Padres MiLB August 30, Players of the Day

Ground-rules: you won’t see a too-old-for-his-league non-prospect get an award. The award may not go to the best performance of the previous night, but what I deem the most significant performance of the night…

Minor League Hitter(s) of the Day

Edinson Rincon (Rookie): 1-2, 2B, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SO
Luis Durango (High-A): 2-3, 2B, 3B, 2 R, 2 BB
Kellen Kulbacki (High-A): 2-4, 2B, 2 R, RBI, BB
Allan Dykstra (High-A): 2-4, HR, R, 5 RBI, BB, SO
Kyle Blanks (AA): 4-5, 2 HR, 2 R, 3 RBI

Minor League Pitcher of the Day

Simon Castro (SS): 7.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, 0 HR

Other Commentary

Allan Dykstra gets his first professional HR.

Blanks remains hot. Wow!

(Addition (8/31 7:00 AM): Heading into tonight's game, Blanks is hitting .396/.463/.642 for the month of August and .329/.405/.520 overall.