8/11/2015 TUESDAY MINORS THREAD .... BBA's Best Tools for 2015

[rico43]

CLASS AAA IL:
Eury Perez, Gwinnett: Fastest Baserunner
Jose Peraza, Gwinnett: Best Baserunner

ADVANCED A CAROLINA LEAGUE:
Matt Marksberry, Carolina: Best Reliever
Johan Camargo, Carolina: Best Defensive SS
Connor Lien, Carolina: Best Defensive OF

CLASS A SAL:
Ozzie Albies, Rome: Best Batting Prospect

NATIONAL LEAGUE:
Julio Teheran, Atlanta: Best Pickoff Move
Andreton Simmons, Atlanta: Best Defensive SS, Best INF Arm

MOVES:
Ronald Acuna from GCL Braves to Danville
RHP Monte' Reese assigned to GCL Braves


THURSDAY SCHEDULE

ALL TIMES EDT

CLASS AAA

Charlotte 3, Gwinnett 2

LP: Jenkins (3-3) 6 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K.
Bethancourt 2-4, 2B, R; Kazmar 3-4, RBI; Hunter 2-4, R.

CLASS AA

Mississippi 10, Biloxi 3

WP: Sims (1-2) 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K.
Lipka 2-4, 2 R, 2B, HR (2nd), 3 RBI; Ahrens 3-5, 2 R, HR (8th), RBI; Landoni 1-5, HR (1st), 2 RBI; Schlehuber 3-4. 2B, R, 2 RBI.

ADVANCED CLASS A

Wilmington 2, Carolina 1 (12)

SP: Webster 7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K.
LP: Jackson (3-1) 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K.
Lien 2-6, Schrader 2-6; Franco 1-2, R, 3 BB.

CLASS A

Savannah 3, Rome 0

LP: Caicedo (3-7) 5 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K.
Marte 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K.
Gaylor 1-4. Only 2 hits for Rome.

SHORT-SEASON

DSL Cubs 7, DSL Braves 4

SP: F. Gil 2.2 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K.
LP: Iriarte (3-3) 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K.
Ventura 0-3, R, BB, 2 SB; Aquino 1-1, 3B, RBI; Michel 1-3, R, RBI.

Game One
Danville 5, Princeton 3 (7)

SP: Weigel 4 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K.
WP: Custred (1-0) 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K.
Hoekstra 1-2, 2 R, HR (1st), RBI; Riley 1-3, HR (2nd), RBI; Ellison 1-3, 2B, R, RBI.

Game Two
Princeton 4, Danville 1 (7)

LP: Cordero (0-2) 4.1 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K.
Hoekstra 2-3, 2 SB.

GCL Braves 8, GCL Yankees 4

SP: Jh. Martinez 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K.
WP: Matos (2-1) 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K.
K. Josephina 4-5, 3B, 2 R; Pina 3-4, 2B, R, RBI; Keller 2-4, 2 RBI, BB.

[Tapate50]

Tuesday maybe?

[CJ9]

Looks like Ronald Acuna has been promoted to Danville.

[chop2chip]

Tuesday maybe?

I wish it was Thursday. I wish it more than anything

[yeezus]

I wish it was Thursday. I wish it more than anything

more than friday or saturday?

[50PoundHead]

Big day for IF Kevin Josephina. He was a featured signing in 2013 along with Albies and Berrios. I think he's been injured a bit, thus the shortened seasons for him.

[nsacpi]

Looks like Ronald Acuna has been promoted to Danville.

One of our better signings for the price in the last international signing period. Just 100K.

[CJ9]

Austin Riley homered again for Danville.

[ramadon101]

Austin Riley homered again for Danville.

Ho hum. Another day at the office for Austin. Glad to see him back in the lineup too

[smootness]

Riley also walked again. 2 HR, 1 3B, 3 2B, 6 BB in 7 games at Danville. I would seriously consider promoting him to Rome to end the year. Probably wouldn't, but he is obviously ahead of the game in rookie ball.

There's obviously still reason for caution, but this could turn out to be one of our best picks ever.

[thethe]

Riley also walked again. 2 HR, 1 3B, 3 2B, 6 BB in 7 games at Danville. I would seriously consider promoting him to Rome to end the year. Probably wouldn't, but he is obviously ahead of the game in rookie ball.

There's obviously still reason for caution, but this could turn out to be one of our best picks ever.

Him coupled with what Allard might be and you could be looking at one of our best drafts.

[mqt]

Anybody know why Soroka didn't pitch?

[smootness]

Anybody know why Soroka didn't pitch?

He pitched on 8/7, so I'm guessing they just scheduled him for the 5th game after, but because of the double header, that game actually came 4 days later.

So I'm guessing he starts tomorrow, or whenever Danville's next game is.

[smootness]

Good start from Sims tonight, solid one from Jenkins as well. Bethancourt 1-3.

[KB21]

Riley also walked again. 2 HR, 1 3B, 3 2B, 6 BB in 7 games at Danville. I would seriously consider promoting him to Rome to end the year. Probably wouldn't, but he is obviously ahead of the game in rookie ball.

There's obviously still reason for caution, but this could turn out to be one of our best picks ever.

Dave O'Brien tweeted out today that a top scout has told him that he believes Austin is the Braves top position prospect at this time.

[KB21]

Him coupled with what Allard might be and you could be looking at one of our best drafts.

Don't sleep on Bradley Keller. He's a guy with some loud tools and is performing very well in rookie league.

[nsacpi]

This year's draft (plus the international signings) could turn out to be remarkable. Many players having very good debuts but being overshadowed by others.

[Hudson2]

Add in Fried, a possible to pick this year, and the possible top international picks next year and we'll have a crazy farm system next year.

[smootness]

Add in Fried, a possible to pick this year, and the possible top international picks next year and we'll have a crazy farm system next year.

There's no doubt that when looking 2-3 years down the road, it's tough not to get very excited. Prospects are volatile and there's basically no chance everybody progresses ideally, but at the start of 2017, if everything goes to plan, we'll still have the following guys and potentially at these levels:

Albies - AA/AAA, possibly close to graduation
Fried - AAA, possibly close
D. Peterson - AAA
Ruiz - AAA, ready for MLB hopefully
Sims - AAA, ready for MLB hopefully
Davidson - AA/AAA
Toussaint - AA/AAA
Sanchez - AA
Allard - AA
Riley - AA
Soroka - AA
Yepez - A+/AA
Herbert - A+/AAA
Acuna - A+
Cruz - A
Pache - A
Maitan - rookie/A

Add in the potential of guys like Guardado and Keller, along with next year's draft picks and other international signings, and the potential is there to just be incredibly flush with talent. Obviously every organization can point to recent draftees and project like this, but nobody else has this kind of top-end talent that will still be in the farm system in 2 years.

You're talking about a top 5 system right now that will likely only see 3 of its current top 30 (Wisler, Banuelos, Jenkins) and the possibility of 1 or 2 more (Albies, Fried, maybe a Ruiz or Sims) come out of the system by mid season 2017. And in that span, we'll have a top 10 pick, another first-rounder in 2016, probably another decent pick in 2017, and all the international signings next year.

[nsacpi]

If I were to pick a future team based upon players currently in the system with the most upside, it would look like this:

Catcher--Herbert
First--Freeman
Second--Albies
Short--Simmons
Third--Riley
Left--Yepez (I know he hasn't played there yet)
Center--Ventura
Right--Acuna

Starter--Allard
Starter--Soroka
Starter--Miller
Starter--Teheran
Starter--Wisler

Closer--Vizcaino
Rest of Pen--Fried, Banuelos, Simmons, Sims, Foltynevich, Toussaint

Of course, injuries and other bad things will happen along the way. But there are some pretty good Plan B's within the system as well.

I think there will be a strong temptation to accelerate the rebuild by trading out of the group currently aged 17-18.