WEDNESDAY MINORS REPORT 5/16/18: Baseball Before Bedtime!

[rico43]

WEDNESDAY'S MINORS RESULTS

All Times Eastern

CLASS AAA

Columbia 6, Gwinnett 1

LP: Sims (2-2) 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
Brothers 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
Pfeifer 2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 0 K

Franco 1-4, HR (7th), RBI
Riley 0-4, 3 K
Avery 1-2, 2B

CLASS AA

Mississippi 7, Jackson 3

SP: Franco 5.2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, HR
WP: McCreery (1-3) 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K
Mader 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

Reed 1-4, 2 R, HR (3rd), RBI
Marlette 3-4, 2 2B, HR (3rd), 2 RBI
J. Morales 1-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI

ADVANCED CLASS A

St. Lucie @ Florida (15-23), ppd.

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MOVES

GWINNETT: David Peterson placed on temporarily inactive list; Chad Bell claimed off waivers by Braves from Tigers, added to 40-man, optioned to Gwinnett. Bell 0-1, 8.59 in 3 games in 2018, was 0-3, 6.93 in 28 games last year (12 HR in 62 innings). But he was 11-4, 3.29 in minors in 2016. Is 29-year-old lefty.
MISSISSIPPI: Chad Sobotka promoted from Florida; Devan Watts demoted to Florida.
FLORIDA: Jared James activated from DL


CLASS A

Rome, idle

[clvclv]

Not a fan of spending a 40-Man Roster spot on Bell. Situational lefty/LOOGY at best, and even if Gohara doesn't stay in the pen we've got Biddle/Fried/Allard/Brothers who can fill that role.

[Southcack77]

Not a fan of spending a 40-Man Roster spot on Bell. Situational lefty/LOOGY at best, and even if Gohara doesn't stay in the pen we've got Biddle/Fried/Allard/Brothers who can fill that role.

They had a bunch of open 40 slots. They don't have to keep him if it becomes an issue.

[rico43]

They had a bunch of open 40 slots. They don't have to keep him if it becomes an issue.

Right. They lose no one.

[CJ9]

Riley 0-4 with 3 Ks.

[clvclv]

They had a bunch of open 40 slots. They don't have to keep him if it becomes an issue.

The addition of Bell puts the 40-Man Roster at 39.

Somehow don't get 1 as "a bunch".

Not a big deal by any stretch, just not real sure why you'd pay the waiver fee to claim him and have him take up a spot that may go to Allard or Riley in the not so distant future when he probably would have gone unclaimed and you could've offered him a minor league deal if you wanted a closer look.

[UNCBlue012]

Riley 0-4 with 3 Ks.

Send him down a level!

[Russ2dollas]

Riley 0-4 with 3 Ks.

Listened to some back mlb pipeline podcasts. They had riley on. I'm not saying these guys are the best prospect evaluators but they expressed concerns with his 3B defense of 4/25/18. One of the hosts in particular. Just reminded me of posters on here saying that nobody had defensive concerns anymore.

I'm still thinking 250/300-333/450-500 with avg to slightly below avg D.

[Enscheff]

The addition of Bell puts the 40-Man Roster at 39.

Somehow don't get 1 as "a bunch".

Not a big deal by any stretch, just not real sure why you'd pay the waiver fee to claim him and have him take up a spot that may go to Allard or Riley in the not so distant future when he probably would have gone unclaimed and you could've offered him a minor league deal if you wanted a closer look.