MINORS THREAD 4/14 .... FRIDAY GAMES; Anderson goes at noon

[Enscheff]

Anderson's starting to miss his spots a bit, it looks like. 2 BBs in the 4th and some other 2- and 3-ball counts, but he got 2 more swinging K's and got Rutherford to ground out.

He's at 59 pitches, so probably just 1 more inning for him, but he now has 16 Ks in 8.2 IP. I'll take it. The 5 BBs are a bit of an issue, but he is 18, after all.

If I had to guess, I would say it's a sign of fatigue, both mentally and physically. Keeping everything together for 80-100 pitches is one of the things these kids have to learn.

[bravesfanMatt]

wow.. nice catch Pache.. blooper that he read right off the bat and hauled butt to catch it. I can see Anderson is getting gassed. all his FB are tailing now... not exploding like they were in the first 4 innings.

[bravesfanMatt]

Pache is bigger now. He has a frame that could add more muscle..

[smootness]

Anderson's line will end up looking very similar to his 1st start. Now 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K. Very, very good. They may send him back out for the 6th, but I doubt he finishes it.

[bravesfanMatt]

Anderson's line will end up looking very similar to his 1st start. Now 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K. Very, very good. They may send him back out for the 6th, but I doubt he finishes it.

yeah.. I am wondering if they let him go... I think he has a few more hitters in him. Cruz just killed this inning by pulling a Mallex. He over slid the 3b bag on a steal that resulted in an out. Still got 2 in to help pad the lead for Anderson's win.

[CJ9]

What a day for Rome. Even Cumberland got a hit.

[smootness]

Really good to see Yepez hitting 2B consistently.

[bravesfanMatt]

Really good to see Yepez hitting 2B consistently.

I thought it was gone when he hit it..

[CJ9]

Anderson is done. His first two starts: 9.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 16 K.

[thewupk]

Anderson is done. His first two starts: 9.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 16 K.

is that good

[bravesfanMatt]

is that good

Kyle Lewis just texted and said it is just ok..

[smootness]

is that good

No

[bravesfanMatt]

I love what the Rome Braves are doing today.. they scheduled this as a day game so they could take the entire staff (players too) to the home opener of the big club.

[thethe]

Can we just all agree that the braves know how to scout better than the people on this board?

[thethe]

Kyle Lewis just texted and said it is just ok..

Why didn't we take the guy that 9 other teams didn't want!

[Pachoo]

So far, very happy the Braves selected Ian Anderson instead of Jason Groome. :)

BTW, why is Jason Groome's name Jay Groome all of a sudden?

[rico43]

Anderson out after only 73 pitches. Wonder how far he'll be stretched this season

[Pachoo]

Anderson out after only 73 pitches. Wonder how far he'll be stretched this season

All the kids in Rome are on an 80 pitch count limit if I remember correctly.

[bravesfanMatt]

All the kids in Rome are on an 80 pitch count limit if I remember correctly.

I have seen that with the Burning Frogs and Mississippi boys too..

[TheBravos]

I was one that was not too thrilled about the Anderson pick. I will openly admit that a scout that has been doing this his whole life...might know a little more than I 😂. At 18 years old...what more could you ask from even a #1 pick. This makes our scouts look either very ahead of everyone else or very lucky (so far).