Steven Echavarria Just Got His Ticket Out of Lansing

The Lansing Lugnuts are rolling, and one of their biggest young pitching stories just earned a ticket to Double-A. Steven Echavarria has been promoted to Midland after putting together a breakout season in Lansing, capped by a career-high nine strikeouts over six dominant innings against Lake County. Now Jesse Goldberg-Strassler joins Booney to break down what Echavarria accomplished in Lansing, what made his development so impressive and what the promotion means for his future in the A's organization. And if his 100-mph fastball to finish his career-best outing was any indication, Midland is about to find out what Lansing has been watching. But Echavarria wasn't the only story from an absolutely bonkers series against Lake County. The Nuts won five of six, including a 6-1 victory behind Jorge Marcheco and a wild 6-5 comeback that ended with Daniel Bucciero's two-out, ninth-inning walk-off single. Jake Reinisch continued his hot streak with multiple clutch home runs, 18-year-old Breyson Guedez picked up his first High-A RBI, Pedro Pineda launched a massive three-run homer, and the Nuts came within one victory of the first six-game sweep in franchise history. We're breaking down all of it — plus the prospects whose stock is rising fastest in Lansing.