Minor League Ball Gameday, Tuesday, August 30

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the Minor League Ball Gameday discussion thread for Tuesday, August 30th. Here are some items worthy of consideration:

****We are now finished with the Top 20 PRE-SEASON prospect reviews, a process which took about two weeks longer than scheduled. The next step is to review the pre-season Sleeper Alert! list, then work up a revised Top 75 prospects list for the end of the season.


****I am also working on a revision of the Baseball Prospect Retrospective project from a couple of years ago.

****Los Angeles Dodgers prospect Cody Bellinger hit two homers and drove in six yesterday for Double-A Tulsa.  This gives him 22 homers on the season as part of a .264/.362/.486 slash line. That may not look outstanding on the surface but within the context of the 2016 Texas League his production has been quite robust, his wRC+ coming out at 144.

****Minnesota Twins prospect Nick Gordon went 5-for-5 with two runs scored yesterday, raising his slash line for High-A Fort Myers up to .296/.340/.393. That gives him a 115 wRC+ in the pitching-oriented Florida State League, very solid but especially so for a 20 year old shortstop.