4/23 SAURDAY MINORS FINALS THREAD

[rico43]

SATURDAY'S MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS

CLASS AAA

Columbus 7, Gwinnett 1

LP: Sims (0-1) 5 IP, 3 H, 2 ER,4 BB,5K,. HR
Burwawa 0 IP, 2 H, 3 ER(5R), 3 BB, 0 K
Wooten 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R,. 1 BB, 2 K
Ramirez 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K

Tuiasosopo 2-4, HR (4th), RBI

CLASS AA

Biloxi 2, Mississippi 1
BLOWN SAVE, 2 runs in 9th

SP: Ellis 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 4 K
Hursh 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
LP: Cabrera (BS, 0-3) 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

Franco 2-4, RBI
Camargo 2-4, 2B, R
Astudillo 1-4, 2B, 0 K

ADVANCED CLASS A

Myrtle Beach 6, Carolina 5

LP: Lawlor (1-1) 5 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
O'Neal 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
Johnson-Mullins 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Odom 1-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI
Davidson 1-4, 2B, R, RBI
Swanson 1-4, R, CS

CLASS A

Asheville 2, Rome 1

SP: Soroka 5 ip, 5 h, 0 er(1r(), 0 bb, 6 k
Caicedo 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 3 k
Geekie 1IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K

Morales 1-2, HR (2nd), RBI, 2 BB
Keller 0-4, 4 K

MOVES: Not official as of a.m., but Sims to Gwinnett, Blair to start in ATL Sunday.

[nsacpi]

Blair has started 21 games in AA and 15 in AAA, with success at both levels. If he never were sent down again, we would have him under contractual control for almost 7 years. He's an example of how to call up a player at the right time.

[bravesfanMatt]

SATURDAY'S MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS

CLASS AAA

Gwinnett (10-6) @ Columbus, 7:15

SP: Foltynewicz (1-1).

CLASS AA

Biloxi @ Mississippi (6-10), 7

SP: Ellism (2-0).

ADVANCED CLASS A

Carolina (7-9) @ Myrtle Beach, 7:05

SP: Lawlor (1-0).

CLASS A

Asheville @ Rome (5-11), 6

SP: Soroka (0-1).

MOVES: Not official as of a.m., but Sims to Gwinnett, Blair to start in ATL Sunday.

Rico, I know you have some insider knowledge.. so is Blair starting in ATL your theory or your sources?

[UNCBlue012]

DOB said Folty is slated to start Saturday in AAA.

Guys, it's beginning!

[smootness]

Rico, I know you have some insider knowledge.. so is Blair starting in ATL your theory or your sources?

Is there someone else it might be at this point? I guess Weber?

It's not Folty, and Sunday will be normal rest for Blair.

[dak]

Blair has started 21 games in AA and 15 in AAA, with success at both levels. If he never were sent down again, we would have him under contractual control for almost 7 years. He's an example of how to call up a player at the right time.

Looking at Blair's background, I can't make a good faith argument that he doesn't deserve the call-up. College arm who has performed consistently well every year of his pro career. > 200 IP at AA and above and entering his age 24 season. It's still tough for me to swallow the Super Two situation, but at least they didn't have him break camp with the big club. Blair's as ready as a guy can be. As for the rest of the AAA crew (Mallex, Folty, Gant, Jenkins, Ruiz), I don't think any of them are ready at this point to be full-time MLB players.

[Enscheff]

MOVES: Not official as of a.m., but Sims to Gwinnett, Blair to start in ATL Sunday.

It's finally starting to happen! The team is going to start getting younger and better, and at some point they will start bringing in MLB talent from outside the organization to supplement the home grown pieces.

[The Chosen One]

It's finally starting to happen! The team is going to start getting younger and better, and at some point they will start bringing in MLB talent from outside the organization to supplement the home grown pieces.

:pound:
Kind of like when we brought in Walden, Melvin, and Justin. Ugggh... and Uggla too.

[nsacpi]

Time to trade or extent Blair. One or the other.

[Julio3000]

It's finally starting to happen! The team is going to start getting younger and better, and at some point they will start bringing in MLB talent from outside the organization to supplement the home grown pieces.

