4/22 MINORS GDT FRIDAY SCHEDULE

[rico43]

MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD

CLASS AAA

Charlotte 8, Gwinnett 5 (10)
BLOWN SAVEx2, 3-run 9th, 4-run 10th
Danny Hayes (.077) late inning sub, hits grand slam in 10th

SP: Gant 6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
Younginer 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
Wooten 0 IP, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2 HR
Krol 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K
LP: Peterson (0-2) 0.2 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, HR

Ruiz 1-4, HR (2nd), 2 RBI
d'Arnaud 3-5, 2B
Lavarnway 1-4, 2B, R
Kazmar 3-4, 2B, R

CLASS AA

Mississippi 5, Biloxi 0

SP: Thurman 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K
WP: Janas (1-2) 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K
Cabrera 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Astudillo 1-4, RBI
Peterson 1-4, R, RBI
Franco 1-3, R, RBI

ADVANCED CLASS A

Carolina 6, Myrtle Beach 3 (8, rain)

WP: E.Franco (1-1) 5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Bird 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 1 K
Phillips (Save, 2 ) 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Davidson 2-4, 2B, HR (1st), 2 RBI
Obregon 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Swanson 1-3, R, BB
Edgerton 1-3, 2B, R, RBI

CLASS A

Asheville 11, Rome 3

LP: Toussaint (0-3) 5 IP, 10 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, HR
Beech 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Lewis 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Matos 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Didder 2-5, 3B, R, RBI (.353)
Acuna 2-5, RBI
Riley 0-4, 2 K
Morales 1-4, R

[mqt]

Calling it now, big rebound game for Touki in this one.

[cajunrevenge]

Calling it now atleast 4 walks and 5 runs given up by Touki in this one.

[bravesfanMatt]

calling it now.. one of you two will be right about touki..

[Tapate50]

Any word on if they are limiting Touki and his hammer curve? I remember seeing some notes on the fact they weren't letting him throw it all that much since it was so ML ready, focusing on his other stuff. Any truth to that this year?

[UNCBlue012]

Any word on if they are limiting Touki and his hammer curve? I remember seeing some notes on the fact they weren't letting him throw it all that much since it was so ML ready, focusing on his other stuff. Any truth to that this year?

IF that's true, then that makes complete sense. He has to have more than one pitch, but that would be killer to a guy that lives and dies on that.

[Tapate50]

IF that's true, then that makes complete sense. He has to have more than one pitch, but that would be killer to a guy that lives and dies on that.

Guy throws hard, and has a hammer curve as a teen. Makes sense to me, but I also haven't read that this year -I seemed to remember seeing that last year.

[striker42]

Guy throws hard, and has a hammer curve as a teen. Makes sense to me, but I also haven't read that this year -I seemed to remember seeing that last year.

I think you're right about them taking his curve away last year. I could see them doing that again this year. He gets hit way too hard for a guy who has such a devastating curve. In the lower levels the hitters wouldn't know what to do with that pitch.

[50PoundHead]

I think you're right about them taking his curve away last year. I could see them doing that again this year. He gets hit way too hard for a guy who has such a devastating curve. In the lower levels the hitters wouldn't know what to do with that pitch.

Which would allow him to rely on it too much and not develop the rest of his repertoire. I don't care how good a guy's breaking stuff is, if he can't throw his fastball for quality strikes, he is going to get tattooed at the big league level.

[Tapate50]

Which would allow him to rely on it too much and not develop the rest of his repertoire. I don't care how good a guy's breaking stuff is, if he can't throw his fastball for quality strikes, he is going to get tattooed at the big league level.

And on the flip side it would make a guy with just a good above average FB, and no other pitches really skew the stats toward BLAH.

[nsacpi]

If his game is on milbtv tonight maybe someone can watch to see if he is throwing the curve.

[smootness]

I understand taking his curve away at times, but he definitely did throw it some last year. The game I watched, he didn't throw it the first 3 innings and then busted it out in the 4th. I'm ok with doing that, but we shouldn't do it all the time. Sometimes a guy needs confidence more than anything.

[Orphan Black]

Looks like Rome's game is being aired on milb.com...I'll try to check it out, but a lot of the time I don't get home until the 4th or 5 inning.

[yeezus]

Mark Bowman ‏@mlbbowman 41m41 minutes ago Sandy Springs, GA
It's too early to think about a Ruiz promotion, but there's obviously reason to keep an eye on him.

classic

[ramadon101]

Mark Bowman ‏@mlbbowman 41m41 minutes ago Sandy Springs, GA
It's too early to think about a Ruiz promotion, but there's obviously reason to keep an eye on him.

classic

At this point, there is reason to believe that Bowman is punking us.

[chop2chip]

I thought it was Arizona that took away his curve. I hadn't read anything about that being the case in Atlanta.

FWIW, I think we are at least a good year or two away before we should start focusing on results with Touki. If he was even close to being refined when he was drafted he would have been a no-doubt 1-1.

[clvclv]

Mark Bowman ‏@mlbbowman 41m41 minutes ago Sandy Springs, GA
It's too early to think about a Ruiz promotion, but there's obviously reason to keep an eye on him.

classic

I have reason to believe that Bowman's a believer and may eat Beliebers for snacks.

[Braves1976]

If his game is on milbtv tonight maybe someone can watch to see if he is throwing the curve.

I'll try to check for you homie. Though I am more interested in watching Gant and Sims tonight so I'll be flipping back and forth.

BTW, I thought it was Arizona that took his curve away last year and that we let him throw it. I know I saw him throwing it with us and not with them.

[Braves1976]

I missed the top of the first for the Rome game but I am watching it now and will watch Touki in the second inning. He gave up two hits and a run in the first. Top of second is upcoming.

Touki just threw back-to-back curves in the second inning so yea he's throwing it.

[Braves1976]

Touki struggling again, not with walks (no walks) but they're having no trouble hitting him at all. Hard hit balls all of over the place, even on a number of the outs. Rome down 3-0 in the third. Touki has given up two doubles, a triple and homer so far.