Baseball America's Midseason All Star Team

by yondaime4 on Jul 4, 2008 6:09 PM EDT Comment 4 comments

Two Braves made the list and of course it is who you think:

Jason Heyward

Team: low Class A Rome (South Atlantic)
Age: 19
Heyward, the prototypical corner-outfield prospect, has delivered on the high hopes the Braves had for him when they took him 14th overall in 2007. He's emerged as the best prospect in the Sally League and is having a historically great season for a teenager. Showing the ability to hit for average and power with some speed mixed in, Heyward ranks among the Sally League's leaders in average, OBP and runs scored.

Tommy Hanson

Team: Double-A Mississippi (Southern) / high Class A Myrtle Beach (Carolina)
Age: 21
Hanson struck out 13 in five no-hit in his season debut, and then was promoted to Double-A after posting an 0.90 ERA in seven starts at high Class A. After a rocky May in Mississippi (2-2, 5.85), Hanson has settled into a groove, going 2-1, 3.27 in June with 31 strikeouts and 12 walks in 33 innings. Oh yeah, and he threw a no-hitter, while striking out 14, on June 25.

Freddie Freeman was also mentioned as an alternate which surprised me a little but then again he has had a very good season. Former Braves with appearances on the list were Mx Ramirez (I would be 100% ok with trading Tex if Ramirez were still with us) as the DH and Neftali Feliz was an alternate starting pitcher.

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Just reading the chat that went along with this the last question they took was about Julio Teheran. Ben Badler says that one scout said Teheran has the best arm he has seen in the past couple of years in the lower minors. I find it funny since so many people said he was no better than a #4 starter when we got him, yet he was the best available player on the international market last season.

by yondaime4 on Jul 4, 2008 6:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The Braves didn’t trade Max Ramirez in the Tex deal but in a trade for Bob Wickman. Then Cleveland traded him for Kenny Lofton last year.

by NYBravesFan on Jul 4, 2008 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think he was saying....

I took it that yondaime4 was saying if we still had Max in our system, trading Tex away now would be okay because we could call on Ramirez to supply the loss of power.

by secondbass on Jul 4, 2008 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs