Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 7/10
by yondaime4 on Jul 10, 2010 11:20 PM EDT
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PrintImpressive Stat of the Night: DSL 1B, Aris Alcantara is hitting .412 (14-34) in his last 8 games with 4 2B, 2 3B, 9 RBI, 9 BB, and just 5K. He has 4 three hit games during that span.
Charlotte 8, Gwinnett 4
- N. McLouth 1-4 K, SB(1), .286 Avg
- M. Young 1-2 2B, RBI, 2BB, 2 SB(20), .306 Avg
- W. Timmons 3-4 2B, .290 Avg
- S. Marek 1IP 0H 0R 0BB 0K 1.08 ERA
The Braves bullpen currently features three guys who have sub 1.10 ERAs in Michael Dunn, Craig Kimbrel and the oft forgotten Stephen Marek. In fact, for the year Marek has a 0.74 ERA split between AA and AAA. He pairs that with 44K in 37 innings though he has allowed his share of hits in Gwinnett he has still been very impressive after everyone had written him off last season.
Birmingham 5, Mississippi 11
- A. Richardson 3-5 K, .324 Avg
- E. Duncan 2-3 HR(4), 4 RBI, 2BB, .299 Avg
- W. Cabrera 3-4 2 2B, HR(4), 2 RBI, BB, .335 Avg
I bet you guys can't guess who is going to be my top pick on the hot sheet on Monday? Any takers? Willie Cabrera now has the sole league lead in doubles (ahead of teammate Mauro Gomez) and is just 3 points behind Dave Sappelt for the lead league in batting average as well. He has 9 XBH in his last 10 games and if the season ended today he would have my vote for Braves minor league hitter of the year.
Myrtle Beach @ Wilmington - Postponed
Charleston 3, Rome 1
- RSF 3-4 2B, K, .341 Avg
- C. Bethancourt 3-4 RBI, K, .252 Avg
- B. DeVall 6IP 9H 3R 0BB 5K 4.02 ERA
Brett DeVall had yet another solid, if unspectacular, start. His offense didn't give him a whole lot of help though RIaan Spanjer-Furstenburg continues to get on base and square balls up. I don't know if he is going to flash any power this season because of his hand injury but I have a feeling he might always hit for a high average. Christian Bethancourt is having what I would call a successful season even though his OPS is just above .600 this year (Braeden Schlehuber's was .591 coming into tonight). I have to keep reminding myself that he is just 18 years old, plays the toughest position on the field and has an incredibly impressive arm. I feel like it is still difficult to tell what form his bat will take but he did hit .305 in June and has cut his strike outs way down since a rough May.
Pulaski 1, Danville 7
- A. Simmons 2-4 2B, .250 Avg
- E. Gattis 1-3 2B, K, .353 Avg
- D. Falcon 1-3 3B, 2 RBI, SB(1), .214 Avg
- A. Northcraft 6IP 3H 1R 0BB 6K 5.51 ERA
Aaron Northcraft had an interesting. On top of what you see in his line he also hit three batters and had a wild pitch. He actually hit the first two batters of the 4th inning and then threw a wild pitch. The next batter popped to right which normally would score a run, but Danny Falcon got the ball in to Jakob Dalfonso at first who then tossed it to Andrelton Simmons who tagged the runner from second out when he was going to third. This play was scored as the very rare 9-3-6 double play.
GCL Phillies 7, GCL Baves 5 - 12 Innings
- M. Lipka 1-5 RBI, BB, K, .300 Avg
- R. De Los Santos 2-5 2B, .313 Avg
- S. Sekiguchi 3.1IP 1H 0R 0BB 4K 3.38 ERA
Edison Sanchez got the day off and my second love, William Beckwith, went 1-5 with 2K so I find it difficult to care about this game today. Matt Lipka has been hitting well lately. 20 year old Ramon De Los Santos has hit well in limited playing time so far.
DSL Indians 3, DSL Braves 6
- G. Reyes 2-5 K, 2 SB(14), .290 Avg
- A. Alcantara 3-3 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, 2BB, .313 Avg
- A. Espinosa 5.2IP 7H 2R 0BB 5K 2.19 ERA
11 year old Abraham Espinosa continues to impress in the DSL though he has been hit harder in the last 2 games, giving up 6 run vs just 3 in his first 5 games. He also has walked just one batter in 31.1 innings so far. Gerardo Reyes has been a fantastic leadoff hitter for the Braves as he has shown the ability to get on base and steal bases efficiently (12/14 so far). Aris Alcantara has been the best hitter for this team so far though at 20 years old I want to see him up a level or two before I make any assumptions on future production.
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He's 17
We’ve got a couple of 17 year olds in DSL. I don’t know if they’re going to be any good, but it’s fascinating to follow guys who would still be in high school.
And turned 17 a week or two into the season...
so he’d be a rising JR or SR in HS.
by Mr. Sanchez on Jul 11, 2010 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Best typo I’ve seen all year. I wish I had made it.
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Huh, so you wouldn't take Freeman for minor league hitter of the year.
It’s pretty close, I guess, but Freeman is doing his work at a higher level. Perhaps things will be clearer once we get down the stretch.
Right now I’d give it to Willie. I know Freeman is young for the level but generally your hitter of the year award goes to the best performance overall and I would take Cabrera’s right now. But we have half a season left!
