5/7/15 minor league THREAD: Sugar Ray! Who knew?

[rico43]

THURSDAY'S GAMES

ALL TIMES EDT

CLASS AAA

Gwinnett 5, Scranton-WB 0

WP: Marimon (2-0) 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K.
Carpenter 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.
Peraza 1-5, SB; E. Perez 2-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI; A. Garcia 1-4, R, RBI (.356).

CLASS AA

Played in Pearl
Mississippi 4, Biloxi 0

WP: Reyes (3-1) 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K.
SP: Jenkins 6 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K.
Mal.Smith 2-4, BB, SB; Castro 1-3 (.389); O'Dowd 4-4, 2B, R, RBI (.441); Lipka 0-4 (.341).

ADVANCED CLASS A

Carolina 11, Lynchburg 1

WP: Brosius (2-1) 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K.
Otero (Save, 2) 3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K.
E. Garcia 4-4, 2 R, 2 RBI (.286); Franco 2-4, 2 R, HR (3rd), 4 RBI; D. Peterson 3-5, R, RBI; Lien 2-4, 2B, R; Schrader 0-3, R, 2 BB, RBI.

CLASS A

Hagerstown 7, Rome 6

LP: Furney (3-2) 5.1 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 2 K.
Albies 3-4, 2B, 3B, 2 R, RBI, SB; Kreitemeier 3-5, 2 R.

[nsacpi]

Our cup runneth over with middle infielders.

[smootness]

Albies! He's now sitting at .295/.345/.381, as an 18-year-old in his first long season look. Also now with 22 R and 10 SB in 25 games. It will be interesting to see where people put him on midseason prospect lists. Some were already ready to jump him up a good bit, but others were hesitant before seeing him outside of rookie ball.

Well, it's hard not to love what he's done so far.

It will also be really interesting to see where Peterson and Mallex Smith land as well. Both have answered some questions this year and should move up quite a bit.

[thethe]

Fangraphs already had him in the top 30. law had him in his top 70.

If he continues to stay hot and slashes around 800 he will probably be a top 20 prospect on everyones list.

Does anyone know if he grew at all in the offsesaon?

[chop2chip]

Fangraphs already had him in the top 30. law had him in his top 70.

If he continues to stay hot and slashes around 800 he will probably be a top 20 prospect on everyones list.

Does anyone know if he grew at all in the offsesaon?

Yeah. It's hard to not see him land on most top 20 lists. Players with his skill set at that age tend to be highly thought of.

[CJ9]

Did I miss something on Ricardo Sanchez? Feel like I haven't seen his name in the box score in a while.

[nsacpi]

Albies! He's now sitting at .295/.345/.381, as an 18-year-old in his first long season look. Also now with 22 R and 10 SB in 25 games. It will be interesting to see where people put him on midseason prospect lists. Some were already ready to jump him up a good bit, but others were hesitant before seeing him outside of rookie ball.

Well, it's hard not to love what he's done so far.

It will also be really interesting to see where Peterson and Mallex Smith land as well. Both have answered some questions this year and should move up quite a bit.

And there is my new favorite under-the-radar prospect. Daniel Castro. .391/.413/.448 so far this season. Strikeout rate under 10%.

[Braves1976]

Did I miss something on Ricardo Sanchez? Feel like I haven't seen his name in the box score in a while.

Yea, Sanchez is on the 7-day DL.

[Deester11]

Fangraphs already had him in the top 30. law had him in his top 70.

If he continues to stay hot and slashes around 800 he will probably be a top 20 prospect on everyones list.

Does anyone know if he grew at all in the offsesaon?

If he grew, it was about 10 milliliters. My gf thought he was honestly the bat boy. Even the short guys could pat him on the head. That being said, if you guys haven't seen his defense....trust me, it's Andrelton-lite range wise. He got to a ball from deep short on the second base side and almost threw a guy out. Quick hands to the ball.....he's going to be a good ballplayer for a while. His skill set is not prolonged for slumps.

