FRIDAY MINOR FINAL 5/10/19; Five Gwinnett homers

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CLASS AAA

Gwinnett 8, Pawtucket 4

WP: B. Wilson (1-3) 6 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 2 HR
Parsons 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Dayton 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Riley 2-5, HR (13th), 2 R, RBI
Duvall 2-5, 2B, HR (10th), 2 RBI
Demeritte 1-3, HR (5th), 3 RBI
LaMarre 2-4, R, HR (2nd), RBI
Blanco 2-5, HR (5th), RBI

CLASS AA

Mississippi 4, Pensacola 1

WP: Muller (1-1) 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 6 K
Hursh 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Graham (Save, 4) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Wilkins 2-4, 2 HR (2nd,3rd), 3 RBI
Lien 1-4, HR (5th), RBI
Waters 2-4, 2 SB

ADVANCED CLASS A

Florida 9, Jupiter 3

WP: De La Cruz (2-1) 7 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
Weisenberg 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Borkovich 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 0 K

Unroe 2-5, HR (3rd), 4 RBI
Ramos 3-5, R
Contreras 1-5, 2B, R
Jenista 2-5, 2 R, RBI

CLASS A

Rome 10, Greenville 3

WP: Olague (3-3) 5 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Montilla 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
Hoekstra 2 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB,2 K

Dean 2-3, 4 R, 2B, SB, 2 BB
Brown 1-4, 2 R, 2 RBI
Benson 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Moritz 1-3, R, 2 RBI, 2 SF

Is the Florida home rainout total still at one, [MENTION=21]rico43[/MENTION]? Yes, I could look it up but I'm lazy and you are the Director of Minor League Reports and the man to ask.

Riley bomb. Again.

I was hoping to trade Riley this offseason. I was wrong.

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Originally Posted by Oklahomabrave

I was hoping to trade Riley this offseason. I was wrong.

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Enders Game (Card)

well we might be seeing it if he doesn't correct himself.

Riley working with Pujols really helped! I don't think this is fool's gold!

Pache was scratched for some reason.

Waters 2/2 with 2 SB.

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Originally Posted by CJ9

Pache was scratched for some reason.

Waters 2/2 with 2 SB.

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Hopefully he's being promoted and waters will play cf at AA. I want both playing cf right now

You're right.

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Originally Posted by CJ9

Riley bomb. Again.

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Five Gwinnett homers so far, nine total for farm teams. It has been a long, long time since we've seen that.

Remember when we were fine sending Riley to Miami for JTR?

Did Riley really work with Pujols?

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Originally Posted by Hudson2

Did Riley really work with Pujols?

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Over/under 35 bombs for Riley across any level. I wanted to do just thirty but he’ll be is almost half way there, so set it at 35.

Callis said on one of the fan podcasts that homers are up 30% in AAA with new ball.

Also said braves have 9th pick in 8 man draft.

Sort of a buzz kill when you think about it.

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Originally Posted by Southcack77

Callis said on one of the fan podcasts that homers are up 30% in AAA with new ball.

Also said braves have 9th pick in 8 man draft.

Sort of a buzz kill when you think about it.

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That’s when you look at how he’s doing compared to the rest of the league. (I don’t know those numbers.)

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Another multi-homer game
May 9, 2019
Riley went 3-for-4 with a walk, two home runs and three RBI for Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday.

ANALYSIS
The 22-year-old is the hottest hitter in the International League at the moment, if not the entire minors, slashing .469/.544/1.204 over the last 13 games with 10 homers -- including three separate two-homer performances in the last eight contests. More importantly for his chances of making a big-league debut in 2019, Riley got the start in left field Wednesday, his first appearance in the outfield during his minor-league career. Josh Donaldson is healthy at third base for Atlanta and has an .846 OPS, but Ender Inciarte has a .640 mark, and the club could easily shift Ronald Acuna to center field to open up a corner outfield spot for Riley if Inciarte's struggles continue too much longer.

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https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/player.php?id=13868

They probably don’t wait much longer for Ender to figure things out. Riley is starting to force the issue.

At some point in the not too distant future he needs 100 MLB PAs to get a better sense of his future.

When do the Braves next play in an AL park?

Solid pitching again up and down the system. De La Cruz has done well since his promotion to Florida and I think he's someone to watch. 40-man decision looms in the off-season. His BB numbers are way down from his career marks. Nice to see Muller have a night where his control was improved.

We all knew he could hit for power but the K rate now is beginning to make a case that Riley could be more than a ceiling 3 win player.

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Originally Posted by Southcack77

Callis said on one of the fan podcasts that homers are up 30% in AAA because of Austin Riley.

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That's what he meant to say.

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Originally Posted by weso1

That's what he meant to say.

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That was good

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Originally Posted by Enscheff

Remember when we were fine sending Riley to Miami for JTR?

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And not just Riley. If the rumor of the Braves offering Soroka/Riley last year also...ouch.

Marlins have to be kicking themselves just a little bit.

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Originally Posted by Hudson2

Marlins have to be kicking themselves just a little bit.

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Everyone else is. So they might as well join in

I've not agreed with AA much on his roster moves lately but imagine the pitchforks and fire folks coming for him if he'd have traded Riley / Soroka! That would have been a disaster....

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Originally Posted by Deester11

I've not agreed with AA much on his roster moves lately but imagine the pitchforks and fire folks coming for him if he'd have traded Riley / Soroka! That would have been a disaster....

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Soroka was off limits. It would have been Riley and Anderson. But Riley is showing he was more valuable all by himself.

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Originally Posted by bravesfanMatt

Soroka was off limits. It would have been Riley and Anderson. But Riley is showing he was more valuable all by himself.

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The way he hits homers and how he squares the ball is like Ronald's. I know they are different, but his like Ronald's are no doubters. You hear it off the bat.

Detroit series is in 3 weeks if he's still hot.

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Originally Posted by clvclv

Detroit series is in 3 weeks if he's still hot.

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It's in Atlanta. Next AL road series is in Minnesota in August

The Detroit series is in Atlanta, so unless some rules change that won’t have any bearing on Riley’s promotion.

August 5th at the Twins is the next time the Braves will need a DH. If things keep going as they are, Riley may have forced Ender to the bench well before then.

If JD hits the 10 day IL Riley probably needs to be the replacement rather than Camargo.

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And not just Riley. If the rumor of the Braves offering Soroka/Riley last year also...ouch.

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If that had been offered, JT would be in Atlanta.

Trey Harris needs to go to Fla.

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Originally Posted by Southcack77

If that had been offered, JT would be in Atlanta.

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And AA should have been run out of Atlanta.

All in all the decision not to pursue JTR beyond whatever value mark AA set turned out to be a great decision. I still wish they had gone out and got Grandal though, but it looks like the draft strategy is dictating that the 60th pick is critical to maintain.

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Originally Posted by Southcack77

If that had been offered, JT would be in Atlanta.

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Exactly. AA isn't that stupid despite what some around here might think. Soroka was always off limits with AA.

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Originally Posted by rico43

Five Gwinnett homers so far, nine total for farm teams. It has been a long, long time since we've seen that.

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AAA is loving that juiced ball

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Originally Posted by thewupk

AAA is loving that juiced ball

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I think AA should get the mlb ball too