Salt Lake 9, Las Vegas (65-51) 6 Dillon Gee had his win streak snapped at five games after getting roughed up by the Bees for seven runs on ten hits in 4.1 innings. The loss moves his AAA record to 6-2 and his ERA up to 5.59. Zach Thornton struck out the side in the 8th inning lowering his WHIP to 1.09 and the opponents average against him to just .217 for the year. Darrell Ceciliani led the...
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Had the Top 25 prospect list already to go last week until Sandy Alderson happily put a pretty big wrench into my plans and list. Four of the five players traded were going to be on my list with Michael Fulmer leading the group at #4, Casey Meisner at #9, Luis Cessa at #16, and Robert Whalen at #22. That combined with Noah Syndergaard, Kevin Plawecki, Dilson Herrera, and Rafael Montero all...
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Las Vegas (64-49) 3, Salt Lake 2 Brandon Nimmo wasn’t in the starting lineup, however he still managed to make his presence felt walking in the the 9th inning and coming around to score the game-winning run on a single by Wilfredo Tovar. Here is the GW single. Dario Alvarez picked up his 2nd AAA win pitching a perfect 8th inning with one strikeout. With the injury news of Jerry Blevins,...
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Gavin Cecchini has had a breakout year with the bat for the Binghamton Mets that has put him on the prospect map including ranking #69 on John Sickels mid-season top 75 prospect list. Baseball America recently chose a 13 player All-Prospect team for July including eight position players and five pitchers with Cecchini being their selection at shortstop. The Mets drafted him in the first round...
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Las Vegas (63-49) 9, Salt Lake 3 Brandon Nimmo fell to the 9th spot in the order for the first time, he responded by going 3-4 with a walk and his first AAA homerun. Here is video of the blast. Nimmo is now 7-11 with two walks, two stolen bases, and three runs scored in his last three games. Zach Lutz was 2-4 with a double and his first blast since returning to Las Vegas. Wilfredo Tovar...
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