Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 8/7
by yondaime4 on Aug 8, 2010 12:07 AM EDT
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PrintGwinnett 11, Lehigh Valley 7
- M. Young 2-4 2B, .293 Avg
- F. Freeman 4-5 2 2B, 3 RBI, .305 Avg
- W. Ramirez 2-5 2B, HR(6), 2 RBI, K, .219 Avg
- B. Hicks 2-4 2B, HR(6), 2K, .216 Avg
- K. Kawakami 2.2IP 5H 1R 1BB 1K 3.38 ERA
I think I am about ready to hop on the Free Freddie Freeman bandwagon. His OPS is over 1.000 since the all star break and he has 9 hits in his last 3 games. The dude is destroying baseballs and really exceeding all expectations I had for him this season. Wilkin Ramirez also had a solid game tonight though I'm not sure I have much faith in his plate discipline going forward. Kenshin Kawakami's attempt to showcase stretch himself out was so-so and I wouldn't be surprised if he is gone in two weeks.
Mississippi 3, Birmingham 5
- A. Richardson 2-4 K, .302 Avg
- T. Pastornicky 1-4 2B, RBI, K, .217 Avg
- E. Duncan 1-4 HR(7), 2 RBI, K, .280 Avg
- J. Teheran 6IP 3H 0R 1BB 7K 2.76 ERA
Julio Teheran appears to have made the adjustment to the Southern League. Unfortunately for Julio's win column, Yeliar Castro is going to need more than 2 games as he gave up 5 runs in less than an inning of work in relief of Teheran. If any of you are keeping track Cody Johnson has 1 hit since returning to Mississippi after his stint on the DL. That is 1 hit in 26 AB with 17 K.
Potomac 1, Myrtle Beach 6 - Game 1
- My. Jones 1-4 2B, RBI, K, .272 Avg
- C. Harrilchak 2-3 3B, RBI, .290 Avg
- G. Rodriguez 2-2 2 RBI, BB, .243 Avg
- Z. Spruill 7IP 5H 1R 0BB 5K 4.67 ERA
Zeke Spruill made his longest outing of the season his best one as he continues to show the polish that got us so excited last season. He has allowed just 3 walks in his 34+ innings of work to go along with 23K. The K rate isn't quite what I like but that command is pretty nice and his ability to go deep in tonight's game is an excellent sign. Gerry Rodriguez stays hot as he has collected 7 hits in his last 4 games.
Potomac 4, Myrtle Beach 3
- L. Sumoza 1-1 2B, 2 BB, .225 Avg
- C. Rasmus 5IP 5H 1R 3BB 2K 2.81 ERA
Cory Rasmus continues to impress though his K rate is (unsurprisingly) down from his time in Rome. He is probably the biggest surprise of the season for me considering I expected very little from a guy that had missed nearly two seasons resulting from injuries. He is another nice addition to our fantastic pitching depth.
Rome 6, Greenville 12
- P. Gosselin 2-5 RBI, .313 Avg
- C. Bethancourt 3-4 2B, RBI, CS(1), .260 Avg
- E. Salcedo 1-4 HR(1), 2 RBI, K, .208 Avg
Brett DeVall laid an egg tonight allowing 10 earned runs in 6 innings of work. He allowed 13 hits 6 of which went for extra bases. Edward Salcedo did get his first HR in Rome and continues to flash some XBH hit power even when he isn't making solid contact. Christian Bethancourt is hitting .321 so far in August and has three 3-hit games in his last 6. He also has three no-hit games during that span, but let's not focus on that.
Danville 2, Kingsport 6
- J. Dalfonso 2-4 RBI, .372 Avg
- E. Gattis 1-4 2B,.326 Avg
- D, Filak 6IP 6H 2R 1BB 5K 2.50 ERA
David Filak pitched well in this game but Matt Suschak didn't and it was all the difference in the score. Evan Gattis continues to rake the ball and probably should be promoted, but as we discussed yesterday, there is a bit of a logjam with catchers in the lower minors. Jakob Dalfonso is currently on a 14 game hitting streak that has seen him raise his average about 90 points. He hasn't flashed a ton of power during that span, but he isn't striking out much and he is still just 20 years old. He might be a guy to keep an eye on.
