*Top Hitter of the Day*

• Trey Harris, RF – Rome Braves – Atlanta Braves – – 3-3, HR (4), 2R, 2RBi, BB – – Atlanta’s 32nd round draft choice out of the University of Missouri leads the South Atlantic League in batting (.376), on-base percentage (.457), is tied for the lead in hits (41) with Seattle uber-prospect Jarred Kelenic, and ranks second in OPS (1.062) behind current minor league home run leader (15), Rangers Samuel Huff. The 5’10”- 215 lb. righty has a hit and/or a walk in 18 straight games and has failed to reach base in only two of his 32 games this season. 

California League: 

• Esteury Ruiz, 2B – Lake Elsinore Storm – San Diego Padres – – 2-2, 2RBi, BB, SB (12) – 
• Ryan Vilade, SS – Lancaster Jethawks – Colorado Rockies – – 3-3. R, RBi, 2BB, SB (8) – 

Carolina League: 

• Ryan Dorow, 3B – Down East Wood Ducks – Texas Rangers – – 2-4, R, 2RBi, SB (4) – 
• Oscar Gonzalez, LF – Lynchburg Hillcats – Cleveland Indians – – 3-5, 2B, K – 
• • • – The Indians unranked prospect currently ranks second (46) in the Carolina League in hits behind Boston’s tenth overall ranked Jarren Duran (who added three more hits last night; 49), and sits behind only Houston’s 2018 first rounder Seth Beer (31) in RBi (27). Gonzalez is batting .379 with a .416 on-base percentage, but one could only imagine how much higher it could be if he’d draw a walk, as Gonzalez has yet to record a free pass this season and currently carries a 29:0 K:BB ratio in 30 games thus far. 
• Dennicher Carrasco, 1B – Wilmington Blue Rocks – Kansas City Royals – – 2-4, 2B, 3RBi, K – 

• Jarren Duran, CF – Salem Red Sox – Boston Red Sox – – 3-5, 2R, K – – Mentioned above, the 6’2″- 200 lb. Duran leads the Carolina League with 49 hits and ranks third in total bases behind Beer (also mentioned above) and (still) Luis Robert. Duran has recorded three hits in each of his last two games, and has registered multiple hits in 15 of his 30 games this season, which is evident by his current .395 batting average. 

Florida State League: 

• Nick Maton, SS – Clearwater Threshers – Philadelphia Phillies – – 3-4, 2B, R, RBi, BB – 
• Riley Unroe, SS – Florida Fire Frogs – Atlanta Braves – – 3-5, RBi, K – 
• Drew Lugbauer, DH – Florida Fire Frogs – Atlanta Braves – – 1-4, HR (4), R, 3RBi, 2K – 

Midwest League: 

• Kevin Maitan, 3B – Burlington Bees – Los Angeles Angels – – 2-5, HR (3), 2B, 2R, RBi, K – 
• David Banuelos, C – Cedar Rapids Kernels – Minnesota Twins – – 2-5, 2 2B, 2R, RBi, BB, 2K – 
• Alek Thomas, CF – Kane County Cougars – Arizona Diamondbacks – – 2-3, 3B, 2R, BB – – After staring the season 5-for-his-first-34 (.147), the Diamondbacks second round draft choice in 2018 has 25 hits over his last 19 games (.378) and has reached base in 18 out of his last 19 games. 
• Xavier Edwards, 2B – Fort Wayne TinCaps – San Diego Padres – – 3-4, R, 2BB, SB (11) – 
• Dwanya Williams-Sutton, LF – Fort Wayne TinCaps – San Diego Padres –– 3-5, HR (2), 2R, 2RBi, K – 
• Lester Madden, CF – Beloit Snappers – Oakland A’s – – 2-4, HR (1), 2B, R, RBi, 2K – – The November 2018 international signee out of Cuba hit his first home run on the season, a leadoff shot in the bottom of the first, but that’s all the runs the Snappers could muster, falling to the Fort Wayne Tin Caps 8-1. The Oakland unranked prospect is batting .305 on the season and has logged a hit in 19 of his 20 games this season, going 0-for-3 with two strikeouts on April 26 versus Peoria. 

South Atlantic League: 

• Triston Casas, 1B – Greenville Drive – Boston Red Sox – 3-4, HR (6), R, 4RBi – 
• Cadyn Grenier, 2B – Delmarva Shorebirds – Baltimore Orioles – – 3-4, HR (2), R, 3RBi, K – 
• Jake Anchia, C – West Virginia Power – Seattle Mariners – – 2-4, 2 HR (3,4), 2R, 5RBi, K – 
• Brandon Lockridge, CF – Charleston RiverDogs – New York Yankees – – 3-4, 2B, 2R, RBi, SB (6) – – The Yankees fifth round selection in 2018 out of the University of Troy has been scorching hot posting 10 hits over his last four games (10-for-19; .526) and is 13-for-33 over his last seven (.394). 
• Ian Dawkins, CF – Kannapolis Intimidators – Chicago White Sox – – 5-6, HR (1), 3R, 2RBi, K – The 23-year-old Sacramento State draftee (2018) not only hit his first home run of 2019, but registered the first five-hit game of his pro career.
• Romy Gonzalez, LF – Kannapolis Intimidators – Chicago White Sox –– 4-5, 3B, 2R – 
• Lenyn Sosa, SS – Kannapolis Intimidators – Chicago White Sox –– 2-6, HR (1), 2B, 2R, 4RBi, K –