4/13 Minors Thread for Wednesday

[rico43]

WEDNESDAY'S MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS

CLASS AAA

Gwinnett 6, Durham 2

WP: Foltynewicz (1-0) 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K, 2 HBP
Younginer 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER(2R), 0 BB, 1 K
Krol 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Peterson 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K

Kazmar 1-4, HR (2nd), 2 R, 2 RBI
Snyder 3-4, 2 RBI
Brignac 2-4, RBI, 2 SB, SF
Ruiz 2-3, 2 R, 2B

CLASS AA

Montgomery 3, Mississippi 2

SP: Ellis 5.1 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, WP
Marksberry 1.2 IP, 0 BB, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
LP: Cabrera (0-1) 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K

Schrader 1-4, RBI
Lora 1-2, HR (1sta), RBI, BB
Albies 1-4, CS

ADVANCED CLASS A

Carolina 3, Wilmington 1

WP: Lawlor (1-0) 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 7 K
Navarro 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2K
Johnson-Mullins (Save, 2) 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K

Davidson 2-4, R, RBI
Obregon 2-3, RBI
Edgerton 1-4, 2B, R
Swanson 1-4, K
Gebhardt 3-4, 2B
Daris 2-4, R, 2B

CLASS A

Columbia 3, Rome 2

SP: Weigel 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
L: Jones (0-1) 2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2 WP
Kennedy (DEBUT) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, WP
Geekie 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Riley 1-4
Ellison 2-3, 2B, R
Herbert 1-2, RBI
Dykstra 2-4, R
Acuna 1-4, RBI, 2 SB
Riley 1-4, 3 K
Keller 0-4, 3 K

[rico43]

ROSTER MOVES

Trevor Belicek promoted from Rome to Mississippi

LHP Jon Kennedy assigned to Rome. 6-foot-9 Australian, nephew of longtime Braves scout Phil Dale, signed last fall.

[sturg33]

How early do these games start?

[bravesfanMatt]

Folty is DEALING today!!!!

[UNCBlue012]

Freaking awesome day for Folty. 6 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO.

[nsacpi]

Barring injury, I think Folty will be a big part of the major league rotation the next five or six years.

[UNCBlue012]

Barring injury, I think Folty will be a big part of the major league rotation the next five or six years.

I do too. I was fine with the Gattis trade because of his upside. I think he has a chance to be a real bulldog type player. 175-200 IP with an ERA around 3.50-3.80.

[bravesfanMatt]

Rome just went final.. we lost.. Riley K's way too much.. I hope that gets fixed soon.

[sturg33]

Barring injury, I think Folty will be a big part of the major league rotation the next five or six years.

I hope you're right... but I don't think so

[cajunrevenge]

I;ll be honest here I have just about written Folty off. At this point I will be happy if he can just be a late inning reliever. I'll wait for him to string together 2 great starts before I start buying into any more hype.

[bravesfanMatt]

Miss. just lost.. now 1 - 6 on the season with a stacked roster. M. Cabrera just walked the winning run home.. good grief.

[Preacher]

I;ll be honest here I have just about written Folty off. At this point I will be happy if he can just be a late inning reliever. I'll wait for him to string together 2 great starts before I start buying into any more hype.

People tend to write off young pitchers too quickly, its like everybody expects them to come up and dominate and if they don't they are done with them.

He's still a puppy and a puppy armed with 97mph gas and potential off-speed stuff...... gotta let a guy like that percolate a little bit.

[bravesfanMatt]

People tend to write off young pitchers too quickly, its like everybody expects them to come up and dominate and if they don't they are done with them.

He's still a puppy and a puppy armed with 97mph gas and potential off-speed stuff...... gotta let a guy like that percolate a little bit.


He also is coming off a major surgery where he couldn't throw all winter. He took his lumps last summer in the bigs.. let him have his off season now to work on the things he should have in Nov/Dec/Jan...

[cajunrevenge]

What worries me the most about him is his failures as a reliever and how hittable his fastball has been.

[UNCBlue012]

What worries me the most about him is his failures as a reliever and how hittable his fastball has been.

His velocity and (decent) control alone would make him a good reliever down the stretch IMO. I think FB movement is something he needs to continue to work on, but he's shown spurts of being dominant. Give him time. He may be garbage, but he's young and has a massive upside nonetheless.

