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 American League West was full of storylines going into 2018. The Astros were coming

The Nashville Sounds used a balanced attack at the plate and a strong pitching performance by starter Eric Jokisch to top the Fresno Grizzlies, 5-2, in front of 7,451 fans at First Tennessee Park Wednesday night.Eight different hitters collected at least one hit for the Sounds, including multi-hit games from

The Nashville Sounds scored three runs in the ninth and four runs in the 11th to cap a dramatic come-from-behind 11-8 win over the Salt Lake Bees Monday night at Smith's Ballpark.The four-hour, 28-minute marathon featured 13 pitchers, 31 hits, 15 walks and saw the two teams combine to go

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - The Nashville Sounds came from behind to topple the Salt Lake Bees 9-5 Sunday night at Smith's Ballpark. The win snapped a season-long four-game losing streak for the Sounds.Trailing 5-3 in the seventh, the Sounds used an unconventional play to take the lead. With two

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - The Nashville Sounds built an early 3-0 lead but saw their losing streak reach four games with an 11-6 loss to the Salt Lake Bees at Smith's Ballpark on Saturday night. All nine Sounds hitters reached base safely in the slugfest, but Salt Lake notched

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Ramón Laureano and Franklin Barreto each homered, but the Nashville Sounds never enjoyed a lead and saw a ninth-inning rally fall short in an 8-6 loss to the Salt Lake Bees at Smith's Ballpark on Friday night. The Sounds have dropped three consecutive games and

LAS VEGAS - The Las Vegas 51s came from behind to defeat the Nashville Sounds 6-3 in 10 innings Wednesday night at Cashman Field. Zach Borenstein's walk-off three-run home run in the 10th inning evened the three-game series.Two rarities occurred Wednesday night in Sin City. The game saw a pitcher's

LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Jorge Mateo and Ramón Laureano each collected four hits and three RBIs on Tuesday night to lead the Nashville Sounds to an 11-4 victory over the Las Vegas 51s at Cashman Field in the opener of a seven-game road trip.Every Sounds hitter in the game reached

A strong start by James Naile wasn't enough for the Nashville Sounds in a 2-0 loss to the Iowa Cubs Sunday afternoon at Principal Park.  Naile tossed seven innings and limited the Cubs to two runs on just four hits. It was Naile's eighth quality start of the season, and

DES MOINES, Iowa - Ramón Laureano hit a tie-breaking homer in the seventh inning on Saturday night, but the Iowa Cubs answered with a two-run homer in the eighth and beat the Nashville Sounds 5-4 at Principal Park. The five-game series is even at two wins apiece, as the Sounds

The Nashville Sounds pushed their winning streak to five games with an 8-3 win over the Iowa Cubs in game one of a doubleheader Friday afternoon at Principal Park.Ramón Laureano led the charge offensively with a 3-for-5 day at the plate as the Sounds collected six extra-base hits. Laureano sparked

NASHVILLE - The Nashville Sounds powered their way to a 5-3 win over the Iowa Cubs Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd of 10,904 at First Tennessee Park.The Sounds jumped on Iowa's Jen-Ho Tseng early as Ramón Laureano launched a solo home run to lead off the game.

The Iowa Cubs spoiled the evening for 11,691 fans at First Tennessee Park by topping the Nashville Sounds, 6-2, Wednesday night. Three costly errors burned the Sounds as the third-largest crowd in ballpark history took in the game.Nashville scored first as Ramón Laureano provided early fireworks with a two-run home

The Omaha Storm Chasers swept the Nashville Sounds in a doubleheader at Werner Park Monday night. The bats went quiet as Nashville was shut out in game one, 7-0, before dropping game two, 6-3.Omaha starter Jake Kalish was the story of game one as the left-hander blanked the Sounds in

The Nashville Honky Tonks scored four runs in the seventh inning on their way to a 7-4 win over the Round Rock Dance Halls in front of 9,477 fans at First Tennessee Park Thursday night. The win evened the nine-game Battle for the Boot series at three games apiece.Trailing 4-1

Nick Martini drilled a three-run homer in the top of the eighth inning to lead the Nashville Sounds to a come-from-behind 7-5 win over the El Paso Chihuahuas Thursday night at Southwest University Park.Things looked bleak for the Sounds who trailed 5-1 entering the seventh inning. Two-out magic was the

Theme of the dayPiling it on:Randy César picks up hits. Taylor Widener racks up strikeouts. Tyler O'Neill hits homers. Those have been the themes for each of those players in 2018, which they reiterated Wednesday. Cesar extended his hitting streak to a Minors-best 35 games for Double-A Corpus Christi. Widener

For the third consecutive game, the Nashville Sounds failed to protect an early lead and eventually dropped the series opener to the El Paso Chihuahuas, 7-6, Wednesday night at Southwest University Park.Nashville had a 4-0 lead before El Paso evened the game at 4-4 and eventually took a 6-4 lead.

For the second night in a row, the Nashville Honky Tonks got home runs from Ramón Laureano and Jake Smolinski and rallied late, only to fall 6-5 against the Round Rock Dance Halls on Saturday night at Dell Diamond. The Honky Tonks have lost three of the first four in

The Nashville Honky Tonks let two different leads slip away and then had a late rally fall short, losing 6-5 to the Round Rock Dance Halls in Game 3 of a five-game series on Friday night at Dell Diamond. The Honky Tonks now trail two games to one in the

Ramón Laureano put together a perfect night at the plate to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in front of 6,321 fans at First Tennessee Park Monday night.The right fielder began the season on the disabled list after suffering an injury in

After an up-and-down season at the plate, Ramón Laureano is getting a fresh start.The A's acquired the outfielder from the Astros in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect Brandon Bailey on Monday.

CORPUS CHRISTI - Hooks right fielder Ramón Laureano has been named the team's 2017 Defensive Player of the Year.Laureano was presented the Allstate Good Hands Award by team president Ken Schrom before Sunday's doubleheader sweep of the San Antonio Missions."Ramon had a remarkable season defensively," Schrom said. "Playing right field

Pirates OF Austin Meadows, Triple-A Indianapolis: 3-for-5, 2 2B, RBI, 2 R, K -- The Pirates' top prospect showed important signs of life Wednesday with one of his better offensive performances of the year. Meadows missed almost two months of action with Indianapolis after a hamstring injury put him on

FRISCO - Cy Sneed spun seven shutout innings Thursday night as Corpus Christi picked up a 4-1 triumph over the RoughRiders in the series opener at Dr Pepper Ballpark.The Hooks (19-21, 53-57), who halted their four-game losing streak, now stand 17-8 vs. Frisco (16-25, 47-64) this season. Sneed scattered six