[thethe]

Thanks Deester. Always appreciate the reports on the young pups.

[thethe]

Looks like Curcio played a little 2B today. I hadn't noticed that up until today.

Went 1 for 2 with a 2B and a walk & K.

Call the kid up already please!

[smootness]

If he grew, it was about 10 milliliters. My gf thought he was honestly the bat boy. Even the short guys could pat him on the head. That being said, if you guys haven't seen his defense....trust me, it's Andrelton-lite range wise. He got to a ball from deep short on the second base side and almost threw a guy out. Quick hands to the ball.....he's going to be a good ballplayer for a while. His skill set is not prolonged for slumps.

You put a guy with that kind of range at 2B, and you have someone who is probably the best, or close to it, defensive 2B in baseball. Pair that with the best defensive SS of all time, and holy cow.

[Deester11]

Thanks Deester. Always appreciate the reports on the young pups.

Thanks thethe...I usually get to look at each one of the players at least 2 times in the minors. I've hit on a few of my own personal eyeball scouting..lol. Some, not so much. Remember Alejandro Machado? LOL. I will say, that if Ricardo Sanchez can use this experience to improve, he's going to be a force. He needs to understand adjustments, but if he can get people off his fastball, watch out. At 18? I liked what I saw. Anyway, I'll try to give more info as I attend the games.

[50PoundHead]

Carolina in total tattoo mode tonight. Ahead 10-0 after 4 innings.

[Braves1976]

Carolina in total tattoo mode tonight. Ahead 10-0 after 4 innings.

I've been watching that game on milb.tv, though I have going back and forth from it and the Gwinnett game. Now I am doing the same with the Mississippi game. Dustin Peterson for Carolina is 2-3 with a run scored and RBI tonight. But he could be 2-2 with 3 RBI's as Godfrey should of scored on his fly out to CF in the 1st and a runner was thrown out at the plate on Dustin's first hit. Further, if Dustin Peterson keeps it up I could see him moving up the prospect rankings like his brother in Seattle did in the future.

[Braves1976]

Gwinnett up 5-0 in the 9th, Perez is 2-4 with a walk and two more steals tonight giving him a league-leading 16 steals on the year. Peraza went 1-5 and stole his 11th base, Garcia 1-4 with a walk and stolen base. Hunter 1-4 after his first hit was changed to an error on the second baseman. Further, Perez is now hitting .278 and rising after a bit of a slump. I still like him and hope to see him on the Braves MLB team at some point.

[Braves1976]

Good bounce back effort by Jenkins for Mississippi tonight, 6 scoreless innings on 6 hits, 2 BB's and 5 K's. Mallex Smith is 1-2 with a walk and stolen base tonight. He was also caught for the first time this year too, but he is coming off a minor foot issue and tonight is the first time since that he's gotten back to stealing bases. The game is still scoreless btw.

Also, O'Dowd is 3-3 tonight and now hitting .424 on the season. Ruiz is 0-2 with a walk and Lipka 0-3 so far tonight.

[50PoundHead]

Good bounce back effort by Jenkins for Mississippi tonight, 6 scoreless innings on 6 hits, 2 BB's and 5 K's. Mallex Smith is 1-2 with a walk and stolen base tonight. He was also caught for the first time this year too, but he is coming off a minor foot issue and tonight is the first time since that he's gotten back to stealing bases. The game is still scoreless btw.

Also, O'Dowd is 3-3 tonight and now hitting .424 on the season. Ruiz is 0-2 with a walk and Lipka 0-3 so far tonight.

Good start by Jenkins. His strike-to-ball was a little shaky, but it looks like he battled and his GO/AO was great again.

[rico43]

Yea, Sanchez is on the 7-day DL.

Leg (calf) injury. Don't sweat it.

[Julio3000]

Scranton-WB says no mas!