Rays prospects and minor leagues: Playoffs set to begin

Durham is defending consecutive championships, and Bowling Green is defending its first. Montgomery last won in 2007 to complete back-to-back championships. Hudson Valley is looking for its second championship in three seasons.

Wednesday’s games (probables courtesy of milb.com)

Durham vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)
TBA vs. TBA

Best-of-five semifinal (Series tied, 0-0)

Montgomery vs. Jackson 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)
TBA vs. TBA

Best-of-five semifinal (Series tied, 0-0)

Bowling Green @ South Bend 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)
Caleb Sampen (9-4, 2.68) vs. TBA

Best-of-three quarterfinal (Series tied, 0-0)

Hudson Valley vs. Brooklyn 6:30 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)
TBA vs. TBA

Best-of-three semifinal (Series tied, 0-0)

*Listed as TBA on milb.com

Scouting the opposition

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (Yankees)
0-0
Offense: 745 R (T-4th) .831 OPS (1st)
Pitching: 4.87 ERA (8th) 1.40 WHIP (4th)
Top-30 prospects: RHP Deivi Garcia (1), RHP Michael King (13), C Erik Kratz

Jackson Generals (Arizona)
0-0
Offense: 604 R (3rd) .714 OPS (3rd)
Pitching: 3.38 ERA (5th) 1.27 WHIP (6th)
Top-30 prospects: C Daulton Varsho (3), RHP J.B. Bukauskas (6), 1B Seth Beer (11), RHP Josh Green (19)

South Bend Cubs
0-0
Offense: 574 R (9th) .702 OPS (4th)
Pitching: 3.57 ERA (6th) 1.28 WHIP (6th)
Top-30 prospects: OF Brennen Davis (3), OF Cole Roederer (6), 2B Chase Strumpf (7), RHP Riley Thompson (12), OF Nelson Velazquez (15), RHP Jose Albertos (24), RHP Kohl Franklin (25)

Brooklyn Cyclones (Mets)
0-0
Offense: 304 R (6th) .650 OPS (10th)
Pitching: 3.31 ERA (5th) 1.15 WHIP (3rd)
Top-30 prospects: 3B Brett Baty (3), RHP Matt Allan (5), RHP Michel Otanez (26)

Daily news and links

Check out J.J. Cooper’s Twitter feed for some final stats regarding the change in Triple-A baseball this season.