The Indians picked up LHP Giovanni Soto from the Tigers in the 2010 deadline deal that sent Jhonny Peralta to Detroit. Soto, 21, doesn't have blow-you-away stuff, but scouts who like him see a good feel for pitching, and that combination was good enough this week for a no-hitter. Pitching for Double-A Akron, Soto faced one batter over the minimum against Altoona, walking three . . . We don't generally see players from the Rookie-level Venezuelan Summer League making the Hot Sheet, but Phillies LHP Douglas Parada is worth a second look. Parada struck out 14 in a no-hitter against the Rays this week. Only a Deiber Olivera error kept Parada from a perfect game. The Rays are the worst team in the VSL, with a 14-44 record and the worst lineup in the league, but Parada has dominated against everyone. He hasn't allowed an earned run in 36 innings, and his 0.69 ERA easily leads the four-team league . . . Because the Twins don't have a short-season club, CF Max Kepler is getting a second run through the Appalachian League. If you're going to repeat a level, it pays to dominate it, and that's what Kepler is doing now. He had four extra-base hits in his first 21 games, then produced five extra-base hits in a four-game stretch, including home runs in three straight games. The 19-year-old has the sixth-highest OPS in the league (.958) and nearly a 2-1 walk-strikeout ratio . . . A product of the A's aggressive international spending, 3B Renato Nunez has been showing off the big bat that earned him $2.2 million from Oakland in 2010. The 18-year-old hit three home runs in a six-game span in the Rookie-level Arizona League and finished the week hitting .435/.458/1.087 (10-for-23) with four doubles and a triple . . . Further up the A's system, CF Michael Choice is riding a 15-game hitting streak for Double-A Midland. Fresh off his Futures Game appearance, the 22-year-old Choice hit .500/.533/.962 (13-for-26) with three homers and three doubles, improving his season line to .285/.354/.424 with 10 homers . . .  Rockies OF Charlie Blackmon just turned 26, and in mid-June he was rehabbing a foot injury in short-season ball. When he got promoted back to Triple-A Colorado Springs, he quickly got back on track, with a nine-game hitting streak that includes seven multi-hit outings. He's 17-for-41 with a home run and four doubles, as well as four walks and four stolen bases . . . When the Royals drafted LHP Sam Selman in the second round out of Vanderbilt this year, they knew they were getting a pitcher whose results haven't always matched his stuff, in large part because of shaky command. But Selmas has had little trouble with the Pioneer League, going 1-0, 1.59 in two starts this week, striking out 17 and walking three in 11 innings. For the season, the 21-year-old is 3-0, 2.05 with 35 strikeouts in 26 innings.

BLAST FROM THE PAST

• Corky Miller, c, Reds: A nonndrafted free agent signed out of Nevada in 1998, Miller has made quite the career for himself as a third catcher. Neither Miller's bat nor glove is good enough for him to be a major league regular, but he is reliable enough that teams like to have him in Triple-A, knowing he can serve a fill-in with the big league club for a few weeks if needed. Miller, 36, has not played in more than 40 big league games in any season, but he has made it up to the majors in 11 different seasons. This week was a good one for Miller offensively, as he hit .500/.571/1.083 with two home runs in 12 at-bats for Triple-A Louisville.