Prospects or not?
Two pitchers who have been totally under the radar, probably because they were Braves draft picks instead of high-profile acquisitions, have been the two hottest pitchers in the system aside from Ellis.
Matt Withrow, 22, the Braves' 6th-round pick in 2015, is 4-0, 2.36 in his last five starts at Advanced Class A Carolina, with 35 strikeouts in 27 innings. His most recent outing, Friday, was 6.1 innings of shutout ball with eight strikeouts against three hits allowed. Withrow, 22, is 6-5, 235, and a product of the mighty Texas Tech program, which has returned to the CWS this season.
Pitching for an even more moribund team at Rome, Patrick Weigel, 21, the Braves' seventh-round pick (right after Withrow) is 3-0 over his last seven starts, not having lost since May 16. He has a 2.23 ERA in that span (40 innings) with 43 strikeouts. But Weigel, 6-6, 220, from the University of Houston, has dialed it up even more in June: in three starts this month, he has allowed only one earned run over 19 innings with 19 strikeouts and three walks.
Earlier in the year, Weigel lost three straight starts for Rome despite allowing eight runs over 17 innings.
Expect both right-handers to be promoted at the all-star break.
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SATURDAY'S MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS
CLASS AAA
Scranton/WB 7, Gwinnett 1
SP: Ellis 0.2 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, HR
Wooten 4.1 IP, 2 H, 0 Er, 1 BB, 5 K
Janas 3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Ruiz 2-4
Lipka 1-3, 3B, R
CLASS AA
Birmingham 3, Mississippi 2 (10)
SP: Newcomb 7 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 5 K
Cabrera 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
LP: Cunniff (0-1) 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
(Braves lost 4-hitter; have only 3 hits)
Swanson 0-3, BB
Franco 1-4, RBI
Toscano 1-3, R
ADVANCED CLASS A
Game One
Carolina 9, Wilmington 2 (7)
WP: Povse (5-4) 6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER(2R), 0 BB, 6 K
Minter 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K
Meneses 4-4, 4 R
Odom 3-3, 3B, 2 R, 2 RBI
Davidson 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI
Giardina 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI
Game Two
Wilmington 3, Carolina 2 (7)
LP: Beech (0-1) 5 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (1st app. since 4/26)
Salazar 1 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
O'Neal 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Edgerton 2-2, BB
Davidson 1-3
Meneses 0-3
Giardina 2-3, 3B, 2 R
Harper 1-2, RBI
CLASS A
Rome 3, Greensboro 2
Walk-off win on Herbert RBI 1B
SP: Allard 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER(1R), 0 BB, 5 K
Geekie 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
WP: Graham (1-0) 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, HBP
Herbert 2-4, 2B, R, RBI
Grullon 1-3, RBI
Riley 0-4
Ellison 1-4, 2B, R
Castro 0-3
Morales 1-4, R
*Jonathan Morales: .295 in April, .268 in May, .095 (4-for-42) in June
SHORT-SEASON DSL
DSL Cardinals 8, DSL Braves 4
SP: Hernandez (0-1) 1.1 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Bautista 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
(used 6 total pitches. won't bore you with details)
Michel 1-5, R
Morales 1-4, R, RBI
Centeno 1-3, R
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