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Contreras among top prospect performers Tuesday
- Updated: June 1, 2016
No need to panic, Blake Snell is back to his old self. The Rays’ top prospect (No. 12 overall) gave up five earned runs in 5 1/3 innings in his last start, but promptly quelled any cause for concern with his bounceback performance Tuesday night.
The left-hander fired five scoreless innings, limiting his opponents to just three hits and a pair of walks as Durham topped Scranton, 5-0.
Snell struck out five in the outing and threw 57 of his 95 pitches for strikes.
Tuesday’s start was the second consecutive outing in which Snell, who has had control problems in the past, walked three batters, but rather than being haunted by walks, Snell was able to keep Scranton in check.
The rest of the best performances from top prospects Tuesday:
• Make that back-to-back three-hit games for Manuel Margot. The Padres’ top prospect is locked in right now and crushing everything in the zone. Margot, the No. 40 overall prospect, went 3-for-4 with a run on Tuesday and has eight hits in his last 12 at-bats for El Paso.
• Willson Contreras continues to collect RBIs as the Cubs’ No. 2 prospect drove in three runs in Iowa’s win over Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Contreras, who has 11 RBIs over his past four games, went 2-for-5 with a triple in the game, extending his hitting streak to 10 games.
• Tyler Jay put together the best start of his career Tuesday night. The No. 55 overall prospect (Twins’ No. 3) set career-highs in innings (eight) and strikeouts (11) as he led Fort Myers to a win over St. Lucie. Jay recorded a then-season high eight strikeouts in his previous outing, but on Tuesday he was lights out. The left-hander gave up just two hits and a walk as he dominated his way through eight scoreless frames.
“What’s ironic is that was probably the worst I’ve ever warmed up before a game,” Jay told MiLB.com. “I had an extra day off and I was a little amped up. When that happens, my bullpens tend to be a little wild, but everything returned to normal when I got …
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