8/1 MONDAY MINORS FINAL: July Players of the Month

[rico43]

JULY PLAYERS OF THE MONTH

GWINNETT
HITTER
Mel Rojas Jr.: Reclamation project has been a rock-solid part of the lineup in July, hitting .333 with 7 homers, 19 RBIS, 5/6 SBs and 0 errors.
PITCHER
Matt Marksberry: Gets to Atlanta and promptly gets hurt, but here in July worked 7 games (2-0, 1 save, 2.70 ERA)

MISSISSIPPI
HITTER
Dustin Peterson: Great season continues with .345-1-25 in July with 13 2Bs and 39 total hits, .898 OPS.
PITCHER
Lucas Sims: Top pick of 2014 looked the part, going 3-1, 2.25 in 6 starts, striking out 36 in36 innings, .189 opponents BA.

CAROLINA
HITTER
Keith Curcio: Quietly was toughest out in Mudcats lineup in July, hitting .372-1-11 wit.455 OBP, 1.002 OPS. Struck out only 8 times.
PITCHER
Taylor Lewis was a lights-out reliever, pitching in 8 games, going 3-0, 1.32 with 21 K in 14 IP. Follows up having a June with 0.00 ERA.

ROME
HITTER
Austin Riley: the pressure of expectations seemed to weigh on him earlier in the year, but July saw him go .274-5-18 for the month.
PITCHER
Patrick Weigel: The Cinderalla story of the farm system this year, his steady year saw a 2-1, 2.70 in 5 July starts, including 31 Ks in 30 IPs, held opponents to .184 average.

DANVILLE
HITTER
Ramon Osuna: not a heralded draft pick at all, the Walters State product enjoyed a .429-1-12 July with a heady 1.101 OPS despite 16 K in 56 ABs.
PITCHER
Brandon T. White: The Lander College White (12th round) was 1-0 with 4 saves in 7 July appearances, not allowing a run on three hits, striking out 11 in 6.1 IP.

GULF COAST BRAVES
HITTER
Randy Ventura: 27 hits in 24 games, .276-0-12 with 5 sb.
PITCHER
Ian Anderson: A No. 1 choice could do nothing more: 15 IP, 11 H, 14 K, 4 BB, 0 ER

DOMINICAN BRAVES
HITTER
Raysheandall Michel: Curacao native promoted after .333-0-7, with 12 runs scored
PITCHER
Gregory Bautista: Making his pro debut at the advanced age of 23, the 6-4, 180 RHP was 2-1, 0.84 in 7 July games. 23 K in 21 IP.

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MONDAY'S MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS

CLASS AAA

Gwinnett 4, Charlotte 3

SP: Blair 7 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
WP: Cunniff (BS, 3-3) 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K
(Blair faced 5 hitters in 8th)

Lalli 1-3, 2B
Mustelier 2-3, 2B, RBI
Brignac 0-3, RBI
McKenry 1-3, 2 R, HR (1st), RBI

CLASS AA

Pensacola 4, Mississippi 3 (11)

SP: Bradley 5.2 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 8 K
Dirks 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Kent 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Minter 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
LP: Younginer (0-3) 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 5 K, HR

Odom 2-5, HR (1st), 2 RBI
Swanson 0-4, BB
Peterson 3-5, R
Albies 0-4, BB
Franco 1-2, RBI

ADVANCED CLASS A

Carolina 6, Winston-Salem 5 (12)
Walk-off win on a wild pitch

SP: Thurman 4.2 IP, 2 H, 3 RR(5R), 6 BB, 5 K, HR
Navarro 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Portuondo 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K
WP: Lewis (4-1) 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K

Moss 1-4, R
Tejeda 1-6, R
Curcio 2-4, 3B, BB, RBI
Davidson 1-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Demeritte 0-4, BB, 4 K
Valenzuela 2-6, 2B, 2 R

CLASS A

Lexington 17, Rome 2

LP: Toussaint (3-8) 6 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 3 HR, HBP
Geekie 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER(5R), 2 BB, 1 K
G. Jones 0.2 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, HBP
Johnson-Mullins 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Grullon 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Morales 1-3, R, RBI
Castro 3-4, 2B, RBI
Dykstra 1-3, 2B
Ellison 1-3, 2B, R
Herbert 0-4 (back from DL)

