Yesterday (9-12-13) Baseball America released the 2013 MiLB All Star team, which consist of the best ball players through out the Minor Leagues. It is the best players in every league from Lo-A to AAA and it list all 9 fielding positions plus a DH and a couple of other pitchers. I will list both teams then go back and cover some of the players and what to expect from the next year.
1st Team C - Josmil Pinto - Twins 1B - Chris Colabello - Twins 2B - Marcus Semien - White Sox 3B - Miguel Sano - Twins SS - Xander Bogaerts - Red Sox OF - Byron Buxton - Twins OF - Joc Pederson - Dodgers OF - George Springer - Astros DH - Javier Baez - Cubs ___________________________________ SP -Archie Bradley - Dbacks SP -Eddie Butler - Rockies SP - C.J Edwards - Cubs SP - Erik Johnson - White Sox SP Rafael Montero - Mets RP - C.J Riefenhauser - Rays | 2nd Team C- Tom Murphy - Rockies 1B - Greg Bird - Yankees 2B - Mookie Betts - Red Sox 3B - Maikel Franco - Phillies SS - Rosell Herrera - Rockies OF - Billy Burns - Nationals OF - Zach Borebstein - Angels OF - Corey Dickerson - Rockies DH - Joey Gallo - Rangers ________________________________________ SP - Tyler Glasnow - Pirates SP - Kyle Hendricks - Cubs SP - Henry Owens - Red Sox SP - Yordano Ventura - Royals SP - Taijuan Walker - Mariners RP - Matt Stiles - DBacks |
As you look at the 1st team you will recognize a trend its the Minnesota TWINS!!! The Twins have one of the if not the best minor league systems out there right now. The Twins have 4 players that made the 1st team All Star team. Sano and Buxton are the keys for the Twins both players are under 21 Buxton at only 19 and Sano at 20. They are the future of this organization. After the Twins traded Justin Morneau to the Pirates they called up Chris Colabello who will finish the season with the team and i would not be surprised if Pinto makes the team out of Spring Training next year.
At SS you have the young and talented Xander Bogaert who received his call up this September for the Red Sox. Bogaerts numbers this year were very impressive. He hit .284, with 9 HR's and 32 RBI's at AAA-Pawtucket. Now his numbers are not as good as the MiLB AST DH who aswell is a SS. Javier Baez. Baez had a breakout year this year split between Hi-A Daytona and AA-Tennessee Baez hit .282, 34 2Bs, 37 HR's and 111 RBI's. He also, put up 2 more HR's and 6 RBI,s in the Southern League Post-Season. Though Baez's offensive numbers are better than Bogaerts, Baez commited 44 Errors at the shortstop postion which is what put Bogaert in the lead.
In the OF for the first team is some impressive players Buxton, Pederson, and Springer. Buxton with the Twins organization is the next big deal. At only 19 years old Buxton has some time till he gets to the show but when he does watch out!!. Pederson is the No. 1 prospect in the Dodgers organization. Pederson has been overlooked and shadowed through out the 2013 season due to Yasiel Puig, Matt Kemp, Carl Crawford and Andre Either but, like the Dodgers owners name Magic is keeping this one a secret. I expect the Dodgers to trade Crawford or Either this off-season to make room for Pederson to make his MLB debut next april.
Now to the pitching, Though i was surprised to see White Sox No.1 pitcher Scott Snodgrass on either list it is still impressive. Archie Bradley for DBacks is the No.1 pitcher in all of MiLB in my opinion the former Oklahoma commit took of the AA-Southern League after his call up in mid-may. Posting a 14-5 W/L record, 1.84 ERA, and 162 SO's. C.J Edwards was received by the Cubs when they traded Matt Garza to the Rangers and since his time at Hi-A Daytona Edwards has dominated. 1.88 ERA, 8-2 w/l record, 155 strikeouts and most impressive he only gave up 1 HR all year. Edwards will be a dynamic add on the young pitching staff coming up through the Cubs organization. A couple of other names to through out there is TaiJuan Walker and Kyle Hendricks. Both pitchers started off at AA and Walker is getting some reps at the MLB level Hendricks has been dominating for AAA-Iowa. Both players should be starters on their big league teams.
WIth that being said According to Baseball America the 2013 MiLB player of the year is Byron Buxton. This 19 year old man had a amazing this season. Posting a .334 batting average, 19 2B's, 18 3B's, 12 HR's, 77 RBI's and 55 SB's. Buxton brings alot of speed, power, and athleticism to the table for the Twins. will probably see atleast one more full season in the minors but expect this young man to make a even bigger name for himself. He will most likely be the 2014 No. 1 prospect for BA, like I said the young man is only 19!! The sky is the limit for him!!
At SS you have the young and talented Xander Bogaert who received his call up this September for the Red Sox. Bogaerts numbers this year were very impressive. He hit .284, with 9 HR's and 32 RBI's at AAA-Pawtucket. Now his numbers are not as good as the MiLB AST DH who aswell is a SS. Javier Baez. Baez had a breakout year this year split between Hi-A Daytona and AA-Tennessee Baez hit .282, 34 2Bs, 37 HR's and 111 RBI's. He also, put up 2 more HR's and 6 RBI,s in the Southern League Post-Season. Though Baez's offensive numbers are better than Bogaerts, Baez commited 44 Errors at the shortstop postion which is what put Bogaert in the lead.
In the OF for the first team is some impressive players Buxton, Pederson, and Springer. Buxton with the Twins organization is the next big deal. At only 19 years old Buxton has some time till he gets to the show but when he does watch out!!. Pederson is the No. 1 prospect in the Dodgers organization. Pederson has been overlooked and shadowed through out the 2013 season due to Yasiel Puig, Matt Kemp, Carl Crawford and Andre Either but, like the Dodgers owners name Magic is keeping this one a secret. I expect the Dodgers to trade Crawford or Either this off-season to make room for Pederson to make his MLB debut next april.
Now to the pitching, Though i was surprised to see White Sox No.1 pitcher Scott Snodgrass on either list it is still impressive. Archie Bradley for DBacks is the No.1 pitcher in all of MiLB in my opinion the former Oklahoma commit took of the AA-Southern League after his call up in mid-may. Posting a 14-5 W/L record, 1.84 ERA, and 162 SO's. C.J Edwards was received by the Cubs when they traded Matt Garza to the Rangers and since his time at Hi-A Daytona Edwards has dominated. 1.88 ERA, 8-2 w/l record, 155 strikeouts and most impressive he only gave up 1 HR all year. Edwards will be a dynamic add on the young pitching staff coming up through the Cubs organization. A couple of other names to through out there is TaiJuan Walker and Kyle Hendricks. Both pitchers started off at AA and Walker is getting some reps at the MLB level Hendricks has been dominating for AAA-Iowa. Both players should be starters on their big league teams.
WIth that being said According to Baseball America the 2013 MiLB player of the year is Byron Buxton. This 19 year old man had a amazing this season. Posting a .334 batting average, 19 2B's, 18 3B's, 12 HR's, 77 RBI's and 55 SB's. Buxton brings alot of speed, power, and athleticism to the table for the Twins. will probably see atleast one more full season in the minors but expect this young man to make a even bigger name for himself. He will most likely be the 2014 No. 1 prospect for BA, like I said the young man is only 19!! The sky is the limit for him!!