<![CDATA[Beans N Rice Cards]]>https://beansnryson.substack.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!od8k!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe9d4c79-34c0-4c27-ba58-2a36ddebb21b_818x818.pngBeans N Rice Cardshttps://beansnryson.substack.comSubstackWed, 02 Sep 2026 02:15:02 GMT<![CDATA[Low A Standouts From Last Week]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/low-a-standouts-from-last-week-9eahttps://beansnryson.substack.com/p/low-a-standouts-from-last-week-9eaTue, 01 Sep 2026 15:36:23 GMTA Mariners outfielder nicknamed "La Bestia" is bringing his loud power-speed tools to full-season ball after a breakout that saw his exit velocities spike dramatically. A Tigers slugger who signed for a franchise-record bonus — and who already owns the longest home run Statcast has ever tracked at the Rookie level — just homered in his Single-A debut, twice over. And a Rangers two-way phenom who touches 97 on the mound and runs a 60-grade wheel at shortstop is doing it all at once, exactly the kind of ceiling a gutted farm system is banking on.

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Yorger Bautista (OF, Mariners, Low-A Modesto)

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The 18-year-old Venezuelan, nicknamed “La Bestia,” is one of the more exciting power-speed bets in the Mariners system. Signed for $2.1 million in January 2025 as one of the top prospects in his international class, Bautista is a 6-foot-1 lefty-hitting outfielder with big-time bat speed and a 70-grade run tool that gives him a real chance to stick in center field. His calling card entering the year was a rapid physical maturation that sent his exit velocities soaring — his 90th-percentile and max exit velocities both jumped meaningfully during his 2025 complex-league breakout, when he cut his strikeout rate and dramatically improved his in-zone contact. He homered in the Mariners’ Spring Breakout game in March and has spent 2026 getting his first taste of full-season ball at Modesto. He’s the latest in a long line of Mariners international outfield finds (following the Lazaro Montes mold).

Cris Rodriguez (OF, Tigers, Single-A Lakeland)

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The record-breaking power bat just got the call to full-season ball, and he made an immediate statement. Detroit promoted the 18-year-old Dominican to Single-A Lakeland this week after he hit .274 with nine homers and 30 RBI in just under 50 Florida Complex League games, and he homered in his Lakeland debut — a 423-foot, 108.2 mph two-run shot — then added a second long ball in his third game. Rodriguez, signed for a franchise-record $3.2 million in January 2025, owns the best raw power in his class: his 90th-percentile exit velocity of 108 mph was the best among all 17-year-olds in 2025, and in July he launched a 479-foot moonshot — the furthest ball ever tracked by Statcast at the Rookie level in 2026, longer than JD Martinez’s Comerica Park record. Encouragingly, he cut his ground-ball rate and boosted his line-drive rate by more than 10 points in the Complex League. The catch remains strikeouts (a 32.5% clip in the FCL), and Baseball America grades him 40 hit / 60 power with a 50/Extreme risk profile — but a physically gifted 18-year-old with 70-grade raw power is exactly the kind of ultra-high-ceiling lottery ticket the Tigers were betting on.

Josh Owens (SS/RHP, Rangers, Single-A Hickory)

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One of the best true two-way prospects in the minors, Owens is a fascinating developmental project the Rangers are letting do everything. Texas took the athletic Tennessee product in the third round (84th overall) in 2025 and gave him an over-slot $1.1 million to pry him from a Georgia Southern commitment, drafting him with an explicit plan to develop both his bat and his arm. On the mound he’s run his fastball up to 97 mph from a unique lower-slot delivery, pairing it with a slider that Baseball America graded between plus and double-plus. At the plate and in the field, he’s a projectable 6-foot-3 shortstop with above-average speed (60-grade run), a strong arm, and raw power that could grow as he fills out his coat-hanger frame — with center field a fallback if he moves off short. The son of Jeremy Owens (a speedster who stole 399 bases across 18 pro seasons), Josh has a similar athletic profile but more offensive upside, and he was a gold-medal-winning member of Team USA’s U-18 squad. The Rangers, having gutted their farm system in win-now trades, are counting on high-ceiling teenagers like Owens to replenish it — and few carry a ceiling as wide as a legitimate two-way player.

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]]><![CDATA[10 Bowman Auctions Ending Tonight ]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/10-bowman-auctions-ending-tonight-5c2https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/10-bowman-auctions-ending-tonight-5c2Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:21:24 GMTHere are ten Bowman auctions ending tonight that are worthy of your attention.

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  1. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Zyhir Hope Red Lava Auto /5

  2. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Draft Taitn Gray Gold Ink Auto /15 PSA 10

  3. 💎Link💎: 2016 Bowman Juan Soto True Blue Auto /150 BGS 9.5

  4. 💎Link💎: 2026 Bowman Sapphire Wehiwa Aloy Red Auto /5

  5. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Chrome Rainiel Rodriguez Popcorn Auto /5 PSA 9

  6. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Chrome Josuar Gonzalez Red Wave Auto /5 PSA 9

  7. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Draft Xavier Neyens True Orange Auto /25

  8. 💎Link💎: 2024 Bowman Draft Jac Caglianone Yellow Auto /75 PSA 10

  9. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Chrome Devin Fitz-Gerald B&W Shimmer Auto PSA 10/10

  10. 💎Link💎: 2024 Bowman Draft Nick Kurtz True Blue Auto /150 PSA 10

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]]><![CDATA[AAA Standouts From Last Week]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/aaa-standouts-from-last-week-3e4https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/aaa-standouts-from-last-week-3e4Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:52:24 GMTTriple-A this week is all about the call-up clock — and one player who just beat it. An undrafted "JUCO Barry Bonds" in the Giants system is the hottest bat in the PCL, with his path to San Francisco shaped as much by looming-lockout roster math as by his 25 homers. The Twins' top prospect ended the suspense entirely, getting the Friday call to the majors after a scorching .411 August forced the issue. And the Guardians' No. 1 prospect is homering at a pace that leads all of the minors — 16 in 21 games — while Cleveland's crowded infield keeps him waiting, a standoff that gets harder to justify by the day. Two players knocking on the door, and one who finally walked through it.

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Bo Davidson (OF/DH, Giants, Triple-A Sacramento)

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One of the best stories in the minors and the hottest bat in the Pacific Coast League. The 24-year-old undrafted free agent — a Caldwell (N.C.) Community College product one Giants scout dubbed a “JUCO Barry Bonds” — has torn through the system this year and is now knocking on the door of the majors. In August alone he’s slashed .346/.426/.673 with multiple homers, including a career-high eight-RBI game against Las Vegas (13 hits and 11 RBIs over a five-game stretch), and he’s since proven the outburst wasn’t just Vegas air: a recent Sacramento showcase saw him double at 107 mph and homer at 110.6 mph. For the season across two levels, he’s up to 25 home runs, 18 steals, and a .260 average, and he was named PCL Player of the Week in mid-August after earning Eastern League Player of the Month honors for June. Now the Giants’ No. 4 prospect, he represents the right-handed power San Francisco has been starving for. He’s tracking toward an Opening Day 2027 roster spot — and his path to a debut is being shaped as much by 40-man roster and Rule 5 math (with December’s looming lockout complicating the calculus) as by his production.

