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Minor League Ball Gameday: Saturday, August 23

Welcome to the Gameday!

By Nick Melotte Aug 23, 2014, 2:00pm EDT

Clayton Blackburn eats scoreless innings for breakfast. With gravy.

Hello everybody, welcome back to the Minor League Ball Gameday. As always, you can find all your favorite prospects and sleepers below.

Please also look into purchasing John's Prospect Retrospective Project if you haven't already. It honestly looks like a great read and it's for the low low price of just $9.95, which just so happens to be the same price as a medium #4 with a Dr. Pepper at Wendy's. I hope you guys don't mind if I leave this here for the foreseeable future.

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, 2014 First Round Picks, and recent International Free Agents (IFA). Check it out by clicking the link/header above and a new window will pop up.

Probable Starters

MLB

Chris Young - SEA vs Brandon Workman - BOS
Scott Carroll - CWS vs Hiroki Kuroda - NYY
Buck Farmer - DET vs Yohan Pino - MIN GAME 1
Bud Norris - BAL vs Kyle Hendricks - CHC
Shelby Miller - STL vs David Buchanan - PHI
Jeremy Guthrie - KC vs Nick Tepesch - TEX
Andrew Cashner - SD vs Vidal Nuno - AZ
Justin Verlander - DET vs Trevor May - MIN GAME 2
Jake deGrom - NYM vs Zach Greinke - LAD

AAA - IL

Edwin Escobar - BOS vs Kendall Graveman - TOR *****DotD*****
Steve Johnson - BAL vs Chien-Ming Wang - CWS
Aaron Laffey - WAS vs Jeff Manship - PHI GAME 1
Manny Banuelos - NYY vs Mark Cheeseburger - MIN GAME 1
Scott McGregor - WAS vs TBD - PHI GAME 2
Aaron Northcraft - ATL vs Mike Montgomery - TB
Chris Leroux - NYY vs Sean Gilmartin - MIN GAME 2
Brett Marshall - CIN vs TBD - DET
Casey Sadler - PIT vs Gabriel Arias - CLE

AAA - PCL

Donn Roach - SD vs Nick Tropeano - HOU
Anthony DeSclafani - MIA vs John Lannan - NYM
TBD - OAK vs Jonathan Cornelius - STL
Aaron Brooks - KC vs Jordan Pries - SEA
Chris Rusin - CHC vs Lucas Harrell - AZ
Kelvin Marte - SF vs Donovan Hand - MIL
Ryan Feierabend - TEX vs Anthony Lerew - LAA GAME 1
Barry Enright - LAD vs TBD - COL
Edwar Cabrera - TEX vs Jarrett Grube - LAA GAME 2

AA - EL

Eddie Gamboa - BAL vs Chris Stratton - SF
Brian Johnson - BOS vs Austin Bibens-Dirkx - TOR
Ryan Robowski - DET vs Hoby Milner - PHI
Duke von Schamann - CLE vs Greg Peavey - NYM
Virgil Vasquez - MIN vs Joely Rodriguez - PIT
Joel De La Cruz - NYY vs John Simms - WAS

AA - SL

Eric Marzec - MIL vs Aaron Blair - AZ
Dylan Floro - TB vs TBD - CIN
Jay Rogers - MIA vs Corey Black - CHC
Mike Recchia - CWS vs Greg Ross - ATL
Nick Struck - LAD vs Cam Hobson - SEA

AA - TL

Alec Asher - TEX vs Chris Jensen - OAK
Mike Hauschild - HOU vs Justin Hancock - SD
Sugar Ray Marimon - KC vs Drew Rucinski - LAA
Carlos Hernandez - COL vs Ryan Sherriff - STL

A+ - CAL

TBD - OAK vs Julio Urias - LAD
Elliot Morris - SD vs Drew Cisco - CIN
Kyle Westwood - HOU vs Austin Wood - LAA
Spencer Arroyo - AZ vs Joe Kurrasch - SF
TBD - SEA vs Devin Burke - COL

A+ - CAR

Jonathan Dziedzic - KC vs Cody Kukuk - BOS *****DotD*****
DJ Brown - CLE vs James Dykstra - CWS
Chad James - TEX vs Blair Walters - ATL
Mark Blackmar - BAL vs Ian Dickson - WAS

