THURSDAY MINORS REPORT 5/17/18:

[rico43]

THURSDAY MINORS RESULTS

All Times Eastern

CLASS AAA

Gwinnett 6, Columbus 0

SP: Socolovich 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
WP: Jackson (3-1) 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K
Phillips 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K
Hursh 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Bourjos 4-5, 2B, 2 R
Santana 1-5, R, RBI, 3 K
Franco 1-4, HR (8th), 3 RBI
Riley 1-4, RBI, SF

CLASS AA

Mississippi 9, Tennessee 5

SP: Wright 5.2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
WP: Leyva (2-0) 0.1 IP, zeroes
Sobotka 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Graham 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Valenzuela 3-6, 2 R
Demeritte 3-5, 2B, HR (3rd), 2 RBI
Lien 3-5, 2B, R, RBI
Reed 1-4, 2B, 3 RBI

ADVANCED CLASS A

St. Lucie @ Florida (15-23) DH Cancelled, no makeup

CLASS A

Rome 1, Asheville 0

WP: Zimmermann (4-2) 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K (2.38)
B.S. White (Save, 6) 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K

Swanson 2-4
Ramos 2-4, 2 2B
Bush 1-3 (2018 debut)
Encarnacion 3-4, HR (3rd), RBI (in 6th)

[GeorgiaGirl]

Fried was just scratched. Not sure he's coming back up, wonder why?

[msstate7]

Fried was just scratched. Not sure he's coming back up, wonder why?

Trade for Jed lowrie (no, this isn't real)

[bravesfanMatt]

Fried was just scratched. Not sure he's coming back up, wonder why?

Probably in case we use heavy BP use today. Biddle might get some work and then swap them. He has been down long enough to recall now. Could be to stretch Gohard some more. But I like the idea of him staying up and being closly watched.

[nsacpi]

at this point in the season I would rather have Gohara starting in AAA and Fried on the big team

[msstate7]

at this point in the season I would rather have Gohara starting in AAA and Fried on the big team

You can't go wrong... both are TOR

[Super]

at this point in the season I would rather have Gohara starting in AAA and Fried on the big team

i really like the idea of using Gohara in "long relief" at the moment. i think he's clearly better than Fried in general. will using him for, like, 3 innings at a time stretch him out enough to eventually shift to the rotation?

[clvclv]

i really like the idea of using Gohara in "long relief" at the moment. i think he's clearly better than Fried in general. will using him for, like, 3 innings at a time stretch him out enough to eventually shift to the rotation?

Will still need to go down and make at least two starts to stretch him out if he's going to slide into the rotation.

[CJ9]

Kyle Wright struggling today.

[50PoundHead]

Evan Phillips has struck out all six of the hitters he has faced in the Gwinnett game. He's off to a nice start this season. Don't know much about his stuff and he's had some pretty big control problems as he's moved up the ladder. But he has moved fast and consistently, so I will be curious to see if he gets a shot at some point.

[CJ9]

Evan Phillips has struck out all six of the hitters he has faced in the Gwinnett game. He's off to a nice start this season. Don't know much about his stuff and he's had some pretty big control problems as he's moved up the ladder. But he has moved fast and consistently, so I will be curious to see if he gets a shot at some point.

Might be time to give him a shot. Looks like the control is getting better this year, too. He's only at 8 walks in 20.1 innings so far this year to go with 29 strikeouts.

[CJ9]

Wright's day is done: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R/ER, 3 BB, 3 K. Woof.

[Enscheff]

Wright's day is done: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R/ER, 3 BB, 3 K. Woof.

Damn. He should not be struggling like this.

[50PoundHead]

Hursh finishes up in the Gwinnett game, striking out 2 in his inning and giving the Gwinnett patchwork staff (Socolovich, Jackson, Phillips, and Hursh) 17 Ks on the day.

[msstate7]

Damn. He should not be struggling like this.

Makes me appreciate soroka and allard even more. They breezed through AA

[CJ9]

After Wright's last start (which was good), he mentioned the adjustment to throwing every five days instead of every seven like college pitchers do. Maybe that's part of the issues. He was also pretty average in the first half for Vandy last season before turning it on and being dominant over the second half, so let's hope that's what will happen here.

But it's not pretty with him right now.

[50PoundHead]

Nice day for Travis Demeritte. 3/5 2 R 2 RBI 1 2B 1 HR.

[clvclv]

Nice day for Travis Demeritte. 3/5 2 R 2 RBI 1 2B 1 HR.

9 for his last 24 - noticed he'd had a couple of multi-hit games recently the other day.

[Super]

Nice day for Travis Demeritte. 3/5 2 R 2 RBI 1 2B 1 HR.

so i wonder what we can get for albies

[Deester11]

Demerritte.....could take Albies spot...