No love for Richardson?
he has been doing work at the top of that Mississippi lineup since we signed him back up.
by Mr. Sanchez on Jul 11, 2010 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions
For player of the year? No.
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No no no
wasn’t going that far. But for a hot sheet, while he probably isn’t a prospect, he has been doing damn well at the top of the Miss. order for much of the year. His July so far has been pretty strong. Real glad we got a second chance with him.
Hitter of the Year? I’m assuming it’s a full season guy, and Cabrera has had a good year but the HR total may be a bit low for an award without crazy steals. I could see Freddie with a strong second half. Matt Young has been solid, and has the steals to make up for low HR. Maybe RSF with a strong second half. Hell, at the mid way point, Cabrera actually does look like the best candidate. Wow we’ve had a weak first half at the plate power wise in the minors.
As far as the Hot Sheet goes (and yodaime14 has his own feelings on this I’m sure) I try to go for the prospects over anyone else. usually there are way more than 4 guys who are worth having on the list and if I’m choosing between an older guy and a prospect it’s an easy choice. A retread type guy would have to be nutso insane for a week for me to put him up there.
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He’s certainly proving that he’s our #1 ML (almost) ready position player.
My guess is the organization has him evaluated as closer to ready than many here would likely agree, and that if he continues to rake and is consistent and injury-free in 2d half, he will have a real shot at winning the 1B job next spring.
Damn, Willie Cabrera. Have a year why don't you.
I like that Andrelton Simmons has been hitting well lately. His bat is supposed to be very raw so if he can just hold his own this year, good things could happen in time.
Also, who is this S. Sekiguchi on the GCL team? The name doesn’t ring a bell.
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by Jacob Peterson on Jul 10, 2010 11:45 PM EDT reply actions
Shohei Sekiguchi
Is a 21 year old 6’6" Japanese LH that the braves signed before the Japanese pro teams could get to him. Same with his teammate,Yoshinori Yamarin
Thanks!
Old for the league, then, but he sounds intriguing. 6’6" lefties don’t grow on trees. I’m curious to see how he does the rest of the year and if they move him up at some point.
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by Jacob Peterson on Jul 10, 2010 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Willie Cabrera
here is a smallish, righty hitting corner outfielder (5’11" 185) who has proven that he can produce offensively in 181 AA games, although it seems he mostly has gap power and probably couldn’t be expected to ever hit more than 10-15 HR per season. he will be 24 years old in a few weeks.
has he moved up to legit ML prospect status and if so, don’t the Braves have to promote him to AAA for the 2d half? also, he’s mostly played LF – how good is he defensively?
He’s a solid defender, not spectacular, but good. He’s not overly fast and has a very average arm, but he makes all the right plays. I’ve seen him play all 3 OF spots and he definitely fits best in LF.
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What's the reason again Craig Kimbrel isn't in the majors?
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because apparently closer's aren't worth much...
if I was a big league GM, I’d have been willing to offer a lot more than Jesse Chavez for him. Maybe not in terms of major league talent considering what I thought about his health, but I’d have given a good low level arm for him. The guy can damn sure pitch, especially in a contract year.
I think you nailed it, contract year. That’s become my impression of Soriano, he’s about the money and is only going to pitch well when that’s on the line.
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I don't buy it
Soriano’s ranged from quite good to excellent in multiple non-contract years.
Sounds like sour grapes to me. Wren didn’t want to let Soriano’s 2010 salary linger on the team, so he accepted the first decent deal offered by a team not in direct competition with the Braves. And, in my opinion, it wasn’t a terrible deal (despite the fact that I was somewhat a fan of Soriano); I still think the Braves will end up deriving some middle-relief value from Chavez.
by jpx7 on Jul 11, 2010 12:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
total agreement. From what I’ve seen and observed, Soriano is bad ass and competes each and ever time he walks onto the field; and Chavez has got good stuff and needs to fine tune his command.
Bobby Cox likes Chavez and his stuff, which is the reason he’s been on the team all year. He’s periodically (including recently) looked pretty damn impressive to me.
+1
Chavez has been terrible but he isn’t used that often so I can see why they don’t want Kimbrel just sitting in the BP.
Can we say sample size?!?!
He started out the season pitching well also so until he’s more consistent I’m still putting the terrible label on him.
Didn’t we once say the same type of things about both Gonzo and Soriano?
This guy wants to suck all the cubs dick can he not have an unbias some what partition reguards
by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Jul 11, 2010 8:32 AM EDT up reply actions
That they were terrible based on just a month or two of work.
This guy wants to suck all the cubs dick can he not have an unbias some what partition reguards
by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Jul 11, 2010 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions
There were some ridiculous assertions based on two consecutive rough outings that “This guy is worthless,” while they would still have good overall numbers. People would slap their heads and complain if Soriano came in and gave up a seeing-eye-single before getting three strikeouts. That’s completely different from Jesse Chavez, who had a full season under his belt of being nothing special last year, and has not been impressive at all this year.
to say he hasn’t been impressive at all isn’t truly accurate in my opinion. He has had several outings this season where he has gone more than an inning (or two) and has been very impressive. Maybe we aren’t using him correctly? I would say he does have an impressive arm but he has been hurt by the home run ball but he was better in June and has seen his ERA decrease 2.5 runs since May 15
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