2024 Minor League Thread

[Tapate50]

Better get out that chicken

[Garmel]

Has Murphy improved his velocity

[Deester11]

Has Murphy improved his velocity

Nope. It would be more exciting if he had about 3mph more...as is, he's a 92-93 guy. I have noticed much better movement and divide between his secondary pitches. At the lower levels that's devastating.

[CJ9]

Waldrep is shoving tonight. Best start of the year so far.

7 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 8 K.

Only at 79 pitches so probably not done yet.

[CJ9]

Schwellenbach is making his Double A debut in game two of Mississippi’s double header, coming up later tonight.

[CJ9]

It was a seven inning game as a doubleheader, but it was tied so Waldrep came out for the eighth inning. Mississippi won it in the bottom half of the eighth.

Waldrep’s final line: 8 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 8 K.

[CJ9]

Schwellenbach’s turn to shove so far: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K.

[CJ9]

Schwellenbach through 67 pitches: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K. His last pitch in the fifth was 97mph for a strikeout.

This is another seven-inning game.

[Tapate50]

Not a great day to hit against those two back to back

[CJ9]

Schwellenbach final line: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K. 81 pitches.

[zbhargrove]

Damn those 2 pitching lines are sexy. Love seeing the K numbers for SS… he’s really starting to improve his swing and miss on paper

[50PoundHead]

I've refrained from too much posting about these minor league teams. Some of the performances are so putrid, I have only been going to one a week. The FCL and Rome batters will leave you all crying. And not hard like Hulavol!

Benitez, Tavarez, Nacho, Baldwin, Drake, Glod are/were the best chance to get this farm team going position-wise. Some of the most putrid swings and approaches I've ever seen. Just no contact. Pedro Cerrano was Tony Gwynn compared to them. (Nacho/Baldwin notwithstanding). The international guys are not without talent so I don't understand. I've seen them work. Hard. But something throughout the lower levels is not clicking. Jobu help us.

I realize that I am somewhat the voice in the wilderness on this, but I'm starting to wonder about the wisdom of eliminating the short-season A leagues (New York-Penn and Northwest leagues) and the rookie-advanced leagues (Appalachian and Pioneer leagues). I'm not really down with moving the draft to the All-Star break either. Really limits development time for a lot of guys in their first and second seasons and a lot of guys get jumped to full-season when they really aren't ready.

I think the Braves have three guys in the entire system right now with OPS > .800 (Kilpatrick, Workinger, and Exposito) and none of them are in the Braves' Top 30 prospects. FCL team looks lost at the plate as well.

[bravesfanMatt]

Well the good news for all these prospects is that the MLB team only has 2 players over .800 so they are fitting right in with the big club.

[Hudson2]

Its awesome to see the next wave starting to hit their stride. Anything we need at the deadline teams will be wanting one of the big 3 in a trade.

[Tapate50]

Twins purchase the contract of Kevin Maitán from the Charleston Dirty Birds.
Maitán was playing independent ball after being released by the Angels following a 2023 season where he hit .192/.300/.256 with one homer in 53 games for Double-A Rocket City. The 24-year-old was considered one of the top international prospects in baseball when he signed with the Braves back in 2016. However, his contract was voided after a scandal involving Atlanta’s general manager John Coppolella and Maitán ended up with the Angels on a $2.2 million signing bonus. He never reached the majors and will now try again in Minnesota, starting at High-A Cedar Rapids.

Wow

[CJ9]

Waldrep, Schwellenbach and Murphy all performing at or above expectations this spring, and I know there were rankings who liked JR Ritchie more than Schwellenbach and Murphy last season before he got hurt. I think those four plus Smith-Shawver give us a pretty solid group of five pitchers in the system. Past that, it's mostly a mess at this point.

[msstate7]

Nacho not hitting. Do we have any positional guys?

[CyYoung31]

Nacho not hitting. Do we have any positional guys?

No.

[msstate7]

No.

It's getting to the point where AA has to answer for a trash farm.

[bravesfanMatt]

It's getting to the point where AA has to answer for a trash farm.

I asked him and he just responded. Said that is what happens when you pick last every year and graduate all your top prospects. Now shut up and enjoy the team.

Felt it was a bit harsh... he ignored my comment that I could get Harris on Ozempic if he wanted me too..