It was a reasonably balanced slate across the Minors with some top-notch pitching performances — highlighted by 2024 first-rounder Chase Burns — in addition to a second straight monster recreation from Colt Emerson. Hurlers Quinn Mathews and Robby Snelling made notable begins and Kyle Freeland left the yard for a second consecutive recreation.
Chase Burns, RHP, Louisville (CIN No. 1/MLB No. 11)
It was extra of the identical from Burns, who appears to have had little to no bother adjusting to life as a professional after a standout collegiate profession at Wake Forest. Final 12 months’s second general Draft decide equaled a season {and professional} excessive by twirling seven frames, permitting a run on three hits. Burns fanned seven throughout his 88-pitch outing and has 20 Okay’s in 12 1/3 innings via two Triple-A begins. Gameday
Colt Emerson, SS/3B, Everett (SEA No. 1/MLB No. 17)
Emerson went deep for the second straight recreation and adopted up a 3 extra-base hit efficiency by including two extra throughout a career-high four-hit evening for Excessive-A Everett. The 19-year-old has hit safely in 9 of his previous 10 video games and is batting .333 this month after posting a .246 common via Could. The recent streak has raised Emerson’s OPS to .796 in 60 video games. Gameday
Quinn Mathews, LHP, Memphis (STL No. 2/MLB No. 36)
Mathews took one other step towards the Majors together with his newest sturdy efficiency for Triple-A Memphis. The southpaw surrendered a second-inning single and a pair of walks over 5 scoreless innings whereas equaling a season excessive with six strikeouts. Mathews missed greater than a month with left shoulder soreness however has seemed sturdy this month, posting a 1.38 ERA and a 17-to-6 Okay/BB ratio throughout three begins spanning 13 innings. Gameday
Alex Freeland, SS/3B, Oklahoma Metropolis (LAD No. 4/MLB No. 44)
Freeland left the yard for the second consecutive day, slugging his tenth roundtripper of the 12 months, greater than midway to the career-high 18 homers he hit final 12 months in 136 video games. After a sluggish begin to start the month, the 23-year-old has gone 10-for-21 (.476) with three lengthy balls, 9 RBIs and eight walks throughout a six-game hitting streak. Freeland is slashing .276/.393/.470 with 55 RBIs in 69 video games for Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis. Gameday
Thayron Liranzo, C/1B, Erie (DET No. 5/MLB No. 81)
Because the climate warms so too has Liranzo, who put collectively his finest recreation of the season for Double-A Erie. The switch-hitting backstop clubbed a three-run homer, doubled and walked 3 times en path to hitting safely for the fifth time in six video games. Liranzo has matched his residence run whole (three) from final month and has already pushed in additional runs (11) than he did in Could (eight). Gameday
Robby Snelling, LHP, Pensacola (MIA No. 3/MLB No. 89)
Snelling wasn’t nonetheless within the recreation for the extra-inning win, however the southpaw did his half with one among his finest efforts of the season. The Nevada native allowed one run whereas hanging out seven over six innings for Double-A Pensacola. Snelling took a shutout into the sixth earlier than surrendering a run-scoring double with two outs. The 21-year-old sports activities a 4.18 ERA and 70 punchouts in 60 1/3 innings throughout 12 begins. Gameday
Christian Zazueta, RHP, Rancho Cucamonga (LAD No. 19)
Zazueta’s breakout marketing campaign rolled on with a career-high 10 strikeouts over 5 scoreless frames for Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. The 20-year-old allowed a two-out double within the second inning and nothing else throughout his 61-pitch outing, which included 16 whiffs on 35 swings. Zazueta sports activities a 2.37 ERA, a 1.02 WHIP and a 69-to-14 Okay/BB ratio in 60 2/3 innings. Gameday
