Minor League Ball Gameday, Wednesday, July 16

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 the other day. 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 two more All-Star games today with the two AAA leagues squaring off against each other while the AA Eastern League has their own battle of the stars. In the AAA All Star Game, Marlins RHP Elih Villanueva toes the rubber for the Pacific Coast League agains Blue Jays RHP Liam Hendricks of the International League. Starting pitchers have not been announced yet but will be added in later in the day. You can find each sides rosters here

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

• PCL All Stars - Elih Villanueva (MIA) vs IL All Stars - Liam Hendricks (TOR)

AAA - PCL

AA - EL

• EL East  vs EL West

AA - SL

• Jason Hursh - ATL vs Scott Snodgress - CWS
• Matt Loosen - CHC vs Drew Gagnon - MIL
• Daniel Corcino - CIN vs TBD - MIA
• Matt Anderson - SEA vs Mike Colla - TB
• Tyson Brummett - LAD vs AJ Schugel - AZ

• Jon Gray - COL vs Christian Binford - KC *****DotD*****
• Alec Asher - TEX vs Bryce Morrow - SD
• Kurt Heyer - STL vs Michael Roth - LAA
• Nate Long - OAK vs TBD - HOU

A+ - CAL

• Brandon Sinnery - AZ vs Mark Appel - HOU
• Fabio Martinez - LAD vs Pat Young - SF
• Bryan Rodriguez - SD vs Drew Cisco - CIN
• Josh Bowman - OAK vs Scott DeCecco - SEA
• Ryan Carpenter - COL vs Dan Tobik - LAA

A+ - CAR

• Dylan Bundy - BAL vs Justin Haley - BOS
• Sean Manaea - KC vs Blake Schwartz - WAS GAME 2
• Brandon Finnegan - KC vs Brian Ruah - WAS GAME 1
• DJ Brown - CLE vs Lucas Sims - ATL
• Andrew Faulkner - TEX vs Terance Marin - CWS

A+ - FSL

• Kevin Eichhorn - DET vs Ryne Stanek - TB
• Colin Kleven - PHI vs Jason Creasy - PIT
• Rafael De Paula - NYY vs Jimmy Reed - STL
• Tyler Wagner - MIL vs TBD - NYM
• Scott Lyman - MIA vs Taylor Cole - TOR
• Matt Tomshaw - MIN vs Jose Rosario - CHC

• Juan Paniagua - CHC vs Shane Dawson - TOR *****DotD*****
• Harrison Cooney - LAA vs Blayne Weller - AZ
• Alex Reyes - STL vs Chad Green - DET
• Amir Garrett - CIN vs Dylan Covey - OAK
• Ben Griset - TB vs Tyler Alexander - MIL
• Blake Holovach - SEA vs Zachary Bird - LAD
• Caleb Hamrick - CLE vs Chih-Wei Hu - MIN
• TBD - SD vs Adrian Houser - HOU

A - SAL

• Brandon Brennan - CWS vs Joan Gregorio - SF *****DotD*****
• Cody Dickson - PIT vs Hector Silvestre - WAS
• Jamie Callahan - BOS vs Tyler Brosius - ATL
• Jon Prosinski - PHI vs Angelo Leclerc - TEX
• Cody Reed - KC vs Gabriel Encinas - NYY GAME 2
• Logan Taylor - NYM vs Antonio Senzatela - COL
• Jake Junis - KC vs Omar Luis - NYY GAME 1
• Nick Cunningham - BAL vs Ryan Wertenberger - MIA

SSA - NWL

• Michael Kelly - SD vs Miguel Castro - TOR
• Nicholas Gonzalez - SF vs Jeffeson Medina - SEA
• Derek Thompson - TEX vs Trevor Clifton - CHC
• Blake Shouse - COL vs Austin Platt - AZ

SSA - NYP

• Mitch Gueller - PHI vs Luis Niebla - NYY
• TBD - TB vs Drew Van Orden - WAS
• Tanner Bailey - DET vs TBD - CLE
• Trey Nielsen - STL vs Corey Miller - OAK
• Reed Reilly - BOS vs Michael Mader -  MIA
• TBD - BAL vs Bryan Radziewski - HOU
• Frank Duncan - PIT vs TBD - NYM

R+ - PIO

• TBD - LAA vs Jorge Ortega - MIL
• Luke Moran - CIN vs TBD - KC
• Sam Howard - COL vs Carlos Hernandez - AZ
• Dane Stone - CWS vs Bernardo Reyes - LAD

R - GCL

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

R - AZL

• SD vs TEX
• OAK vs SF
• LAD vs CIN
• LAA vs AZ
• SEA vs CWS
• MIL vs CLE

Duels of the Day

via wiki.teamfortress.com

July 15

Rank (Ovr)	Name	Pos	Team	Level	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	GO	FO	ERA	WHIP	HR Allowed	Notes
-	Alex Claudio	LHP	TEX	AA	5	7	3	0	0	3	8	4	1.80	0.95	0	60 S, 15 B, L (1-2)
-	James Needy	RHP	SD	AA	6	7	2	2	2	3	9	4	2.56	1.28	0	67 S, 45 B, W (7-3)
Rank (Ovr)	Name	Pos	Team	Level	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	GO	FO	ERA	WHIP	HR Allowed	Notes
-	Steven Brault	LHP	BAL	A	6	5	2	2	1	1	12	1	3.32	1.02	1 - Brian Anderson	WP, 49 S, 28 B, L (7-6)
-	Sean Townsley	LHP	MIA	A	7	3	0	0	2	5	10	2	2.22	1.04	0	WP, 56 S, 27 B, W (6-2)

July 16

RHP Jon Gray (COL - AA) vs RHP Christian Binford (KC - AA)

RHP Juan Paniagua (CHC - A) vs LHP Shane Dawson (TOR - A)

RHP Brandon Brennan (CWS - A) vs RHP Joan Gregorio (SF - 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