Email a copy of 'The Best Minor League Signings Of 2016' to a friend
Loading ...
By Steve Adams | at
Email a copy of 'The Best Minor League Signings Of 2016' to a friend
MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com
hide arrows scroll to top
Matt Rox
I think Grant Green and Conor Gillespie might make this list once the full season is over.
bkwalker510
Grant Green lol
Evenyear
Don’t forget Ramiro Pena and Gerrin
CoryM
Crazy that the Twins have 3 guys on this list. All are deserving but everything else has gone wrong for them.
Maybe things will turn around in the second half
disgruntledreader 2
Christian Friedrich’s just standing over here waving at the crowd.
kent814
Lol yeah
Bobby Sweet
Okay, so obviously it wouldn’t happen if it could, but theoretically, would Matt Bush be eligible for both the Rookie of the Year and the Comeback Player of the Year Awards?
Brixton
He would be for the Rookie of the Year.
Not completely sure what the qualifications for the Comeback player award are, I’d figure everyone would technically be eligible since it’s more of an arbitrary award. But in the end, no one is going to consider him since he didn’t technically “comeback” from anything in terms of MLB. He never played, so hes just a rookie with a story right now.
thebighurt619
Uh ryan buchter? Brandon kintzler signed a minors deal back in december 2015. So did ryan buchtetr
Kinztler
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Kintzler
Buchter
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Buchter
Buchter stats 38 innings 13.03 k/9, 4.95 BB/9, 3.96 xfip.
RH- .137
LH- .198
Home- .217
Away- .102
Hes been better away than at home.
Kinztler stats- 26 innings xfip 3.52, 5.54 k/9, p.69 BB/9
RH- .167
LH- .258
Home- .265
Away- .133
reignaado
Orioles Kim Hyun-soo should be in, too, on that list.
bkwalker510
He didn’t sign a minors deal, as far as I know.
reignaado
Whoops! Yep mistake on my part right there.
krillin
You make a good point, but I would never use Wikipedia as a source. Anyone can edit the articles
krillin
I meant to reply to the big hurt.
Monkey’s Uncle
Joyce has been an absolute stud for the Pirates. The ultimate change-of-scenery success story. And even though I’m a Pirate fan, I’m very happy to see Chien Ming Wang doing well. Always liked him, a real competitor.
yankees500
What about Christian Friedrich and Buddy Boshers?
bleacherbum
Who is Buddy Boshers?
gobraves46
Buddy Boshers!!! Still my favorite baseball name. That alone should get him a spot on the list
AUTiger7222
No Chase d’Arnaud mention? I know the Braves have the worst record in baseball but Chase has been a very pleasant surprise. I know the raw hitting numbers don’t jump off the page but in 51 games he’s put together a rWAR of 0.3. He’s contributed a number of big moments in the games the Braves have actually been able to win and has done that while playing 6 different positions.
Brixton
I mean, hes been a negative defender and hes OPS’ing .686. If you put him, you open up the cases for tons of other guys.
AUTiger7222
So a 0.3 rWAR for a part-time player who was a minor-league signing isn’t worth meaning? There’s a reason he has a positive WAR. It’s because he’s had a positive impact. Grossman is at a 0.5 rWAR.
k26dp 2
If you want to put a Brave on the list, the answer would be Lucas Harrell.
Barrybonds25
Just curious, was Albert Suarez under any consideration for this list? Seems like a decent candidate
triberulz
The Indians have Cowgill/Butler/Choice/Aguilar in Columbus. Yet Robbie Grossman was released when Naquin got optioned…….. My next season prediction for Aguilar/Cowgill/Butler/Choice is their contracts will be SOLD to Japan. I’d be shocked if a MLB organization would have an interest, all 4 have played lousy in Columbus all season.
Phillies2017
Aguilar has legit power though, like enough to be a power bench bat in the bigs at some point similar to a Matt Stairs type. If he can develop his hit tool a little, he could be like Chris Carter. He’s no all star, but he could be a productive major leaguer for some team in transition like the Rockies– If he’s DFA’d Colorado should definitely take a shot on him.
Monkey’s Uncle
I remember Grossman earning his ticket out of the Pirate organization because of his attitude. Pretty sure he got disciplined a couple of times while in the minors for lack of hustle or something along those lines. Sounds like he has gotten his act together, so good for him. It’s questionable he would have ever made the majors in Pittsburgh anyways, OF has become a deep position.
hooligan
The link is to the wrong Chris Young.