MAY DAY! MAY DAY! MINORS FINAL 5/1; April stat leaders

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TEAM BY TEAM STAT LEADERS

GWINNETT
AT-BATS: Ozzie Albies 98; RUNS Xavier Avery 15; HITS: Albies 25; DOUBLES: Albies 8; TRIPLES: Albies 2; HOME RUNS: Lane Adams 4; RBIs: Adams, Mel Rojas 16; AVERAGE: Adams .333; STOLEN BASES: Albies 8.
GAMES: David Peterson 9; WINS Sam Freeman 3; SAVES: David Hernandez 4; INNINGS: Sean Newcomb 26; STRIKEOUTS: Newcomb 35; ERA: Albers 2.12.

MISSISSIPPI
AT-BATS: Connor Lien 82; RUNS: Travis Demeritte 14; HITS: Carlos Franco 22; DOUBLES: Demeritte 8; TRIPLES: Luis Valenzuela 2; HOME RUNS: Franco, Lien 4; RBIs: Franco 18; AVERAGE: Kade Scivicque .314; STOLEN BASES: Lien 5.
GAMES: Evan Phillips 8; WINS: Michael Mader 3; SAVES: Akeel Morris 4; INNINGS: Kolby Allard 27; STRIKEOUTS: Patrick Weigel 28; ERA: Allard 1.67.

FLORIDA
AT-BATS: Austin Riley 95; RUNS: Ronald Acuna 17; HITS: Alex Jackson 28; DOUBLES: Tyler Neslony 6; TRIPLES: Acuna 4; HOME RUNS: Jackson 7; RBIs: Jackson 17; AVERAGE: Carlos Castro .333; STOLEN BASES: Acuna 11.
GAMES: Sean McLaughlin 8; WINS: Drew Harrington, Luiz Gohara 2; SAVES: Devan Watts 3; INNINGS: Harrington 28; STRIKEOUTS: Tyler Pike 29; ERA: Gohara 1.73.

ROME
AT-BATS: Derian Cruz 86; RUNS: three with 13; HITS: Randy Ventura 28; DOUBLES: Juan Yepez 11; TRIPLES: Cristian Pache 2; HOME RUNS: Lucas Herbert, Anthony Concepcion 2; RBIs: Pache 14; AVERAGE: Ventura .359; STOLEN BASES: Ventura 13.
GAMES: Three with 7; WINS: Oriel Caicedo 4; SAVES: Brandon S. White 3; INNINGS: Caicedo 24; STRIKEOUTS: Ian Anderson 29; ERA: Caicedo 1.14.

MONDAY SCHEDULE

CLASS AAA

Gwinnett (14-9) idle.

CLASS AA

GAME ONE
Tennessee 6, Mississippi 3 (7)

LP: Fried 4 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, HBP, 2 HR
Sobotka 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K
Rogers 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 0 K

Demeritte 2-4, 2B, RBI
Curcio 1-4, 2B, R, RBI
Franco 1-3, 2B, RBI

LINK (http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2017_05_01_tenaax_msbaax_1&t=g_box&sid=milb)

GAME TWO
Tennessee 7, Mississippi 6 (8)
Braves blow 6-2 lead

SP: Soroka 5.2 IP, 9 H, 14 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, HR
Mader 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 0 K
LP: Phillips (BS, 1-1) 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 2 HR

James 1-3, R, BB
Walker 1-3, 2B, R, RBI
Demeritte 2-4. 2 R. RBI
Araiza 2-4, 2B. 2 R


LINK (http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2017_05_01_tenaax_msbaax_2&t=g_box&sid=milb)

ADVANCED CLASS A

Palm Beach 8, Florida 6

SP: Toussaint 4.1 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
LP: Lewis (0-1) 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Watts 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K

Davidson 1-4, HR (2nd), 2 RBI
Riley 2-4, R, RBI
Castro 2-4, R
Jackson 1-4, R

LINK (http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2017_05_01_floafa_pbcafa_1&t=g_box&sid=milb)


CLASS A

Rome (16-8) idle.

