian De Horta (RHP - SD) vs Kevin Ziomek (LHP - DET)
• Barrett Astin (RHP - MIL) vs TBD (CHC)
• German Marquez (RHP - TB) vs Jeremy Gabryszwski (RHP - TOR)
• Gonzalo Sanudo (RHP - HOU) vs Chase Brookshire (LHP - STL)
• TBD (OAK) vs Ryan Etsell (RHP - LAA)

A - SAL

• Lucas Giolito (RHP - WAS) vs Shane Carle (RHP - PIT)
• Johendi Jiminian (RHP - COL) vs Christian Jones (LHP - SF)
• Ryan Newell (RHP - MIA) vs Cole Wiper (RHP - TEX)
• Luis Severino (RHP - NYY) vs Luc Rennie (RHP - BAL) GAME 2
• Cody Reed (LHP - KC) vs TBD (BOS)
• Chris Flexen (RHP - NYM) vs Tyler Viza (RHP - PHI)
• Giovanny Gallegos (RHP - NYY) vs Austin Urban (RHP - BAL) GAME 1
• James Dykstra (RHP - CWS) vs Carlos Salazar (RHP - ATL)

Duel of the Day

RHP Ben Lively (CIN - A+) vs RHP Chris Stratton (SF - A+)

Injuries

• Reds OF Jesse Winker (7 day DL; concussion) - 4/26
• Orioles LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (7 day DL; left knee sprain) - 4/21
• Tigers 2B Devon Travis (7 day DL; right oblique strain) - 4/10
• Mariners LHP James Paxton (15 day DL; left lat strain) - 4/8
• Athletics SS Addison Russell (7 day DL; torn right hamstring) - 4/6
• Cubs RF Jorge Soler (7 day DL; leg injury) - 4/4
• Pirates CF Austin Meadows (7 day DL; right hamstring strain) - 4/3
• Orioles RHP Dylan Bundy (60 day DL; TJS recovery) - 4/3
• Padres LHP Max Fried (7 day DL; left forearm soreness) - 4/3
• Mariners RHP Taijuan Walker (15 day DL; right shoulder impingement) - 3/21
• Twins CF Byron Buxton ("a couple of weeks"; left wrist sprain) - 3/16
• Rays 2B Tim Beckham (season; torn right ACL) - 3/30
• Pirates RHP Jameson Taillon (season; right elbow - TJS) - 3/23
• Tigers RHP Bruce Rondon (season; right elbow - TJS) - 3/21
• Dodgers RHP Ross Stripling (season; right elbow - TJS) - 3/14
• Twins 3B Miguel Sano (season; right elbow - TJS) - 3/12