7/24 SUNNNY SUNDAY MINORS THREAD: What Night Saturday was!

[rico43]

Since there was little to nothing about it on the thread, we wanted to take one last look at Saturday's offensive onslaught.

The seven Braves farm teams scored a total of 58 runs Saturday, with that including 2-1 win for Gwinnett and 3-0 win for Mississippi. Four teams scored double digits, another scored nine. Two teams enjoyed multi-pitcher shutouts (Sims and Weigel plus bullpen).

Names you may not know: catcher-first baseman Isaias Tejeda, 24, signed out of Indy ball, has 24 RBIs in his first 25 games, including 13 XBH (four homers) for Carolina -- a team that badly needed an offensive bump. And he's hitting only .233.

Jared James (Dion's son) with Danville has smoked it at a .345 clip with only nine strikeouts and seven walks in 16 games so far. Overall, his walk total is a as match (12/12) to his strikeouts in 24 games.

Name you ought to know: Braxton Davidson has 10 RBIs in his last seven games for Carolina.

Mississippi's Dustin Peterson had driven in 20 runs in 21 games so far in July, matching his June output. But he's hit .349 for this month after hitting .320 for June.

Austin Riley is batting .269 for July after a solid .293 June. But the good news is that his strikeouts are down, 16 in 18 games after striking out 30 times or more in both April and May.

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SUNDAY'S MINOR LEAGUE GAMES

CLASS AAA

Gwinnett 2, Buffalo 1

WP: C.Kelly (3-6) 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K
Janas 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Roney (Save, 3) 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 0 K

Kazmar 2-4, 2 RBI
Ruiz 1-4, 2B, R
Lipka 1-4

CLASS AA

Mississippi 8, Tennessee 5

SP: Newcomb 6 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 5 BB, 3 K
WP: Phillips (BS, 2-1) 1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Morris 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Younginer (Save, 13) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Albies 2-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI, SB (.372)
Peterson 3-4, 2 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI (.296)
Lien 1-4, R, BB
Swanson 2-5, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI
Franco 3-4, 2 RBI

ADVANCED CLASS A

Lynchburg 5, Carolina 2

LP: Beech (2-4) 6.2 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
McLaughlin 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Tejeda 2-3, R, BB
Curcio 1-3, RBI
Gebhardt 1-3, RBI (back from DL)

CLASS Aa

West Virginia 2, Rome 0

LP: Sanchez (5-8) 4.1 IP, 6 H, 0 ER(2R), 1 BB, 1 K, HBP
Caicedo 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Custred 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 0 K
Graham 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Riley 1-3, BB
Neslony 1-3

SHORT-SEASON

Princeton 5, Danville 2

LP: Martinez (2-2) 4.2 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Walker 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Webb 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Cockrell 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Mooney 3-5, 2 2B, R (.306)
Moss 2-4 (.312)
Gonzalez 1-4, 2B (.264)
O'Malley 1-2, 2 BB

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GCL, DSL idle

[zbhargrove]

Dustin Peterson just ballin out! 2-2 again so far with a double and an RBI... Swanson with a big 2 RBI double and Albies 1-2. I usually seem to jinx Newcomb when I say something positive about him, so I'm saying nothing.

[zbhargrove]

I think Peterson's discovered something... I can't wait to watch his progression.

[nsacpi]

I think Peterson's discovered something... I can't wait to watch his progression.

AA is a key hurdle for prospects and he's passed it with flying colors.

[zbhargrove]

Newcomb again starts strong and then flounders... 5 walks in 6 innings.... 4 ER, 3 K's

[nsacpi]

Another routine night for Albies. Single, walk and double in 5 PAs.

[IslandBrave]

I think Peterson's discovered something... I can't wait to watch his progression.

3-4 now with 2 2B. .296 for the year with 29
Doubles.

[Southcack77]

AA is a key hurdle for prospects and he's passed it with flying colors.

Yeah, I think he's a potential quality piece of the puzzle. It's still early, but he's done nothing but improve.

[Hudson2]

Peterson stings the ball on almost every swing.

[Garmel]

After two good months Peterson should be promoted to Gwinnett. Nothing more to prove at AA.

[mfree80]

After two good months Peterson should be promoted to Gwinnett. Nothing more to prove at AA.

Careful.... In another thread last week we were assured that any team that would count on D. Peterson in any major role would never be competitive.

I agree with you by the way!!!

[Garmel]

Careful.... In another thread last week we were assured that any team that would count on D. Peterson in any major role would never be competitive.

I agree with you by the way!!!

Yeah, too many people here talk in absolutes. It's still too early to say which way he will go in his career. I believe he will be a 4th outfielder but he could end up being much more than that.

[Enscheff]

Careful.... In another thread last week we were assured that any team that would count on D. Peterson in any major role would never be competitive.

I agree with you by the way!!!

Shall we make a bet? I'll put the over/under on Peterson's total WAR during his first 6 years of team control at 11.5.

An average player will produce 12 WAR in 6 seasons.

[chop2chip]

Shall we make a bet? I'll put the over/under on Peterson's total WAR during his first 6 years of team control at 11.5.

An average player will produce 12 WAR in 6 seasons.

Under... It's actually very impressive to be an average major league player.

[sturg33]

Newcomb's lack of success is starting to become worrisome.

[TheBravos]

I just seems like he is having a bad inning a game. That seems like it's an adjustment problem. It is strange though.

[zbhargrove]

Shall we make a bet? I'll put the over/under on Peterson's total WAR during his first 6 years of team control at 11.5.

An average player will produce 12 WAR in 6 seasons.

You just refuse to admit that a guy who was a second rounder and is playing against mostly older competition and has a .800 OPS can be a good MLB player. Dude's having a breakout at 21 in AA and you give him no chance. That's really strange. I think you need to look at his stats this year and his progression a little closer.

.296/.357/.446/.803, 8 Homers, 68 RBIS, 29 Doubles, 32 Walks, 66 Strikeouts, .150 ISO

If you can't see upside in those numbers for a 21 year old in AA, I can't help you.

[zbhargrove]

Newcomb's lack of success is starting to become worrisome.

It is, but like TheBravos said... it seems like he looks dominant for most of his starts and then always has one blow up inning... just seems like there's a fix in there somewhere.

[auyushu]

You just refuse to admit that a guy who was a second rounder and is playing against mostly older competition and has a .800 OPS can be a good MLB player.

Producing almost 2 WAR a season for his first 6 seasons isn't a good MLB player? The hyperbole in this thread is getting kinda ridiculous.

[striker42]

It is, but like TheBravos said... it seems like he looks dominant for most of his starts and then always has one blow up inning... just seems like there's a fix in there somewhere.

Yeah, it really seems like his mechanics get all out of whack and he loses his release point at times. When that happens he ends up walking everyone and giving up the big inning. When he's repeating his delivery well he's virtually unhittable.

It reminds me of a young Craig Kimbrel. When Kimbrel came up he would either have his mechanics in sync and overpower you or they would be off, he wouldn't be able to find a consistent release point, and he would miss by feet.

This is the most fixable cause of control issues. A lot of times it just takes reps. Newcomb was a cold weather pitcher and two sport athlete. It's not surprising he'd need refining with his mechanics. I just hope the lightbulb eventually comes on.