TUESDAY MINORS THREAD 4/30/19: Duvall, Gwinnett stay HOT

[rico43]

TUESDAY'S SCOREBOARD

All Times Eastern

CLASS AAA

Gwinnett 4, Charlotte 2

SP: B.Wilson 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
WP: Rowen (2-0) 2.1 IP,2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
Close 0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K
DePaula (Save, 2) 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K

Duvall 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Riley 2-4, 2 R
Giardina 2-3, R
Demeritte 1-4, 2B, RBI
Ortega 2-5, RBI

CLASS AA

Mississippi, idle

ADVANCED CLASS A

Florida 5, Lakeland 1

WP: Deal (2-1) 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K
Bacon 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER(1R), 0 BB, 1 K
McLaughlin 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Hernandez 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K

Ramos 2-4, HR (3rd), 4 RBI
Delgado 1-4, 2B, R
Jenista 2-3, 2B, 2 R, RBI

CLASS A

Greensboro 9, Rome 7
Riley blew 4-0 lead

LP: Riley (0-4) 4 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Mora 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K
Vodnik 1.2 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
HIgginbotham 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB< 1 K

Venter 2-4, HR (2nd), 2 RBI
Harris 2-4, 3B, R, 3 RBI
Cullen 1-4, 2B, R, RBI

[bravesfanMatt]

Who is this Deal guy. Why is he not in our pen right now. No but seriously. I need to find a scouting report on him.

[CJ9]

Who is this Deal guy. Why is he not in our pen right now. No but seriously. I need to find a scouting report on him.

Soft tossing lefty, if I’m remembering correctly. Think he’s a little old for the level, too.

[striker42]

Soft tossing lefty, if I’m remembering correctly. Think he’s a little old for the level, too.

Sounds perfect for our pen!

[50PoundHead]

Soft tossing lefty, if I’m remembering correctly. Think he’s a little old for the level, too.

Undrafted college senior signing out of a small college in North Carolina. I believe I read he throws in the low-90s. He will probably be in Mississippi sometime soon.

[Acuña’s Bat Flip]

Great to see Wilson finally get some work.

[Jaw]

Nice to see Greyson Jenista have a good game. He's suffered with a 28% K rate so far this year, but has real power.

[Super]

no thread for today (Wed.), but Riley is having himself another big game.
if he keeps that k rate where it is for another extended period he starts to look awfully legit.

[msstate7]

no thread for today (Wed.), but Riley is having himself another big game.
if he keeps that k rate where it is for another extended period he starts to look awfully legit.

And Duvall hit his 9th hr

[bravesfanMatt]

no thread for today (Wed.), but Riley is having himself another big game.
if he keeps that k rate where it is for another extended period he starts to look awfully legit.

This. I almost wonder if chipper worked with him. He is K’ing less and hitting oppo more.

[Super]

This. I almost wonder if chipper worked with him. He is K’ing less and hitting oppo more.

and is still hitting for lots of power.

[CJ9]

...and Riley just homered again. Unreal.

[msstate7]

...and Riley just homered again. Unreal.

.296 BA
.947 ops

[bravesfanMatt]

and is still hitting for lots of power.

Nice foreshadowing

[jpx7]

...and Riley just homered again. Unreal.

Two homers and two errors (leading to four unearned runs).

[msstate7]

Two homers and two errors (leading to four unearned runs).

He's trying to get the braves to move him to LF, thus quicker path to the show. That Riley is cunning

[clvclv]

Soft tossing lefty, if I’m remembering correctly. Think he’s a little old for the level, too.

This is always a funny one to me. While succeeding at a level when someone is significantly younger than the competition certainly should be noted, it always seems a little "off" to dock someone for being slightly older as if that's the ONLY reason he's succeeding. Not a big deal at all, but I prefer to look at the player's level rather than his age - definitely in cases like this.

Deal has never competed against players as good as the ones he's seeing right now, so chalking it up to the fact that he's a year or two older seems a little unfair. The extra experience is bound to help, but it's not like he's an SEC or ACC-level player pitching to middle school kids. The chances he ever makes it are definitely slim, but if all it took was having age on your opponent quite a few of us would suddenly be awesome!

[smootness]

.296 BA
.947 ops

And now has over 100 PA with a BABIP just over .300 and a K-rate just over 20%. Uh oh!

[CJ9]

This is always a funny one to me. While succeeding at a level when someone is significantly younger than the competition certainly should be noted, it always seems a little "off" to dock someone for being slightly older as if that's the ONLY reason he's succeeding. Not a big deal at all, but I prefer to look at the player's level rather than his age - definitely in cases like this.

Deal has never competed against players as good as the ones he's seeing right now, so chalking it up to the fact that he's a year or two older seems a little unfair. The extra experience is bound to help, but it's not like he's an SEC or ACC-level player pitching to middle school kids. The chances he ever makes it are definitely slim, but if all it took was having age on your opponent quite a few of us would suddenly be awesome!

If you're actually suggesting age doesn't matter when considering prospects, I'm not really sure where to even start this conversation.

[thewupk]

And now has over 100 PA with a BABIP just over .300 and a K-rate just over 20%. Uh oh!

The K% is the really encouraging. If we hit with him (along with Swanson turning the corner) we will have had a very good run of our top hitting prospects actually making it. Very similar to what happened in the early 90s.

[Super]

If you're actually suggesting age doesn't matter when considering prospects, I'm not really sure where to even start this conversation.

i actually don't think that's what he was suggesting and can agree with some of his point

[clvclv]

If you're actually suggesting age doesn't matter when considering prospects, I'm not really sure where to even start this conversation.

If that's what you took from that, you're right.