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Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images The minor league season is nearly halfway through, and the 2021 MLB draft begins today, so it’s time for us to check in with the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators. Vegas is a hitter’s paradise, within a hitter’s league in the Triple-A West, so as expected the story lines all revolve around massive offense the Aviators are scoring and allowing seven runs per game. That means some position player prospects are looking really good, and all the pitchers are posting ugly numbers, and it can be difficult to hash out which parts are real and which are desert mirages. ....
MLB Draft 2021: Oakland A’s select Max Muncy with No. 25 overall pick Share this story The Oakland A’s selected Max Muncy in the 1st round of the 2021 MLB Draft on Sunday, with the No. 25 overall pick. The 18-year-old is a right-handed hitting shortstop from Thousand Oaks High School in California. Of course, this pick might sound confusing at first. There’s already a Max Muncy in the majors, an All-Star on the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the A’s originally drafted him too back in 2012. This is a different Max Muncy of absolutely no relation, and to drive the coincidence home even further, they share the same birthday of August 25 although a dozen years apart. ....
Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images The 2021 minor league season is not two months deep, so we’re long past due for a check-in with the Double-A Midland RockHounds. The Hounds roster is light on top names from our Community Prospect List Top 30, as most of the advanced talent has already moved up to Triple-A and the next wave hasn’t yet arrived from the lower-minors. The high stock they do have is mostly on the infield, where a few shortstops are sharing the diamond. Far and away the top prospect in Midland is Nick Allen, who ranked No. 3 on our CPL before the season. He’s the best defensive shortstop in the entire minors, for any team at any level according to MLB Pipeline each of the last two years, but he’s still finishing up developing his bat on his way up to the majors. He hit well in High-A in 2019, but then got hurt midway through that summer and had no 2020 season to play in. ....