All Times Eastern

[clvclv]

Didn't look close enough at first and was about to go nuts - didn't realize Rome was off today until now. Otherwise we'd have had Fried, Touki, and Anderson going on the same day. This *hit is nuts!

[bravesfanMatt]

going to watch Fried throw a 7 inning complete game shut out while 'working'.. did a little work last night to make sure I had some time today.

[bravesfanMatt]

5th grade choir did anthem. Nice to hear it and it not be a 10 minute production trying to make the 'artist' bigger than the song.

[msstate7]

going to watch Fried throw a 7 inning complete game shut out while 'working'.. did a little work last night to make sure I had some time today.

Last start...
7.0 ip 1 h 0 er 1 bb 6 k

If he has another good start today, I'm gonna start getting excited

[bravesfanMatt]

Last start...
7.0 ip 1 h 0 er 1 bb 6 k

If he has another good start today, I'm gonna start getting excited

Missing up a little right now. When he has been down, the Ump is not calling it.

[bravesfanMatt]

I might just listen to this game. this feed is comical. They are cutting away in the middle of action. Curico just missed played a ball for a double and the camera stayed on the catcher. It is a joke.

[bravesfanMatt]

This home plate ump is a F'ing joke. There might be 30 runs scored today. must be the off spring of CB Douchener..

[bravesfanMatt]

Brett Walker is a tool. the ump is call the zone like it is the size of a soup can.. and he goes up hacking at everything he sees. :facepalm:

[Managuarantano's Volunteers]

13 of me. A bit unlucky. Might want to add a few or forty more, Ventura.

[CJ9]

Not exactly a great start to the season for Max Fried.

[MadduxFanII]

He's way too young and the sample size is way too small to freak out about it, but I'll confess I'd like to see Albies start hitting at AAA. He's at .250/.299/.359 in 320 AAA at-bats, which is less than ideal. Again, and to be perfectly clear, this isn't anything to worry too much about, but Albies is our best upper-level position prospect, so it would be nice if he'd start hitting.

[CJ9]

Interesting note from a Fangraphs write up that Soroka was included in:

"The one worrisome stat is that he’s gone from producing an above-average ground-ball rate (about 51% 2015-16) to just 38.5% in ’17 and he’s already allowed three homers. Soroka is going to have to get the ball down more consistently to avoid getting into trouble as he approaches The Show."

[smootness]

He's way too young and the sample size is way too small to freak out about it, but I'll confess I'd like to see Albies start hitting at AAA. He's at .250/.299/.359 in 320 AAA at-bats, which is less than ideal. Again, and to be perfectly clear, this isn't anything to worry too much about, but Albies is our best upper-level position prospect, so it would be nice if he'd start hitting.

He was hitting well there this year before the last 5-game stretch. It obviously has to be counted in just like the rest, but I expect him to get hot again soon.

[msstate7]

Ruiz in last 10 games...
.286 avg (10/35) 2 HRs 2 bb 6 k

Really wish he would force his way up to platoon with Adonis

[bravesfanMatt]

right on cue, Soroka with another homer given up. But still pitching well against a good lineup.

[TheBravos]

It doesn't bother me to see 19 year olds slump a little...they need some adversity to deal with. Even Fried lost two years so he's due to have a bit of a learning curve.

[CJ9]

Touki getting hit around so far this year. The walks have taken a downturn, but he has been getting hit hard.

[msstate7]

Davidson 1-4, hr

Now hitting .200. Baby steps...

[WaitingFor2017]

Rough pitching night at all levels in the organization tonight.

[chipchildress]

aw man, i was hoping soroka really had given up 14 runs. that would have been totally worth it...

[chipchildress]

the days of touki and fried appearing on any top prospect lists should be coming to an end i'd think.

[sturg33]

I have some hope for Fried... not too high on Touki

*Cue the usuals endlessly freaking out bc we don't jerk off to every pitcher in the system

[chipchildress]

fried should have never been in consideration as a legit top prospect given his arm history.
if he defies the odds, then great, but he's got incredibly long odds ahead of him.