SHORT-SEASON

Pulaski 4, Danville 1

SP: Wentz 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K
Hyssong 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 0 K
LP: Gilmore (2-1) 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Kennedy 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2 WP
Orozco 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Lee 1-4
Pache 2-4
James 2-4, 2B, HR (1st), RBI
Cumberland 1-4

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GCL Braves 10, GCL Yankees 9

SP: Wilson 3 IP, 4 H, 0 ER(2R), 0 BB, 2 K
B.T. White 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Greene 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
WP: Mejia (2-1) 1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Rodriguez 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
De La Cruz 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Schlosser (Save, 2) 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Concepcion 3-5, 4 RBI
Ventura 1-3, 3 R, RBI, 2 BB, SB
Mejia 2-4, 2 R, RBI, SB, BB
Aquino 1-4, RBI
Rodriguez 1-3, 2B, R, 2 RBI
Shumpert 1-3, R, BB
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DSL Braves 4, DSL Angels 2

SP: S. hernandez 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
WP: Volquez (3-2) 3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Sanchez (Save, 3) 3.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K (1.50)

Centeno 1-4, 2B, RBI
Lopez 1-3, R, RBI
D. Salazar 1-3, RBI
Vasquez 2-4, R, 2 SB

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[bravesfanMatt]

Very good. Don't ever pay attention to Carolina so that was a cool update. Thanks again.

[msstate7]

Very good. Don't ever pay attention to Carolina so that was a cool update. Thanks again.

Demeritte and moss have given me a reason to keep up with Carolina now

[dak]

Blair working hard to earn a promotion to start for the big club Saturday. Perfect game through 4 IP with 4 Ks. Recent reports on his regained velocity are very encouraging.

[rico43]

Also, Thurman, who needs good outing desperately, has no-hitter through three innings

[Southcack77]

Wentz!

[msstate7]

Wentz!

4.0 ip 2 h 0 er 2 bb 4 k

[nsacpi]

Blair working hard to earn a promotion to start for the big club Saturday. Perfect game through 4 IP with 4 Ks. Recent reports on his regained velocity are very encouraging.

Even though there is a need at the major league level, I'd rather see Blair and Whalen continue to build their confidence in AAA for a few more starts.

[UNCBlue012]

Blair may have figured it back out again.

[msstate7]

Blair may have figured it back out again.

Give em about 3-4 more starts to prove it in AAA

[dak]

Even though there is a need at the major league level, I'd rather see Blair and Whalen continue to build their confidence in AAA for a few more starts.

That probably would be for the best. There's a selfish part of me that in anxious to get a look at Whalen though.

[Preacher]

Not a great Touki start and Demerite 0-4 / 4ks

[jimsnores]

At least Minter is still being Minter.

[WaitingFor2017]

One of Blair's problems in the majors was having AJP as his battery mate.

[Preacher]

At least Minter is still being Minter.

He's been awesome.

[msstate7]

Not a great Touki start and Demerite 0-4 / 4ks

Demeritte has 15 ab's at Carolina and 10 strike outs

[WaitingFor2017]

Demeritte has 15 ab's at Carolina and 10 strike outs

Yikes. I see Rome in his future.

[TheBravos]

Give him a few weeks to settle in...

[Preacher]

Yikes. I see Rome in his future.

Meh, he's transitioning to a new organization, new teammates, new league, I'm not too worried about the first 15 ABs - he does have a couple XB hits already.

[Garmel]

D. Peterson with a 3-5 night. He just keeps rolling.

[msstate7]

Give him a few weeks to settle in...

Yeah... He was striking out 38% of the time in Rangers' A+

[auyushu]

Even though there is a need at the major league level, I'd rather see Blair and Whalen continue to build their confidence in AAA for a few more starts.

Yeah, Blair in particularly shouldn't be seeing the majors till Sept at the earliest. I might have to go all Enscheff and question the FO's brainpower in a major way if they jerked him around again right now. He needs to at least build confidence for a solid month in AAA. Really zero need to move him or Whalen up right now.

[Chico]

There's a chance Whalen can get a spot start on Wednesday