4/7 Minors Thread: Opening Day everywhere

[rico43]

Games of Thursday, April 7

CLASS AAA

Gwinnett 2, Norfolk 0

M.Smith CF 2-5, 2 R, 2B, 3B
Castro SS 1-4, RBI, SAC
Brignac 2B 1-3, RBI
Moore DH 0-5
Tuiasosopo LF 1-4, BB
Lalli 1B 1-4, 2B
Lavarnway C 1-4, 2B
Ruiz 3B 0-4
d'Arnaud RF 1-3, BB

WP: Chacin 7.2 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K
Withrow 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Cunniff 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K
Peterson (Save) 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

CLASS AA

Pensacola 3, Mississippi 1
(:37 delay)

Lien CF 0-1, BB, SB
Lara RF 1-3, RBI
Albies SS 0-4
D Peterson LF 1-4, 2B
Schrader 1B 1-3, BB
Franco 3B 1-3
Lipka RF-CF 1-3, BB, pickoff
Astudillo C 0-3
Camargo SS 0-3, SB, R, BB
Sims RHP 1-2
Hyams PH 0-1
Landoni PH 0-1

LP: Sims 5 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 9 K, HBP
Wright 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Hursh 1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
Cervenka 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
Janas 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

ADVANCED CLASS A

Salem 13, Carolina 4

Godfrey DH 2-4, 2 R, 3B, HR, 2 RBI
Obregon 2B 0-4, R, RBI, SB
Swanson SS 2-4, 2B, RBI, E
Edgerton 3B 0-4
Davidson RF 0-4, E
Meneses 1B 1-3, BB
Curcio CF 2-4, E
Odom C 0-4
Daris LF 1-4, R, 2B

LP: Enderson Franco 2 IP, 12 H, 9 ER, 0 BB, 1 K.
Parsons 2.1 IP, 5 H, 1 ER(2R), 2 BB, 3 K
Salazar 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R0, BB, 0 K.
Navarro 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER(2R), 1 BB, 1 K
Quintana 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

CLASS A

Rome 10, Augusta 1
7-run 3rd inning

Acuna CF 2-5, R, 2 RBI, SB
Morales DH 2-5, R, RBI
Riley 3B 3-5, 2B, R, RBI
Tellor 1B 1-5, R
Ellison LF 2-3, R, RBI, BB
Gaylor LF 0-0, BB
Herbert C 1-4, R, RBI, SF
Dykstra 2B 0-5, R, RBI
Didder RF 2-4, 3B, 2 R, 2 RBI
Salazar SS 1-4, RBI

SP: Soroka 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K.
WP: Geekie (1-0) 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K.
Beech 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
Matos 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K

[rico43]

Sims named Misissipppi starter.

[Tapate50]

Man, great to have this back! Thanks in advance Rico!

[CJ9]

Soroka going for Rome.

[Oklahomabrave]

Rome is stacked.

[smootness]

Rome is stacked.

Yes, they are. Once Allard shows up, unless Fried or Toussaint is promoted by then, they will have a rotation that has 4 1st round picks and Ricardo Sanchez.

[cajunrevenge]

Wow, I thought it was a few more weeks until the minors started. Probably going to watch minor league games this year instead of major league games.

[msstate7]

Wow, I thought it was a few more weeks until the minors started. Probably going to watch minor league games this year instead of major league games.

Giving up so early? We're gonna get it turned around starting tonight as Norris kicks off his cy young campaign.

[clvclv]

Rome in Asheville for 4 next Thursday-Sunday. Good chance I'll get to see at least 3 of the big arms early. Sweet!!!

[Hudson2]

The minor league threads will blow up this year I'm sure. We have a ton to look forward too.

[cajunrevenge]

Giving up so early? We're gonna get it turned around starting tonight as Norris kicks off his cy young campaign.

Whatever your smoking, i want some.

[CrimsonCowboy]

Baseball America: Braves Have A Good Problem At Shortstop

http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/braves-must-solve-their-shortstop-dilemma-eventually/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5705e95204d3012c97636b07&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook#v5rBVa6qqXyBx7PH.97

[jimsnores]

Giving up so early? We're gonna get it turned around starting tonight as Norris kicks off his cy young campaign.