Walker Jenkins (OF, Twins, promoted to MLB)

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The wait is over. The Twins called up their top prospect on Friday, August 28, for a series opener against the White Sox, summoning the 21-year-old to cover center field with Byron Buxton dealing with a lingering hip issue. It’s the culmination of a stunning late-season surge: Jenkins hit .411/.488/.795 with eight homers in August at Triple-A St. Paul after his power finally caught up to his already-elite hit, speed, and defensive tools. The fifth overall pick in the 2023 draft ($7.14 million out of a North Carolina high school), Jenkins was considered the best prep hitter from the state since Josh Hamilton, and he finished his Triple-A stint slashing .323/.417/.559 with 14 homers and 17 steals across 73 games. A left-handed-hitting center fielder with a genuine five-tool profile, he’s one of the most complete young hitters to reach the majors this year, and the debut has been a long time coming for a player who was drafted alongside Paul Skenes, Dylan Crews, Wyatt Langford, and Max Clark in a loaded 2023 class.

Ralphy Velazquez (1B, Guardians, Triple-A Columbus)

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Nobody in the minors has been hotter, and the Guardians’ refusal to promote him is becoming the story. Cleveland’s top prospect has hit 16 home runs in 21 games since July 28 — a pace that’s led all of Minor League Baseball for the month — including a 3-for-4, three-homer explosion on August 22. In August he’s slashed a video-game .375/.444/.964 with a 1.408 OPS, and he was just named his league’s Player of the Week. For the season across Double-A and Triple-A, the 21-year-old lefty slugger is up to 27 home runs, 80 RBIs, and a .293 average, and since his mid-May promotion to Columbus he’s mashed 17 homers with an .887 OPS. The 23rd overall pick in 2023 out of a California high school and a two-time Futures Game selection, Velazquez has clearly exhausted the level. The holdup is purely roster math: Cleveland (fighting for an AL Central wild card with one of baseball’s weakest offenses) has Nathaniel Lowe, David Fry, and Kyle Manzardo clogging the first-base/DH mix, though Rhys Hoskins landing on the IL may finally crack the door. As one writer put it, there’s nothing left for him to prove in Columbus.

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]]><![CDATA[AA Standouts From Last Week]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/aa-standouts-from-last-week-1b2https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/aa-standouts-from-last-week-1b2Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:51:06 GMTA well-traveled White Sox outfielder — on his third organization in two years — keeps doing the little things with his legs and his glove as a table-setter in a stacked Birmingham lineup. A shortstop who was just traded to the Mets at the deadline stepped into his new organization as its No. 1 prospect, having become the first Cub farmhand this year to go 15-15. And the headliner — a 19-year-old Cardinals catcher hitting .361 over his last 47 games — is making one of the loudest cases in the minors for a September call-up, a genuine middle-of-the-order bat behind the plate who's already climbing toward Triple-A. Speed, versatility, and a future franchise cornerstone.

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Dylan Campbell (OF, White Sox, Double-A Birmingham)

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The 24-year-old Houston native is one of the more well-traveled prospects in this group — a Dodgers fourth-round pick out of Texas in 2023, dealt to the Phillies for international pool space, then flipped again to the White Sox in June — and he’s carved out a role as a speed-first, do-a-little-of-everything table-setter for Double-A Birmingham. He earned Barons Player of the Week honors for July 6-12 and has been a steady presence in a lineup loaded with bigger names (Caleb Bonemer, George Wolkow, Samuel Zavala). The calling card has always been the wheels: he stole 42 bases in 2025 across a full season at High-A, pairing plus speed with center-field defense and gap-to-gap contact. At 5-foot-8, 205 pounds, he’s a compact, sturdy athlete (and the son of former NFL linebacker Donovan Campbell) whose game is built on getting on base and creating chaos rather than over-the-fence power. He profiles as a potential fourth outfielder or bench speed piece, and a strong finish keeps him in the mix as upper-level org depth.

Jefferson Rojas (SS, Mets, Double-A Binghamton)

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One of the most notable prospects to change hands at the deadline, Rojas went from the Cubs to the Mets on August 3 (in the deal that sent Clay Holmes and Tyrone Taylor to Chicago) and instantly became New York’s No. 1 prospect. The 21-year-old Dominican shortstop was in the middle of a career year at Double-A Knoxville — .270/.339/.461 with 15 home runs, 17 steals, and an .800 OPS across 91 games — and became the first Cubs minor leaguer in 2026 to reach 15 homers and 15 steals, capped by a walk-off homer in extras in early August just before the trade. He’s continued the production at Binghamton (an .810 combined OPS across both stops), where he reunited with old Cubs-system teammate Christopher Morel. A career .257 hitter with 40 homers and 85 steals over five pro seasons, Rojas is a slick defensive shortstop who’s also logged significant time at second and third — a versatile, power-speed middle infielder now headlining the Mets’ system.

Rainiel Rodriguez (C, Cardinals, Double-A Springfield)

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The crown jewel of this group and one of the best pure hitting prospects in the minors. St. Louis’s No. 1 prospect and MLB Pipeline’s No. 12 overall, the 19-year-old Dominican catcher is on an absolute tear that has him knocking on the door of a Triple-A promotion. Over his last 47 games he’s slashing .361/.429/.660 with 13 homers and 18 doubles, and he just posted his first career four-hit game. Since a slow first two weeks after his May 12 promotion to Double-A, he’s hit .346/.424/.616 with an 18% strikeout rate in 243 plate appearances — elite production for a teenage catcher at the level. On the full season across two levels, he’s at .292/.387/.900 OPS with 18 home runs, 59 RBIs, and 10 steals, having already matched or approached his career highs with a month to spare. He’s splitting time between catcher (39 games), first base (15), and DH (14), and while the defensive home is still being sorted, the bat is the carrying tool — a genuine middle-of-the-order threat who won’t turn 20 until January. He headlines a suddenly deep Cardinals system alongside JJ Wetherholt and Jordan Walker at the big-league level.

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]]><![CDATA[10 Mid-Week Bowman Auctions Ending Tonight]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/10-mid-week-bowman-auctions-endinghttps://beansnryson.substack.com/p/10-mid-week-bowman-auctions-endingWed, 26 Aug 2026 12:20:37 GMTHere are ten Bowman auctions ending tonight that are worthy of your attention.

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  1. 💎Link💎: 2026 Bowman Wehiwa Aloy Gold Ink Auto /15 PSA 9

  2. 💎Link💎: 2024 Bowman Chrome Leo De Vries True Gold Auto /50

  3. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Draft Seth Hernandez True Blue Auto /150

  4. 💎Link💎: 2024 Bowman Sebastian Walcott Orange Wave Auto /25 PSA 10

  5. 💎Link💎: 2022 Bowman James Wood Atomic Auto /100 PSA 9

  6. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Jesus Made Speckle Auto /299 PSA 10

  7. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Luis Pena Gold Lava Auto /50

  8. 💎Link💎: 2026 Bowman Roldy Brito Peanuts Auto /5

  9. 💎Link💎: 2024 Bowman Draft Travis Bazzana True Blue Auto /150 PSA 10

  10. 💎Link💎: 2026 Bowman Kendry Chourio Orange Shimmer Auto /25

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]]><![CDATA[High A Standouts From Last Week]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/high-a-standouts-from-last-week-126https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/high-a-standouts-from-last-week-126Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:44:47 GMTHigh-A this week is a showcase of three big, physical bats with loud tools and the strike-zone questions that come with them. A Tigers first-round shortstop is finishing his injury-delayed season on a home run tear that has him homering in the first inning of four straight games. A Rockies outfielder with 20-20 upside is grinding through a tough statistical year that underscores how much the approach still needs to catch up to the raw ability. And a 6-foot-5 Brewers slugger just reached 22 homers and a 20-20 season, knocking on his teammate's franchise record even as a 35% strikeout rate keeps the projection honest. Power, speed, and swing-and-miss — three names whose ceilings depend on making more contact.

