Josh Thole heads the list of minor leaguers to get called up...

Prospect catcher Josh Thole, reliever Eddie Kunz and first baseman/outfielder Nick Evans are expected to highlight the call-ups when rosters expand in September, the Daily News has learned.

Thole, 22, upped his average to .332 with a three-hit game for Double-A Binghamton on Friday, although he had only one homer through 361 at-bats and is generally content choking up on his bat and hitting singles. A 13th-round pick in 2005 from Breese, Ill., who learned to hit in a barn, Thole (right) caught in high school, but only started regularly playing the position as a professional last season. A scout who recently watched the lefty-hitting Thole (pronounced toll-E) compared him to former major-league catchers Darrin Fletcher and Scott Bradley.
“My throwing is still coming along,” Thole said. “There’s no question about it. But it feels a lot better.”