Blue Jays system ready to make an impact
Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each system and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organization. Click here to locate your favorite club.The Blue Jays were a distant fourth in the American League East this year, finishing 17
Red-hot Lundquist logs four hits for Dunedin
Not many hitters in baseball can claim to be as hot as Brock Lundquist has been for the past couple days.The Toronto outfield prospect went 4-for-4 on Monday -- giving him hits in seven consecutive at-bats -- as Class A Advanced Dunedin fell to Daytona, 7-3, at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. He
Sellers, Lugnuts top Captains to close strong homestand
LANSING, Mich. - Donnie Sellers matched a career high with six innings, striking out eight, and the Lansing Lugnuts (6-1, 49-28) stopped the Lake County Captains (2-5, 31-46), 6-2, on a sporadically rainy Wednesday afternoon at Cooley Law School Stadium.The Lugnuts took two of three games from the Captains to
Gunter deals, and then Lugnuts hang on
LANSING, Mich. - Matt Gunter pitched five innings of two-hit, one-run baseball and the Lansing Lugnuts (5-1, 48-28) built an 8-1 lead - and hung on through a late Lake County Captains (2-4, 31-45) for an 8-7 victory on Tuesday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.The Lugnuts have won eight
Nuts open 2nd half with four-game sweep
LANSING, Mich. - All-Star Maverik Buffo allowed one run in six innings to become the second Midwest League pitcher to reach eight wins, and the Lansing Lugnuts (4-0, 47-27) completed a four-game sweep of the Great Lakes Loons (0-4, 24-48), 4-3, on Sunday afternoon at Cooley Law School Stadium.The Lugnuts have
Maximum Maximo and HR binge lift Lugs
LANSING, Mich. - Maximo Castillo tossed six scoreless innings and Chavez Young , Brock Lundquist and Ryan Noda homered, helping the Lansing Lugnuts (3-0, 46-27) stave off the Great Lakes Loons (0-3, 24-47), 10-6, before a Saturday night crowd of 8,642 at Cooley Law School Stadium.AUDIO: Young, Lundquist and Noda's
Dragons finally beat Lugs, 5-4 in 10 innings
DAYTON, OH - After nine consecutive losses to the Lansing Lugnuts in 2018, the Dayton Dragons (28-26) rallied in both the bottom of the ninth and the tenth to defeat the Lugnuts (36-20), 5-4, on a wild pitch by reliever Matt Shannon on Saturday night at Fifth Third Field.The score
Lugs pull off two more comebacks, sweep Caps with 11th-inning walkoff
LANSING, Mich. - The Lansing Lugnuts (35-19) rallied from a four-run deficit in the ninth inning and a two-run deficit in the tenth inning, walking off the Lake County Captains (21-33) in the eleventh, 8-7, on a Norberto Obeso RBI single on Thursday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.AUDIO: The
Fort Wayne blanks Lugnuts, 3-0
LANSING, Mich. - The Lansing Lugnuts (32-19) were held to four hits in a 3-0 loss to the Fort Wayne TinCaps (23-27) in a Memorial Day matinee at Cooley Law School Stadium.The Lugnuts and TinCaps split the four-game series, the first leg of the Lugs' seven-game homestand.
Lugnuts' winning streak ends at nine
LANSING, Mich. - The Bowling Green Hot Rods (25-15) rallied back from a two-run deficit with six late runs, ending the Lansing Lugnuts' (27-14) winning streak at nine games with a 6-3 victory on Friday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.The Lugnuts finished one win short of matching the longest
Lugs' 8th straight win comes in 12-2 blowout
LANSING, Mich. - The Lansing Lugnuts (26-13) won their eighth consecutive game, scoring five runs in both the fifth and the sixth innings to thump the Dayton Dragons (18-18), 12-2, on a Winning Wednesday at Cooley Law School Stadium.The Lugnuts improved to 7-0 against the Dayton Dragons in the season
Lugnuts win 5th straight, sweep Snappers
BELOIT, Wisc. - Following a 45-minute rain delay, the Eastern Division-leading Lansing Lugnuts (23-13) sent Beloit strikeout machine Wyatt Marks to an early exit and held off the Snappers (13-17), 8-6, on Saturday afternoon at Pohlman Field.The victory concluded a three-game sweep of the Snappers. The Nuts went 5-1 on
Lundquist and Laws lift Lugs, 9-4
APPLETON, Wisc. - Brock Lundquist brought the pain with two home runs, Colton Laws supplied order with four shutout innings of relief, and the Lansing Lugnuts (20-13) scored nine unanswered runs for a 9-4 triumph over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (13-19) on Wednesday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox
Nuts enjoy HR Derby Day in matinee
LANSING, Mich. - The Lansing Lugnuts (17-9) crushed four solo home runs on their way to a 6-2 afternoon victory over the Kane County Cougars (11-11) on Wednesday afternoon at Cooley Law School Stadium. Audio: The Lugnuts' four solo HRsKevin Smith , Kacy Clemens , Brock Lundquist and Chavez Young each
Diaz dominates, Lugnuts split twinbill
COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. - The first-place Lansing Lugnuts (16-8) halved a doubleheader against the West Michigan Whitecaps (14-9), winning 1-0 behind the pitching of Yennsy Diaz before dropping the second game, 3-2, on Sunday afternoon at Fifth Third Ballpark.The Lugnuts finished the five-game, three-day series - featuring doubleheaders on both
Dinger DĂ©jĂ Vu
COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. - The first-place Lansing Lugnuts (15-7) launched three home runs for the second straight day, thrashing the West Michigan Whitecaps (13-8), 13-5, on Saturday afternoon at Fifth Third Ballpark.The Lugnuts expanded their lead to 1.5 games over the Whitecaps in the Midwest League Eastern Division. The Nuts'
Lugnuts chase Greene, drop Dragons
LANSING, Mich. - Brock Lundquist slugged a first-inning grand slam off top prospect Hunter Greene, Chavez Young added a three-run homer, and the Lansing Lugnuts (10-6) dealt the Dayton Dragons (9-6) a 10-7 defeat in the opening game of a four-game series on Monday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.
Lugnuts start early, finish off Captains
LANSING, Mich. - With first pitch moved up two hours to avoid inclement weather forecasted for later in the evening, the Lansing Lugnuts (7-4) used a quick start and a huge game from Kacy Clemens to top the Lake County Captains (5-6), 7-2, on Wednesday night at Cooley Law School
Toolshed: Players of the 2017 postseason
It certainly proved to be an interesting set of Minor League playoffs over the past couple weeks. Hurricane Irma grabbed the biggest headlines by causing the cancellation of the Southern, Carolina and Florida State League Finals, forcing all three circuits to crown co-champions. But that aside, 17 Minor League clubs
Lundquist helps Canadians claim Finals lead
On Tuesday, Brock Lundquist and the Class A Short Season Canadians moved one victory away from the Northwest League title, and they can feel exactly how close they are."We're ready to get the ring," Toronto's 2017 sixth-round pick said. "Every guy on the team had an effort with defense or