TUESDAY MINORS FINAL 7/10/18; Zimmermann is the Mann again

[rico43]

TUESDAY MINORS RESULTS
All Times Eastern

CLASS AAA

Gwinnett, idle

CLASS AA

Mississippi 3, Birmingham 1

WP: Zimmermann (2-0) 6.1 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
Clouse 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Sobotka (Save, 4) 1 IP. 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Marlette 1-4, HR (8th), RBI
Demeritte 1-4, HR (9th), RBI
Lago 2-4, 2 2B, R

ADVANCED CLASS A

Daytona 8, Florida 7
BLOWN SAVE, allowed 6 runs in bottom of 8th

SP: Kennedy 5 IP, 5 H, 0 ER(2R), 0 BB, 6 K
Kelly 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Cabrera 0 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
LP: B.S. White (BS. 1-1) 1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Pache 2-5, 3B, HR (7th), 2 RBI
Cumberland 1-5, HR (10th), RBI
Wilson 2-3, 2 R, BB
Davidson 2-5, 2B, RBI

CLASS A

Rome, idle

SHORT-SEASON

Suspended Game
GCL Blue Jays 7, GCL Braves 5 (12)

SP: Jerez 4 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
G.Rodriguez 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Santos 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Woods 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Stallings 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K
LP: Pena (0-2) 1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

J. Fernandez 1-5, HR (2nd), 2 RBI
Rojas 1-5, R, RBI
Alexander 1-4
L.Brown 1-2, RBI

Scheduled Game
GCL Blue Jays 11, GCL Braves 0

LP: Jerez (2-1) 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Aquino 2 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Camacho 0.1 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Ovando 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

R.Hernandez 1-2

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Danville 10, Burlington 5

WP: Mejia (2-2) 6 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Gamez 1 IP, zeroes
Simmons 2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

Baerga 2-5, 2B, R, 3 RBI, SB
Langhorne 1-2, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Soria 3-4, 2 RBI
Cullen 3-5, 2B, 3B, 3 R

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DSL Braves, idle

[IslandBrave]

Delgado to Florida. Graff to Rome

[ball4life32]

Pache HR (7). Second pitch of the game.

[50PoundHead]

Delgado to Florida. Graff to Rome

I didn't see that Didder was promoted to Mississippi.

[Enscheff]

Pache HR (7). Second pitch of the game.

The power coming around is excellent news.

[ball4life32]

Zimmerman pitching another good one for Mississippi. Only run was a HR by the first batter of the game.

6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 6 SO

[Jaw]

Wow. Zimmerman still looking good after skipping high A. He may actually be useful.

[Tapate50]

Wow. Zimmerman still looking good after skipping high A. He may actually be useful.

Certainly trending that way. Any reports on his stuff out there?

[TheBravos]

Wow. Zimmerman still looking good after skipping high A. He may actually be useful.

Perfect sell high guy to me.

[Deester11]

Perfect sell high guy to me.

That may be true and I know the words smoke and mirrors aren't great, but he throws that change up and it looks like it's a fastball coming out of his hand and guys take the worst swings I've seen in a while. Touki's curve is the most tantalizing pitch you'll see arguably but for some reason I liked Zimmerman. He just pitched. Better "stuff" arms in the Braves system however will make him tradable I think.

[Tapate50]

That may be true and I know the words smoke and mirrors aren't great, but he throws that change up and it looks like it's a fastball coming out of his hand and guys take the worst swings I've seen in a while. Touki's curve is the most tantalizing pitch you'll see arguably but for some reason I liked Zimmerman. He just pitched. Better "stuff" arms in the Braves system however will make him tradable I think.

Third pitch ? A good fb cu combo can take a guy to mlb fairly fast. I’d like to hold him as he could impact the pen pretty fast and maybe more

[mqt]

So, when do we just release Mauricio? It seems pointless to keep him around at this point.

[Deester11]

Third pitch ? A good fb cu combo can take a guy to mlb fairly fast. I’d like to hold him as he could impact the pen pretty fast and maybe more

He does have a passable curve. Honestly, for a guy signed to manipulate the slot system, he's always outperformed his tools. Like I mentioned, I thought he was one of the better pitchers I've seen this year.

[Tapate50]

Perfect sell high guy to me.

Selling "High" would mean he would be valued really highly throughout the industry. I don't think that's the case.

[TheBravos]

Selling "High" would mean he would be valued really highly throughout the industry. I don't think that's the case.

No...not yet. That may change if he continues though.

[mfree80]

Selling "High" would mean he would be valued really highly throughout the industry. I don't think that's the case.

Or it might mean his recent performance makes him appear to be worth more right now than he will be when he has produced a little more data and his weaknesses are exposed a bit.

[mqt]

So, when do we just release Mauricio? It seems pointless to keep him around at this point.

Apparently the answer was today.

[50PoundHead]

Apparently the answer was today.

Saw Cabrera pitch in person when the Braves visited the Twins a couple years back and he looked like the real deal.

[Enscheff]

Saw Cabrera pitch in person when the Braves visited the Twins a couple years back and he looked like the real deal.

Cabrera was identified as a low spin guy with no rise to his FA, which explained why he didn't strike out many batters.

https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/the-ph...sing-fastball/

[50PoundHead]

Cabrera was identified as a low spin guy with no rise to his FA, which explained why he didn't strike out many batters.

https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/the-ph...sing-fastball/

Thanks for the insight. I always find it difficult to believe that a guy with a 100 mph heater couldn't make a better showing, but it is what it is.