THURSDAY MINORS FINAL 8/30/18: Monster Day for Riley

[rico43]

THURSDAY MINORS REPORT
All Times Eastern

CLASS AAA

Gwinnett 8, Norfolk 3

WP: Johnstone (2-0) 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 3 K
Socolovich 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Carle 1 IP, zeroes (rehab)
Webb 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Riley 3-5, 2B, HR (11th), 5 RBI
Marte 1-3, 2B, 2 R, 2 BB
Reed 2-4, 2 R, 2B, 2 R, BB
Gosselin 1-4, RBI

CLASS AA

Game One
Mississippi 4, Jacksonville 3 (7)

WP: Mader (6-3) 5 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Graham 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
Burrows (Save, 4) 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Marlette 2-3, RBI
Demeritte 2-3, R
Pache 1-4, R, RBI

Game Two
Mississippi 1, Jacksonville 0 (7)
(4 errors by Miss.)

SP: Leyva 4.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K
WP: Kelly (1-0) 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K

Demeritte 1-3, 3B, R (ONLY HIT)

ADVANCED CLASS A

Game One
Tampa 3, Florida 1 (7)

LP: Ynoa (1-4) 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 5 K
Joohnson-Mullins 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K

Schwartz 1-3e, 2B
Wilson 2-2, 2B, R, BB
Alexander 1-3

Game Two
Cancelled, rain, no makeup

CLASS A

Rome 5, Greenville 1

WP: Tarnok (5-5) 5.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Curtis 1.1 IP, zeroes
Daniels (Save, 1) 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K

Owenby 2-3, R
Ramos 1-4, HR (14th), RBI
Dean 1-4, 3B, R
D.Cruz 2-3, 2 2B, RBI

ROOKIE

Danville, season complete

STAT LEADERS, DANVILLE
AVERAGE: CJ Alexander (95 PA) .354; Justin Dean, .308; AT-BATS: Greg Cullen (207); HITS: Cullen (58); DOUBLES: Cullen, Nicholas Shumpert (12); TRIPLES: Dean, Alexander (4); HOME RUNS: Justin Smith (7); RBIs: Greg Cullen (33); STOLEN BASES: Brett Langhorne (8).

GAMES PITCHED: Connor Simmons (17); INNINGS: Jose Montilla (70); WINS: Dilmer Mejia (5); STRIKEOUTS: Montilla, Mejia (53); SAVES: Zach Seipel (3); ERA: Tanner Allison (2.62).

[Tapate50]

Morning ball!

Thanks for all this rico. I've enjoyed your summaries and notes!

[rico43]

Morning ball!

Thanks for all this rico. I've enjoyed your summaries and notes!

Was just going back to tag that. Thank you!

[UNCBlue012]

It's worth mentioning that Riley is 2-2 today with two-RBIs. He was hitting .294 in his last ten before today and has been lacing the ball.

[msstate7]

It's worth mentioning that Riley is 2-2 today with two-RBIs. He was hitting .294 in his last ten before today and has been lacing the ball.

One hit was a double

[Hudson2]

Riley a September callup? I’d say yes to get his feet wet.

[UNCBlue012]

Riley 3-run homer. He needs to be a September call up

[bravesfanMatt]

Riley might not make due to 40 man roster spot. None left.

[Southcack77]

Riley might not make due to 40 man roster spot. None left.

Not likely to have made it anyway, IMO.

Doesn't fill an obvious need, no reason to start his clock.

[Hudson2]

As a September callup his clock doesn’t start right?

[GeorgiaGirl]

As a September callup his clock doesn’t start right?

Not his time for ROY clock, but his free agency clock does start I believe, which will present a very interesting dilemma if you want to delay it (he'd probably have to stay down until mid June-early July next year if you do it), but the 40 man situation might keep him from seeing Atlanta anyway.

[msstate7]

Riley 3-run homer. He needs to be a September call up

I agree. He seems to get hot this time of year every season

[smootness]

I agree. He seems to get hot this time of year every season

I'm not even sure if it's just a matter of him being hot, I think it just takes him some time to adjust to each new level, then he figures it out and rakes. He obliterated AA to start this year, then dropped back once he was promoted. Now he's raking again.

[msstate7]

Not likely to have made it anyway, IMO.

Doesn't fill an obvious need, no reason to start his clock.

If albies continues to struggle, might be an opportunity for Riley... Camargo at 2b and Riley at 3b. Doubtful, but could happen... Ozzie's 2nd half ops is .601.

[Enscheff]

If Riley is as good as we hope, he will be spending a few weeks in AAA in 2019 and won’t be called up in September.

[Enscheff]

Equal number of days as to how many he was active this year. So likely an extra month .

It’s not exact because a full season is more days than required for a full service year (172 days), but this is correct for all intents and purposes.

It’s why Bryant was held down 12(?) days rather than just 1 day.

[Southcack77]

It’s not exact because a full season is more days than required for a full service year (172 days), but this is correct for all intents and purposes.

It’s why Bryant was held down 12(?) days rather than just 1 day.

That's what I was trying to say.

Essentially, he will sit out enough days to insure that he will have less than one year of service time at the end of 2019.

Which means he will be sitting out at least as many days in 2019 as he plays in 2018. Plus a couple of weeks more or less.

If they want to save the year, which I should hope they would.

[msstate7]

Aaaaand, the Braves are excellent vs LHP.

The Braves may not be the favorite in the postseason, but I like how they match up against all the LHP studs on playoff teams.

So you want dodgers first round?

[Hulavol]

You guys are nuts... our window isn’t even open yet- we just somehow snuck in through the chimney....

[Enscheff]

Braves fans shouldn't be cocky enough yet to be making preferences for play off opponent. I'm going to be so thrilled to watch October baseball again that I don't care who the opponent is.

However...the Braves have the 2nd highest wRC+ vs LHP from all position players, meaning no Ps or DHs included, in all of MLB, behind only the Astros (125 to 122). They are 3rd overall vs LHP behind only the Astros and Yankees.

The Braves have a decent shot in a short series against teams that rely heavily on LH SPs.