Jason Heyward to the Beach

by homerun on Aug 25, 2008 2:19 AM EDT Comment 20 comments

This just in... Jason Heyward promoted to High A Myrtle Beach.

http://braves.scout.com/a.z?s=248&p=9&c=2&cid=782727&nid=3749545&fhn=1&ssf=1

Better get back to your "old self" soon Frenchy...

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That's A+, Not AA

Francouer has to know now that 2009 will be his final free ride in Atlanta’s OF.

Here we go again: http://thefulldeck.blogspot.com/

by ejruiz on Aug 25, 2008 2:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Woops

I edited the post… doesn’t wanna change for whatever reason. Thanks for the correction.

by homerun on Aug 25, 2008 2:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good…he needs someone to get his ass in gear.

I guess I should be one to talk.
There's nights that I can't even walk.
There's days I couldn't give a fuck.
And in between is where I'm stuck.

by Smoltz's Beard on Aug 25, 2008 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you think...

the SI jinx or the new wife is to blame? Surely, he doesn’t suck as bad as he has shown us this year! But, if 09 is not a vast improvement, he should be a travelin’ man.

by BBFAN46 on Aug 26, 2008 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You've gotta question the timing on this.

I’m wondering why we saw fit to promote him now, when there’s only a week left in the season? Perhaps to get some postseason experience with the Pelicans?

by soup du jour on Aug 25, 2008 12:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

They did the same thing last year

When the GCL season was over they sent him to Danville for the playoff run. The same thing this year Rome season is about to be over so they are sending him to MB for the playoff run.

by Jay212033 on Aug 25, 2008 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

RINGER FOR THE PLAYOFFS!!

Ok, so calling up someone from the league below you may not quite qualify.

by 10-4 on Aug 25, 2008 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well

I think it might be for the playoff experience and the fact that just about every Rome game of late has been rained out.
We’ll find out soon enough.

by NorCalAtlFan on Aug 25, 2008 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Im suprised

Freddie Freeman wasnt promoted also…

by colerocks on Aug 25, 2008 4:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah

Freddie deserves to be promoted as much if not mroe than Jason. I have a feeling there gonna be playing together all the way to Atlanta tho.

by SayHeyWerd on Aug 25, 2008 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i think the reason freddie wasn’t promoted was because of how decent of a season meija is having, along with flowers being able to play first. no real need for him. whereas, the beach’s OF isn’t too hot

Following the Braves...one long hard drink at a time.

by bigjoe on Aug 25, 2008 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep...

we gotta watch that Freddie doesn’t get blocked. I’d hate to lose him, but I think he is not due before at least the 2010 season unless he puts up numbers that can’t be held back.

by BBFAN46 on Aug 26, 2008 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Freddy has RBI's Heyward doesn't...

Heyward has glitzy stats except RBI…Freeman is more run productive..either of them could help Atlanta in a couple of years…IMHO, both are solid players. Hope the Braves cut loose some of the dumpster sluts, in their system, to make room for true prospects. I hate it when they trash can guys like Elvis Andrus, now hitting hi .290’s with 50+ SB for Texas Rangers AA team.

by wampum2008 on Aug 27, 2008 7:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Granted...

at all levels including the majors, the Braves are carrying too many “filler” players. There are way too many better players available than to carry some of the trash the Braves have — especially at AAA.

by BBFAN46 on Aug 28, 2008 7:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He’s also got a .373 SLG and is a complete butcher in the field. Errors aren’t the best measurement of a fielder, but he has 30 of them for the fourth straight year.

I guess I should be one to talk.
There's nights that I can't even walk.
There's days I couldn't give a fuck.
And in between is where I'm stuck.

by Smoltz's Beard on Aug 28, 2008 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Andrus, that is...

I guess I should be one to talk.
There's nights that I can't even walk.
There's days I couldn't give a fuck.
And in between is where I'm stuck.

by Smoltz's Beard on Aug 28, 2008 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The relationship between errors and shortstops with tons of range is pretty strong. Andrus is by all accounts talented, if a bit rough, in the field. BP’s minor league translations have him as a +2 in FRAA, similar to his +1 last year. He’ll improve and his ceiling is pretty huge defensively.

by 17843 on Aug 28, 2008 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I figured that a majority of his errors were throwing, much like Yunel, but even so…30 errors is alarming.

I guess I should be one to talk.
There's nights that I can't even walk.
There's days I couldn't give a fuck.
And in between is where I'm stuck.

by Smoltz's Beard on Aug 29, 2008 8:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Have you seen both play in person?

Freeman’s stats speak volumes, but Heyward is much better prepared for a jump like that because of his ability to do the little things very well. I saw both on bad nights and Heyward was still able to get productive things done. Freeman just seemed frustrated and unable to turn it around.

Mike Newman
baseballhandyman.blogspot.com

by Baseball Handyman on Aug 28, 2008 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heyward's RBI's

RBI’s that level aren’t the stat they are at other levels in the organization, like you said Freeman has more RBI than Jason, but that’s mostly because Jason bats ahead of him. Both Freeman and Heyward are top prospects mixed into a lineup of scrubs and filler players. Scouts really put more judgment into stats like slugging %, HR per flyball %, and maybe runs driven in with RISP. It’s hard to judge a guy until he’s playing with/ against equal or better talent.

by cireland3 on Aug 27, 2008 2:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs