Minor League Ball Gameday, Friday, April 14th, 2017

Good day everyone, and welcome to the Minor League Ball Gameday discussion thread for Friday, April 14th, 2017. Let’s get down to business.

****Today’s Minor League Scoreboard

****Today’s MLB scoreboard

****Beyond the Boxscore’s excellent daily MLB summary

YESTERDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

****Kansas City Royals pitching prospect Josh Staumont fanned 12 over six innings, giving up just one hit for Triple-A Omaha against Round Rock.

****Chicago Cubs prospect Ian Happ hit another home run for Triple-A Iowa, giving him five in his first eight games as part of a .303/.361/.788 slash line in 33 at-bats.

****Milwaukee Brewers outfield prospect Lewis Brinson dislocated a pinkie finger on opening day and was out of the lineup for a week for Triple-A Colorado Springs. He came back yesterday and went 1-for-5 but the one hit was a home run.

****Five shutout innings yesterday from Atlanta Braves pitching prospect Kolby Allard, fanning three, walking two, and allowing two hits. Not shabby for a 19-year-old pushed to Double-A on an aggressive schedule.

****Exceptional outing yesterday from Chicago White Sox pitching prospect Dane Dunning: eight innings for Low-A Kannapolis, three hits, no runs, no walks, 13 strikeouts. Wouldn’t it be interesting if Dunning ends up being the best pitcher the White Sox got in the Adam Eaton deal?

****Other highlights from yesterday can be found in the discussion thread.

RECOMMENDED READING

****Crawfish Boxes does a prospect retrospective for Astros flycatcher George Springer.

****Carson Cistulli at Fangraphs looks at current top college baseball performers.