7/8/2015 MINORS THREAD WEDNESDAY .... Ventura still spectacular in DSL

[rico43]

Randy Ventura (.391) has played in 24 games thus far in his pro career. He has hits in 23 of them, including the last 19 straight. He stole five bases in his third game and has gone on to steal 29 in 24 games (out of 33 attempts). In Wednesday's game, he also had two outfield assists and has a several. He's a 5-9 switch hitter and is about to break through to the top 30 prospects. As far as progress, he had only one XBH in his first 16 games, and have five in his last eight. He's a 17-year-old Dominican.


WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE

ALL TIMES EDT

CLASS AAA

Norfolk 3, Gwinnett 2

LP: G. Smith (3-4) 6 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K.
Moylan 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.
Hunter 2-4, 2B, R; Castro 1-4, RBI; Terdoslavich 1-3; M. Smith 1-3, 3B, R. (batting 9th!)

CLASS AA

Jackson 10, Mississippi 5

LP: Janas (0-1) 4.1 IP, 10 H, 7 ER, 1 BB, 3 K.
Ty, Jones 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K.
Ruiz 2-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI; Kenelly 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI; Lipka 2-4, R, SB.

ADVANCED CLASS A

Carolina 4, Salem 3

WP: Webster (4-5) 6.8 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 K.
J. Jackson (Save, 1) 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.
Briceno 1-4, R, RBI; Lien 1-4, HR (4th), RBI, OF assist.

CLASS A

Augusta 9, Rome 5

LP: Sanchez (1-6) 4 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K.
Cordero 2 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 2 K.
Albies 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, BB; Davidson 0-3, R, 2 BB, 3 K; Tellor 2-4, 2B, RBI; Gaylor 2-4, R, RBI.

SHORT-SEASON

Danville 7, Bluefield 4

Win despite 5 errors.
SP: Gamez 4.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K.
WP: Moore (2-0) 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER(1R), 1 BB, 1 K.
Custred (Save, 1) 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K.
Didder 2-5, RBI; C. Martinez 2-2, 2B, HR (1st), 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB; C. Castro 3-4, 2B, 3 R, RBI; Hoekstr 1-4, 2 RBI, SB.

GCL Yankees 2, GCL Braves 1

Onlyl 3 hits for Braves
SP: Avalos 3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 1 K.
Soroka 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K.
LP: Hellinger (1-1) 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER(1R), 0 BB, 4 K.
Salazar 2-4, R.

DSL Braves 9, DSL Red Sox 8

8-run inning for Braves
SP: J. Sanchez 2.1 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K.
WP: Vega (1-4) 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.
Taveras (Save, 2) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.
Ventura 1-4, R, 2 RBI, BB, 2 OF assists; Michel 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI, BB; Concepcion 1-4, R, RBI, BB; T. Josephina 1-4, 2B, R, RBI; Olmos 2-4, 2 R, RBI.

[50PoundHead]

Here's a very sad story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp..._milb&sid=milb

Johnson was a pretty good prospect when he came out of Louisburg.

[buck75]

Here's a very sad story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp..._milb&sid=milb

Johnson was a pretty good prospect when he came out of Louisburg.

Very sad indeed.

[Tapate50]

Hoping that's just butterflies for Janas.

[50PoundHead]

Hoping that's just butterflies for Janas.

Agreed, but what a terrible first inning. The flies in that inning were anything but as soft as butter. He seemed to settle down after that.

[Tapate50]

You know, as far as offensive prospects stepping out from the pack we really haven't had a whole lot to talk about. Albies and Peraza aside, there hasn't been much.

We still need lots of help in this area....badly.

[Russ2dollas]

Are the braves specializing in sub 5'10 slap hitters with speed? I know he's 17 and can grow. Maybe that's the size of guy who's playing baseball these days.

Randy Ventura (.391) has played in 24 games thus far in his pro career. He has hits in 23 of them, including the last 19 straight. He stole five bases in his third game and has gone on to steal 29 in 24 games (out of 33 attempts). In Wednesday's game, he also had two outfield assists and has a several. He's a 5-9 switch hitter and is about to break through to the top 30 prospects. As far as progress, he had only one XBH in his first 16 games, and have five in his last eight. He's a 17-year-old Dominican.

[smootness]

Are the braves specializing in sub 5'10 slap hitters with speed? I know he's 17 and can grow. Maybe that's the size of guy who's playing baseball these days.

I don't know that he's a full on slap hitter. Obviously there's not much power there right now, but we don't really know what his approach is. There have been plenty of guys 5'10" and under who are legit hitters. Just have to wait and see.

[nsacpi]

Are the braves specializing in sub 5'10 slap hitters with speed?

We will be the first team to win the WS with a roster of smurfs and TJ survivors.

[Chop1995]

What happen to Chris Diaz?

[clvclv]

Under The Radar Tidbit Of The Day:

Cameron Maybin's former high school teammate Justin Jackson notched his first Save with the Braves organization for Carolina yesterday.

[clvclv]

11 hits and 7 RBIs for Ruiz in his last ten games. Hitting .333 over that span.