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Bryce Rainer (SS, Tigers, High-A West Michigan)

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Detroit’s No. 3 prospect is closing his first full season with an absolute power binge. Rainer homered in the first inning in four consecutive games in mid-August — a feat that puts him in company with Brady Anderson’s famous 1996 streak as the only players to homer in the opening frame that many games in a row at any level — pushing him to 15 on the season. It’s the emphatic finish to a year that started slowly for good reason: the lefty-swinging shortstop missed roughly 10 months after separating his right shoulder on a pickoff dive back to first in June 2025, requiring surgery. He needed time to shake off the rust, but has since found his stride, slashing .270/.376/.473 with 38 extra-base hits, 64 RBIs, and 16 steals across two levels, and posting a scorching .352/.478/.662 line in one recent stretch. The 11th overall pick in 2024 ($5.795 million out of Harvard-Westlake), Rainer pairs 60-grade power with a 70-grade arm in a projectable 6-foot-3 frame. With Max Clark now graduating to the majors, Rainer is positioned to enter 2027 as one of the top prospects in Detroit’s system, with a Double-A assignment ahead in his age-21 season.

Robert Calaz (OF, Rockies, High-A Spokane)

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The 20-year-old Dominican outfielder is the classic tools-over-results profile at this stage, and 2026 has been a genuine grind. Colorado’s No. 5 prospect (signed for $1.7 million in 2023) is hitting just .206/.284/.312 with five homers, 34 RBIs, and a 10-for-14 stolen base mark across 90 games at Spokane — a steep step back from the loud numbers he posted at the lower levels, where he was the 2024 ACL MVP with a 1.113 OPS across his first two pro seasons. The raw ability remains obvious: a 6-foot-2, 200-pound frame with room for another 20 pounds, 55-grade power, and the speed to profile as a potential 20-20 player if it clicks. But the swing-and-miss and lack of a refined approach have caught up to him against better arms, following a pattern Rockies international hitters have shown before. He’s shifting from center field toward a corner as he fills out, which raises the offensive bar he’ll eventually need to clear. The good news is his age — he’ll play all of 2026 at 20, leaving plenty of runway to make the adjustments.

Eric Bitonti (1B/3B, Brewers, High-A Wisconsin)

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The 20-year-old California native just went 4-for-4 with two home runs on Sunday, giving him 22 on the season — one shy of the Timber Rattlers franchise record set weeks earlier by Braylon Payne before his promotion to Double-A. Bitonti has been one of the better bounce-back stories in the system after a mediocre 2025 at Single-A, posting 17-plus homers, 21 steals, an .877 OPS, and a 122 wRC+ while becoming the second Timber Rattler this season to reach the 20-20 plateau. The 6-foot-5 lefty slugger, a 2023 third-round pick ($1.75 million out of Aquinas HS), has the tantalizing 30-homer, impact-bat profile the Brewers drafted him for — one of his recent blasts left the bat at 115 mph and traveled 419 feet. The persistent caveat is the strikeout rate, which sits around 35% and has crept up each season; the steep, in-the-bucket swing produces prodigious power middle-in but leaves him vulnerable to elevated velocity and outer-third command. A former shortstop and third baseman, he’s settled in mostly at first base. The power-speed combination at 20 is legitimately exciting, but the hit tool is the whole question.

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]]><![CDATA[Low A Standouts From Last Week]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/low-a-standouts-from-last-week-9cfhttps://beansnryson.substack.com/p/low-a-standouts-from-last-week-9cfMon, 24 Aug 2026 13:36:21 GMTLow-A this week is a showcase of three of the most exciting teenage bats in the minors, each at a different stage of the same climb. Houston's top prospect keeps racking up doubles and drawing walks as the youngest player in full-season ball, with a swing scouts compare to Kyle Tucker. A Cardinals second-rounder is closing his first full season with a power surge that's outrunning his draft-day hit-tool reputation. And the headliner — an 18-year-old Giants shortstop whom evaluators are openly calling a future No. 1 overall prospect — has hit .379 since his July promotion and is making Low-A pitching look overmatched. Contact, projection, and a potential franchise cornerstone: three names to know before everyone else does.

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Kevin Alvarez (OF, Astros, Low-A Fayetteville)

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Houston’s No. 1 prospect keeps building the case that he’s one of the best teenage bats in the minors. The 18-year-old Cuban outfielder put together a strong recent week — .375 with two doubles, a triple, 2 home runs, and six walks to just three strikeouts over five games — and is now hitting .268 on the season with a Carolina League-heavy 23 doubles and nine home runs. The doubles total hints at the power that projects to come as he fills out; scouts already grade his hit tool at 60 and his left-handed swing so highly that one compared his setup and path to Kyle Tucker’s. He signed for $2 million out of the 2025 international class (after leaving Cuba with his father in 2021), won Houston’s minor league hitting and outfield-defense competitions in January camp, and represented the Astros at the Futures Game in July as the youngest player in full-season ball. He recently hit back-to-back-to-back homers alongside fellow prospects Xavier Neyens and Anthony Huezo. He’ll likely move to a corner as he adds strength, but the bat profiles anywhere.

Ryan Mitchell (OF/SS, Cardinals, Low-A Palm Beach)

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The 19-year-old Germantown, Tennessee native, St. Louis’s second-round pick (55th overall) in 2025, is finishing his first full pro season with a power surge. He homered on August 22 — a solo shot to left-center after a rain delay, his 13th of the year — one night after a 3-for-5 game with a double. The 2025 Gatorade Tennessee Player of the Year was a hit-tool-and-approach standout in high school (.462 average, .615 OBP, more walks than strikeouts as a senior), and evaluators viewed his advanced feel for the strike zone as less risky than a typical prep bat. He’s a projectable 6-foot-2 left-handed hitter who’s split time between the outfield and shortstop, and the 13 homers are a sign the power is developing ahead of schedule. He entered pro ball ranked around the back of the Cardinals’ top 20, and a strong finish to 2026 as one of the younger regulars in the Florida State League should push him up boards for 2027.

Josuar González (SS, Giants, Low-A San Jose)

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The crown jewel of this group and one of the fastest-rising prospects in all of baseball. The 18-year-old switch-hitting Dominican shortstop — MLB Pipeline’s No. 17 overall prospect and the Giants’ No. 1 — has been on an absolute tear since his July 24 promotion to Low-A San Jose, slashing .379/.476/.609 with 25 RBIs across his first 21 games at the level. He capped it yesterday with a four-hit, four-RBI, two-steal night against Lake Elsinore. Signed for just under $3 million as the best position player in the 2025 international class, González pairs 70-grade defense (drawing Francisco Lindor comparisons for his instincts) with an elite feel for the strike zone and more thump than his 5-foot-10 frame suggests. Multiple evaluators have floated him as a future No. 1 overall prospect in the sport, and he’s done nothing but validate the hype — a top-25 prospect performing like this at 18 in full-season ball is exactly the profile that turns into a franchise cornerstone. He’s the headliner of a Giants system that has surged into the top five in baseball.

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]]><![CDATA[10 Bowman Auctions Ending Tonight]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/10-bowman-auctions-ending-tonight-151https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/10-bowman-auctions-ending-tonight-151Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:07:42 GMTHere are ten Bowman auctions ending tonight that are worthy of your attention.

