Perhaps it was an injury that was holding Acuna back in A+.
Perhaps it was an injury that was holding Acuna back in A+.
TD hits a 2 run HR. Acuna bringing the offensive explosions from Florida to Mississippi.
Last edited by mqt; 05-09-2017 at 08:19 PM.
Demeritte two-run homer.
Mississippi pitching with average offense would be really good. If they could only get a pen then there is some scary team right there.
Talk about a debut. Acuna 3-3 with a homer and 3 RBIs. A stolen base, was also picked off and caught stealing
Get off my lawn!
Allard also looking good out there
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Based on the box score before Acuna's 3rd hit, the CS and PO were the same occurrence, unless he was somehow picked off after his HR.Originally Posted by bravesfanforlife88
Nice to see him starting strong. I think pretty much everyone expected him to be in AA by midseason at least, but the weirdly short stay in A+ is still kinda odd. Hopefully they leave him in AA the rest of the year though (or the vast majority of it), he needs to get his fair share of ABs in the minors over the next year and a half.
Hope so, if he was caught stealing and picked off that's a bad night on the bases!
Get off my lawn!
Acuna strikes out in his 4th PA. Clearly we were all right about Coppy being an idiot.
RPD aka the human bean ball, is gonna make a jam up 4th OF.
Think I'm gonna call him Plunk for short.
Last edited by Tapate50; 05-10-2017 at 06:29 AM.
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Allard was such a great gamble with his injury. He's absolutely dominating batters at every stop and shows no signs of slowing down.
I'm not saying we rush him, but we may see Teheran, Allard, Folty, Newcomb, Sims a lot sooner than we think.
People want to say the Brass plays it safe with draft picks, but he was a pretty big gamble on upside.
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To me he is Exhibit A for the high upside strategy we should be taking with every single first round pick.
Demeritte's numbers so far this year in a tough hitter's environment in MS: 268 / 349 / 446. 22% K rate. Most scouting reports I've seen rate his defense as plus. For me, he is closing the gap on some of the other infielders that are viewed as ahead of him.
Same with Sims. Even a guy that has appeared to stall and dissapoint is now sitting in AAA at a relative young age and ready to potentially break out into the major league rotation.
I keep harping on the need to do exactly what we've done over the last couple of years. It hasn't been that way for way too long leading to some below average drafts, desperate trades and a barren farm system. The upcoming draft should see a continuous flow of high upside talent. I like it.
I haven't seen anybody say they think Sims will stick in a rotation.
Here's video of the Acuna homer: http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.j..._id=1372265683
For some reason, the Mississippi broadcasts seem to show the feed through the cameras next to the dugout most of the time instead of using their center field camera for every pitch like almost every broadcast does. It creates a horrible angle and makes it almost impossible to see the point of contact.
This FO has pretty much gone upside with every move they've made in the last 2 years.
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