Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 8/20
by yondaime4 on Aug 20, 2010 11:56 PM EDT
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PrintGwinnett 3, Charlotte 4
- L. Bolivar 2-4 3B, .229 Avg
- F. Freeman 2-3 2B, 2 RBI, .310 Avg
- S. Diamond 6.1IP 3H 3R 0BB 2K 2.37 ERA
Scott Diamond continues to succeed at every stop he makes. He just locates his fastball down in the zone and gets groundballs. Only one of the runs he surrendered tonight was earned and he actually had a perfect game going until the first batter of the 6th inning. Freddie Freeman collect his first XBH in nearly a week and also didn't strike out for the first time since August 13.
Mississippi 7, Tennessee 4
- M. Gomez 3-5 2B, HR(15), 2 RBI, K .280 Avg
- Y. Gomez 2-4 2 RBI, .347 Avg
- E. Cordier 6IP 6H 4R 2BB 5K 3.89 ERA
Eric Cordier earned his 10th win of the season with some offensive backing from his elderly teammates. Mauro Gomez has 4 HR in his last 7 games to go along with an OPS over 1.000 in August. Yasser Gomez, the Braves Cuban import, is currently on a 10 game hitting streak though he has just one walk and 0 XBH during that span. In fact, despite his .347 average he has just ONE XBH hit all season, a double, giving him a .353 SLG. He is taking his share of walks though and has posted a nice .438 OBP. I guess we should be thankful for the little things.
Kinston 6, Myrtle Beach 4
- My. Jones 1-5 2B, K, .275 Avg
- C. Johnson 1-1 HR(3), 3 BB, CS(2), .314 Avg
- M. Kennelly 2-4 2B, RBI, .223 Avg
- C. Rasmus 5.2IP 3H 0R 1BB 6K 3.04 ERA
Cory Rasmus has been pretty good all season long at Rome and Myrtle Beach though his components have suffered a little since his promotion. Still, tonight was his best performance with the Pelicans and he has reasserted himself as a prospect. Cody Johnson had a very impressive game flashing some of the patience that he showed last season that hasn't shown up this season.
Rome 0, Charleston 11
- C. Bethancourt 1-2 SB(3), .251 Avg
There was just nothing good in this game. A few plays made their full season debuts in this game but none of them debuted well. Aaron Northcraft was the starting pitcher for the Braves and he allowed 6 runs in under 4 innings of work. Tyler Stovall finally made it about a rookie league and allowed 4 runs in an inning of work. The offense collected just 3 hits on the day and catcher/1B Osman Marval pitched a scoreless inning.
Greeneville 13, Danville 5 - Game 1
- E. Reyes 1-3 3B, .302 Avg
- B. Kleinknecht 2-3 .313 Avg
- J. Mowry 2-4 3B, 2 RBI, .230 Avg
- K. Wiley 3-4 2 2B, 2 RBI, CS(1), .321 Avg
Danville had a similar situation to Rome but they actually got a little offense. Elmer Reyes continues to impress with 8 XBH in his last 6 games. His OPS in August is 1.073 even with him not taking many walks yet. Barrett Kleinknecht continues to get hits but shows a similar profile to a lot of our other 2010 draftees: lots of contact with little power.
Greenville 1, Danville 0 - Game 2
- E. Gattis 1-3 K, .309 Avg
Danville mustered just the one hit in this game and just 2 other hitters reached base. Not a good day at all for the Danville Braves.
GCL Braves 1, GCL Blue Jays 6
- M. Lipka 0-4 K, SB(19), .298 Avg
- V. Cadette 2-4 K, .213 Avg
Matt Lipka's average is now below .300 for the season and he is hitting just .264 in August. My guess he is probably just wearing down a little bit after a long summer.
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Instead of 1 for every 2.1 ABs in MS, he's only averaging 1 in every 3.5...
His body language up in Potomac was pretty bad last weekend, seemed pretty irritated to be down in high-A, but he’s had a decent week since.
Actually, it’s been quite the contrary. He’s been so relieved to be out of Mississippi and that environment there. He just wasn’t comfortable in MS at all, but now that he’s down in Myrtle, he knows there are things to work on, and he’s continuing to improve. He’s reached base in all ten games he’s been here with an OPS of over 1.000.