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  1. 💎Link💎: 2022 Bowman Sapphire Joshua Baez Padparadscha Auto 1/1 PSA 8

  2. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Jonah Tong True Red Auto /5 PSA 10

  3. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Draft Kade Anderson True Orange Auto /25

  4. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Chrome Franklin Arias True Orange Auto /25

  5. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Chrome Josuar Gonzalez True Orange Auto /25

  6. 💎Link💎: 2009 Bowman Chrome Mike Trout Auto PSA 9

  7. 💎Link💎: 2019 Bowman Draft Corbin Carroll True Blue Auto /150 - BGS 9.5

  8. 💎Link💎: 2024 Bowman Walker Jenkins Chrome Refractor Auto /499 PSA 10

  9. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Sapphire Luis Pena Gold Auto /50 PSA 10

  10. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Anthony Eyanson True Blue Auto /150

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]]><![CDATA[AAA Standouts From Last Week]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/aaa-standouts-from-last-week-d98https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/aaa-standouts-from-last-week-d98Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:07:37 GMTA Giants outfielder and undrafted junior-college find just posted a two-homer, eight-RBI eruption with a grand slam, capping a breakout that's helped vault San Francisco's farm system into the top five. A Rangers pitcher whose season took him through four different affiliates and a humbling trip to the complex league just won PCL Pitcher of the Week with six no-walk shutout innings, putting an MLB debut back in play. And the Guardians' No. 1 prospect homered seven times in nine games to lead all of the minors in August home runs — making his absence from Cleveland's lineup harder to explain by the day. Power, redemption, and a call-up case that won't quit.

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Bo Davidson (OF, Giants, Triple-A Sacramento)

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The 24-year-old left-handed slugger has been one of the driving forces behind the Giants’ dramatic farm-system rise, and he just delivered the loudest game of his career. On August 17, Davidson went 4-for-5 with two home runs and a career-high eight RBI — including his fourth professional grand slam, a 440-foot, 109 mph bomb to dead center — in a 15-11 win over Las Vegas. The blast drove in newly acquired infielders Marcelo Mayer and Shay Whitcomb. It capped a scorching week and pushed his season total to a career-high 23 homers across two levels. Davidson earned his promotion to Sacramento in mid-July after being named Eastern League Player of the Month for June (11 of his homers came that month), and he’d posted an .861 OPS with 19 homers and 14 steals in center field at Double-A Richmond. An undrafted junior-college find (Caldwell Tech CC), Davidson is now the Giants’ No. 8 prospect with 60-grade raw power, a chance at a September cameo, and a genuine “great story” reputation — even manager Tony Vitello has singled him out. The hit tool (a 20/30 grade) remains the long-term question, but the power production is undeniable.

David Davalillo (RHP, Rangers, Triple-A Round Rock)

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The 25-year-old Venezuelan has had one of the more turbulent seasons of any prospect on the 40-man roster, and he’s finally rounding back into form at the perfect time. Davalillo was named PCL Pitcher of the Week (August 10-16) after tossing six scoreless innings against Sugar Land — one hit, no walks, seven strikeouts, retiring the first 12 batters — the third Rangers pitcher to win the award this year. It’s a dramatic turnaround for a pitcher whose overall line (1-8, 4.72 ERA across four affiliates) looks nothing like the control artist Texas developed. After a dominant 2025 (2.44 ERA, 126 K in 107 innings across two levels) earned him a 40-man spot, Davalillo unraveled at Triple-A early this year (a 7.59 ERA and uncharacteristic 21 walks in 21.1 innings), prompting a reset trip all the way down to the Arizona Complex League in June. Since returning to Round Rock in August, he’s rediscovered his command — no walks in his last 13.1 innings. He was briefly on Texas’s taxi squad earlier this year as potential rotation coverage, and with the stuff back and the strikes returning, an MLB debut before season’s end is a real possibility. The 6-foot-1 righty features a wide, pitchability-driven arsenal that stands out when he’s throwing strikes.

Ralphy Velazquez (1B/DH, Guardians, Triple-A Columbus)

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Cleveland’s top prospect is in the middle of one of the most explosive power surges anywhere in the minors, and he’s forcing a September call-up conversation. Velazquez homered seven times in nine August games to open the month — leading all minor leaguers in home runs for August — including a two-homer, five-RBI night on August 12 (a season high in RBI) and, days later, a three-homers-in-three-games stretch capped by an inside-the-park job that left his bat at 107.6 mph. His Triple-A OPS has climbed to .823, and his combined two-level line sits at .281/.368/.516 with 20 home runs and 67 RBI across 96 games — the second straight year he’s reached the 20-homer mark. The 23rd overall pick from the 2023 draft, the 21-year-old (6-foot-1, 240 pounds) began his career as a catcher before moving to first base, and his left-handed power has always been the carrying tool. The complication is purely roster math: Cleveland added Nathaniel Lowe at the deadline and still has Rhys Hoskins and Kyle Manzardo in the first-base/DH mix, so a promotion would require clearing at-bats. But as one writer put it, after seven homers in nine games, leaving him in Columbus is becoming the decision that needs justifying.

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]]><![CDATA[Notable AA Standouts From Last Week]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/notable-aa-standouts-from-last-weekhttps://beansnryson.substack.com/p/notable-aa-standouts-from-last-weekThu, 20 Aug 2026 11:58:36 GMTA Tennessee national champion just made another Prospect Team of the Week, hitting .524 with four homers and putting himself in rare 20-homer/10-steal company for the Rangers. A switch-hitting Orioles sleeper who signed for $175,000 keeps outperforming his prospect ranking, slashing .310 with power since a late-July promotion. And the White Sox's top prospect just became the first player in the org since Luis Robert Jr. to hit 30 home runs in a season — at age 20, in barely 100 games.

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Dylan Dreiling (OF, Rangers, Double-A Frisco)

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The 2024 College World Series Most Outstanding Player has become one of the most complete offensive threats in the Texas League, and August has been his loudest month yet. Dreiling was named to the Prospect Team of the Week (Aug. 17) after going 11-for-21 (.524) with four home runs, two doubles, and seven RBI over five games, including a two-homer night against San Antonio on August 15 — the second of which was an eighth-inning golf shot to deep center. He now has 21 home runs on the year, the most by a RoughRider since Blaine Crim’s 24 in 2022 and the second-most by an outfielder in franchise history. The 23-year-old Tennessee product (Texas’s 2024 second-rounder, 65th overall) is the only Rangers prospect with at least 20 homers and 10 steals this season, and — critically for a left-handed hitter — he’s shown remarkably little platoon split, hitting .311 against fellow southpaws and .283 against righties. He’s hit safely in every August game. The power-hit-speed balance is exactly the profile Texas hoped for, and with Sebastian Walcott rehabbing alongside him at Frisco, the RoughRiders lineup has real firepower down the stretch. A Triple-A promotion feels imminent.

Aron Estrada (2B/OF, Orioles, Double-A Chesapeake)

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The 21-year-old switch-hitting Venezuelan is one of the better under-the-radar bats in the Baltimore system, a sleeper $175,000 signing from the 2022 international class who has hit at every level. Estrada earned his promotion to Double-A Chesapeake on July 29 after slashing .284/.369/.429 with 30 stolen bases in 81 High-A games, and the Double-A production has been even better: .310/.372/.563 with five homers, four steals, and a tidy 14.1% strikeout rate in his first 19 games at the level (interrupted briefly by a two-week quad injury). A contact-first hitter who rarely strikes out and makes a ton of contact from both sides of the plate, Estrada is an undersized but athletic infielder splitting time between second base and left field. Baltimore’s international scouting director has praised his versatility and willingness to play anywhere to keep his bat in the lineup. The power is still fringe-average and he’s frequently been a target in trade talks, but the .813-plus OPS across two levels and the elite baserunning give him a genuine shot to move fast — he could push for Triple-A Norfolk early in 2027.

