Minor League Ball Gameday, Friday, August 19

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the Minor League Ball Gameday discussion thread for Friday, August 19th. Here are some items worthy of discussion as we head into the weekend.

****Boston Red Sox pitching prospect Michael Kopech fanned 11 in six innings of work for High-A Salem yesterday. He also fanned 11 in his last start on August 13th. Overall on the season he has a 1.29 ERA in 49 innings over 10 starts between Salem and short-season Lowell, with a 75/26 K/BB and just 27 hits allowed.

****At Faketeams, Domenic Lanza looks at a trio of young San Diego Padres "not quite prospects:" Alex Dickerson, Travis Jankowski, and Ryan Schimpf.

.****Another interesting interview at Fangraphs today, with David Lauria talking with San Francisco Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti.

****Carson Cistulli with his weekly Fringe Five prospects at Fangraphs is always worth a gander.

****Can somebody here summarize the meaning of this Hardball Times article by Scott Powers in a brief paragraph? Pretend you have to explain it to Tony LaRussa.