Not happening. AJ thinks that since he's an old codger in there for "veteran leadership", he needs to personally lead the team to the #1 slot in the 2017 draft. If some of the other guys want to play well for a portion of the game, he's okay with that, but he'll take things into his own hands if necessary. Or more specifically, he'll make sure the ball doesn't go into his hands, if that's what it takes.

[rico43]

Whatever your smoking, i want some.

Norris was terrific. Awful early in the season to begin eating your words,isn't it?

[bravesfanMatt]

MS Braves Opening day lineup
CF C Lien
SS O Albies
LF D Peterson
1B J Schrader
3B C Franco
RF M Lipka
C W Astudillo
2B J Camargo
SP L Sims

[zbhargrove]

Whatever your smoking, i want some.

Norris has always been a solid pitcher when healthy... he wasn't healthy last year and he is now... not to mention he's still not that old.

[rico43]

With Chacin one and done at Gwinnett tonight, here is the G-Braves rotation moving forward:

4/8: Fotynewicz at Norfolk
4/9: Blair at Norfolk (vs. Todd Redmond)
4/10: Jenkins at Norfolk
4/11: Casey Kelly at Durham

Here is Carolina roatation:

4/8: Ryan Lawlor
4/9: Max Povse
4/10: Ryan Clark

Mississippi rotation moving ahead:

4/8: Ellis
4/9: Newcomb
4/10: Whalen
4/11: Barker

Rome rotation moving forward:

4/8: Weigel
4/9: Fried
4/10: Sanchez
4/11: Tooussaint

[bravesfanMatt]

MS Braves Opening day lineup
CF C Lien
SS O Albies
LF D Peterson
1B J Schrader
3B C Franco
RF M Lipka
C W Astudillo
2B J Camargo
SP L Sims


Mudcats starters

DH Sean Godfrey
2B Omar AObregon
SS Dansby Swanson
3B Jordan Edgerton
RF Braxton Davidson
1B Joey Meneses
CF Keith Curcio
C Joseph Odom
LF Joseph Daris

P Enderson Franco

[50PoundHead]

With Chacin one and done at Gwinnett tonight, here is the G-Braves rotation moving forward:

4/8: Fotynewicz at Norfolk
4/9: Blair at Norfolk (vs. Todd Redmond)
4/10: Jenkins at Norfolk
4/11: Casey Kelly at Durham

Here is Mississippi roatation:

4/8: Ryan Lawlor
4/9: Max Povse
4/10: Ryan Clark

Rome rotation moving forward:

4/8: Weigel
4/9: Fried
4/10: Sanchez
4/11: Tooussaint

Mississippi or Carolina?

[bravesfanMatt]

AAA Gwinnett

CF Mallex Smith
SS Daniel Castro
2B Reid Brignac
DH Tyler Moore
LF Matt Tuiasosopo
1B Blake Lalli
C Ryan Lavarnway
3B Rio Ruiz
RF Chase d'Arnaud

P Jhoulys Chacin

[dak]

AAA Gwinnett

CF Mallex Smith
SS Daniel Castro
2B Reid Brignac
DH Tyler Moore
LF Matt Tuiasosopo
1B Blake Lalli
C Ryan Lavarnway
3B Rio Ruiz
RF Chase d'Arnaud

P Jhoulys Chacin

Ruiz batting 8th seems a little odd. Maybe they're trying to send him a message.

[Julio3000]

Riley 2-2 with a 2B for Rome.

[CJ9]

Riley 2-2 with a 2B for Rome.

The double was just a ground ball up the third base line. He smoked the single though, Acuna scored easily from second.

I'm blown away by Soroka. He looks really, really good.

[nsacpi]

The double was just a ground ball up the third base line. He smoked the single though, Acuna scored easily from second.

I'm blown away by Soroka. He looks really, really good.

Crazy that Soroka has been so overlooked

[CrimsonCowboy]

Checking the box scores, Rome is off to a great start tonight.

[Braves1976]

Sims walked first batter in Mississippi, hit second batter on an 0-2 pitch, then struck out the next batter on three pitches and struck out the side in short order.

[Braves1976]

Mallex Smith is 1-3 with a triple so far, scored only run in a 1-0 game through six innings. Chacin having a strong debut for G-Braves before joining rotation in Atlanta.

