MINORS FINAL SATURDAY 4/29: Ruiz walkoff HR nets sweep

[rico43]

SATURDAY SCOREBOARD

CLASS AAA

GAME ONE
Gwinnett 2, Pawtucket 1 (7)

WP: Albers (2-0) 5.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Peterson (Save, 2) 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Ruiz 1-3, HR (2nd), RBI
Rojas 2-2, 2 2B, RBI
Howard 0-3
Albies 0-3, K

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GAME TWO
Gwinnett 3, Pawtucket 1 (9)

SP: Franco 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K
Cruz 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Hursh 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
WP: Freeman (3-1) 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K

Ruiz 2-4, HR (3rd), 2 RBI
Howard 0-4, 3 K
Albies 0-4, 2 K
Tuiasosopo 1-3, 2B, R, RBI


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CLASS AA

Tennessee 6, Mississippi 3

SP: Withrow 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 HR
LP: Pfeifer (BS, 0-1) 1.2 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Roney 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

James 2-4
Demeritte 1-3, 2B, R, RBI
Scivicque 2-3, HR (1st), RBI
Franco 1-3, RBI

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ADVANCED CLASS A

Lakeland 2, Florida 1

LP: Harrington (2-2) 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 6 K
Cabrera 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K (rehab)
McLaughlin 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Acuna 1-4, RBI, CS, E
Neslony 1-3, 2B

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CLASS A

Rome 6, West Virginia 1

WP: Wilson 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 5 K
Caicedo (Save, 1) 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Cruz 1-5, 2B, 2 R, RBI
Yepez 2-3, R, RBI
Ventura 2-3, R, BB, 2 SB (13) (.373)
Murphy 1-3, HR (1st), 3 RBI
Josephina 3-4, SB


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[smootness]

Even on a relatively down day where none of the top prospects are starting, you still have intriguing guys to watch. The pitching in this system really is incredible and fairly unprecedented.

[zbhargrove]

If Withrow keeps it up, he could force his way up the list

[bravesfanMatt]

Would be nice if wisler was there to start one of these games today vs sitting in the pen doing nothing.

[sturg33]

Would be nice if wisler was there to start one of these games today vs sitting in the pen doing nothing.

Yeah talk about odd

[sturg33]

Would be nice if wisler was there to start one of these games today vs sitting in the pen doing nothing.

One thought could be to have Wisler airing it out for 2 innings at a time, thus boosting his trade value and we try to get something for him. i think the Diamondbacks are finding some success with Archie Bradley at the moment...

I doubt the Braves are that smart though

[clvclv]

One thought could be to have Wisler airing it out for 2 innings at a time, thus boosting his trade value and we try to get something for him. i think the Diamondbacks are finding some success with Archie Bradley at the moment...

I doubt the Braves are that smart though

That same thought had actually crossed my mind. *ell, might not want to move him if he could be effective like Bradley/Devenski/Raisel Iglesias have been. Definitely think he could actually be a nice piece in the pen if he could give you two innings 3 times a week - perfect bridge to allow Snit to get Bartolo/Dickey/Garcia out before they got into trouble. If they were regularly good for 5, you wouldn't need to burn so many guys early. Use the old guys for 5, Wisler for the 6th and 7th, then just keep running the flamethrowers and Johnson out there in the 8th and 9th.

Even with all his struggles, I think I'd still feel more comfortable with Wisler out there consistently sitting 94-95 (if you take his change away and only call the occasional slider to change eye-levels and timing) than I am when Collmenter goes out for those short stints - I just always feel like the soft-tossers are easier to time in the later innings when everyone's looking for something to mash. He's obviously not Mauricio, but if you tried to sequence Wisler the same way, he might be pretty effective.

[Russ2dollas]

I wish we'd go to a two to three inning bp option in the majors.

We have a bunch of arms that could go through a line up once

[50PoundHead]

I wish we'd go to a two to three inning bp option in the majors.

We have a bunch of arms that could go through a line up once

Go back and look at some of the bullpens from the pre-specialist era. I started watching baseball seriously in the early-1960s and it wasn't anything out of the ordinary to have a relief pitcher throw more than 100 innings. You'd also see bullpen guys get an occasional start and a front-line starter throw a few relief innings during the season. Handling of pitching staffs is the most dramatic change I have witnessed in my 50+ years of following the game.

[cajunrevenge]

I am a big fan of multi inning relievers. I think teams are missing a lot of potential by not using these starters who lack a quality third pitch as multi inning relievers. Over time they might even develop that third pitch enough to be a starter.

[nsacpi]

so far this season Collmenter, Ramirez, Folty, Johnson and Wisler have all gone 2 innings or more out of the pen

[rico43]

I wish we'd go to a two to three inning bp option in the majors.

We have a bunch of arms that could go through a line up once

You just described Collmenter's role.

[mfree80]

One thought could be to have Wisler airing it out for 2 innings at a time, thus boosting his trade value and we try to get something for him. i think the Diamondbacks are finding some success with Archie Bradley at the moment...

I doubt the Braves are that smart though

Yeah, They are certainly not as smart as a bunch of armchair GM's who don't have to actually live with the results of their decisions.

[IslandBrave]

Randy with 2 more steals today. Up to 13

[msstate7]

Ruiz 2 HRs this week. I'd love to get him going and perhaps platoon him with Garcia

[zbhargrove]

Ruiz 2 HRs this week. I'd love to get him going and perhaps platoon him with Garcia

Now 3! Walk off homer to win the second game.

[msstate7]

Now 3! Walk off homer to win the second game.

Very nice

[Managuarantano's Volunteers]

Randy with 2 more steals today. Up to 13

Heck yes!

[bravesfanMatt]

Heck yes!

Where have you been.

[msstate7]

Has wisler officially become a reliever?