8/8/2015 SATURDAY MINORS FINAL: Gwinnett on 13-2 tear

[rico43]

Watching the game last night, Chipper Jones mentioned that he told his 1995 teammates that he loved them, but the best team he was ever on was the 1992 Greenville Braves AA team. That team won 106 out of 150 or so games that year (actually 100 Ws and 43 Ls). That team was headlined by Chipper, Javy, Mike Kelly, Melvin Nieves....etc.

The next wave of major talent was on the 2005 Mississippi team with McCann, Francoeur, Gregor Blanco, Martin Prado, Chuck James, Anthony Lerew, Blaine Boyer...etc.

I think the system could be looking at another tremendous wave of talent coming up. It's possible that in 2017, the Mississippi Braves will be showcasing a line up that includes Austin Riley, Braxton Davidson, Luke Dykstra, Bradley Keller, Leonys Baez, and Juan Yepez with a rotation that includes Kolby Allard, Mike Soroka, Ricardo Sanchez, Touki Toussaint, Jaret Hellinger, Gilbert Suarez...etc.

It actually was 106, including six playoff games! In the finals, they beat a Chattanooga team that had 90 regular season wins.

[auyushu]

Braves have to play him 120+ games next year. I like Lavarnway as well but hopefully they can bring AJ back in a backup roll. But before that is done, the front office has to be clear with Freddi that CB plays the majority of the time.

I really don't get why he's not up and starting right now. We could get a good two months of starting out of him and see how he is.

[GovClintonTyree]

I really don't get why he's not up and starting right now. We could get a good two months of starting out of him and see how he is.

Because of his sloppy defense and poor dedication?

Also, he wasn't hitting .307 at the ML level.

[auyushu]

Because of his sloppy defense and poor dedication?

Also, he wasn't hitting .307 at the ML level.

And that was 2 months ago, I'm wondering why he's not up now. What is the downside? He sucks and we get a better draft because we lose an extra game or two? I'm not even a fan of him really and don't think he'll be anything more than a backup catcher at the ML level, but he deserves to get a consistent couple month stretch as a starter to find out what he's got.

[Chico]

I think CB is gone this offseason. Keep him down and let him build his value back up some.

[emk418]

Braves have to play him 120+ games next year. I like Lavarnway as well but hopefully they can bring AJ back in a backup roll. But before that is done, the front office has to be clear with Freddi that CB plays the majority of the time.

He needs to be up soon to see what he can do.