Minor League Ball Gameday: Tuesday, July 15

Hello everybody, welcome back to the Minor League Ball Gameday. Be sure to check out the 2014 Minor League Ball Mid-Season Top 75 that was released yesterday. John's updated rankings have been worked into the Gameday tables and include five new players to be tracked the rest of the year. We have a short slate today with only four leagues in action so swing by and check out the discussion.

As always, you can find all your favorite prospects and sleepers below, as well as the first round picks from the 2014 draft.

The Top 150 Prospects and Sleepers

On the bottom of the spreadsheet there are tabs for the Top 150 Hitters (Top 150 H), Pitchers (Top 150 P), Sleeper Alerts! Helium Tank, Tempurpedics, and 2014 First Round Picks. Check it out by clicking the link/header above and a new window will pop up.

Probable Starters

AAA - IL

• League-wide off day

AAA - PCL

AA - EL

• League-wide off day

AA - SL

• League-wide off day

• Alex Claudio - TEX vs James Needy - SD *****DotD*****
• Kurt Heyer - STL vs Michael Roth - LAA GAME 2
• Sean Murphy - OAK vs Mike Hauschild - HOU
• TBD - COL vs JC Sulbaran - KC
• Jonathan Cornelius - STL vs Drew Rucinski - LAA GAME 1

A+ - CAL

• League-wide off day

A+ - CAR

• League-wide off day

A+ - FSL

• League-wide off day

• League-wide off day

A - SAL

• Steven Brault - BAL vs Sean Townsley - MIA *****DotD*****
• Alex Panteliodis - NYM vs Zach Jemiola - COL
• TBD - KC vs Omar Luis - NYY
• Jason Garcia - BOS vs Yean Carlos Gil - ATL
• Yoel Mecias - PHI vs TBD - TEX
• Justin Topa - PIT vs Wirkin Estevez - WAS
• Jeffrey McKenzie - CWS vs TBD - SF

SSA - NWL

• TBD - TEX vs Erick Leal - CHC
• Ryan Castellani - COL vs Ryan Doran - AZ
• TBD - SF vs Jeffeson Medina - SEA
• Max Beatty - SD vs TBD - TOR

SSA - NYP

• League-wide off day

R+ - PIO

• League-wide off day

R - GCL

• BOS vs BAL - DH
• HOU vs PIT
• NYY 1 vs NYY 2
• NYM vs MIA
• DET vs PHI
• TB vs MIN
• STL vs WAS
• TOR vs ATL

R - AZL

• League-wide off day

Duels of the Day

via wiki.teamfortress.com

July 14

Rank (Ovr)	Name	Pos	Team	Level	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	GO	FO	ERA	WHIP	HR Allowed	Notes
-	Kevin Ziomek	LHP	DET	A	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2.51	1.28	0	ND (7-6)
-	Jackson Stephens	RHP	CIN	A	1	5	3	3	1	0	2	1	3.98	1.52	1 - Wynton Bernard	L (2-1)
Rank (Ovr)	Name	Pos	Team	Level	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	GO	FO	ERA	WHIP	HR Allowed	Notes
4 (-)	Devin Williams	RHP	MIL	R+	3.1	7	6	5	3	0	1	5	6.26	1.68	1 - Henry Garcia	2 WP, L (1-4)
-	Kyle Freeland	LHP	COL	R+	3	4	1	1	0	2	5	1	1.80	1.40	0	ND (0-0)
Rank (Ovr)	Name	Pos	Team	Level	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	GO	FO	ERA	WHIP	HR Allowed	Notes
19 (-)	Stephen Gonsalves	LHP	MIN	R+	5	4	1	1	1	4	3	4	2.25	1.17	0	ND (2-0)
-	Andry Ubiera	RHP	ATL	R+	5	4	2	1	3	6	6	3	2.25	1.33	0	HBP, ND (2-0)

July 15

LHP Alex Claudio (TEX - AA) vs RHP James Needy (SD - AA)

LHP Steven Brault (BAL - A) vs LHP Sean Townsley (MIA - A)

Injuries

• Yankees RHP Masahiro Tanaka (15 day DL; partially torn right UCL) - 7/9
• Angels RHP Kyle McGowin (7 day DL; right elbow soreness) - 5/27
• Royals RHP Kyle Zimmer (7 day DL; right lat strain) - 5/26
• Rockies C Tom Murphy (7 day DL; shoulder stiffness) - 5/16
• Tigers RHP Jeff Thompson (7 day DL; right shoulder tendinitis) - 5/2
• Cubs RHP CJ Edwards (7 day DL; right shoulder tightness) - 4/24
• Mariners LHP James Paxton (60 day DL; left shoulder inflammation) - 4/8
• Astros SS Carlos Correa (season; fractured right fibula) - 6/21
• Rockies RHP Daniel Winkler (season; right elbow - TJS) - 6/11
• Dodgers RHP Chris Withrow (season; right elbow - TJS) - 5/30
• Nationals LHP Matt Purke (season; left elbow - TJS) - 5/28
• 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