An apology for not posting last week. My actual job got in the way, but there was little of note to report.

At about 4:30 yesterday afternoon in Albuquerque, a 1-2 slider from Trevor Richards caught the outside corner of the zone for strike three, bringing the Diamondbacks’ minor league season to a close with a 3-2 victory for the Reno Aces. It was a fitting result, just one week short of six months to the day that Jorge Barrosa took the first pitch of the season for a called strike to begin a 3-2 defeat in Las Vegas. In between those two 3-2 games, 181 players threw a pitch in the system, and 120 players took a plate appearance. Seven organizational players made their major league debuts, so far; Austin Pope is in line to join them, and depending on how the last week of the season goes,

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