Caleb Bonemer (SS/3B, White Sox, Double-A Birmingham)

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The best power-development story in the White Sox system just hit a milestone almost nobody his age reaches. On August 12, the 20-year-old slugged his 30th home run of the season — becoming the first White Sox prospect to reach 30 in a season since Luis Robert Jr. in 2019, and doing it in just 104 games. That blast came as part of a three-hit, double-shy-of-the-cycle night, and Bonemer followed it by earning White Sox Minor League Player of the Week (his fifth weekly award of the season) after an 8-for-21, two-triple, two-double week with a 1.329 OPS. The Okemos, Michigan native and 2024 second-rounder (43rd overall) has been even better since a June 17 promotion to Double-A, slashing .273/.396/.558 with 12 of his 30 homers at the level — a line that actually tops his High-A production. He hit just 12 homers in his entire 2025 pro debut, making the power surge one of the most dramatic in the minors. The strikeout rate and a reliance on hammering fastballs remain the developmental questions, and his shortstop defense is a work in progress (he may end up at third), but a 20-year-old with elite, increasingly game-ready power — who doesn’t turn 21 until October — is exactly the kind of prospect who climbs boards fast. He was a Futures Game selection in July.

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]]><![CDATA[10 Bowman Auctions Ending Tonight]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/10-bowman-auctions-ending-tonight-bd0https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/10-bowman-auctions-ending-tonight-bd0Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:45:27 GMTHere are ten Bowman auctions ending tonight that are worthy of your attention.

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  1. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Draft Brady Ebel True Red Auto /5

  2. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Draft Conor Essenburg True Orange Auto /25

  3. 💎Link💎: 2017 Bowman Chrome Ronald Acuna True Blue Auto BGS 9.5/10

  4. 💎Link💎: 2020 Bowman Chrome Sapphire Tarik Skubal Red Auto /5 PSA 10

  5. 💎Link💎: 2024 Bowman Draft Travis Bazzana True Gold Auto /50 PSA 10/10

  6. 💎Link💎: 2023 Bowman Chrome Felnin Celesten True Gold Auto /50 PSA 10

  7. 💎Link💎: 2023 Bowman Draft Max Clark True Gold Auto /50 Tigers PSA 10

  8. 💎Link💎: 2024 Bowman Chrome Leo Devries Speckle Auto /299

  9. 💎Link💎: 2026 Bowman Roldy Brito Orange Shimmer Auto /25

  10. 💎Link💎: 2024 Bowman George Lombard Jr. Yellow Auto /75 PSA 10

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]]><![CDATA[Notable High A Standouts From Last Week]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/notable-high-a-standouts-from-lasthttps://beansnryson.substack.com/p/notable-high-a-standouts-from-lastTue, 18 Aug 2026 12:28:50 GMTHigh-A this week features three infielders at very different points on the prospect spectrum. A 19-year-old Nationals shortstop acquired in a quiet trade last summer keeps mashing his way up a crowded system, homering in bunches and refusing to let the infield logjam above him slow him down. A Canadian leadoff man in the Dodgers system has been the hottest bat in the Midwest League for six weeks straight, piling up leadoff homers and total bases while the outfield depth chart keeps him parked at a level his bat has clearly outgrown. And a late-round LSU champion is trying to build momentum after a slow pro start, now sharing a Wisconsin infield with a freshly-promoted first-rounder. Loud tools, a red-hot bat, and a grinder's pedigree — three different bets on what a High-A infielder can become.

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Ronny Cruz (SS, Nationals, High-A Wilmington)

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The 19-year-old Dominican shortstop has been one of the quietest breakouts in a suddenly deep Nationals system, and he keeps proving he belongs. Acquired from the Cubs at the 2025 trade deadline, Cruz opened 2026 by tearing up Low-A Fredericksburg (.333/.460/.627 with three homers and a league-leading 15 steals in just 14 games), forcing a promotion to High-A Wilmington after barely two weeks. He didn’t cool off — he homered in his first High-A game, went 7-for-19 with two homers in his first four, and has continued to produce all summer. On August 12 he crushed his seventh Blue Rocks homer, a 414-foot, 105.9 mph shot, and followed it a day later with a go-ahead two-run blast in the ninth. The 6-foot-2, 170-pound righty (drafted 90th overall out of a Miami high school in 2024) has a projectable frame with real bat speed and plus running ability, and though he’s buried in a Nationals infield pipeline that includes Eli Willits, Gavin Fien, and Devin Fitz-Gerald, the power-speed combination at a premium position keeps pushing him up the ladder faster than his peers. He doesn’t turn 20 until late August.

Charles Davalan (OF, Dodgers, High-A Great Lakes)

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The 22-year-old Canadian is arguably the hottest hitter in the Midwest League, and he’s turned the Dodgers’ outfield logjam into a genuine problem for the front office. Davalan homered twice on August 14 (a 435-foot leadoff shot and a 396-foot solo blast) — his sixth leadoff homer of the season — as part of a torrid stretch in which he’s racked up 82 total bases and 10 home runs since July 1, the most by any Midwest Leaguer in that span. He’s now up to 19 homers on the year while slashing near .300 with elite plate skills: an 11%+ walk rate against a sub-9% strikeout rate and a 94%+ contact rate, exactly the profile scouts projected (a 60-grade hit tool) when the Dodgers took him 41st overall out of Arkansas in 2025. The 5-foot-9 left-handed leadoff man was named Midwest League Player of the Month for July and hasn’t slowed down. The one thing keeping him at High-A is organizational depth — full outfields at Double-A Tulsa and Triple-A Oklahoma City — but the bat is well past this level, and it shows every night atop a stacked Great Lakes lineup that also features Emil Morales, Chase Harlan, and Jaron Elkins.

Daniel Dickinson (2B/SS, Brewers, High-A Wisconsin)

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The 22-year-old Washington native is one of the more interesting late-round value bets in the Brewers system, a 2025 sixth-rounder (185th overall, $325,000) out of LSU’s national championship roster. A walk-on-turned-star at Utah Valley before transferring to LSU, Dickinson has a long track record of hitting — he broke program records as a WAC Freshman All-American and posted a .363/18-homer/32-steal sophomore campaign — even if the pro debut has been a slower burn. He struggled early in 2026 at High-A Wisconsin (a .206 average and .574 OPS in the season’s first two months) but has the disciplined, contact-oriented approach (37 walks to just 12 strikeouts as a high school senior) that tends to stabilize with reps. He’s a versatile infielder splitting time between second and short, and he just gained a notable new teammate in recently-promoted first-rounder Brady Ebel, giving the Timber Rattlers one of the more intriguing young middle-infield pairings in the Midwest League. The profile is more grinder than star, but the hitting pedigree is real, and a strong close to the season would reframe how the org views him heading into 2027.

