Minor League Report: One Hot Arizona(n)

Over the past week, Demetrio Crisantes went 8-for-17 with four of his hits being doubles, good for a .471/.546/.706 slash line. He’s been one of the brightest spots in what might be an underrated farm system. How bright?

Through July 31, Luis Arraez led all qualified hitters in the big leagues in line drive percentage (per Fangraphs), at 28%. Among hitters with 150+ plate appearances, Jake Cave and Patrick Bailey are higher than Arraez, at 28.9% and 28.1%, respectively.

In his first 153 plate appearances in A ball, Demetrio Crisantes has hit line drives 30.8% of the time. In this century, there have been just 21 big league hitters with 150+ plate appearances in a season and a line drive rate…