5/11/15 MONDAY MINOR FINAL: Hursh awful, Rome walkoff

[rico43]

MONDAY GAMES

ALL TIMES EDT

CLASS AAA

Syracuse 5, Gwinnett 2

LP: Wang (0-4) 6 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K.
Castro 3-4 (.385); Peraza 1-4, RBI, SB; My. Jones 2-3, 2B, 3B, 2 R, BB, OF asst.; A. Garcia 0-5.

CLASS AA

Mobile 6, Mississippi 1

LP: Hursh (0-3) 5.2 IP, 9 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 2 K.
Rohm 1-4; Mx. Smith 1-3, BB, OF assist.

ADVANCED CLASS A

Carolina 3, Salem 1

SP: Walters 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K.
WP: Cabrera (2-0) 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER(1R), 1 BB, 4 K.
Otero (Save, 3) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K.
Schrader 2-2, 2 RBI; Hyams 1-4, SB; D. Peterson 2-4, 2 R, SB (.314).

CLASS A

Rome 7, Greensboro 6

Walkoff win on McElroy RBI 1B.
SP: Grosser 6 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K.
Caicedo 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K. (2015 debut)
WP: Kinman (BS, 1-0) 2 IP, 0 H, 1 ER(3R), 3 BB, 2 K.
Edgerton 3-5, 2 R (.337); Albies 2-5, R, SB (.317); Nevarez 1-4, 2B, R, RBI; Tellor 2-5, 2B, HR (1st), 4 RBI; Davidson 1-2, 2 BB; Curcio 2-5, R, RBI (.352).

[thethe]

Lets hope Hursh can bounce back. He has had a rough season. Might be time to focus on moving him to the pen. Looks like we are going to need a bunch of options in there moving forward.

[Tapate50]

Hursh is getting to the point to seek out a better role for him. Let him get to that back end of the pen, and turn that arm loose might show us a good option for what ails this current roster.

[clvclv]

With Wisler's good outing yesterday to go along with nice recent showings of Banuelos, Sims, and Thurman plus several others' having breakout seasons, you've got to figure it's just a matter of time before Hursh moves to the pen. I'd imagine they'll want to have him work those shorter stints for a little while to make sure he establishes better fastball command when he's able to turn it loose every time he throws it though. One or two more bad starts, and I could imagine him being in the big club's pen after the break.

[thethe]

FYI, Wisler was named International League pitcher of the week.

I could see him being in the major league rotation come July 1st.

[nsacpi]

Who is this Daniel Castro fellow.

[thethe]

Dustin Peterson with a few more hits tonight.

Won't be too long until he is in AA. Maybe an August call up and then in AAA by midseason next year.

[Braves1976]

Mallex Smith continues to get on base too for Mississippi, he's 1-3 with a BB and outfield assist (third base) so far tonight. While Ruiz continues to not hit and Lipka is continues to slump after a great start.

[smootness]

It is past time for Hursh to move to the pen. He clearly isn't a starter.

More good stuff for our hitters, though.

[sturg33]

Love seeing all the Braxton Davidson walks.

I assume we'll see Wisler and ManBan this summer

Any news on Mike Minor?

[smootness]

Love seeing all the Braxton Davidson walks.

.225 AVG with a .384 OBP. That is nuts.

[dak]

Any news on Mike Minor?

Should hear something this week. Hart said this on May 2 . . .

“Right now there are still some issues there,” Hart said. “This (move) provides us some more flexibility. We don’t see him coming back anytime soon. Hopefully the next week or 10 days we will have our arms a little bit more around what needs to be done. We felt this was the right move for the organization (and) the right thing for Mike because he’s not close to being out there ready to go.”

[Braves1976]

Kohn is on the DL with Gwinnett with a shoulder strain, Bowman said he'd probably been recalled this week otherwise. Also, did anyone hear why Steve Janas hit the DL for Carolina?

[cajunrevenge]

My body is ready for the Peterson hype train. Matter of time before he is our #1 prospect?

[Tapate50]

My body is ready for the Peterson hype train. Matter of time before he is our #1 prospect?

Never, he'd have to pass Albies.

[thethe]

Yeah, and Peraza as well. Braves system is loaded right now and if Sims can build off of his last start then it has to be considered top 5. Just high level players all over the system.

[Tapate50]

Yeah, and Peraza as well. Braves system is loaded right now and if Sims can build off of his last start then it has to be considered top 5. Just high level players all over the system.

I guess I meant long term, as I don't expect Peraza to be there when and if Peterson makes a real case for it.

[thethe]

Fair point. I also think Peraza will lose his eligibility at some point this year.

[Tapate50]

So... Castro and Garcia?

What's the scoop?

[50PoundHead]

So... Castro and Garcia?

What's the scoop?

Eric Garcia was our 20th round pick in 2012 out of the University of Missouri. Hasn't had a stellar career to this point, but maybe the light bulb has come on. LHH; so that helps. Mostly a 2B, but has played a lot of SS and some 3B.

Daniel Castro has had a meteoric rise after two nondescript seasons in the Dominican Summer League in 2010 and 2011. Braves sent him to the Mexican League (I think they have a cooperative agreement with one of the teams there) where his game picked up considerably. Short of IFs, the Braves added him to the Lynchburg roster late in 2013. He stuck there the next year and moved up to Mississippi mid-year in 2014. His game has continued to improve and he's now in Gwinnett after a solid start in Mississippi this season. Has kind of flip-flopped with Peraza and is now playing more SS. Peraza was the SS in Lynchburg when Castro first came stateside in 2013, so Castro played 2B in that particular situation. With Peraza moving to 2B, Castro is back at SS. Only 22. Doesn't walk much. Doesn't K much.