Very clever move by the FO to assemble a team that is so bad AND old that it can by default only get younger and better.

[jpx7]

Very clever move by the FO to assemble a team that is so bad AND old that it can by default only get younger and better.

John's response when John proposed it to John:

https://fleekweek.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/urethra.gif?w=809

[depley]

The next move should be to bring up Folty in the next couple weeks and send Norris to the pen or packing.

[skillet]

Blair has started 21 games in AA and 15 in AAA, with success at both levels. If he never were sent down again, we would have him under contractual control for almost 7 years. He's an example of how to call up a player at the right time.

True, smart that they held him back until tomorrow to gain that 7th year of control, but by starting him tomorrow, he will gain super 2 status, so that the last four years will be several million more than had we waited another 6 weeks. Having said that, I'm very high on Blair and think he will be a strong part of our rotation for years.

[Braves1976]

Morales hit his second homer tonight. Sims is through three in his AAA, no hits allowed yet, 1 BB and 2 K's.

[Braves1976]

Braves should go ahead and DFA Danny Burawa after tonight, not only does he suck he shouldn't have any trouble clearing waivers after stinking again tonight if you want to keep him in the organization.

[Hudson2]

Sims and Soroka with good nights. Morales is really intriguing!

[Braves1976]

Sims and Soroka with good nights. Morales is really intriguing!

Sims was good other than too many walks and Ellis was good again for Mississippi too.

[Hudson2]

What's the story on Morales?

[Braves1976]

What's the story on Morales?

Here's a good scouting report on him: http://www.talkingchop.com/2016/4/19/11451974/scouting-the-farm-jonathan-morales-scouting-report-braves

[rico43]

Common thread tonight is so damn many unearned runs. A big fat FAIL for the defense last night.

[chipchildress]

Soroka with 23 strikeouts and 3 walks in 20 innings so far.

[nsacpi]

Soroka with 23 strikeouts and 3 walks in 20 innings so far.

I have him as our #3 prospect.

My top 10

1. Albies
2. Acuna
3. Soroka
4. Swanson
5. Allard
6. Blair
7. Smith
8. Sims
9. Newcomb
10. Ruiz

[cajunrevenge]

Soroka with 23 strikeouts and 3 walks in 20 innings so far.

The first run he gave up was bull**** too. Ellison made a horrible diving attempt that is probably caught times out of 10 in the majors.



Edit - to clarify, I was referring to the first earned run he gave up earlier in the season.

[Russ2dollas]

The first run he gave up was bull**** too. Ellison made a horrible diving attempt that is probably caught times out of 10 in the majors.



Edit - to clarify, I was referring to the first earned run he gave up earlier in the season.

Just getting him ready for braves mlb defense

[cajunrevenge]

Just getting him ready for braves mlb defense

There might be 5 players currently on the mlb roster who will be with Atlanta by the time Soroka hits the majors. I know it's cool to take ****s at the team these days but thus is just ignant.

[thewupk]

Very clever move by the FO to assemble a team that is so bad AND old that it can by default only get younger and better.

One day soon we will have one of the youngest and best teams in MLB

[Braves1976]

I have him as our #3 prospect.

My top 10

1. Albies
2. Acuna
3. Soroka
4. Swanson
5. Allard
6. Blair
7. Smith
8. Sims
9. Newcomb
10. Ruiz

Pretty close to mine then. I have him as our number #4 prospect, Blair was tops on my list among pitchers and is just ahead of him on my top 10.

[The Chosen One]

One day soon we will have one of the youngest and best teams in MLB

Hopefully they don't strike put a lot.

[yeezus]

I have him as our #3 prospect.

My top 10

1. Albies
2. Acuna
3. Soroka
4. Swanson
5. Allard
6. Blair
7. Smith
8. Sims
9. Newcomb
10. Ruiz

I just really can't understand ranking Acuna ahead of Swanson.
Feels like forcing feathers into Wren's cap.

[nsacpi]

I just really can't understand ranking Acuna ahead of Swanson.
Feels like forcing feathers into Wren's cap.

Age for level. Don't underestimate its importance, especially when the player in question is already having success in a full-season league.