[sturg33]

fried should have never been in consideration as a legit top prospect given his arm history.
if he defies the odds, then great, but he's got incredibly long odds ahead of him.

Yeah - I think he has a decent shot of beaming a back end starter for a few years before fizzling out.

I don't think Touki ever sees the majors

[cajunrevenge]

Holy **** Soroka 14 ER.

[auyushu]

Holy **** Soroka 14 ER.

:happy0157: Pretty sure that was everyone's immediate response when seeing that typo, I know it was mine. Luckily he only actually gave up 4 runs over 5.2 innings. Not great, but not a disaster. His high HR rate and decreased GB % at AA is a slight concern to me though.

[thewupk]

How can one organization have so much pitching?

[TheBravos]

And next week one of these same guys will throw a two hitter. They are learning. Let's see what they have done at the end of the season.

[smootness]

The main things I want to see from Touki are a high K rate and low BB rate. If he's able to harness his stuff well enough to produce that, people aren't going to hit him consistently.

29 K and 7 BB in 24.1 IP? Yes, please. Obviously the hits are way too high, thus the ERA, but a good bit of that has to be due to bad luck.

I like what I've seen from him so far this year. Coming into last night's start, his ERA was 7.20, but his xFIP was 3.43. His BABIP is not abnormal, but his LOB% definitely is, and the HR/FB appears high as well. So even with the number of hits allowed, he shouldn't have allowed nearly the number of runs he has. And I expect his hit rate to come down as well.

The best K rate and best BB rate of his career should eventually produce very good results, assuming he can maintain them.

[sturg33]

The main things I want to see from Touki are a high K rate and low BB rate. If he's able to harness his stuff well enough to produce that, people aren't going to hit him consistently.

29 K and 7 BB in 24.1 IP? Yes, please. Obviously the hits are way too high, thus the ERA, but a good bit of that has to be due to bad luck.

I like what I've seen from him so far this year. Coming into last night's start, his ERA was 7.20, but his xFIP was 3.43. His BABIP is not abnormal, but his LOB% definitely is, and the HR/FB appears high as well. So even with the number of hits allowed, he shouldn't have allowed nearly the number of runs he has. And I expect his hit rate to come down as well.

The best K rate and best BB rate of his career should eventually produce very good results, assuming he can maintain them.

Good post... I guess I hadn't looked into the numbers deeply enough. K/BB is what matters to me at these levels

[Julio3000]

Yeah, I'm fine with that line from Touki. The BB rate is encouraging.

[bravesfanMatt]

From what I have heard when listening to Touki games this year.. he gives up hits in bunches. Not sure if it is a 'rattled' thing.. but he can literally K the first 2 guys.. get ahead 1-2 on the next and then leave a hanger that get dumped into right field.. Then proceed to give up 3 straight doubles.. before finally getting that last out.

[Russ2dollas]

Touki is still really young. We'll see if he can harness.

Fried is a top arm and should be considered as such. He did great in the big league camp. Don't let some bad starts scare you away. He has the stuff. Just let him have a year at AA. Then at least some time at AAA.

The results game is silly in the minors. Way too many bad umps, fielding, etc. Scouts seem to rave about the stuff. See if they can miss bats and not walk guys.

[smootness]

Touki is still really young. We'll see if he can harness.

Fried is a top arm and should be considered as such. He did great in the big league camp. Don't let some bad starts scare you away. He has the stuff. Just let him have a year at AA. Then at least some time at AAA.

The results game is silly in the minors. Way too many bad umps, fielding, etc. Scouts seem to rave about the stuff. See if they can miss bats and not walk guys.

Yep. Again, this is my main focus...which is why I'm actually pretty thrilled at Touki's start so far in A+. 10.7 K/9 and 2.6 BB/9 is not something I thought I'd see at any point in the season, and were he not giving up so many runs, it would be one of the biggest stories of the minor leagues so far.