Hello Readers, Although we have taken a break for the past couple of weeks due to travel. We are back! and have more content than ever. It begins here with our Must Know Prospect of the Week. This week the award goes to Dansby Swanson SS for the Atlanta Braves Organization. Swanson was the number one overall pick in the 2015 Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks and later traded during the offseason to Atlanta. Swanson has had a strong year in the minors but does this mean he has what it takes to be promoted? 

We our excited to announce that next week, we will travel to three different ballparks, this will be our longest trip we have embarked on which gives us joy our site is moving in the positive direction. Thank you all. 

Although we took some time off due to the All Star Break we manage to squeeze one ball park in. This week Around the Ballparks traveled to sin city Las Vegas to see the Mets Triple A affiliate the Las Vegas 51's take on the Albuquerque Isotopes. The Las Vegas 51's call home to Cashman Field which is located 10 minutes away from the Las Vegas Strip. This stadium is currently owned by the Las Vegas Convention Partnership Group and first opened in 1983........

This weeks Must Know Prospect goes to another Astro, Alex Bregman a SS who recently was promoted to Triple-A Fresno and spent most of the season in Double-A Corpus Christi where he hit .297 with 14 Home Runs and 46 RBIs. Bergman was drafted in 2015 and has excelled expectations. Bregman has been pushing the Astros organizations hand by his stellar play this season and looks like a lock to be called up in September when the rosters expand to 40. Overall Bregman has developed a lot faster then the 2015 first overall pick Dansby Swanson....... 

​          This week, the Around the Ballparks team traveled to the 2016 Adavanced A All Star Game in Lake Elsinore, California. The All Star Game consists of the California and Carolina League fighting it out to see who is the better division in 2016.  The beautiful city of Lake Elsinore, played host to this years All Star Game at their home park known as "The Diamond", home of the Lake Elsinore Storm, which is the Advanced A- Affiliate of the San Diego Padres. The Lake Elsinore Storm have been affiliated with the San Diego Padres since 2000 and were pervious affiliate with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...........