After signing for $3.7 million as the 11th overall pick in the 2017 Draft, Jake Burger spent most of his pro debut in Low A. The White Sox planned on pushing him aggressively, but instead he hasn't played in a Minor League game since that summer. When he returns to
Indians Minor League Spring Training report
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The Indians have a farm system on the rise, and its greatest strength is its collection of advanced young hitters. Four of their best will play at High A Lake County this year, despite possessing six games of full-season experience between them.
Outfielder George Valera and middle infielders Brayan Rocchio, Aaron Bracho and Jose Tena all part of a potentially special 2017 international class for Cleveland will play the entire season at age 20. Rocchio and Valera were the youngest regulars in the short-season New York-Penn League in the summer of 2019, when the latter played six games in Low A. Tena hasn t played above the Rookie-level Arizona League, where he formed the primary double-play combination with Bracho two years ago before Bracho moved up to the NY-Penn League for the final week.
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Rangers Minor League Spring Training report
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The Rangers weren t afraid to buck the consensus in the 2020 Draft, selecting each of their five picks higher than the majority of clubs would have. Mississippi State second baseman Justin Foscue still would have gone in the first round if they hadn t taken him 14th overall, but high schoolers Evan Carter, Tekoah Roby, Dylan MacLean and Thomas Saggese raised more eyebrows.
Texas liked what it saw from those prep products when they got their first taste of pro ball during instructional league and continues to be enthused after watching them in Minor League Spring Training. Carter and Roby proved advanced enough to make their pro debuts at Low-A Down East next week, while MacLean and Saggese could join them early in the summer.
Cubs Minor League Spring Training report
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April 26th, 2021
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The Cubs have a rebuilding system with many of their most talented prospects concentrated at the lower levels. Those players need at-bats and innings after losing the entire 2020 Minor League season to the coronavirus pandemic.
Ten members of on MLB Pipeline s Cubs Top 30 have yet to make their pro debuts, most notably shortstops Cristian Hernandez (signed for $3 million out of the Dominican Republic in January), Ed Howard (a local Chicago product who was the club s first-round pick in the 2020 Draft) and Reginald Preciado (the best of the four prospects acquired from the Padres in the Yu Darvish trade last December). Eight more have yet to reach full-season ball, including 2019 first-round right-hander Ryan Jensen. Two more prominent prospects, right-hander Kohl Franklin and second baseman Chase Strumpf, have topped out with a week each in Low A.