[CJ9]

Final line for Soroka: 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER/R, 1 BB, 7 K.

[Hudson2]

I'm gonna see alot of Mississippi's games this year and I'll video several of Albies at bats and Sims and Newcomb pitching for yall.

[Braves1976]

Swanson singled his first AB for Carolina tonight and is now 1-3 in a game Carolina is losing big, 11-3. Albies just lined out his first AB for Mississippi.

[Braves1976]

Checking the box scores, Rome is off to a great start tonight.

Top three in their line up is Acuna, Morales and Riley and they all three have milti-hit games. So does Ellison and Didder too. Acuna also stole a base.

[Braves1976]

Chacin went almost a full 8 innings, 7.2 scoreless for G-Braves tonight. Swanson just got his first extra base hit for Carolina, an RBI double making him 2-4 in a losing effort for Carolina. Albies is 0-2 so far in Mississippi (line out to CF, ground out). Mallex Smith just doubled to leadoff 9th for G-Braves giving them a shot at adding an insurance run. Smith has a triple and double tonight and scored the only run so far (make that 2 runs scored for Mallex as it's now 2-0 G-Braves in 9th).

Also, for any interested in Astudillo like me, he lined out his only AB and threw out a runner trying to steal second so far.

[UNCBlue012]

This minor league season is going to be so awesome. Sims has looked way better from what I was able to see. His fastball looks crisp.

[ball4life32]

Rome Braves win 10-1.
CF Ronald Acuna 2-5 2RBI SB
DH Jonathan Morales 2-5 RBI
3B Austin Riley 3-5 2B RBI
C Lucas Herbert 1-4 RBI
LF Justin Ellison 2-3

Mike Soroka 4 IP, 4H, 1R, 1BB, 7K

[Orphan Black]

Sims has 9Ks thru 5

[bravesfanMatt]

Sims has 9Ks thru 5

WOW!! hopefully they can push a couple across and win it for him

[Orphan Black]

WOW!! hopefully they can push a couple across and win it for him

he just got a base hit too

[jsebe10]

I'm curious...

Why is Swanson in A Ball with Carolina right now? Doesn't he certainly seem ahead of his development??

[Orphan Black]

I'm curious...

Why is Swanson in A Ball with Carolina right now? Doesn't he certainly seem ahead of his development??

They seem to be avoiding the who plays short question between him and Albies.

[jsebe10]

They seem to be avoiding the who plays short question between him and Albies.

I mean that's understandable, but I was thinking more towards Mississippi.

[Hudson2]

I figured Swanson would be in Mississippi and Albies would be in Carolina.

[rico43]

I'm curious...

Why is Swanson in A Ball with Carolina right now? Doesn't he certainly seem ahead of his development??

Development? He has played in exactly 22 pro games before the start of this season.

[rico43]

I figured Simmons would be in Mississippi and Albies would be in Carolina.

There's a Freudian slip for you!

[striker42]

Sims could surprise a lot of people this year.

[Orphan Black]

Hursh looks pretty bad...don't think he'll ever be anything good. He doesn't appear to have any plus pitches. Not sure how he got drafted in the first round.

[Hudson2]

There's a Freudian slip for you!

Hahaha good catch! *Swanson

[KB21]

Hursh looks pretty bad...don't think he'll ever be anything good. He doesn't appear to have any plus pitches. Not sure how he got drafted in the first round.

Tony DeMacio and Jeff Wrenn

[cajunrevenge]

Only watched the first inning on Rome so far. Soroka's breaking ball is ridiculous. Ump is giving him the outside corner so not surprised he struck out 7. The hit he gave up in the first was bull****. Ellison made a turrible diving attempt that I think a lot of left fielders not the size of Ryan Klesko catch standing up. Only saw 1 swing from Acuna but first impression I like his swing. Definitely not a slap hitter.

[Hudson2]

We could have possible double digit prospects in the top 100 come midseason.

[50PoundHead]

Some really nice performances. I'm hoping Dustin Peterson can have a good season in Mississippi. That Rome squad is simply loaded. Outside of the top-tier guys, I'm curious to see how Alejandro Salazar and Ray-Patrick Didder do. Bladimir Matos was "badimir" in the GCL last season, but he must have something to jump Danville. He was signed with some of the money they got in the La Stella deal and he's a little older than most of the Latin American signings, so it will be interesting to see how he does.