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]]><![CDATA[Notable Low A Promotions]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/notable-low-a-promotionshttps://beansnryson.substack.com/p/notable-low-a-promotionsMon, 17 Aug 2026 15:19:46 GMTThe promotion wire is active as the minor league season winds down, with organizations rewarding their best young bats and setting up playoff rosters. A Cubs first-rounder whose injury-delayed pro debut finally caught fire, ending his Low-A run hitting .342 in August, and the Mets' $5 million crown jewel — an 18-year-old shortstop about to become the youngest player at his new level, with the kind of plate discipline that makes scouts dream. The third, a Brewers first-round shortstop posting a .416 OBP and 35 steals at age 19. Three of the more exciting teenage bats in the low minors, all trending sharply up.

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Ethan Conrad (OF, Cubs, promoted to High-A South Bend)

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The Cubs promoted their No. 3 prospect to High-A South Bend on August 16, capping a Low-A stint that started slowly and finished scorching. The 17th-overall pick in 2025 out of Wake Forest, Conrad’s pro debut had been delayed and dampened by a long injury layoff — a shoulder surgery that ended his 2025 college season, followed by a back stress fracture that cost him the first two months of 2026. After a five-game ACL rehab (where he hit .412), he struggled to a .164 July at Myrtle Beach before catching fire: he hit .342 with an OPS over 1.000 in August, finishing his Low-A tenure at .246/.325/.436 with four homers and a strikeout rate down to 14.3%. The 6-foot-2, 220-pound left-handed hitter has a gap-to-gap approach, makes a lot of hard contact, and offers a solid power-speed profile with room to grow as he adds strength. North Side evaluators have compared his quick-mover profile to former first-rounders Cam Smith and Matt Shaw, floating an Iowa (Triple-A) assignment by the start of 2027 as realistic. He’s expected to join South Bend for the playoff push — a telling sign of how the org views him.

Elian Peña (SS, Mets, promoted to High-A Brooklyn)

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The Mets promoted their No. 3 prospect to High-A Brooklyn on August 16, making the 18-year-old Dominican the youngest player at the level. Peña was the crown jewel of the 2025 international class — a franchise-record $5 million bonus, nearly the Mets’ entire pool — and 2026 was an aggressive, rewarding gamble: New York skipped him past the complex level and sent him straight to full-season Low-A St. Lucie, where he slashed .271/.388/.397 (.785 OPS) with eight homers and strong walk rates across 365 at-bats. The calling card is the eye and the feel to hit: a selective, spin-recognizing approach with a near-even walk-to-strikeout ratio and a 78% contact rate that’s remarkable for his age. The power is more projection than present (a modest 24% hard-hit rate, 105 mph max), but evaluators trust the hip-and-hand tension in his left-handed swing enough to project above-average game power as he matures. BA grades him 55/High. He’s the Mets’ shortstop of the future, and the aggressive assignment history suggests a fast track — some see an MLB arrival as early as 2028.

Brady Ebel (SS, Brewers, Low-A Wisconsin)

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The Brewers promoted their newly-minted Top 100 prospect to High-A Wisconsin this week, capping a breakout first full season at Low-A. The 2025 first-round pick (32nd overall) finished his Low-A run slashing .261/.416/.420 (.836 OPS) with 37 extra-base hits and 38 stolen bases, walking nearly as often as he struck out (a 93:98 BB:K, tops among all Brewers prospects in free passes). That .418 OBP led the entire Carolina League, and his 128 wRC+ ranked among its top five — remarkable production for a player who just turned 19 in late July. The power-speed combination puts him in rarefied company: he's one of just five players to collect 35-plus extra-base hits and 35-plus steals at age 19 or younger this year, alongside fellow 2025 draftees now on the Top 100. The son of Dodgers bench coach Dino Ebel — and older brother of Trey Ebel, whom the Brewers drafted 25th overall in 2026 to reunite the pair — Brady grew up inside MLB clubhouses, and the advanced approach reflects it. He swings and misses less than 10 percent of the time, sees more pitches than almost anyone in the system, and is now Milwaukee's No. 5 prospect. A left-handed-hitting shortstop with this OBP and this speed is exactly the profile that rockets up boards, and the promotion is the organization's acknowledgment.

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]]><![CDATA[10 Bowman Auctions Ending Tonight]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/10-bowman-auctions-ending-tonight-ce3https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/10-bowman-auctions-ending-tonight-ce3Sun, 16 Aug 2026 15:13:11 GMTHere are ten Bowman auctions ending tonight that are worthy of your attention.

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  1. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Eduardo Quintero True Orange Auto /25

  2. 💎Link💎: 2024 Bowman Draft Bryce Rainer Red X Fractor Auto /5 PSA 10

  3. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Chrome Cristian Arguelles Black & White Shimmer Red Ink Auto

  4. 💎Link💎: 2020 Bowman Chrome Tarik Skubal True Blue Auto /150 PSA 10

  5. 💎Link💎: 2022 Bowman Draft Jackson Holliday Sparkle Auto /71 PSA 10

  6. 💎Link💎: 2022 Bowman Draft Jacob Misiorowski True Blue Auto /150

  7. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Draft JoJo Parker Gold Shimmer Auto /50

  8. 💎Link💎: 2024 Bowman Draft Cam Smith Gold Shimmer Auto /50 PSA 9

  9. 💎Link💎: 2022 Bowman Draft Sal Stewart Refractor Auto /499 PSA 10

  10. 💎Link💎: 2019 Bowman Julio Rodriguez Speckle Auto /299 PSA 10

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]]><![CDATA[Young MLB Stars Heating Up]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/young-mlb-stars-heating-uphttps://beansnryson.substack.com/p/young-mlb-stars-heating-upSat, 15 Aug 2026 14:46:57 GMTSometimes a rookie season is really two seasons: the slow, humbling first act and the breakout that rewrites the projection. This week's trio — all 23 years old, all former 2024 first-round college bats — is living the second act at the same time. A Houston outfielder is the best hitter in baseball in August, providing clutch hit after clutch hit for a surging Astros club. A former Florida two-way star is on a genuinely historic tear in Kansas City, hitting .438 for the month with a four-extra-base-hit game and a homer off a Cy Young winner. And the one bright spot in a lost Mets season is a polished Oklahoma State product slashing .345 and hinting at an outfield future in Queens worth waiting for.

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Cam Smith (RF, Astros, MLB)

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The 23-year-old has become one of the best hitters in baseball over the last two weeks, and his timing couldn’t be better for a surging Houston club. Since the start of August, Smith has posted a 1.150 OPS with a .412 average — both tops in the majors — and his .536 weighted on-base average leads all qualified hitters in the month. His clutch gene has been the story: he provided a game-tying 402-foot homer in the seventh and then a walk-off-setup single in an August 7 win over the Giants, part of a stretch where he’s hitting .394 with two homers and a 1.126 OPS over nine games. It’s a dramatic turnaround from a season that saw him slash just .151 across a rough mid-May stretch. The 14th-overall pick in 2024 out of Florida State, Smith has always flashed the power-speed tools (16 homers, 10 steals on the year), and Astros manager Joe Espada and the broadcast crew have openly wondered whether this is the corner-turning moment for a talent everyone believed in. The BABIP is running hot, so some regression is coming, but the line-drive contact quality is real.

