Written by Amit Lal | 03 August 2010

Diamondbacks minor league 1B Paul Goldschmidt, who was drafted in the 8th Round of the 2009 draft, has already hit 31 Home Runs for Class A Visalia in the California League.  This ties Goldschmidt for the minor league home run league with AAA catcher J.P. Arencibia of the Blue Jays, who also has 31 HR for Las Vegas in the Pacific Coast League. Goldschmidt's 90 RBI also place him in the Top 5 in the minors for the season. A move up to AA Mobile may happen soon for Goldschmidt; the current Mobile first basemen are 26 year old Bryan Byrne, 25 year old Cyle Hankerd, and 25 year old Sean Coughlin, all of whom are slugging below .375 for the year.  The main thing preventing Goldschmidt from moving up is his strikeout-to-walk ratio - he already has 118 strikeouts and only 38 walks.  After Goldschmidt, the leading power hitters in the Diamondbacks' farm system are Marc Krauss (.320, 20 HR, 73 RBI for Visalia)  and Brandon Allen (.261, 18 HR, 61 RBI for AAA Reno). Here is a look at the minor league HR leaders through Monday, August 2nd.

Team	Player	Pos	Age	Level	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG
ARI	Goldschmidt, P.	1B	22	H-A	31	90	.312	.369	.614
TOR	Arencibia, J.P.	C	24	AAA	31	79	.306	.359	.644
TAM	Johnson, Dan	3B	30	AAA	30	95	.303	.430	.624
LAD	Sands, Jerry	1B	22	L-A,AA	29	72	.311	.414	.625
SEA	Chavez, Joher.	RF	21	H-A	27	76	.314	.383	.586
LAA	Trumbo, Mark	1B	24	AAA	26	89	.292	.348	.563
KCR	Moustakas, Mk.	3B	21	AA,AAA	26	87	.323	.376	.634
NYY	Laird, Brandon	3B	22	AA,AAA	25	92	.298	.360	.542
KCR	Ka'aihue, Kila	1B	26	AAA,MAJ	24	78	.319	.463	.598
OAK	Carter, Chris	1B	23	AAA	24	76	.251	.357	.510
BAL	Guzman, Joel	DH	25	AA	24	74	.274	.333	.501
CLE	Goedert, Jared	3B	25	AAA,AA	24	69	.306	.375	.587
COL	Eldred, Brad	1B	29	AAA,MAJ	24	67	.278	.334	.598
SEA	Halman, Greg	CF	22	AAA	24	60	.253	.331	.571