[clvclv]

Rome in Asheville for 4 next Thursday-Sunday. Good chance I'll get to see at least 3 of the big arms early. Sweet!!!

If rico's Rome rotation does indeed work out as listed, I just got a *elluva early birthday present. Will get to see...

Fried on Thursday
Sanchez on Friday
Touki on Saturday
Soroka on Sunday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

[Julio3000]

Happy birthday indeed. That's going to be awesome.

[bravesfanMatt]

If rico's Rome rotation does indeed work out as listed, I just got a *elluva early birthday present. Will get to see...

Fried on Thursday
Sanchez on Friday
Touki on Saturday
Soroka on Sunday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

man Rome is stacked.. is Allard hitting Rome when he is ready?

[smootness]

man Rome is stacked.. is Allard hitting Rome when he is ready?

I would assume so.

[Tapate50]

If rico's Rome rotation does indeed work out as listed, I just got a *elluva early birthday present. Will get to see...

Fried on Thursday
Sanchez on Friday
Touki on Saturday
Soroka on Sunday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

LAWD!

[smootness]

I would think that neither Fried or Toussaint would be in Rome long if they perform well, but that Rome team has a chance to win a TON of games this year.

[KB21]

I would think that neither Fried or Toussaint would be in Rome long if they perform well, but that Rome team has a chance to win a TON of games this year.

Weigel is a guy that should move fast as well. I'd like to see Allard, Fried, Toussaint, Soroka, and Sanchez a few times at Rome before Fried and Toussaint move to Carolina.

[cajunrevenge]

man Rome is stacked.. is Allard hitting Rome when he is ready?

The commentator in the Rome game said Allard should join Rome in about a month. I would guess they changed something in his delivery to try and prevent the injury from recurring and he needs more time to adjust to it in extended spring training.

[stpeteirish]

LAWD!

2018 Atlanta rotation? 2 or 3 anyway. Should be able to find 5 guys among those four plus Newcomb, Wisler, Ellis, Blair Jenkins, Folty Sims. Next year?

[nsacpi]

2018 Atlanta rotation? 2 or 3 anyway. Should be able to find 5 guys among those four plus Newcomb, Wisler, Ellis, Blair Jenkins, Folty Sims. Next year?

Winkler and Gant could also contend for the rotation in a year or two.

[bravesfanMatt]

Winkler and Gant could also contend for the rotation in a year or two.

It is nice to have so many prospects that can make an impact on the MLB team that you can even use that statement..

not very long ago, that statement would have read with a 'maybe we could' in it, because we were searching for pitching solutions.

[CJ9]

Some of these guys are going to have to be relievers, may as well keep Winkler there since he looks like he's a good one.

Sims is one I think could thrive as a reliever. That fastball-breaking ball combo is lethal. I'm glad we keep starting him and certainly think he's got a shot to start, but I bet he'd be a really good reliever if we needed him there.

[nsacpi]

Some of these guys are going to have to be relievers, may as well keep Winkler there since he looks like he's a good one.

Sims is one I think could thrive as a reliever. That fastball-breaking ball combo is lethal. I'm glad we keep starting him and certainly think he's got a shot to start, but I bet he'd be a really good reliever if we needed him there.

I think you want your best guys as starters. Just hope the FO keeps an open mind and doesn't pigeonhole Gant and Winkler as relievers.

[striker42]

I think you want your best guys as starters. Just hope the FO keeps an open mind and doesn't pigeonhole Gant and Winkler as relievers.

I actually think both those guys will probably have careers in the pen. Winkler's fate could rely on his splits. Often you see guys with funky arm angles from the right side have trouble with lefties. As for Gant, I just don't see his stuff being good enough going through the order multiple times but I think he'd be excellent for one inning.

I think Sims would be a dominant reliever but I'm nowhere near sending him to the pen. He's got a plus fastball, a plus curve, and a changeup that's a major league pitch when he's on. With Sims it's all about consistency. If he keeps his mechanics clean and repeats his delivery, he's a major league starter.

[Hudson2]

No way does Sims sniff the bp anytime soon.