Friday MINORS THREAD 5/19 ... Rome loses in 18

[rico43]

FRIDAY SCOREBOARD

CLASS AAA

Durham 6, Gwinnett 1

SP: Sims 3.1 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 3 HR
Morris 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K
De La Cruz 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Peterson 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K

Albies 1-5, E
Kazmar 3-5, R, SB
Adams 2-4, 2 2B, RBI
*Loney 1-4, K (DH)
*Peterson 1-2, 2B, 2 BB (1st game of '17)
Franco 0-4, 3 K (playing 1B) first AAA game

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CLASS AA

Jacksonville 5, Mississippi 4
Walk-off win for Jax

SP: Allard 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 6 K
Pfiefer 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
Phillips 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
LP: Mader (3-2) 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Acuna 1-4, R, BB, SB
Meneses 3-5, 2B, RBI
Moore 1-3, 2B, R
Demeritte 1-4 HR (6th), RBI, BB, 3 K
Valenzuela 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI

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ADVANCED CLASS A

Palm Beach 8, Florida 0

LP: Franco (0-2) 6 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Graham 1 IP, 2 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
Santiago 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Riley 1-3, 2B
Davidson 2-3, 2B
Seymour 3-4, 2 E
Moss 2-3

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CLASS A

Lexington 7, Rome 6 (18)

SP: Wentz 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
Caicedo 4.1 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Matos 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K
Davidson 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K
B.S. White 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
McCreery 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K
Grullon 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (infielder pitching)

Ventura 1-9, 4 K
Ellison 4-8, 2B, 3B, R, 2 RBI, SB
Pache 3-8, R
Herbert 2-6, 2 R, RBI
Josephina 2-8, 3B, R, RBI
Yepez 0-8, 2 K

(top three hitters for Lexington: 1-19, 8 K)

Time of game: 5:38.

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[TheBravos]

Not too shabby of a lineup...

[zbhargrove]

After the Freeman tragedy, this is a nice set of pitcher to follow on a Friday.

[bravesguy]

How many more quality starts does it take before people start thinking Sims is a real SP prospect again?

He has been basically dominant this year. His walks are way down also.

[Enscheff]

How many more quality starts does it take before people start thinking Sims is a real SP prospect again?

He has been basically dominant this year. His walks are way down also.

Probably a lot more than 41 IP considering his track record of poor control over his previous 500+ IP.

I think he has already earned a shot at the MLB level, and probably pretty soon.

If he is still rocking a 4:1 K:BB ratio after 100 IP we can start talking about him "figuring it out".

[bravesguy]

So you think if he maintains this pace for 17ish starts we should start looking for him to be a top target?

That should put him in line trade deadline time

[Enscheff]

According to FG, BB rates for pitchers stabilize after 170 batters faced:

http://www.fangraphs.com/library/pri...s/sample-size/

Sims has faced 158 so far this year, so maybe he closer to showing true improvement than I originally gave him credit.

[bravesfanMatt]

According to FG, BB rates for pitchers stabilize after 170 batters faced:

http://www.fangraphs.com/library/pri...s/sample-size/

Sims has faced 158 so far this year, so maybe he closer to showing true improvement than I originally gave him credit.

despite you posi-brave spin.. I think 200 batters is something we need to see before we should completely trust him. Hard to ignore the past.

[smootness]

How many more quality starts does it take before people start thinking Sims is a real SP prospect again?

He has been basically dominant this year. His walks are way down also.

I think he has definitely put himself back on the map, but we'll still have to wait and see. His BABIP is low this year, and his GB rate is way down, LOB rate up. So his results suggest he's had some luck. But yeah, if he keeps up the K and BB rates, he definitely becomes a real option.

[Jay212033]

Probably a lot more than 41 IP considering his track record of poor control over his previous 500+ IP.

I think he has already earned a shot at the MLB level, and probably pretty soon.

If he is still rocking a 4:1 K:BB ratio after 100 IP we can start talking about him "figuring it out".

I agree with this!

[CJ9]

Coppy on Gohara during the #AskCoppy thing on Twitter: "He was placed on 7-day DL. Going to miss one start, but we expect to him to make the next start. Precautionary w/ a special arm & person."

[bravesguy]

This is awesome.

[CJ9]

Whoa, Alex Jackson to the DL. No injury listed.

[zbhargrove]

Whoa, Alex Jackson to the DL. No injury listed.

Coppy just answered a question about him... said he's dealing with soreness but no fracture... so not sure what body part he's talking about.

[CJ9]

Dustin Peterson returns tonight at Gwinnett. Playing LF and hitting sixth.

[bravesfanMatt]

Dustin Peterson returns tonight at Gwinnett. Playing LF and hitting sixth.

that is good. Franco/Albies/Peterson could be a good lineup.

[TheBravos]

Yeah, they are kinda quiet on what the exact injury is....

[thewupk]

Yeah, they are kinda quiet on what the exact injury is....

Suckitis

[Julio3000]

It's his only regret.

[SJ24]

Anfernee Seymour is 2-2 tonight for the Fire Frogs. His average is up to .385.

Ronald Acuna is 1-1 tonight for Mississippi. Now hitting .447.