Here are the key takeaways from the beginning of the 2019 MiLB season

."Each week Chad Bettis Jersey , Fish Stripes will be recapping the past week’s performances throughout the Marlins minor league system. Highlighting the players who either had an outstanding week, or one they would like to put behind them.All stats updated entering April 8.Triple-A New Orleans Baby Cakes (2-2)The Baby Cakes started their season a day later than expected, as their season-opener was rained out on Thursday. But they then came out the next day and opened their season with a victory against the Round Rock Express. The Baby Cakes then went on to lose two of the next three games against the Express.Outstanding Player: ZacGallen Zac Gallen, the No. 18 prospect in the Marlins system according to MLB Pipeline, is this week’s most outstanding player because of his performance in the first game of the series. He pitched seven no-hit innings and recorded 11 strikeouts (the only Round Rock baserunner reached on an error). Although Gallen didn’t record the victory, he still was the most valuable player on this team during opening week. Double-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (2-2)Similar to the Baby Cakes, the Jumbo Shrimp finished this week with .500 winning percentage. The biggest reason why they lost those two games was because their offense has yet to wake up. The Jumbo Shrimp have produced four runs in four games. While on the other side of the ball, their pitching was able to hold the Jackson Generals to two runs in the pair of games that they won. Disappointing Player: BrianMillerThe 14th-ranked Marlins prospect, Miller recorded just one hit in 14 at-bats in the four games against the Generals. While he isn’t know for his power Jonathan Lucroy Jersey , he has the ability to hit above-average in BA and OBP. The 23-year-old finished last season with a .267 BA and a .319 OBP in 66 games with the Jumbo Shrimp.High-A Jupiter Hammerheads (1-3)Despite the 1-3 record to start the season, the Hammerheads have actually played decently to start the 2019 season. After they lost back-to-back games to open the season, and only produced a total of three runs. The Hammerheads’ offense exploded for eight runs in the third game of this series. While their offense has found success, their pitching has surrendered a total of 19 runs in four games.Disappointing Player: EdwardCabreraNo. 8 top prospect Edward Cabrera went 4 1鈦? innings and gave up five hits, four runs and four walks in his season debut. Cabrera has struggled in the past with the amount of hits he surrenders, but limits the damage with the amount of strikeouts he produces as well. In this start, though, he recorded only three whiffs, which ultimately lead to this disappointing start.Low-A Clinton LumberKings (2-2)The LumberKings have opened their inaugural-season as part of the Marlins organization with a 2-2 record. They have arguably been the best team in the Marlins organization to start the year. Despite their record http://www.rockiesfanproshop.com/authentic-chad-bettis-jersey , they have been playing good fundamental baseball on both sides of the ball. They have produced 14 runs and held the Kane County Cougars to just nine runs in the four game series. Outstanding Players: ChrisVallimont & JerarEncarnacionInstead of just choosing one player who stood out this week, I’ve decided to choose both Chris Vallimont and Jerar Encarnacion. Both of these players had outstanding performances that forced my hand in selecting both for this section. Vallimont pitched five scoreless innings and recorded eight strikeouts. While only giving up a pair of hits and walks. Encarnacion led his team’s offense this past week with producing a double and three RBI, while slashing .571/.667/.643 in four games played. OAKLAND, Calif. — The top two teams in the American League wild-card race meet in a possible postseason preview when the New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics hook up in a three-game series starting with a holiday matinee Monday afternoon.San Francisco Bay Area native CC Sabathia (7-5, 3.36 ERA) of the Yankees and fellow 30-something Trevor Cahill (5-3, 3.60) of the A’s draw the starting assignments in the opener of a series that could go a long way toward determining who hosts the AL wild-card game in October.The Yankees (86-51) will take the field with a 4 1/2-game lead over the A’s (82-56) for the top AL wild-card spot with four weeks remaining in the regular season.Article continues below ...New York took two of three from Oakland in an earlier series in May in which neither Sabathia nor Cahill pitched. The A’s blew a 6-2 lead and lost 7-6 in 11 innings in the turning point of the series after having won the opener 10-5.While the A’s were splitting a key four-game series against the Seattle Mariners, the Yankees on Sunday were completing a disappointing 3-4 homestand against the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers.Sabathia pitched one of the losses, allowing three runs and five hits in six innings in a 4-1 loss to the White Sox on Wednesday.The 38-year-old, who attended the same high school (Vallejo High DJ LeMahieu Jersey , about 30 miles north of Oakland) as Coney Island hot dog-eating legend Joey Chestnut, has started 31 games in his career against the A’s, going 11-11 with a 4.55 ERA.He hasn’t often been at his best in his homecomings, going 5-7 with a 5.20 ERA in 16 starts.The Yankees will feature a different look than when the A’s saw them last with the recent acquisition of Andrew McCutchen from the San Francisco Giants.McCutchen has yet to get a hit in two games since joining New York, going 0-for-7.While they await the return of injured stars Aaron Judge, Didi Gregorius and Aroldis Chapman, the Yankees will get one familiar face back in pinstripes Monday when manager Aaron Boone returns from a one-game suspension that resulted from a tirade against umpire Nic Lentz in Friday’s win over the Tigers.Cahill has never beaten the Yankees in his career, going 0-4 in six meetings, including five starts.Before watching Sunday’s 11-7 loss to Detroit from a suite http://www.rockiesfanproshop.com/authentic-chad-bettis-jersey , Boone noted that he’s expecting to see way more than just a starting pitcher when facing the A’s.“They’ve really bolstered their bullpen. It’s a pen that can shorten games,” Boone said of the recent additions of Fernando Rodney and Jeurys Familia to complement standout Blake Treinen. “They’ve (also) got some young players kind of take that step into stardom a little bit. We know we got our hands full.”The A’s got six solid innings from starter Edwin Jackson in Sunday’s 8-2 win over the Mariners that pushed Seattle 5 1/2 games back in the race for the second AL wild-card spot.A’s manager Bob Melvin was happy his club was able to take care of business against the Mariners, responding to losses Thursday and Saturday with wins Friday and Sunday, with the Yankees headed to town.“Certain times a split feels a little bit better than others,” he said. “This was one of them.”