Minor League Thread

[CyYoung31]

He averaged 92.9 during the best season of his career.

He’s maxing out at 92 right now. Used to hit 94-96 quite regularly.

[bravesfanMatt]

Where are we getting velo data for minor league games.

[steveAKAslick]

Soroka sitting at 92 concerns me in my hopes of him getting back to his former form.

Soroka had 23 curveballs around 2700 RPM in this start tonight. That would tie him with Dylan Cease (his full season amount) for number of curveballs @ 2700 RPM. per @gvedak on Twitter

Also had ridiculous movement on his sinker and changeup…it sucks that Gwinnett changed their camera location so you can’t see the movement on his pitches

Check out some of his posts from last night

https://twitter.com/gvedak/status/16...zLSAaV7AGoL3Ow

https://twitter.com/gvedak/status/16...zLSAaV7AGoL3Ow

https://twitter.com/gvedak/status/16...zLSAaV7AGoL3Ow

[UNCBlue012]

Soroka sitting at 92 concerns me in my hopes of him getting back to his former form.

He hit 93-94 a few times in his last start. I'm not even remotely concerned.

[Super]

He hit 93-94 a few times in his last start. I'm not even remotely concerned.

You’re not worried..? What, is Soroka just coming back from a bunch of injuries or something?

[CJ9]

Seth Keller starting in Augusta tonight, an interesting 6th rounder last year out of high school. It was originally listed as LHP Adam Shoemaker, another upside guy. It looks like with all the starting options in Augusta that they're just piggybacking guys. Yesterday it was Cedric de Grandpre and Fuentes, looks like today will likely be Keller and Shoemaker. Schwellenbach throwing tomorrow, Owen Murphy on Friday and JR Ritchie on Saturday. Lot of interesting arms in Augusta.

[UNCBlue012]

You’re not worried..? What, is Soroka just coming back from a bunch of injuries or something?

I'm not worried because his first few starts have gone even better than I would have imagined. He has a few things to tweak (command is a big one) but he looks good. Really good, and a lot like his old self.

[msstate7]

Waddell 3-4, k

Didn't realize he was only 24.

[Tapate50]

You’re not worried..? What, is Soroka just coming back from a bunch of injuries or something?

Nothing major arm related

[Super]

Nothing major arm related

Right, but I still wouldn’t expect his velo to be right back to where it was previously. It might take a bit for him to be totally comfortable after such a long layoff. That’s all I was trying to say.

[bravesfanMatt]

Right, but I still wouldn’t expect his velo to be right back to where it was previously. It might take a bit for him to be totally comfortable after such a long layoff. That’s all I was trying to say.

I think folks forget how important legs are to pitchers. I think Soroka as he builds his legs back to tree trunck status, his power will come back too.

[OcalaBrave]

Mike's gonna force his way back to Atlanta soon enough. Morton and Elder are really good slotted in as the 4th/5th starters. But Soroka is a potential ace. Atlanta has to see if he still has it. I want my play-off rotation to be some order of Fried, Strider, Soroka and Wright! Sorry Charlie.

[chop2chip]

Braves could just easily go 6 man rotation and when the inevitable injury happens this problem works itself out.

With the pitch clock, the 6 man rotation may end up being the norm anyways

[bravesfanMatt]

Again, when you have a 6 man rotation that means 1 less BP arm to go to. So when Elder goes 5, then Mort goes 5.1 and Strider only goes 5... then your pen will be crushed.

[chop2chip]

Again, when you have a 6 man rotation that means 1 less BP arm to go to. So when Elder goes 5, then Mort goes 5.1 and Strider only goes 5... then your pen will be crushed.

Is the assumption starting pitchers pitch less innings when they go every 6th day versus 5?

I see the downside of having 1 less arm you can roster, but I don’t agree that day to day your bullpen will be used more.

[bravesfanMatt]

Is the assumption starting pitchers pitch less innings when they go every 6th day versus 5?

I see the downside of having 1 less arm you can roster, but I don’t agree that day to day your bullpen will be used more.

no, I assume they will pitch the same which those guys I mentioned don't pitch very deep in a game.. so having that one less arm can be very taxing imo. especially when we don't have a lot of option guys in our pen.

[CyYoung31]

He hit 93-94 a few times in his last start. I'm not even remotely concerned.

I thought I read somewhere that he’s only hit 92 so far.

Dude hasn’t pitched in two years and had two major leg injuries. Wouldn’t surprise me if had a permanent dip in velocity. That’s all I was trying to say.

[msstate7]

Shewmake 2-4, 2b, sb
Waddell 1-4, sb
Solak 1-4, hr

[50PoundHead]

Braves finally landed Nick Solak. I can't remember if it was Coppolella or Anthopoulos, but the Braves wanted Solak back from the Yankees or Rangers in some deal that was made.

Addendum: I forgot to add. I was following the Rome/Hudson Valley game on Gameday last night. Former Brave minor league IF Caleb Durbin plays for Hudson Valley (was sent to the Yankees with Indigo Diaz in the Lucas Luetge deal). In the 4th inning of last night's 8-2 victory for Hudson Valley, Durbin walked, stole second, stole third, and, after a pitching change, stole home as part of a double-steal.

[CJ9]

Fangraphs Braves list is out: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/atlanta-...rospects-2023/

Really interesting stuff on our young pitching prospects and Alvarez, plus an interesting write up on Guanipa, comparing his offensive profile to Trea Turner.