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Minor League Notes: Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers prospects staying hot

By Brody Hilgenkamp

Jul 10, 2016; San Diego, CA, USA; World infielder Yoan Moncada hits a single in the fourth inning during the All Star Game futures baseball game at PetCo Park. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 10, 2016; San Diego, CA, USA; World infielder Yoan Moncada hits a single in the fourth inning during the All Star Game futures baseball game at PetCo Park. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports /
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Mar 5, 2016; Mesa, AZ, USA; Cincinnati Reds left fielder Jesse Winker (76) is hit by a pitch in the third inning against the Chicago Cubs at Sloan Park. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports
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Jesse Winker, outfielder, Cincinnati Reds
First look: Through May 12 Winker was hitting .303 with a .405 OBP and was seventh in the International League in walk rate (15.3 percent of plate appearances). He was slugging just .394.

Since then: Over the next month, Winker was an on-base metronome, getting on base at a .352 clip while slugging just .333. He was showing signs of heating up, hitting .371/.429/.486 in the first 10 games of June before a June 12 wrist injury sidelined him. He has been rehabbing in the Arizona League over the past week.

Orlando Arcia, shortstop, Milwaukee Brewers
First look: Through April 26, Arcia was following up his outstanding 2015 season with a .313/.351/.448 slash line, further supporting the belief that he is part of an ever-increasing wave of talented shortstops.

Since then: Arcia has slowed down some, but he’s still going to garner serious consideration for a promotion when rosters expand in September. He’s slashed .259/.322/.396 since April 28, and part of that may be that he’s hitting 52.7 percent of his batted balls on the ground compared to just 43.2 percent last season.

Braden Shipley, pitcher, Arizona Diamondbacks
First look: Shipley had a 3.35 earned run average, 3.07 fielding independent pitching and 4.86 strikeout-to-walk ratio through eight starts, the last of which came on May 16.

Since then: Over his next 10 starts, Shipley had a 4.22 ERA and 4.23 FIP. His home runs per nine innings jumped to 0.70 from 0.19 and he stopped getting ground outs: through those first eight starts he got 1.70 groundouts for every air out, but now his season rate is 1.33, which is still high but not what made him dominant early in the season.

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