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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

Theme of the dayPlaying to their strengths:Alex Wells throws a ton of strikes. Jorge Guzman chucks high heat. Peter O'Brien has a lot of raw power. All of those skill sets were on display Monday night. Wells struck out nine and allowed three hits and no walks in eight innings

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - In a game played in one hour, 56 minutes, the South Bend Cubs (19-25) defeated the Lansing Lugnuts (29-17), 1-0, on Wednesday night at Four Winds Field.Miguel Amaya 's leadoff home run in the eighth inning supplied the game's only run.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The South Bend Cubs (18-25) broke a 1-1 tie with a five-run fifth inning, rolling to a 9-1 victory over the Lansing Lugnuts (29-16) on Tuesday afternoon at Four Winds Field.Kevin Smith and Ryan Noda each went 2-for-4 for Lansing, with Smith scoring the Nuts' only

LANSING, Mich. - Behind a sterling effort from three pitchers, opportunistic offense from Kevin Smith , and one tremendous catch from Chavez Young , the Lansing Lugnuts (29-15) opened a four-game series with a 2-1 victory over the South Bend Cubs (17-25) on Monday night at Four Winds Field.AUDIO: Young's

LANSING, Mich. - Kevin Smith swatted a two-run homer in a three-run first inning, and the Lansing Lugnuts (28-14) held off the Bowling Green Hot Rods (25-16), 3-2, on Saturday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.The win restored the Lugnuts' 2 ½-game lead over the Hot Rods atop the Eastern

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

Wednesday night might have seemed like deja vu for Kevin Smith.Toronto's No. 19 prospect matched his season high with five RBIs to lead Class A Lansing to its eighth straight win with a 12-2 rout of Dayton at Cooley Law School Stadium.

LANSING, Mich. - Kevin Smith came through with a game-tying home run in the eighth inning followed by a game-winning single with two outs in the ninth, lifting the Eastern Division-leading Lansing Lugnuts (24-13) to a thrilling 4-3 victory over the Dayton Dragons (18-16) on Monday night at Cooley Law

The Carolina League's Player of the Week award isn't going to Juan Soto -- the 19-year-old phenom took his hot bat to Double-A Harrisburg last week -- but that doesn't mean it's leaving the Potomac Nationals' clubhouse.Washington's No. 3 prospect Carter Kieboom captured his circuit's weekly honor for the period

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

BELOIT, Wisc. - Turner Larkins started, Graham Spraker finished, and the Lansing Lugnuts' (22-13) offense took care of the rest in a 5-3 victory over the Beloit Snappers (13-16) on Friday night at Pohlman Field.Second baseman Kevin Vicuña added a solo home run, the first roundtripper of his professional career,

BELOIT, Wisc. - The Lansing Lugnuts (21-13) scored three runs in the eighth inning, topping the Beloit Snappers (13-15), 4-3, on Thursday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.The Lugnuts' victory, rallying from a late 2-1 deficit, came the night after the Nuts turned a 4-0 deficit at

APPLETON, Wisc. - Kevin Smith notched four hits, Yeltsin Gudino drove in four runs, and the Lansing Lugnuts (19-13) enjoyed an 11-4 victory over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (13-18) on Tuesday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.The win ended a season-high four-game Lugnuts losing streak.The Nuts put

APPLETON, Wisc. - The Lansing Lugnuts (18-13) took leads of 3-0 and 5-3, only to see the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (13-17) tie the game in the eighth and win it in the ninth, 6-5, on a throwing error by pitcher Ty Tice , opening a three-game series on Monday night at

LANSING, Mich. - The Quad Cities River Bandits (15-12) enjoyed early offense for the second straight night, romping to a 9-2 win over the Lansing Lugnuts (18-11) on Saturday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.Lansing starter Yennsy Diaz (Loss, 3-1) entered the game having allowed only six hits and four

LANSING, Mich. - The Quad Cities River Bandits (14-12) built an early seven-run lead and then held on for dear life, closing out the Lansing Lugnuts (18-10), 8-7, before a season-high crowd of 8,556 at Cooley Law School Stadium on Friday night.The game featured a combined eight doubles and five

LANSING, Mich. - The Lansing Lugnuts (18-9) rallied from two different deficits, scoring three runs in a rainy sixth inning to knock off the Kane County Cougars (11-12), 6-5, on Thursday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.The Lugnuts won two of three games in the series, the only regular season