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6/21 Player of the Day: Wilson Ramos

It grinds my guts to give this award to the guy that capped off tonight’s ugly loss by my Seattle Mariners.  Ramos hit a game-winning three-run homer off of M’s reliever David Pauley to cap a five run ninth inning comeback … Continue reading

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8/4 AA Minor League Report

Cincinatti Reds 3B prospect Juan Francisco hit his 20th HR yesterday, driving in two and scoring twice.  Francisco has as much power potential as anyone in the Reds’ farm system and has made big strides this season to cut back … Continue reading

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7/27 AA Minor League Report

Cleveland Indians 1B prospect Beau Mills rapped two more homeruns last night, raising his season total to 10.  Yesterday’s pair of HR’s marks the first time this season that Mills has went yard in back to back games.  He’s been, … Continue reading

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7/27 AAA Minor League Report

Former Oakland A’s farm hand and current San Diego Padres OF prospect Dan Putnam hit his 14th HR of the season and drove in three runs in a three hit outing.  Putnam has been solid over his last 10 games … Continue reading

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7/26 AAA Minor League Report

Joaquin Arias had a stellar spring training with the Rangers but found himself as a late March cut as the Rangers were dead set on giving Elvis Andrus the starting SS job with Omar Vizquel playing the role of seasoned … Continue reading

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7/2 AA Minor League Report

Prior to the start of the ’09 season, San Diego Padres 2B prospect Eric Sogard was very high on my sleepers list.  Perhaps it was his excellent first season in the California League (.308 10 HR 87 RBI 92 runs … Continue reading

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6/15 AA Minor League Report

A couple of pitchers had dominating performances in the AA ranks yesterday.  San Diego Padres top pitching prospect Mat Latos mowed down 12 hitters yesterday over 5.1 IP, walking none and allowing just five hits.  Unfortunately, the three runs that … Continue reading

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6/5 AAA Minor League Report

The month of June has been a sparse one thusfar for PPR as I have found myself pulled in many different directions.  My son’s school has had a variety of end of the year activities that I have been quite … Continue reading

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5/17 High-A Minor League Report **500th Post!**

Today’s a milestone day for PPR as, in just under a year, we have crossed the 500 post threshold.  Thank you again to all of you who have faithfully read this blog and watched it evolved over the past year.  … Continue reading

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5/10 Low-A Minor League Report

Eric Hosmer finally hit his first HR of the season and teammate Nick Francis hit his sixth.  Jeremy Barfield, brother of Cleveland’s 2B Josh Barfield and son of longtime MLB slugger Jesse Barfield, had a banner day going 4-5 with … Continue reading

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