THURSDAY MINORS FINAL 8/30/18: Monster Day for Riley

[rico43]

THURSDAY MINORS REPORT
All Times Eastern

CLASS AAA

Gwinnett 8, Norfolk 3

WP: Johnstone (2-0) 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 3 K
Socolovich 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Carle 1 IP, zeroes (rehab)
Webb 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Riley 3-5, 2B, HR (11th), 5 RBI
Marte 1-3, 2B, 2 R, 2 BB
Reed 2-4, 2 R, 2B, 2 R, BB
Gosselin 1-4, RBI

CLASS AA

Game One
Mississippi 4, Jacksonville 3 (7)

WP: Mader (6-3) 5 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Graham 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
Burrows (Save, 4) 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Marlette 2-3, RBI
Demeritte 2-3, R
Pache 1-4, R, RBI

Game Two
Mississippi 1, Jacksonville 0 (7)
(4 errors by Miss.)

SP: Leyva 4.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K
WP: Kelly (1-0) 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K

Demeritte 1-3, 3B, R (ONLY HIT)

ADVANCED CLASS A

Game One
Tampa 3, Florida 1 (7)

LP: Ynoa (1-4) 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 5 K
Joohnson-Mullins 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K

Schwartz 1-3e, 2B
Wilson 2-2, 2B, R, BB
Alexander 1-3

Game Two
Cancelled, rain, no makeup

CLASS A

Rome 5, Greenville 1

WP: Tarnok (5-5) 5.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Curtis 1.1 IP, zeroes
Daniels (Save, 1) 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K

Owenby 2-3, R
Ramos 1-4, HR (14th), RBI
Dean 1-4, 3B, R
D.Cruz 2-3, 2 2B, RBI

ROOKIE

Danville, season complete

STAT LEADERS, DANVILLE
AVERAGE: CJ Alexander (95 PA) .354; Justin Dean, .308; AT-BATS: Greg Cullen (207); HITS: Cullen (58); DOUBLES: Cullen, Nicholas Shumpert (12); TRIPLES: Dean, Alexander (4); HOME RUNS: Justin Smith (7); RBIs: Greg Cullen (33); STOLEN BASES: Brett Langhorne (8).

GAMES PITCHED: Connor Simmons (17); INNINGS: Jose Montilla (70); WINS: Dilmer Mejia (5); STRIKEOUTS: Montilla, Mejia (53); SAVES: Zach Seipel (3); ERA: Tanner Allison (2.62).

[Tapate50]

Morning ball!

Thanks for all this rico. I've enjoyed your summaries and notes!

[rico43]

Morning ball!

Thanks for all this rico. I've enjoyed your summaries and notes!

Was just going back to tag that. Thank you!

[UNCBlue012]

It's worth mentioning that Riley is 2-2 today with two-RBIs. He was hitting .294 in his last ten before today and has been lacing the ball.

[msstate7]

It's worth mentioning that Riley is 2-2 today with two-RBIs. He was hitting .294 in his last ten before today and has been lacing the ball.

One hit was a double

[Hudson2]

Riley a September callup? I’d say yes to get his feet wet.

[UNCBlue012]

Riley 3-run homer. He needs to be a September call up

[bravesfanMatt]

Riley might not make due to 40 man roster spot. None left.

[msstate7]

Riley 3-run homer. He needs to be a September call up

I agree. He seems to get hot this time of year every season

[Southcack77]

Riley might not make due to 40 man roster spot. None left.

Not likely to have made it anyway, IMO.

Doesn't fill an obvious need, no reason to start his clock.

[Hudson2]

As a September callup his clock doesn’t start right?

[msstate7]

Not likely to have made it anyway, IMO.

Doesn't fill an obvious need, no reason to start his clock.

If albies continues to struggle, might be an opportunity for Riley... Camargo at 2b and Riley at 3b. Doubtful, but could happen... Ozzie's 2nd half ops is .601.

[smootness]

I agree. He seems to get hot this time of year every season

I'm not even sure if it's just a matter of him being hot, I think it just takes him some time to adjust to each new level, then he figures it out and rakes. He obliterated AA to start this year, then dropped back once he was promoted. Now he's raking again.

[GeorgiaGirl]

As a September callup his clock doesn’t start right?

Not his time for ROY clock, but his free agency clock does start I believe, which will present a very interesting dilemma if you want to delay it (he'd probably have to stay down until mid June-early July next year if you do it), but the 40 man situation might keep him from seeing Atlanta anyway.

[jpx7]

Not his time for ROY clock, but his free agency clock does start I believe, which will present a very interesting dilemma if you want to delay it (he'd probably have to stay down until mid June-early July next year if you do it), but the 40 man situation might keep him from seeing Atlanta anyway.

Think you’re confusing the additional year of FA control with avoidance of Super Two. The former is only a few weeks; the latter requires waiting until sometime in June.

[GeorgiaGirl]

Think you’re confusing the additional year of FA control with avoidance of Super Two. The former is only a few weeks; the latter requires waiting until sometime in June.

He'd still have to stay down for longer if he does come up this Saturday, I'm not sure how long though...until mid May?

[Southcack77]

He'd still have to stay down for longer if he does come up this Saturday, I'm not sure how long though...until mid May?

Equal number of days as to how many he was active this year. So likely an extra month .

[jpx7]

He'd still have to stay down for longer if he does come up this Saturday, I'm not sure how long though...until mid May?

Sure, like Southcack said: a month and a few weeks, instead of just a few weeks. One of several reasons a Riley arrival in 2018 doesn’t seem likely.

[Hulavol]

Unless you think we can realistically beat the Sox (and after this most improbable season, who knows??- we can dream, right?) you keep Riley down.

[Enscheff]

If Riley is as good as we hope, he will be spending a few weeks in AAA in 2019 and won’t be called up in September.