Mauricio Rubio and Emily Walden are back, offering nine prospects that could jump into our next Top 125 Prospect Rankings List based on their strong 2016 performances, including five from within the Tigers’ farm system.
Dave DeFreitas and Mike Shubin are following the 2016 NPB action, and profile five players to watch, including former major leaguer Randy Messenger’s progress with the Hanshin Tigers.
Julio Urias gets a rough greeting from the Mets in his MLB debut, and the Reds call up pitchers A.J. Morris and Daniel Wright to bring the club’s total to nine debuts this year, the highest in the majors.
Starter Zach Eflin (RHP, Phillies), and relievers Pat Light (RHP, Red Sox) and Scott Griggs (RHP, Dodgers) are profiled in our week-ending look around the minor leagues.
We’ve got a low-minors smorgasborg of prospect reports, video and spotlights this week, from contributors James Chipman, Mauricio Rubio, Dave DeFreitas, and C.J. Wittmann.
The unique circumstances surrounding the debuts of RHPs Wilfredo Boscan (PIT), Conor Mullee (NYY), and Dustin Antolin (TOR) highlight this week’s update.
C.J. Wittmann writes up three Phillies’ prospects playing at Double-A Reading, Mauricio Rubio posts new prospect video from the Midwest League, Chaz Fiorino looks at two Braves’ prospects at Triple-A Gwinnett, and five freshly-minted prospect scouting reports all highlight this week’s update.
I went to the Double-A Reading/Trenton series last weekend expecting a full notebook on their loaded roster of prospects. I wound up having more interest in writing about journeyman LHSP Anthony Vasquez.
In their debut weekly newsletter, 2080’s Mauricio Rubio and Emily Waldon review the recent performance of several players who made our Top 125 Preseason Prospect Ranking List.
Who will be next crop of Japanese players poised to come to the major leagues? 2080’s Dave DeFreitas and Mike Shubin will provide their insights to help answer that question for the rest of the season. Enjoy the first edition of our NPB Update newsletter!
