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This Week in the Minors — 2026-04-27

No prospect transactions hit the wire in the past seven days, but the hot lists are loaded. xERA darlings and a few AAA bats are pushing toward fantasy relevance.

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May 4, 2026

This Week in the Minors — 2026-04-27

No prospect transactions hit the wire in the past seven days, but the hot lists are loaded. xERA darlings and a few AAA bats are pushing toward fantasy relevance.

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Movement This Week

No call-ups, demotions, or 40-man moves were logged in the last seven days. A quiet week on the transaction front means the stash board is unchanged — but several of the bats and arms below are forcing the issue and could headline next week's column if the pace holds. Keep your IL and bench slots flexible.

Bats To Track

Zack Gelof

54 PA, 1.251 OPS, 4 HR with a .387 xwOBA at AAA — the contact quality matches the surface line. Stash now in any league where he's available; the underlying data says this is real and a reinforcement role is the obvious next step.

Edward Florentino

40 PA, 1.250 OPS, and a monster .462 xwOBA at Low-A. Watchlist — the batted-ball profile is screaming, but the level is too far from the majors for season-long redraft action. Dynasty managers should be aggressive.

Rece Hinds

61 PA, 1.246 OPS, 5 HR at AAA. No xwOBA attached here, so treat the surface line with some skepticism, but the power is playing at the highest minor-league level. Watchlist in standard formats, stash in deep mixed.

Cooper Ingle

54 PA, 1.418 OPS, 4 HR at AAA — the loudest line on the board. Watchlist without xwOBA support, but a AAA OPS this gaudy demands attention if you need catcher or corner depth.

Jonah Cox

88 PA, 1.210 OPS, and a category-warping 15 SB at AA. Stash in steals-starved leagues; the speed is the carrying tool and it's translating against upper-minors arms.

Arms On The Climb

William Kempner

15.1 IP, 20.0 K/9, and a 0.33 xERA at AAA — yes, the surface ERA is 6.46, but the expected mark says every batted ball is going his way eventually. Stash now; this is the clearest "buy the xERA, ignore the ERA" case on the board.

Cody Bowker

14.2 IP, 17.2 K/9, 0.00 xERA at Low-A despite a 6.75 ERA. Same story as Kempner — the contact he's allowing is harmless on paper. Watchlist given the level, but dynasty leaguers should move.

Elier Morillo

12.2 IP, 19.2 K/9, 3.55 ERA backed by a 0.30 xERA at Low-A. The strikeout rate plus elite expected run prevention is the cleanest profile in the breakout group. Watchlist for redraft, stash in deep dynasty.

Hunter Parks

11.0 IP, 0.00 ERA, 17.2 K/9 at AA. No xERA listed, but punching out batters at that clip two levels from the majors with zero runs allowed is the cleanest surface line here. Watchlist and track the next two starts closely.

Seth Clausen

11.2 IP, 1.54 ERA, 19.3 K/9 at Low-A. Big strikeout rate, run prevention matching it. NRR for redraft given the level, but file the name — the ratio is too loud to ignore in dynasty.

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