MINORS: The Eyes Have It—Mining Triple-A

There are no hidden gems in Triple-A. Unless I’m lucky to run into a few pitchers dueling on the same day, like Brent Hershey did earlier this season, I’m not writing entire articles on my Triple-A exploits. For those reasons and the inconvenience of how the highway infrastructure lays out between my house and Coolray Field, I don’t make many trips to Gwinnett, the 3rd-closest minor league club to my residence and the Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. In nine years of coverage, last Friday’s trip to see Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was only the 2nd trip I’ve made to Gwinnett and will be the first one I write about.

From the prospects currently in our vernacular, like Vlad Jr. and Austin Riley (saw 4 pitches, made 4 outs), to the...

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