7/9/2015 MINORS FINAL THURSDAY .... Jenkins aces, Lien has huge night.

[rico43]

MOVES: Tyrell Jenkins promoted to Gwinnett, starrt today!
Fernando Miranda moved from GCL to Danville.


THURSDAY SCHEDULE

ALL TIMES EDT

CLASS AAA

Gwinnett 1, Norfolk 0

WP: Jenkins (1-0) 7 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K.
R.Kelly (Save, 6) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R,, 0 BB, 2 K.
Terdoslavich 2-3, 3B, R; A. Garcia 1-3, RBI; M. Smith 0-3, SB, CS.

CLASS AA

Mississippi 6, Chattanooga 5

WP: Reyes (6-4) 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K.
Peterson (Save, 2) 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K.
Kang 3-5, 3B, HR (2nd), 3 RBI; Kennelly 3-4, 2B, R; Rohm 2-4, 2 RBI; Landoni 3-5, 2B, R; Lipka 0-5.

ADVANCED CLASS A

Carolina 9, Salem 4

WP: Povse (1-2) 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K.
Lien 4-5, HR (5th), 3 RBI, 3 SB; Franco 1-4, HR (8th), 3 RBI; D. Peterson 2-5, R, 2 RBI.

CLASS A

Rome 8, Augusta 6

WP: Toussaint (2-0) 5 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, HR (1st inning).
Roney (Save, 3) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K.
Gaylor 4-5, 2B, 3B, 4 R, RBI; Edgerton 3-5, 2 RBI; Murphy 2-5, HR (2nd), 2 RBI; Davidson 1-4, RBI.

SHORT-SEASON

Walkoff win on Baez homer.
Bluefield @ Danville (6-9), 7:00

SP: Weigel 3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K.
WP: Lewis (1-0) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.
Dykstra 3-4, 2B, 2 R, RBI; Baez 2-5, 3B, R, RBI; C. Castro 2-4, 2B, R, RBI; Lanning 2-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI.

GCL Braves 7, GCL Yankees 5

SP: Jh. Martinez 4 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K.
WP: Libuda (1-0) 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.
Orozco (Save, 1) 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K.
Riley 1-2, HR (1st), 3 RBI; Ellison 2-4, 2 2B, 2 R, RBI; Yelich 1-2, RBI.

DSL Rangers 5, DSL Braves 4

SP: G. Henry (0-2) 3 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K.
Pantoja 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K.
Ventura 2-4, 2B, R, RBI, 2 SB, yet another OF assist; Michael 1-4, R, RBI; T. Josephina 2-4, HR (2nd), 2 RBI.

[UNCBlue012]

I hope we see nothing but great things for Jenkins. Huge fan of his.

[thethe]

I hope we see nothing but great things for Jenkins. Huge fan of his.

Now up to 5 innings with 5K's in just 67 pitches.

[Nerfherders]

This is just an aside, but I find it interesting that all 5 of the full season teams in the organization have nearly identical records.

[thethe]

So apparently Jenkins was in fact ready for AAA.

I am still convinced that those K numbers will come up in due time. We have no clue what the Braves had him working on so far this year.

[UNCBlue012]

Now up to 5 innings with 5K's in just 67 pitches.

AWESOME. What was his final? If he's done. I'm at work, so I'm trying to flip back and forth.

[TomahawkCult]

AWESOME. What was his final? If he's done. I'm at work, so I'm trying to flip back and forth.

According to Gwinnett Braves Twitter: 7.0 IP; 7H; 0R, 0ER; 1BB, 6K; 98 Pitches/62 Strikes.

[UNCBlue012]

According to Gwinnett Braves Twitter: 7.0 IP; 7H; 0R, 0ER; 1BB, 6K; 98 Pitches/62 Strikes.

A few more hits than I'd like to see, but that's really awesome for his first start.

[thethe]

A few more hits than I'd like to see, but that's really awesome for his first start.

Against one of the better teams in AAA mind you.

[Deester11]

I told y'all! Lol. Seriously though, if healthy he's as good a candidate to start for the Brabes as Folty is. Of course they could both or one be traded.

[50PoundHead]

A few more hits than I'd like to see, but that's really awesome for his first start.

All singles.

[thethe]

Again, forget the numbers for now. Go find the tapes from ST. Jenkins has plus stuff. I have faith that the Braves pitching developmental team will help him figure it out.

[Deester11]

Again, forget the numbers for now. Go find the tapes from ST. Jenkins has plus stuff. I have faith that the Braves pitching developmental team will help him figure it out.

Agree

[cajunrevenge]

Very good to see from Jenkins. If he continues like this at AAA I think the Braves should/could trade one or more of our established starters. How crazy would it be to go into 2016 with a rotation of Miller/Banuelos/Wisler/Perez/Jenkins.

[smootness]

Very good to see from Jenkins. If he continues like this at AAA I think the Braves should/could trade one or more of our established starters. How crazy would it be to go into 2016 with a rotation of Miller/Banuelos/Wisler/Perez/Jenkins.

Very crazy. That's never going to happen.

[Braves1976]

Very crazy. That's never going to happen.

Outside of injury I agree, but we've already seen how that goes sometimes. It would be foolish to trade both Teheran and Wood and go with such a young staff IMO. I can see trading one of them at some point, but not trading both by 2016. Now had he said 2017 then maybe so because a lot can happen in over a year. However, I would even be doubtful about both being gone from the rotation by 2017 barring injury.

[rico43]

Attended Mississippi game and saw one of their biggest offensive outbursts (13 hits, 4 doubles, homer by K.D. Kang). Reyes allowed 450-foot HR in 1st, but nothing else in 6 innings. Bullpen, especially Rondon, was horrible, allowing 3 runs in 9th on 3 walks and a pair of two-out hits. Peterson strikeout for final out after allowing all 3 inherited runs to score. Kennelly had three hits to leap the Mendoa line; Kang had double as well, 3 RBIs.

[dak]

Again, forget the numbers for now. Go find the tapes from ST. Jenkins has plus stuff. I have faith that the Braves pitching developmental team will help him figure it out.

Yeah, he looked unreal the time or two that I saw him in Spring Training. Big, imposing presence on the mound. Worked fast and had a lot of movement on his pitches.

[thethe]

Yeah, he looked unreal the time or two that I saw him in Spring Training. Big, imposing presence on the mound. Worked fast and had a lot of movement on his pitches.

Thats the only thing I'm concerned about. I personally believe the Braves had him working on some other things that don't necessarily lead to a lot of K's.

He has been going deep into games and I think that skill is just as important as striking out a lot of guys.

[mqt]

Good to see that Toussaint was able to battle back from a rough start. Obviously the first three batters still count, but it's nice that the majority of his start went well.