Top Performers: Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Class AA Texas League Jhon Florentino, Corpus Christi: 3-4, 2B, HR, RBI, 2 RS John Whittleman, Frisco: 1-5, HR, 4 RBI (walk-off grand slam) James Rapoport, Springfield: 3-4, HR, 2 RBI, 3 RS Class...
View ArticleTop Performers: Saturday, July 18, 2009
Class AAA Jon Niese, Buffalo (International): 7 IP, 2 H Daniel Descalso, Memphis (Pacific Coast): 3-5, HR, 5 RBI Mitchell Boggs, Memphis (Pacific Coast): 7 IP, 2 H John Lindsey, New Orleans (Pacific...
View ArticleMinor League MVP Candidates, League-By-League
Just for the heck of it, I decided tonight to look at the stats for every league in the minors and see if I could come up with a candidate or two (no more than three) for the Most Valuable Player...
View ArticleRays Beat Pirates, Two Games To None, To Win Venezuelan Summer League Title
The Venezuelan Summer League became the first league to settle matters for the 2009 season on Wednesday when the VSL Rays beat the VSL Pirates, 8-2, to sweep the best-of-three playoff series. Shortstop...
View Article10 Rules for finding a Good Prospect
I’ll admit it. I’m a bit of a wonk. A futurist wonk. Now granted, there are certain advantages to it. Though the fact I was able to get on the Michael Pineda train before the rest of the world caught...
View ArticleMake Sure You Have Your Playoff Procedures In Order, People
I was all set to make myself a bunch of little note card cheat sheets containing the playoff procedures for Minor League Baseball’s leagues, then I realized how complicated some of these scenarios get....
View ArticleAnd Now, A Few Words About Minor League Classifications…
Picture: Reference.findtarget.com (my computer wouldn’t open the link, but the map was cool so I wanted to mention it) I was working on one of my many projects the other day when I started wondering...
View ArticleNow Batting For the Houston Astros…
Jose Altuve. Altuve is a 5’5, 170 pound second baseman signed by Houston from Venezuela in 2006. This legitimate Eddie Gaedel has had a meteoric rise through the Astros farm system this season....
View Article2011 Bus Leagues Postseason Awards: Short-Season Player, Starting Pitcher,...
It’s Awards Week here at Bus Leagues, that annual event in which we unveil the seasons that our voters determined to be the best in Minor League and Independent baseball. This year, we have nine awards...
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