A+ - FSL

Tyler Glasnow - PIT vs Corey Littrell - STL *****DotD*****
Tyler Wagner - MIL vs Kevin Walter - PHI
Tayler Scott - CHC vs Edgar De La Rosa - DET GAME 2
Jesse Hernandez - TOR vs Miguel Sulbaran - NYY
Ethan Mildren - MIN vs Jaime Schultz - TB
Austin Brice - MIA vs Seth Lugo - NYM
Justin Amlung - CHC vs Alex Burgos - DET GAME 1

A - MWL

Edwin Diaz - SEA vs Ben Wells - CHC
Amir Garrett - CIN vs Artie Lawicki - DET
Zach Quintana - MIL vs Kyle Helisek - STL
Andrew Thurman - HOU vs Lou Trivino - OAK
Jimmy Brasoban - SD vs Jordan Milbrath - CLE
Chih-Wei Hu - MIN vs Ryan Etsell - LAA
Ryan Doran - AZ vs Brent Powers - TOR
Luis De Paula - LAD vs Isaac Gil - TB

A - SAL

Domingo German - MIA vs Ranfi Casimiro - PHI
Robinson Leyer - CWS vs Luis Heredia - PIT
Ricky Knapp - NYM vs Teddy Stankiewicz - BOS
Zach Jemiola - COL vs David Hess - BAL
Luis Niebla - NYY vs Matt Marksberry - ATL
Matt Tenuta - KC vs Steven Messner - SF
TBD - WAS vs David Ledbetter - TEX

SSA - NWL

James Norwood - CHC vs Chase Mallard - TOR
Blake Shouse - COL vs Nicholas Gonzalez - SF
Michael Kelly - SD vs Dan Altavilla - SEA
Austin Pettibone - TEX vs Austin Platt - AZ

SSA - NYP

Jordan Foley - NYY vs Cristhian Perez - OAK
David Whitehead - PHI vs Luis Torres - WAS
Casey Shane - CLE vs Jorgan Cavanerio - MIA
Will Anderson - STL vs Austin Coley - PIT
Joe Musgrove - HOU vs TBD - NYM
Jake Drehoff - BOS vs TBD - BAL
TBD - TB vs AJ Ladwig - DET

R+ - PIO

TBD - CWS vs Brandon Woodruff - MIL
Yefrey Ramirez - AZ vs Luke Moran - CIN
Emilio Ogando - KC vs TBD - LAA
TBD - COL vs Jeff Brigham - LAD

R+ - APP

Steven Farinaro - STL vs Oriel Caciedo - ATL
Devonte German - HOU vs Brent Honeywell - TB GAME 2
Blake Taylor - NYM vs TBD - TOR GAME 1
Hector Garcia - PIT vs Corey Ray - KC
Brock Dykxhoorn - HOU vs Hyrum Formo - TB GAME 1
Derrick Penilla - MIN vs TBD - SEA
Yoan Gonzalez - NYM vs TBD - TOR GAME 2

R - GCL

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

R - AZL

CIN vs SD - DH
TEX vs LAD - DH
LAA vs CWS
CHC vs MIL
SEA vs OAK
CLE vs SF

Duels of the Day

via wiki.teamfortress.com

August 22

Rank (Ovr)	Name	Pos	Team	Level	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	GO	FO	ERA	WHIP	HR Allowed	Notes
1 (20)	Andrew Heaney	LHP	MIA	AAA	4.2	7	6	4	3	5	6	3	3.79	1.14	0	58 S, 38 B, ND (5-4)
1 (18)	Noah Syndergaard	RHP	NYM	AAA	6	8	6	5	1	8	8	2	4.85	1.50	0	HBP, 67 S, 35 B, ND (8-7)
Rank (Ovr)	Name	Pos	Team	Level	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	GO	FO	ERA	WHIP	HR Allowed	Notes
20 (-)	Ryan Eades	RHP	MIN	A	6	5	1	1	0	2	8	2	5.48	1.57	0	WP, W (9-11)
-	Sean Newcomb	LHP	LAA	A	1.2	4	4	4	2	1	1	2	10.57	2.09	0	2 WP, L (0-1)
Rank (Ovr)	Name	Pos	Team	Level	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	GO	FO	ERA	WHIP	HR Allowed	Notes
-	Nick Howard	RHP	CIN	A	5	4	2	1	1	3	8	3	4.56	1.23	0	50 S, 26 B, ND (1-1)
-	Kevin Ziomek	LHP	DET	A	6	6	2	1	1	10	4	2	2.23	1.17	0	PO, HBP, 55 S, 36 B, ND (10-6)