[Tapate50]

With a pitcher of Foltys ability his FB could become devastating with something as simple as an improved 2 seamer with some movement to keep hitters from sitting dead FB with him. Then boom... it clicks.

[cajunrevenge]

How much does he throw the 2 seamer now?

[msstate7]

If Ruiz continues to hit and Garcia falters, think Ruiz could get a shot this year?

[UNCBlue012]

If Ruiz continues to hit and Garcia falters, think Ruiz could get a shot this year?

I do. He's already in AAA, so he doesn't have much further up to go. lol Plus we have another guy in Riley for 3B so I doubt they mind starting one of the two clocks early.

[CJ9]

It's only a week, but man Riley isn't exactly quieting the skeptics with that K rate. Yikes.

[Hudson2]

Riley started out like that after the draft but adjusted and hit just fine. I'll give him a full season. He's what 18??

[50PoundHead]

Riley started out like that after the draft but adjusted and hit just fine. I'll give him a full season. He's what 18??

I imagine about this time a year ago, he was worried about prom, so I don't think there's any reason to panic. He'll adjust.

[KB21]

It's only a week, but man Riley isn't exactly quieting the skeptics with that K rate. Yikes.

His K rate is high right now, but he also has a .318 ISO and a 189 wRC+.

For comparison, Braxton Davidson's approach is lauded by many, but he strikes out almost as much as Riley and has MUCH LESS in game power.

[chop2chip]

His K rate is high right now, but he also has a .318 ISO and a 189 wRC+.

For comparison, Braxton Davidson's approach is lauded by many, but he strikes out almost as much as Riley and has MUCH LESS in game power.
Is Davidson's approach lauded? I have read a lot on this board and on prospect sites that he takes too many pitches.

As for Riley, strikeouts in the lower level seem to have a way for forecasting issues at higher levels. I would be interested on what type of pitches he's striking out on.

[50PoundHead]

Is Davidson's approach lauded? I have read a lot on this board and on prospect sites that he takes too many pitches.

As for Riley, strikeouts in the lower level seem to have a way for forecasting issues at higher levels. I would be interested on what type of pitches he's striking out on.

In the two-dimensional sense, Davidson has been consistently lauded because he does draw walks. I'm very skeptical on Davidson because I don't know if his walk rate will hold while he moves up the system and his K-rate could increase as pitching gets better. He's really young, so I think we all have to wait, but your the comparison of Riley and Davidson is one to watch.

[KB21]

Is Davidson's approach lauded? I have read a lot on this board and on prospect sites that he takes too many pitches.

As for Riley, strikeouts in the lower level seem to have a way for forecasting issues at higher levels. I would be interested on what type of pitches he's striking out on.

Braxton seems to be a favorite of the sabermetric fans who believe a walk is the end all be all of offensive stats.

[Julio3000]

I think Davidson has been described as patient to a fault, even by saber-inclined analysts. Strike zone judgement is never a bad thing, though.

[nsacpi]

Not saying that Davidson is better but his K rate in Rome was 27%. For Riley so far 39%. Small sample caveat applies. But if that 39% continues, it is a big difference and a big deal.

[chop2chip]

Braxton seems to be a favorite of the sabermetric fans who believe a walk is the end all be all of offensive stats.

I read these boards nearly every day and I don't see where you are getting that.

And that last part is so 2006. We statheads have long since moved onto more obtuse stats. Average exit velocity >>> :HeywardWut:

[chop2chip]

In the two-dimensional sense, Davidson has been consistently lauded because he does draw walks. I'm very skeptical on Davidson because I don't know if his walk rate will hold while he moves up the system and his K-rate could increase as pitching gets better. He's really young, so I think we all have to wait, but your the comparison of Riley and Davidson is one to watch.
I don't see the need to compare Riley and Davidson. Even if the strikeout rates are ultimately comparable, how they are striking out are much much different. Davidson's strikeouts are quite obviously a factor of taking too many pitches, while Riley's seems much more related to his swing. Klaw can be annoying about how much he sticks to his guns, but his critique of Riley's "slider bat speed" is worth monitoring.

[Julio3000]

I have always thought that KJ was a good thumbnail comp for Davidson.

Hyper-patient (maybe to a fault), nice line drive swing, iffy defense.

What KJ had that Davidson doesn't yet is a breakout power season in the low minors.