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By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your minor-league highlights from the week of July 24-30, 2017: Jewish Baseball News Hitter of the Week: Jake Thomas LF Jake Thomas (Blue Jays/High-A) hit .389 (7-for-18) with 2 doubles, 3 RBIs and 5 walks last week. His .436 on-base percentage ranks 8th-best among all minor leaguers this season. Jewish Baseball News…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Kevin Pillar hit his 12th home run on Sunday in one of the great comebacks in memory as the Toronto Blue Jays scored seven times in the bottom of the ninth to beat the visiting LA Angels, 11-10. Pillar’s long knock came with one man on base and decreased the deficit to…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor A bleak day except for one brief shining moment. Joc Pederson hit his 11th home run, a solo shot in the fourth inning to put the LA Dodgers on the board in a game that they would eventually win, 6-5, over the visiting Minnesota Twins. The victory put LA 40 games over…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor No home runs last night. In fact, Jewish batters went just 4-for-21. Alex Bregman had been relatively unscathed this year, but that ended when he injured his hamstring running out a triple (#2) in his only at bat as the Houston Astros (67-33) shut out the host Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0. That came…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor The home run parade continues. Joc Pederson and Alex Bregman joined the double-digit club last night. Bregman hit #10 — a solo job — along with two doubles in five at-bats as the Houston Astros (66-33) beat the host Philadelphia Phillies, 13-4. Pederson cracked his tenth — similarly good for one run — to tie the game at 2-2 and…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Alex Bregman hit his ninth home run of the year. The solo blast came in the Houston Astros’ (65-33) 8-4 win on Friday over the host Baltimore Orioles (47-51). It was one of his two hits in 11 at bats (plus a walk) as the Astros took two of the three…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your minor-league highlights from the week of July 17-23, 2017: Jewish Baseball News Hitter of the Week: Rhett Wiseman RF Rhett Wiseman (Nationals/High-A) hit .364 (8-for-22) last week with 2 home runs, a triple and 6 RBIs. In his last 10 games, he is hitting .432 with 2 HRs and 8 RBIs. Jewish…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Ian Kinsler hit his 15th double on a two-out, 0-2 pitch to drive in two runs for the Detroit Tigers (43-51) in their 16-4 loss to the host KC Royals. Kinsler has a modest five-game hitting streak going on. Danny Valencia was 2-for-4 as the Seattle Mariners (48-49) lost to the visiting NY Yankees,…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Baby steps: Brad Goldberg lowered his ERA from 108.00 to 36.00 by tossing scoreless relief for 2/3 of an inning as the Chicago White Sox (38-54) lost to the LA Dodgers (66-29), 9-1, in a game that ended in the eighth because of rain. Joc Pederson entered the game as a defensive replacement and was…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Ian Kinsler continued his hot hitting, going 2-for-5 with a double (#14) and a run scored as the Detroit Tigers (43-49) beat the host KC Royals, 9-3. And kudos for being named the Tigers’ 2017 recipient of the Heart and Hustle Award for the second year in a row. The award, given by the…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor A pretty good night overall as every batter notched at least one hit. Scott Feldman doesn’t count because he never had a chance to come to the plate. He allowed five runs in one inning as the Cincinnati Reds (39-53) lost to the host Washington Nationals, 6-1. He gave up five…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your minor-league highlights from the week of July 10-16, 2017: Jewish Baseball News Hitter of the Week: Ryan Gold C Ryan Gold (Blue Jays/rookie) hit .438 (7-for-16) with a double, 2 walks and 5 RBIs last week. His 21 RBIs are tied for the Applachian League lead, and he’s accumulated them in…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Welcome back. Hope you had a nice long All-Star Break. For me the actual ASG was kind of meh. Call me old-fashioned, but what I didn’t like was the on-field interview (interviews? I only saw one) during the game (albeit in-between innings) and that business with the batter giving the catcher his cell…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Alex Bregman had two hits in 11 at-bats for the Houston Astros in the series that began Thursday against the host Toronto Blue Jays, and both hits went for doubles, giving him 21 on the year. The latter came in the Astros’ 19-1 laugher. He also walked twice and scored three runs. Kevin…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your minor-league highlights from the week of July 3-9, 2017: Jewish Baseball News Hitter of the Week: Zach Borenstein* LF Zach Borenstein* (Diamondbacks/AAA) hit .417 (10-for-24) with 3 HRs, 4 doubles, 3 walks and 12 RBIs, including a 3-run, go-ahead home run on July 6 that proved the game-winner. So far this season, the…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Don’t know how I managed to miss posting this yesterday. Apologies. I know you’re all waiting with bated breath… Kevin Pillar cracked his 10th home run of the year to help the Toronto Blue Jays (39-45) beat the host NY Yankees, 7-6. His shot came in the fourth to give the Jays a…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Ryan Braun hit his 10th homer of the season to help the Milwaukee Brewers (48-40) destroy the host Chicago Cubs, 11-2. He also walked twice before coming out for a pinch-hitter in the seventh. That two-run shot was part of the seven runs the Brewers put up in the third inning. Danny Valencia hit #9 (#9,…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Danny Valencia had another multi-hit game, going 3-for-4, but the Seattle Mariners (41-43) still lost to the visiting KC Royals, 3-1. In fact, Valencia accounted for 75 percent of his team’s hit total. Ryan Braun was 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored as the Milwaukee Brewers (45-40) beat the visiting Baltimore…