Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 7/18
by yondaime4 on Jul 19, 2009 1:26 PM EDT
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Gwinnett 10, Scranton WB 2
- K.Johnson 2-5 K
- C. Burke 2-3 2B, 2 RBI, BB, K
- R. Gorecki 2-4 HR(8), 4 RBI, K
- B. Brownlie 6IP 3H 2R 2BB 8K
Bobby Brownlie pitched another solid game for Gwinnett. The only runs he allowed were two solo homers in the 4th and 5th innings. Some of us were talking about this a couple weeks back, if you are going to make a mistake, make it when there is no one on base. Outside of his first game for Gwinnett this season, Brownlie has been excellent for the Braves with good peripherals across the board. I am sure he is only there for organizational depth, but if there was some crazy series of events that required use to put him on the roster I wouldn't be so upset with him getting the call. He has just been so bad in the past it scares me a little.
Huntsville 8, Mississippi 5
- J. Heyward 2-3 2B, BB
- F. Freeman 2-3 2B, HR(1), 4 RBI
- JC Boscan 3-4 RBI, K
Well, Jason Heyward and Frederick Freeman both contributed to the offense in this one. Heyward now has a 1.232 OPS in Mississippi and Freeman has 24 doubles between two levels. I don't have much else to say about these guys. Scott Diamond was roughed up for 7 runs in 5.1 innings, most of which came from a 6th inning meltdown that saw him and Jerome Gamble allow 6 runs between them while surrendering 5 XBH.
Winston Salem 6, Myrtle Beach 5 - 11 Innings
- C. Johnson 1-4 2B, RBI, BB, 3K
- E. Mejia 1-3 2B, RBI, 2 BB, K
- G. Rodriguez 2-5 2 RBI, BB, 2K
Cole Rohrbough was roughed up once again, allowing 5 runs in 5.2 innings but also striking out 6. Cole has been pretty much the worst pitcher in our system this year and I really hope he can turn this around. Gerry Rodriguez started in LF tonight and moved to 1B when Ernesto Mejia was pinch run for in the 9th inning. Craig Kimbrel allowed to winning run to score in the top of the 11th when he gave up a lead off double, tossed a wild pitch and then surrendered a sac fly. That is first run he has allowed in 6 outings.
West Virginia 2, Rome 3 - 12 Innings
- Z. Spruill 5IP 5H 2R 1BB 7K
I'm not going to give the hitters any love because they didn't get any RBI. The reason for that is all their runs scored on plays involving errors (WV had 5 of them). Zeke Pitched great, though, after giving up 2 runs in the first. He has had his strike out pitch working in the past 3 games, collecting 21 in 17.2IP. Maybe he is finding that early season form again? Another thing I can see looking at his stats is his GB rate has decreased every month starting with 2.23 in April and it is now down to 1.41 this month. Maybe that is something to keep an eye on.
Bristol 2, Danville 8
- LV Ware 1-1 RBI, BB, 2 SB(15)
- C. Harrilchak 3-4 3 RBI, BB
- RSF 3-5 RBI
LV Ware has been crazy-go-nuts since he was demoted to the Appy League. He was obviously overmatched in Rome but he appears to have Danville down pat. He is the owner of a .918 OPS and an awesome 15/16 SB success rate. Also RSF raised his AVG back over .400 in this game.
GCL Blue Jays 13, GCL Braves 4
- A.Feliz 1-3 HR(2)
- J. Parr 3IP 0H 0R 1BB 5K
You would think if your team started the game with 3 near perfectly pitched innings that you would be alright. No so. James Parr has looked excellent in his 3 outings since coming back. He has only allowed 1 walk in 6 innings along with 9K. I know it is only GCL guys but heck, even major leaguers that come to the GCL to rehab usually give up a couple of hits here and there.
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Spruill still has a pretty extreme GB%, like 56% for the month. It’s definitely nice to see him striking more batters out again, the decreasing K rate was worrying me, but if he can go a K per inning the rest of the way, I’ll be thrilled with that.
Q: If on-base pct is so important then why don't they put it on the scoreboard? -Failcoeur
A: Because the Braves don't want to show their fans how bad you suck.
My favorite thing
Heyward and Freeman with a combined five strikeouts in almost 100 AA plate appearances. These two guys just made arguably the toughest jump in terms of competition in their entire baseball career and do not seem to be overmatched in the slightest. It’s one thing when you have one top prospect who does that but two at the same time is something to really get excited about.
yea man
those two are special. Wanna see if they get the call in september.
by drumzalicious on Jul 19, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Regarding Heyward & Freeman at MS.
I don’t know what, if anything, it means but the Jxn, MS, daily paper reported that Washington asst GM Bob Boone was hanging out this weekend at the ballpark in Pearl. The opponent was Huntsville, and I don’t think that’s the Nationals AA team.
Why/who would he be scouting at MS?
Any number of players
The M-Braves have a number of prospects which might interest teams in a trade for a role player: Concepcion Rodriguez, Travis Jones, Brandon Hicks, Eric Campbell, Willie Cabrera, Matt Young, Scott Diamond, Jeff Lyman, Cory Gearrin, etc.
Teams know Heyward and Freeman are off-limits and there aren’t prospects to land a big guy but since the probability if we do trade is that it’ll be a smaller deal, these guys would be the sort of players that could be included.
Wes Timmons
38-game on-base streak now after getting on last night a couple times.
Saw him in Richmond for two years and I guarantee you that there is no better defensive infielder in the Braves system then Timmons. Never strikes out, always leads the team in getting hit by a pitch and takes tons of walks. High on-base, low slugging.
Would love to see him in the majors in September, but he’s 30. He can play anywhere in the infield, and at this point, I’d much rather have him than Kelly Johnson on my team.
In 07 he deserved to get called up but didn’t. That was a shame. You really won’t find a better all around person that Wes Timmons. What I love about him is that he really doesn’t think he’ll ever get to play in the majors, but he still busts his ass every single play. Most guys would give up or take plays off, but he’s happy to get to play and he’s making the most of it. I’d love to see this guy get a shot as a utility player.
"At least he didn’t nail the bitchy fat girl from Hell's Kitchen."
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the 2010 OF
Heyward, McClouth, & Shafer. That’s gonna be pretty nice.
Unless we’re going to hammer out a longterm deal with him pre-arb, I’d rather wait til next June. Though if we gave him a really long deal I’d be ecstatic.
Q: If on-base pct is so important then why don't they put it on the scoreboard? -Failcoeur
A: Because the Braves don't want to show their fans how bad you suck.
Just wondering if there’s any news on how Lance Niekro is doing in his transformation to knuckleballer extraordinaire?
by FromTheBellyOfWickman on Jul 19, 2009 5:48 PM EDT reply actions
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