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Free Freddie
What in the world is going on with the top brass management…It is time to bring Freddie up. The kid is awesome..We love Freddie Freeman and it is time for Atlanta to embrace the first baseman of the future. FREDDIE FREEMAN TIME
by FreddieFreemanTime on Aug 8, 2010 12:22 AM EDT reply actions
he still has some development to do. Can’t blame the top guys for waiting.
by Braves Biceps on Aug 8, 2010 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions
What hit 310 and do three cart wheels down the first base line
by FreddieFreemanTime on Aug 8, 2010 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions
scouting reports say something like: (not direct quote) “he needs to learn to lay off pitches that are down and away, sometimes struggles with inside pitches.”
He is still developing patience at the plate.
by Braves Biceps on Aug 8, 2010 1:44 AM EDT up reply actions
You can apply that scouting report to just about any rookie. He has to learn at the ML level at some point.
That report holds for more than just rookies...
I’d bet 15 years in, Andruw Jones still has his first line “won’t lay off pitches down and away”.
Salcedo
Man this kid is much bigger than i thought, do you think eventually he will be a 3B?
Possibly, but I don’t think it will happen until after he’s been in the Majors a few years. Guys who can play SS decently, and aren’t very thick, which he isn’t, tend to stay there as long as possible.
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Wow, our pitching is going to be STACKED
Teheran, Delgado, Spruill, Rasmus, and several others as well
I REALLY want to see some Freddie Freeman come September or maybe even sooner.
At the very least we could platoon him with Hinske
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by TurnerTheBurner on Aug 8, 2010 12:54 AM EDT reply actions
It would be rather difficult
to platoon 2 left handed hitters lol
by K.Brown on Aug 8, 2010 1:14 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
its awesome to see jake dalfonso playing good baseball.
He played at Middle Georgia College which is located in my hometown. I actually took hitting lessons from one of his coaches and i was around Jake some and he is a really cool guy and was one hell of a shortstop at MGC. Although i think he is playing 3rd now
by K.Brown on Aug 8, 2010 1:13 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
First base production needed
Correct me if I’m wrong but I believe they said prior to Hinske’s HR Friday night, we have only had 3 RBIs from 1st base since the all-star break. Troy had a big 2-out, 2 RBI single tonight (which would run the count up to 6 by my count) but we have to have production at 1st base if we plan on winning this division. I would normally be against calling Freeman up, but I say give him the nod if Glaus continues to struggle.
Freemans track record
It seems like he takes a month+ to adjust at every new level. I dont think he would immediately be an upgrade over what we have. I still say keep him in AAA.
This
If he follows his trend of taking time to warm up to a level how would he help us in late August/September? Let him get comfortable raking in AAA, then take him to the Arizona fall league to continue against some (potentially) better competition and give him Spring Training to get it all together.
"Give him the heater Ricky."
Well, I don’t know that there’s enough evidence to declare a trend, necessarily. But, without question, he has been an extremely hot hitter over his last 50 or so games. To me, its equally or more reasonable to assume he would continue to hit well if promoted to the ML team.
That could be true. I just think that he has warmed up to the type of pitchers that he’s playing against. He may have a few good games immediately but once the game planning starts to pile up I think he’ll struggle (obviously) until he makes his adjustment.
He’s hot for sure, I’m not against him coming up and playing but I believe he’ll get stuck on the bench like all the other call ups (which would hurt his development).
"Give him the heater Ricky."
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Hate to admit it, but
Stick a fork in CoJo guys…he’s way done
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Not "done"
But it’s time to drop down to the bottom of your top 30 prospects lists, if not off of them entirely. He’s got crazy power but he just can’t make contact enough to utilize it. I’m not very hopeful about his big league prospects with the predictably tough time he’s having at AA
The one benefit for him is that we can afford to be patient. There aren’t a ton of outfielders in our system pushing him for playing time right now, so we can wait and see if he figures something out next year. I’m not too optimistic, but I don’t think the Braves are close to simply jettisoning him.
With the reports on him not wanting to make much adjustments...
I hope his current lack of success convinces him he needs to fix his problem one way or another. I doubt his power ever goes away, so even an adapted swing won’t be weak. If it could just make more contact, that’s what he’s missing.
