Roundtrippers had been flying out of ballparks all throughout the Minor League panorama, highlighted by a pair of three-homer video games. High 100 prospect and Tigers slugger Josue Briceño kicked issues off within the Excessive-A Midwest League together with his trio of jacks earlier than Dodgers thumper Ryan Ward did the identical for Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis a number of hours later. In between, there was the same old array of sturdy pitching, good hitting and total excellence from the up-and-coming stars of tomorrow.
Andrew Painter, RHP, Lehigh Valley (PHI No. 1/MLB No. 5)
Painter’s ultimate line took a minor hit as a result of a final-inning hiccup in what was an in any other case sturdy efficiency. The 22-year-old took a shutout into the fifth earlier than permitting three hits and two runs within the body. Painter retired eight of the primary 9 batters he confronted and struck out 5 whereas tossing 81 pitches (49 strikes) over 5 frames, matching his season excessive. The Florida native has a 2.65 ERA and 20 Okay’s in 17 innings throughout 4 Triple-A begins. Gameday
Josue Briceño, 1B/C, West Michigan (DET No. 4/MLB No. 81)
After he and Excessive-A West Michigan teammates obtained an inspiring go to from a younger fan, Briceño went out and slugged a career-high three homers throughout a four-hit, five-RBI evening. The 20-year-old has gone deep six instances in his previous eight video games to offer him 11 lengthy balls on the season. Briceño has a 1.288 OPS in Might and is slashing .268/.383/.610 with 19 extra-base hits total. The Venezuela native is fourth within the Midwest League with 33 RBIs. Full story | Gameday
Kumar Rocker, RHP, Spherical Rock (TEX No. 2/MLB No. 39)
Rocker took one other step towards his return to the Rangers’ rotation with 4 hitless innings throughout his second rehab begin and first for Triple-A Spherical Rock. The Vanderbilt product struck out 5, walked one and tossed 53 pitches (35 strikes), producing 9 whiffs on 27 swings. Rocker is unscored upon in his two rehab appearances, fanning eight and permitting two hits over seven frames. Full story | Gameday
Jesús Made, SS/3B, Carolina (MIL No. 1/MLB No. 23)
Made put an finish to a 1-for-16 skid over his earlier 5 video games by filling up the field rating and reaching base 4 instances for Single-A Carolina. An inside-the-park homer highlighted the 18-year-old’s three-hit evening, however he additionally drove in three runs, scored thrice and swiped three bases, giving him 21 in 25 makes an attempt. Made is batting .288 with an .840 OPS, 32 runs scored and 26 RBIs in 40 video games. Gameday
Harry Ford, C, Tacoma (SEA No. 5/MLB No. 67)
Ford’s third consecutive multihit effort was highlighted by his sixth dinger of the season, a 443-foot clout. It marked the second straight recreation the 22-year-old has left the yard and leaves him only one lengthy ball shy of the seven he hit in 116 video games for Double-A Arkansas final season. Ford has been red-hot all the month, batting .402 in Might and .315/.431/.483 for the season. Gameday
Franklin Arias, SS/2B, Greenville (BOS No. 3/MLB No. 57)
Arias stayed scorching together with his second four-hit recreation in 5 contests whereas extending his hitting streak to 9 in a row. The 19-year-old has been one of many Minors’ best hitters this month, slashing .407/.443/.582 with 11 extra-base hits and 18 RBIs in 21 video games. The 5-foot-11, 170-pounder has an .886 OPS and his .362 common is the fourth-highest determine amongst Minor Leaguers with 100 or extra at-bats. Gameday
Brady Home, 3B, Rochester (WSH No. 3/MLB No. 95)
Home capped an enormous day on the plate with a walk-off stroll in further innings for Triple-A Rochester. It was the second free cross of the afternoon for the 21-year-old, who additionally launched his tenth roundtripper and drove in three runs. Home reached base 4 instances within the contest and completed together with his fourth multihit efficiency in 5 video games to enhance his slash line to .285/.341/.500 in 51 video games. Gameday
Noble Meyer, RHP, Beloit (MIA No. 5/MLB No. 98)
Meyer earned his long-awaited first victory of the season throughout his finest efficiency so far. The tenth total choose within the 2023 Draft racked up a season-high seven strikeouts and surrendered only one run over 5 innings for Excessive-A Beloit. Meyer has allowed simply two runs over his previous three begins, fanning 15 over 11 frames in that span. Gameday
Jonah Tong, RHP, Binghamton (NYM No. 4)
Tong’s stellar season continued with six sturdy innings to choose up his third win of 2025 for Double-A Binghamton. The 21-year-old struck out seven and surrendered one run on three hits to decrease his ERA to 2.25. Opposing batters are hitting .151 off Tong, who has 72 strikeouts throughout 44 frames, together with 52 in his previous 30 2/3 innings (six begins). Gameday
Ryan Ward, 1B/OF, Oklahoma Metropolis (Unranked)
Ward punctuated a career-best five-hit recreation with three homers and 6 RBIs for Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis. The 27-year-old has gone deep 12 instances this season and is nicely on his technique to a fifth consecutive 20-homer marketing campaign, topped by final 12 months’s career-high 34 dingers. Gameday