And remember, he’s just 21. Still plenty of time for Cody.
IMO
Elmer Reyes has been the most impressive hitter on our Rookie League teams, especially when taking age into account.
Strasbrug@KKEndrick=Nats gotto win.
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-Ichiro
Matt Young
Matt Young went 1-3 with a walk and a run scored. He has had a really good season. Is there any chance they call him up when the rosters expand? To me, Young would be great for late inning pinch running duties if nothing else. I also think he has outplayed some of the players who are on the 40 man roster.
I doubt it
You add someone new to the ML roster and you have to pay them the MLB minimum salary for the rest of the season and we’re clearly pinching pennies as it is, and we’re already going to be adding Nate in the OF.
I doubt we add anyone who isn’t already under a ML contract, other than Sammons or Boscan to provide a 3rd Catcher.
Wilkin Ramirez
For some reason, Wilkin Ramirez is on the 40 man roster and Matt Young isn’t. I don’t know how anyone can make the argument that Wilkin Ramirez is a better ballplayer than Matt Young.
And what does that matter?
Ramirez is on our roster for a very obvious reason; which is that he was once a well thought of prospect that we’re clearing hoping can get back to that form next season with help from our staff. He was already on the Tiger’s 40 man when we traded for him, if we took him off ours we’d have to risk losing him on waivers.
We’ve had no pressing reason to add Young to our 40 man as of yet, and keeping Young off the roster gives us more roster flexibility now and in the future.
Current 40 man...
http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/team/roster_40man.jsp?c_id=atl
My count is 39. Obviously, a 3rd C to help rest McCann and Ross a little down the stretch, makes the most since to fill one. Is it too late to put Chipper on the 60 day DL and open another spot?
Of the 39 not up now, I’d expect Glaus, McLouth, Hicks, and then either Sammons or Boscan as 3rd C among position players. For pitchers, Kawakami, Dunn, Kimbrel, and maybe Marek, possibly Ortegano or Hyde for one more lefty.
by Mr. Sanchez on Aug 21, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
“the most since”sense for the one remaining spot.
And of course, Chipper can go on the 60 day if they want to add Freeman, Young, Timmons, Proctor, Diamond, or some other arm.
by Mr. Sanchez on Aug 21, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Any chance Mauro Gomez could play Left?
I’d like to see his bat there… I don’t know if he could work there but he seems to be pretty good! There are too many kids in our minors you just have to be excited about!
by UpstateNyBravesFan on Aug 21, 2010 10:48 AM EDT reply actions
He’s 26 in a few weeks, so ain’t much of a kid, and has been at 1B in 365 minor league games, 71 at 3B, 6 at DH, so probably could not play LF.
After 6 seasons in the low minors, he has done very well – mostly batting cleanup – at Mississippi – 45 XBH in 435 AB with a slash line of .280 /.353 /.480.
So another words there is not much chance of that then…
by UpstateNyBravesFan on Aug 21, 2010 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Fangraphs on the draft (kind of makes you wish we got Sabol or Alvord)....
ATLANTA BRAVES
Number of Top 10 Picks Signed: 10.
Highest Bonus Awarded: Matt Lipka, Texas HS, ss, 35th overall.
College/HS Breakdown of Top 10 Signees: 6 college, 2 HS, 2 JC.
Pitcher/Hitter Breakdown: 2/8.
Thoughts: The Braves got everyone inked and in uniform quickly, so rather than list the notable performances so far, I figured it would be easier to make this section longer, and integrate the performances in the post. Drafting without a first round pick this year, the Braves did have a supplemental first and an extra second round pick. The team chose a signable player at every turn, and was among the draft’s smallest spenders in all of MLB. It’s all pretty unexciting stuff, but these are the Braves, and you just figure their scouting department has to know something that we don’t. They always seem to.