21…and injured…
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We are getting spoiled with all these awesome 19 and 20 year olds.
21 = over the hill and washed up ha ha.
"Give him the heater Ricky."
Seriously. The Braves’ drafting philosophy creates some interesting stuff. I was watching the Orioles Low A team the other day, in the same league as Rome, and they had 4 or 5 guys on the team who are 25, and none who are younger than 20.
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No
Hes not done. Hes 21 and has been injured for the most of the season. And he is in AA. He has serious power but he still has a contact problem that he needs to work on. He has time on his side and can still work on his holes in his game. Think about this. He could play 3 years in AA and 1 year in AAA and then come up to the majors at the age of 25.
by Braves24 on Aug 8, 2010 9:35 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Cody Johnson 1-26 w/ 17Ks?
That’s horrific. If you sent no one to the plate, and just let the pitcher throw to the catcher. You’d probably get better numbers. That’s rough. I hope he can improve before the seasons over. Looooong offseason for him if he goes out like that.
Braves Win! Braves Win!
by Frozen Fan on Aug 8, 2010 2:43 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I really hope this is the turning point and he finally accepts instruction instead of just swinging hard in hopes of the ball making contact with the bat. Even if he were to learn Matt Diaz’s plate discipline he could be a very valuable bat.
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by heapofoatmeal on Aug 8, 2010 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions
FREE FREDDIE FREEMAN!
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by JasonHeywardisGod on Aug 8, 2010 5:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Cory Harrilchak
I’m wondering if the organization shouldn’t bump him up another level, to Mississippi, real soon. He’’s 22 yr old, was great in 60 G in Danville last year and is putting together an 2d very impressive season. He’s clearly a very solid hitter – his combined stats for Rome (60 G) amd MB (47) include 24 2B, 7 3B, 2 HR and .297 /.365 /.404 /.769 – and apparently has the range and instincts to play CF and the arm to play RF. Given how thin we are in legit OF prospects, seems like he should be on the rocket docket.
Julio Teheran
Also wondering if the organization shouldn’t shut him down. He’s 19 and a half and listed at a wispy 150 lbs. Had 81.1 innings in ’09 and is now, after last night, is up to 119 this season. Looks like the M-Braves have 27 G left on the schedule, which would be 5 more starts if he is stays in the rotation and takes his regular starts, which would be at least another 30 or so innings.
He's on a pitch count now
Last night he only had 70 something pitches and was taken out after he was completely dominating.
I understand that, but there’s also the “rule” about not over-taxing young arms by increasing the work load too much on a year-to-year basis.
There is a counterpoint to the workload argument is that not all innings are equal. If he pitched 6ip and threw 70 something pitches then he never got into a jam. Its not 1-2-3 innings in which a pitcher throws 12 pitches that taxes an arm. Injuries come from overexertion, lots of times its the 30 pitch inning with a walk, a long at bat with lots of fouls and coughing up a couple of runs that leads to overexertion and injury.
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by heapofoatmeal on Aug 8, 2010 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions
What's too much?
He had not really pitched much since he signed and last year he pitched a little over 80 innings. So some where around 120-140 innings wouldn’t be taxing.
JT looks like he has adjusted to the league and dominated. I think I might have been wrong about FF. I thought he would need 2 years at AAA before coming up to the majors. It took him some time to adjust but he is now tearing up the pitching. If he does anything close like this next year in the majors, I will be extremely happy.
by Braves24 on Aug 8, 2010 9:44 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I not sure but he I’ve read that he hasn’t been using his changeup as much even though that’s his best pitch. But I guess he doesn’t need to when nobody can catch up to his fastball and curve.
by Braves24 on Aug 8, 2010 10:18 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
If thats true.
Life will just be unfair for all hitters going against him.
"Give him the heater Ricky."
Delgado vs Vizcaino
Who will be ready first?
Do you mean Randall or Dimasther?
Cause Randall is both healthy, older, and already at a higher level.
well
i don’t see both of them staying in the organization (i’m thinking trade for an OF this off season (and I’m looking squarely at Ellsbury)) but Vizcaino’s pure stuff is supposed to be better, but it’s very very close.
by apoxonbothyourhouses on Aug 9, 2010 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
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