Jac Caglianone (RF/1B, Royals, MLB)

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Nobody in baseball is hotter. The 23-year-old former Florida two-way star has been, in the words of one Royals beat writer, “all gas, no breaks” since the calendar flipped: in August he’s hitting .438 with five home runs, 18 RBI, and just five strikeouts in 49 plate appearances, riding a 12-game hitting streak with multi-hit efforts in half of them. The signature night came August 8 against the Cubs — a 4-for-4, two-homer, two-double, four-RBI explosion (every ball hit over 100 mph) that made him the first player in the majors this year with four extra-base hits in a game, the youngest Royal ever to do it, and just the seventh in franchise history. He followed it by homering off newly-acquired Dodgers ace Tarik Skubal, then dropped a career-high five RBI on the Angels on Friday. It’s a staggering leap from his .157-hitting 2025 rookie year. Manager Matt Quatraro credits a calmer, more disciplined approach — “not expanding as much, chasing as much as he was earlier.” The sixth-overall pick in 2024 has arrived, and the Royals now have a franchise cornerstone locked in for the future.

Carson Benge (RF, Mets, MLB)

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The lone bright spot in an otherwise lost Mets season is a rookie right fielder who’s caught fire at exactly the right time to build 2027 optimism. The 23-year-old is hitting .345 with a 1.008 OPS in August, the culmination of a steady climb from a brutal start (.189 with a .525 OPS through April 30). Since May 1, he’s slashing .294/.354/.448 with double-digit homers while hitting in both the leadoff and cleanup spots. The 19th-overall pick in 2024 out of Oklahoma State — a two-way college star like Caglianone — Benge needed just 116 minor league games across four levels before reaching the majors, a testament to advanced feel and polish. On the year he’s at .272/.332/.412 with 13 homers, 47 RBI, and 18 steals, second-most games played on the Mets roster. His Statcast profile (89.5 mph average exit velocity, 41.1% hard-hit, .345 xwOBA) suggests the production is sustainable, and paired with Juan Soto and another emerging young outfielder, New York could have one of baseball’s best outfields in a couple of years.

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]]><![CDATA[AA Standouts Last Week]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/aa-standouts-last-weekhttps://beansnryson.substack.com/p/aa-standouts-last-weekThu, 13 Aug 2026 12:05:01 GMTA Tigers catcher who had wrist surgery in March has returned to hit .311 with eight homers in barely 60 at-bats, making one of the loudest post-injury statements in the minors. A polished young Phillies infielder is holding his own at the level after a midseason promotion, his advanced bat carrying a profile that still needs to answer questions in the field. And a power-hitting Tennessee product just switched organizations at the deadline, bringing 23-homer thump — and the strikeout questions that come with it — to the Mets system.

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Josue Briceño (C/1B, Tigers, Double-A Erie)

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The best post-injury story in the Tigers system is somehow getting louder by the day. Briceño, Detroit’s top catching prospect, tore a tendon in his right wrist on a swing in late February, had surgery in March, and missed most of the first half — a scary injury for a hitter whose entire profile is built on hitting the ball extremely hard. He’s needed almost no runway to get back to that. Since being activated by Erie on July 17, he’s hitting .311/.394/.704 with eight home runs in just 61 at-bats (a 1.099 OPS, 166 wRC+), announcing his return with a grand slam and going on multiple multi-homer nights, including two-homer games on August 1 and again this week. The 21-year-old Venezuelan switch-hitter mashed High-A pitching in 2025 (.296/.422/.602, 15 HR in 55 games) before the jump to Double-A, and this run confirms the bat plays at the level. He’ll catch, play first, and DH, and while his defense behind the plate lags his offense, the switch-hitting power is the kind of scarce, valuable profile that moves quickly. Overshadowed by the deadline arrival of Zyhir Hope, Briceño is quietly the more encouraging development.

Aroon Escobar (2B/3B, Phillies, Double-A Reading)

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The 21-year-old Venezuelan is one of the most polished pure hitters in the Phillies system, and he’s held his own since a July 8 promotion to Double-A Reading — his second, more successful crack at the level after a rough five-game cameo to close 2025. Escobar entered pro ball as a hit-tool-first infielder (55 hit grade) with an advanced approach, and the 2026 numbers reflect it: he combined to slash .274/.366/.420 with 15 homers, 24 steals, and strong walk-to-strikeout ratios across High-A and Double-A. He’s been a steady run-producer for a Reading club that’s mashed all summer, contributing multi-homer games and clutch late-inning shots (including a go-ahead two-run homer to lead the Fightins to a fourth straight win). The developmental questions are all on defense — a soft body, fringe range, and inconsistent footwork that may push him off second base long-term — which puts real pressure on the bat. But the bat is genuinely advanced, and MLB Pipeline ranks him among the top second-base prospects in the game.

Billy Amick (3B, Mets, Double-A Binghamton)

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The 23-year-old was one of the more notable prospects to change hands at the deadline, moving from the Twins to the Mets and reporting to Double-A Binghamton. Before the trade, Amick ranked as Minnesota’s No. 21 prospect and produced a power-heavy .217/.820 OPS line with 23 home runs, 72 RBI, and 50 walks in 86 games at Double-A Wichita — big raw pop packaged with the swing-and-miss that’s followed him up the ladder. A College World Series champion at Tennessee (23 homers in his draft-year junior season), Amick was the Twins’ 2024 second-rounder (60th overall) and has always paired plus raw power and a strong walk rate with strikeout concerns that spiked as he climbed. He’s already homered for Binghamton and, in a fun quirk of the schedule, ran into his old Eastern League surroundings immediately — sharing recent series box scores with Escobar’s Reading club. For the Mets, he’s right-handed corner-infield thump added to a reshuffled system, with the hit tool the swing factor on whether he profiles as a regular or a bench bat.

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]]><![CDATA[10 Bowman Auctions Ending Tonight]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/10-bowman-auctions-ending-tonight-ff7https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/10-bowman-auctions-ending-tonight-ff7Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:40:08 GMTHere are ten Bowman auctions ending tonight that are worthy of your attention.

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  1. 💎Link💎: 2018 Bowman Chrome Yordan Alvarez Gold Shimmer Auto /50 PSA 10

  2. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Draft Kade Anderson True Orange Auto /25

  3. 💎Link💎: 2022 Bowman Sapphire James Wood Orange Auto /25 PSA 10

  4. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Draft Caden Bodine True Red Auto /5 BGS 9

  5. 💎Link💎: 2020 Bowman Tarik Skubal Atomic Auto /100 PSA 10

  6. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Chrome Sapphire Josuar Gonzalez Green Auto /99 PSA 10

  7. 💎Link💎: 2023 Bowman Draft Wyatt Langford Sparkle Auto /71 PSA 10

  8. 💎Link💎: 2023 Bowman Draft Paul Skenes True Blue Auto /150

  9. 💎Link💎: 2023 Bowman Draft Max Clark Gold Wave Auto /50 PSA 10

  10. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Chrome Kevin Alvarez Orange Shimmer Auto /25 PSA 9

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]]><![CDATA[High A Standouts From Last Week]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/high-a-standouts-from-last-week-2c0https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/high-a-standouts-from-last-week-2c0Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:53:46 GMTAn Astros outfielder is surging back from a hamstring injury with a walk-off homer and a .333 stretch, giving a thin system a much-needed middle-of-the-order bat. A 19-year-old Dodgers shortstop is homering in bunches — 21 on the year — and climbing toward the top 20 prospects in baseball while hitting behind two other Top 100 names in a stacked Great Lakes lineup. And the most polarizing prospect in the minors keeps posting the same beautiful, baffling stat line: elite walks, real power, and a batting average that won't cooperate.

