Minor Leagues: Brown Drives In 6

Want a reason why Baseball America ranked Dominic Brown the Phillies top prospect?

Brown went 4-for-5 with six runs batted in Saturday for the Threshers in a 11-6 win over Daytona. Four of Brown’s RBI came with two outs. Three of his four hits were singles. The fourth, an inside-the-park home run.

That home run, however, came at the expense of Daytona outfielders Tyler Colvin and Tony Campana, who collided and were knocked out for several minutes afterward. They were both sent to the hospital, where they recovered but were diagnosed with concussions.

Currently Brown tops the Florida State League in home runs (6), is second in RBI (25) and fifth in average (.330). He’s also second in runs scored (22). His 1.032 OPS is far and away tops in the league, 50 points ahead of second place. And his eight steals rank ninth in the league.

Soon enough Brown, 21, will reach Reading. There’s just no debate.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.