MINORS THREAD 5/18: Graham Gives It Another Go

[rico43]

CLASS AAA

Indianapolis @ Gwinnett, ppd.

CLASS AA

Mississippi 4, Tennessee 2

SP: Graham 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K. (65 pitches)
WP: Shreve (1-0) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K.
Simmons (Save, 12) 1 IP, 0 H, 1 K.
M. Jones 1-3, 2B, R, RBI.
Rohm 1-3, 2B, 2 RBIs.
Hunter 1-3, 2B, RBI.
E. Reyes 1-3, R. (.362)


ADVANCED CLASS A

Wilmington 5, Lynchburg 4

SP: Batista 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K.
LP: Pruneda (0-2) 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K.
Wren 1-4, 3 RBIs, SB.
Peraza 1-4, 3B, R, SB.
Skinner 1-3, R.
Nick 0-2, 2 BB, 2 OF assists.

CLASS A

Lakewood 8, Rome 3

LP: Gil (3-2) 5 IP, 12 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K.
Meneses 2-3, 2B, HR (8th), 2 RBIs.
Caratini 1-4, 2B.

[Julio3000]

Braves made a MiL trade today: link.

[thethe]

Might be time to promote Menses and see what he can do at Lynchburg. Would be putting him in a good spot with Peraza/Wren hitting in front of him.

[zitothebrave]

Might be time to promote Menses and see what he can do at Lynchburg. Would be putting him in a good spot with Peraza/Wren hitting in front of him.

I think we all know enough about Menses to not be told anything more. Good day Sir.

[Tapate50]

I'd like to see that Lynchburg team play ball. Lots of speed there.

[50PoundHead]

Might be time to promote Menses and see what he can do at Lynchburg. Would be putting him in a good spot with Peraza/Wren hitting in front of him.

nsacpi had the Hefflinger comparison with Meneses last week and at face value it may be a good one. Only difference I see from a second glance is that Hefflinger didn't really get his feet underneath him until his third trip through Rome. If Meneses keeps hitting like he has been, my guess is he'll be in Lynchburg for the second half. There's certainly no one blocking him.

[nsacpi]

I liked Meneses swing. Relatively compact. Good bat speed. He doesn't need to take a big hack to generate power. So I'm a bit higher on him after seeing him in person. I think he'll do better than Hefflinger as he gets promoted. But there is no guarantee of success. Maybe he tops out one level higher than Hefflinger. Maybe he goes on to a career as a bench player in the majors (a poor man's Terdoslavich). Those are the range of possibilities.

[50PoundHead]

One can never tell. The minors are getting "older" top-to-bottom and it appears that for a lot of guys, the rungs of the ladder are ascended with greater deliberation on the part of the big club. The thing about Meneses is that he showed relatively little power previously to this season and had a terrible walk rate. How big did he look in person? He's listed as 6-3, 190, but those heights/weights are usually what they were when the prospect was signed.