This year, it appears the onus was getting hitters in the system that make consistent contact with the baseball. To wit, first round pick has a 11.3 K% in the complex league (.378 wOBA), Todd Cunningham is at 12.5% in the Sally League (.346 wOBA), and Andrelton Simmons at 6.2% in the Appy League (.301 wOBA). This trend continues on, and it’s consistent through all the left-side infielders this team drafted in the top ten rounds. The Braves also drafted small school pitcher Dave Filak, who has a 2.97 FIP in 22 Appy League innings. Atlanta’s draft isn’t the most diverse in talent sets, but they don’t seem worried about it. This seems like a team simply hoping that out of quantity comes quality.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/2010-draft-review-nl-east/
Thanks for the info. I had figured the Braves were at the bottom of spending in this year’s draft. It’s very disappointing to hear. Besides Lipka, there’s isn’t much upside in this draft. Alot of college hitters that aren’t really exciting. I still haven’t figured out what Wren’s philosophy is. At the end of the day, the Braves are a mid market team and Wren needs to budget better than he has.
When some teams are spending 6 million on their first pick and other teams have 7 picks in the top 100 (Toronto), what else would you expect than for them to be near the bottom?
If you need to mentally justify it, add 7 million dollars to the Braves’ total. That’s what they’re paying Billy Wagner, who they signed instead of a first round pick, and he’s providing immediate help to the Major League team. Considering that in the history of the draft 33% of first round picks have never made it to the Major Leagues, and of the remaining 67% only 40% of them get significant playing time in the Majors (1000 at bats, 500 innings), I’d say the Braves spent their draft money fantastically this year.
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I don’t agree. For a team like the Braves to be successful long term, they need plenty of cheap young players coming through their system on a continuous basis. The free agent market is the most inefficient way of building a team unless you’re the Yanks and have tons of money.
Most of their picks were 21 year old college hitters who look like they’ll end up as nothing more than organizational filler and if the Braves are lucky, 4th outfielders-utility guys. I can see their reasoning behind that in that they were all signable picks until they picked 2 high school hitters (17th and 18th?) which they chose not to sign. I think that’s a pretty shitty philosophy and is a break from when they drafted alot of high school arms.
And still, the Braves have one of the best and deepest farm systems in baseball. Despite all these things you’re pointing out, which may or not be valid.
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For a team like the Braves to be successful long term, they need plenty of cheap young players coming through their system on a continuous basis
Chipper Jones
Steve Avery
Kevin Millwood
Javy Lopez
Andruw Jones
Adam Laroche
Rafael Furcal
Yunel Escobar
Brian McCann
Martin Prado
Jonny Venters
Tommy Hanson
Kris Medlen
Mike Minor
Jason Heyward
Freddie Freeman
Alrodis Vizcaino
Julio Tehran
Craig Kimbrel
Randal Delgado
I’d say the Braves have had plenty of young talent coming through the organization on a continuous basis, and the drafting/signing of Mike Minor just last season should be enough to make everyone shut up about how sucky the Braves’ drafts seem to be and realize that this team has some of the best professional scouts in the business.
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 Aug 23, 2010 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Dollar for dollar...
I’d say a good scout is worth so much more than a good free agent, and don’t understand why teams don’t invest more in that area since it can pay such huge dividends when done properly.
David Filak has pitched 22 innings, has 24 k’s 10 BB’s 13 hits and given up 5 runs… I hope this is just the beging!
by UpstateNyBravesFan on Aug 21, 2010 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I had a dream last night that Wes Timmons got called up.
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Aug 21, 2010 1:58 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Question re: Cody Johnson
When is Cody Johnson rule 5 eligible? The rule is that for players signed 18 or younger, it’s 5 years in the organization. He was drafted and signed in 2006, but I think you need a certain amount of service time in order for it to count as a full year of service time. He only played 32 games for the GCL Braves in 2006, so I’m not sure if that counts.
It’s certainly not relevant this year, since there shouldn’t be anyone who thinks he can contribute on their 25 man roster next year. But after next season, the Braves will probably be forced to make some kind of decision on him, whether he belongs on the 40 man roster or not.
This is the year . . .
The Braves will have to make a decision this off season. Personally, I think a lot of people will be very surprised. There is so much more to Cody Johnson than fans can see. Kind of like fine wine – it gets better with some aging.
I think he’s got plenty of future left. That being said, I’m sure they don’t protect him on the 40 man and I’m sure nobody picks him. There’s no way any team could justify using him on a Major League roster for a whole season next year.
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Don't count out the unimaginative Dayton Moore...
He’s always ready for the opportunity to take a Braves cast-off.
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