8/8 MONDAY MINORS FINAL: Sims Smokin' for M-Braves

[rico43]

MONDAY'S MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS

CLASS AAA

Gwinnett 6, Norfolk 5

SP: Mateo 3 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 5 BB, 2 K
WP: Portuondo (1-0) 4.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Roney (Save, 4) 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 Er, 2 BB, 1 K

Ruiz 3-4, 2B, HR (7th), 3 RBI
Bonifacion 2-2, 2 R, 3 BB
Brignac 2-4, HR (6th), 2 RBI
Rojas 1-4, R, RBI

CLASS AA

Mississippi 2, Mobile 1

WP: Sims (4-3) 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
Minter 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Kent (Save, 2) 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Albies 3-4, 2 R, 2B (.330)
Camargo 2-3, 2B
Peterson 1-4, RBI

ADVANCED CLASS A

Carolina, idle

CLASS A

Charleston 4, Rome 3

SP: Allard 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
LP: Caicedo (BS, 2-5) 1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Kennedy 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K

Riley 1-4, HR (11th), 2 RBI
Josephina 1-3, HR (2nd), RBI
Seymour 2-4, R, SB


SHORT-SEASON

GCL Braves (17-21) @ GCL Tigers, ppd.

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Game One
Elizabethton 4, Danville 3 (12)

SP: Wentz 4 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Rice 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K
Hyssong 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K
Gilmore 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K
LP: B.S. White (1-2) 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER(1R), 1 BB, 3 K

Cruz 1-5, 3B, R
Osuna 2-4, HR (2nd), RBI
Gonzalez 1-4, RBI
Cumberland 1-4
Wilson 1-5

Game Two
Danville 3, Elizabethton 1 (7)

SP: Harrington 2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Carroll 2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
WP: McCreery (1-0) 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

O'Malley 0-2, RBI
Lee 1-3
Gonzalez 1

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DSL Cardinals 9, DSL Braves 0

LP: Bautista (3-5) 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

Vasquez 3-4

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[zbhargrove]

Ruiz and Riley with big homeruns... Wentz struggled a bit. Hasn't had the smoothest transition to Danville but nothing to be real worried about in his first pro year. Seymour with a hit, stolen base, and run scored

[praeceps93]

Ruiz and Riley with big homeruns... Wentz struggled a bit. Hasn't had the smoothest transition to Danville but nothing to be real worried about in his first pro year. Seymour with a hit, stolen base, and run scored

I'm actually kind of glad Wentz is struggling a bit. He's been rolling for a full calendar year, some difficulty will probably help his development.

[smootness]

Ruiz and Riley with big homeruns... Wentz struggled a bit. Hasn't had the smoothest transition to Danville but nothing to be real worried about in his first pro year. Seymour with a hit, stolen base, and run scored

Danville is a big set up. Riley Pint started in the Appalachian League and has struggled the whole time.

[KB21]

Danville is a big set up. Riley Pint started in the Appalachian League and has struggled the whole time.

I saw some video of Riley Pint pitching in the rain earlier today. I'm not sure when the game was, but his curve ball was working. It was wicked!

[KB21]

Rio Ruiz is a triple away from the cycle.

[jimsnores]

Nice to see Albies hitting again. He has been in a horrible slump.

Sims has been great, though in some trouble as I type. I don't remember if they've let him approach 100 pitches before.....updated....he got out of it.

[Heyward]

6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 4 K for Allard

[msstate7]

Sims...
7.0 ip 5 h 1 er 3 bb 6 k

Mississippi era is 2.01. Time to go back to Gwinnett?

[msstate7]

Peterson...
1st in southern league in doubles
1st in southern league in hits
6th in ops
5th in slugging
4th in BA
2nd in rbi

[zbhargrove]

Peterson...
1st in southern league in doubles
1st in southern league in hits
6th in ops
5th in slugging
4th in BA
2nd in rbi

Prob just the ceiling of a fringe MLB player though.

[Deester11]

Prob just the ceiling of a fringe MLB player though.
Freaking 4th of'er all day.

[rico43]

Prob just the ceiling of a fringe MLB player though.

He's 21 and doing this in AA. You can say this all you want; it doesn't make it any more correct.

[mfree80]

He's 21 and doing this in AA. You can say this all you want; it doesn't make it any more correct.
I am pretty sure he is poking fun at another notable poster or two who say that about all Braves prospects.

[Enscheff]

Another day off for Swanson. I keep waiting for him to get hot again and make me feel all warm and fuzzy about him taking over SS next year, and it just isn't happening.

[Enscheff]

Prob just the ceiling of a fringe MLB player though.

Shall we bet? Or are you only willing to passive aggressively talk ****?

[UNCBlue012]

I've been high on Sims for a long time, so I love seeing him have success. He's going to struggle at times, command kills the guy - but his stuff is just so overpowering.

[msstate7]

Another day off for Swanson. I keep waiting for him to get hot again and make me feel all warm and fuzzy about him taking over SS next year, and it just isn't happening.

Why are we giving him so many days off? Are we resting him for a September call up?

[Tapate50]

http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?content_id=1028779383&sid=milb

Video of Ruiz' bomb.

Like his set up, pretty quiet. Seems like he smoked that one with ease.

[Tapate50]

I've been high on Sims for a long time, so I love seeing him have success. He's going to struggle at times, command kills the guy - but his stuff is just so overpowering.

It really must be, and thats just from box score scanning. For the games he allows 5bb and 5 hits over 6 IP, he still manages the damage pretty well.

[KB21]

http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?content_id=1028779383&sid=milb

Video of Ruiz' bomb.

Like his set up, pretty quiet. Seems like he smoked that one with ease.

He has a deep load on his swing that, in the past, has thrown off his sequencing.

[Hudson2]

I was wondering that about Swanson too. He gets to many days off. He's 22, it's not like he's out of shape.

[zbhargrove]

I was wondering that about Swanson too. He gets to many days off. He's 22, it's not like he's out of shape.

It's his first full year of professional ball. That's quite a change on the body the first time

[smootness]

It's his first full year of professional ball. That's quite a change on the body the first time

They've probably decided he's tiring out from the long season, which could explain some of his recent struggles.

[Enscheff]

They've probably decided he's tiring out from the long season, which could explain some of his recent struggles.

He has to be battling some sort of injury. There's just no way he should be struggling this badly at AA after playing so well earlier at the same level. I wouldn't be shocked at all to read after the season that he was playing through some sort of injury.

There's no way they would let him play through a wrist, hand, back or oblique injury, so I'm guessing something like a bum ankle or hammy.