The Minor Leagues are in full swing now and that means players on both sides of the ball are starting to put things together. The list of Sunday's top performers includes a top 15 prospect who reached safely all weekend, batters who went deep twice and hurlers racking up big punchout numbers in limited innings.
Here are the performers who stood out to cap the weekend:
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SUNDAY'S TOP PERFORMERS:
Coby Mayo, 3B, Norfolk (BAL No. 2/MLB No. 13)
Mayo was about as tough an out as a batter can be this weekend. He's reached in nine straight plate appearances after going 2-for-2 with three walks and his third home run of the season for the Triple-A Tides. Mayo uncorked a solo shot in the ninth inning, technically his second dinger in as many games. Full story | Gameday
Zyhir Hope, OF, Great Lakes (LAD No. 6/MLB No. 71)
Matching a career high with four hits, Hope also drove in three runs in the High-A Loons' 3-2 win in extra innings. He tripled, doubled twice and scored a run in the effort, which lifted his OPS to 1.202 through nine games. Gameday
Spencer Jones, OF, Somerset (NYY No. 2)
Jones was a one-man late-game wrecking crew, lofting both of his homers from the seventh inning on. He cranked a three-run shot in the seventh and then a solo homer with two outs in the ninth for the Double-A Patriots. Jones is off to a strong start, hitting .290/.412/.613 with three long balls through his first nine contests. Gameday
Ramon Ramirez, C, Columbia (KC No. 10)
The 19-year-old began a banner day at the plate with homers in his first two at-bats, a grand slam in the first and a two-run blast in the third. Ramirez entered play without a homer and with only two RBIs on the season for Single-A Columbia. By his third at-bat, he had six RBIs on the day. Gameday
Kendall George, OF, Great Lakes (LAD No. 15)
The High-A Loons scored 11 runs in large part because of the Hope-George combination at the top of the lineup. George homered twice out of the leadoff spot, his second a 12th-inning two-run tater that briefly put the Loons ahead in extra innings. He also scored three times and drew two walks. Gameday
William Bergolla, 2B/SS, Birmingham (CWS No. 16)
Bergolla paced the Double-A Barons' 14-run outburst from the leadoff spot. The 20-year-old racked up a season-high four hits (including two doubles), scored two runs, drove in another and drew a walk, reaching base in five of his six plate appearances. Gameday
Chase Petty, RHP, Louisville (CIN No. 6/MLB No. 99)
The Triple-A Bats right-hander outpitched Bubba Chandler (PIT), MLB's No. 4 right-handed pitching prospect, for his best start of the season to date. Holding Indianapolis scoreless for five innings. Petty scattered three hits, striking out four and walking one. Gameday
Trey Yesavage, RHP, Dunedin (TOR No. 2/MLB No. 84)
The 2024 first-rounder picked up right where he left off in his professional debut earlier in the week. In his second start, he logged four innings of one-run ball while racking up four punchouts for the Single-A Blue Jays. He threw 44 of his 51 pitches for strikes and did not issue a walk. Gameday
Nolan McLean, RHP, Binghamton (NYM No. 5)
It was the second straight strong start to open the year for McLean, who racked up six strikeouts across five innings of one-run ball for the Double-A Rumble Ponies. He issued three walks but largely avoided damage, and has allowed only that lone run across nine total innings this season. Gameday
Sam Aldegheri, LHP, Rocket City (LAA No. 5)
The 23-year-old enjoyed an all-around solid outing in his second start of the season for the Double-A Trash Pandas, blanking Knoxville for 4 2/3 innings. Aldegheri struck out six, scattered two hits and was fairly efficient, throwing 52 of his 80 pitches for strikes. Gameday
Gerelmi Maldonado, RHP, San Jose (SF No. 17)
The 21-year-old right-hander sure made the most of his short start for the Single-A Giants, racking up seven strikeouts across three scoreless innings. He scattered three hits and issued a walk, but avoided the big inning due to all those swings-and-misses. Gameday