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Ethan Frey (OF, Astros, High-A Asheville)

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Houston’s No. 3 prospect is heating up at exactly the right time, hitting .333 with four home runs over his last 13 games — a stretch capped by a walk-off, extra-innings three-run homer in the 10th inning to beat Winston-Salem 5-2 on August 4. The 22-year-old Louisiana native and 2025 College World Series champion (LSU) was a 95th-overall pick who’s spent this season proving the bat is legitimate, and the recent surge is even more notable given that a hamstring strain (June 3) cost him roughly six weeks earlier in the year. The 6-foot-4, 225-pound right-handed slugger has the physicality and raw power the Astros desperately need in an outfield that’s been thin on reliable bats, and the profile — a former prep quarterback and two-time state champion with genuine strength — has always suggested a middle-of-the-order ceiling. The swing-and-miss is the thing to monitor as he climbs, but a healthy Frey producing this kind of power is a real developmental win in a system that could use one.

Emil Morales (SS, Dodgers, High-A Great Lakes)

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The most exciting infield prospect in a stacked Dodgers system is in the middle of a power binge that’s forcing his way into the top-25-overall conversation. The 19-year-old Dominican homered in his third straight game on August 7 — his 21st long ball of the year — and has hit safely in 11 of his past 13 games (four homers, 16 RBI), raising his High-A OPS 63 points to .898 in the process. MLB’s No. 24 overall prospect, Morales has been an RBI machine since his May 19 promotion: his 59 RBIs in 56 High-A games rank second at the level over that span, aided by hitting behind fellow Top 100 prospects Charles Davalan and Eduardo Quintero in one of the most loaded lineups in the minors. He’s already nearly doubled his Low-A home run total (six in 36 games) in fewer games at the higher level. The contact rate and average (.231) remain rough spots, and he likely outgrows shortstop long-term, but the bat speed and raw power are so loud that evaluators believe it’ll play anywhere on the diamond.

Blake Mitchell (C, Royals, High-A Quad Cities)

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The most polarizing prospect in the minors keeps generating the same strange, fascinating stat line — and just added a two-homer game to it. The 21-year-old, Kansas City’s eighth-overall pick in 2023, went deep twice against Peoria on August 4, continuing a season that has evaluators genuinely split. His profile is a riddle: elite walk rates (he led the minors with 30 walks in his first 21 games, a 32.9% clip, and once reached base via walk in 12 straight games), a robust OPS driven by legitimate power, and a batting average that’s hovered around .213 all year because of career-worst contact numbers (a 57% contact rate on a career-low 36% swing rate). He’s a catcher with a plus arm, plus defense, and 70-grade raw power — but the passive approach and swing-and-miss are the reasons some question whether the hit tool ever plays at the highest level. His power returned this year after a 2025 hamate fracture sapped it, and he’s now up to double-digit homers. Whether the strange line is a feature or a warning remains the central question of his prospect status.

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]]><![CDATA[DSL/Low A Standouts From Last Week]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/dsllow-a-standouts-from-last-weekhttps://beansnryson.substack.com/p/dsllow-a-standouts-from-last-weekMon, 10 Aug 2026 12:22:27 GMTA Brewers outfielder from Jackson Chourio's hometown just turned a quiet DSL debut into one of the loudest exit-velocity breakouts at the complex level, earning a promotion and homering in each of his first two Single-A games. A towering Rays teenager with plus power and plus speed is trying to prove the hit tool will catch up to the frame. Toronto's No. 1 prospect torched Single-A so thoroughly on his 20th birthday that the Blue Jays finally bumped him to High-A — capping a first pro season that saw nearly half his hits go for extra bases.

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Brailyn Antunez (OF, Brewers, just promoted to Low-A)

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The 18-year-old Venezuelan is the latest toolsy outfielder off Milwaukee's international assembly line — signed for $900,000 in January 2025 out of Maracaibo, the same hometown as Jackson Chourio. His DSL debut was underwhelming on the surface (.215/.353/.282, one homer, 21 steals in 55 games), but the story of 2026 has been a genuine power breakout in the Arizona Complex League. His 90th-percentile exit velocity jumped to 107.5 mph with a max of 114.6 mph — third-highest at the entire Complex, behind only Yorger Bautista and teammate Alexander Frias — turning what was a speed-first profile (70-grade run) into a legitimate power-speed package with multiple 30/30 seasons in the projection. The improvement earned him a promotion to Single-A, where he homered in each of his first two games at the level. He's a plus-plus runner with a 60-grade arm who'll try to stick in center field as his body matures. For a Bowman speculator, an 18-year-old with this exit-velocity spike in the same org (and hometown) as Chourio is exactly the kind of name to file away early.

Maykel Coret (OF, Rays, DSL)

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The 18-year-old Dominican, Tampa Bay’s top signee from the 2025 international class ($1.6 million), is one of the more physically projectable outfielders in the low minors — a lanky 6-foot-4 center fielder with plus power and plus speed grades (60/60) built into a frame that still has room to fill out. In his 2025 DSL debut he slashed .273/.294/.370 with two homers and 15 steals (115 wRC+), flashing a 111 mph max exit velocity that’s loud for his age. In his last ten games, he’s hit 5 home runs and is posting a .300/.326/.700 stat line with an OPS of 1.026. Now this is a repeat DSL, which can be a red flag - however, his stat line is definitely impressive.

JoJo Parker (SS, Blue Jays, just promoted to High-A)

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Toronto’s No. 1 prospect and MLB’s No. 27 overall closed out his Low-A tenure in a blaze, earning a promotion to High-A Vancouver on August 8 — his 20th birthday. Over his final seven Dunedin games he went 14-for-29 (.483) with four home runs, three doubles, a triple, and a 1.600 OPS, punctuated by a five-hit doubleheader against Lakeland that included a 105.8 mph double. He leaves Single-A with a .259/.389/.471 line, 13 home runs, 66 RBI, and 22 steals across 87 games — and 40 of his 84 hits went for extra bases. The eighth-overall pick in 2025 out of a Mississippi high school, Parker added 20 pounds since being drafted and the power arrived early, but the more encouraging trait is his refusal to expand the zone even while hot; his development staff has specifically praised his patience during hot streaks. The only wrinkle remains an elevated strikeout rate (99 K in 399 PA). The Blue Jays cleared his runway by trading No. 2 prospect Arjun Nimmala at the deadline, signaling they’re all-in on Parker as the shortstop of the future. His twin brother Jacob is also a pro.

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]]><![CDATA[10 Bowman Auctions Ending Tonight]]>https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/10-bowman-auctions-ending-tonight-0c5https://beansnryson.substack.com/p/10-bowman-auctions-ending-tonight-0c5Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:26:37 GMTHere are ten Bowman auctions ending tonight that are worthy of your attention.

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  1. 💎Link💎: 2009 Bowman Chrome Mike Trout Gold Auto PSA 8

  2. 💎Link💎: 2024 Bowman George Lombard Jr. True Blue Auto /150 PSA 9

  3. 💎Link💎: 2023 Bowman Draft Max Clark Sparkle Auto /71 PSA 10

  4. 💎Link💎: 2024 Bowman Draft Konnor Griffin True Blue Auto /150

  5. 💎Link💎: 2019 Bowman Draft Gunnar Henderson True Blue Auto /150 PSA 10

  6. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Draft Nick Becker Red Lava Auto /5

  7. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Draft Jordan Yost True Orange Auto /25

  8. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Draft Josiah Hartshorn True Blue Auto /150 PSA 10

  9. 💎Link💎: 2024 Bowman Esmerlyn Valdez True Red Auto /5

  10. 💎Link💎: 2025 Bowman Draft Malachi Witherspoon True Red Auto /5

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