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    Quote Originally Posted by skillet View Post
    How about Ian Thomas, the 26 year old lefty who pitched very well for Mississippi last year, ERA 2.76, WHIP 1.045, K/9 10.6? Could he be another option as a second lefty?
    He's an option. But he made a very successful transition to starting last season. I think the Braves are intrigued by the possibility of him making it as a starter and will want to see what they've got by letting him pitch in the rotation in AAA.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    He's an option. But he made a very successful transition to starting last season. I think the Braves are intrigued by the possibility of him making it as a starter and will want to see what they've got by letting him pitch in the rotation in AAA.
    Agreed. I was impressed with what he did both as a reliever and starter last season.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    Good pickup. He or Buchter will probably be our second lefty in the pen until Venters returns.
    Yea, I expect at least one of the two has a good shot at making the team. Plus Severino is also insurance should Buchter become too wild again.

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    BTW, Severino is playing winter ball with Licey and put up a 2-0 record, 1.29 ERA, 14 SO, and .133 BAA in 19 games and 14 innings. His teammates included two other Braves minor signings (Vasquez and Maya), Braves top catching prospect Christian Bethancourt, Braves pitching prospect Mitch Atkins (and former Braves Juan Francisco, Jairo Asencio, Yohan Flande, etc).
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    Braves signed 24 year old RHP Lay Batista to a minor league deal and invited him to spring training. He pitched last season for the Angels AA affiliate starting 22 games, here's his career numbers.

    Baseball America rated Batista's change-up the best among Angels prospects in 2012.
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    This is a shame. I see in BBA where the Braves released outfielder Chris Edmondson, denying us a chance to see if any of his 2013 was for real. They signed him out of the Can-Am League, the first player from there ever to get such a deal, and at the time he was hitting .413 with eight homers, 35 RBIs and 19 stolen bases in 36 games. He joined Rome, hit .206-1-7, but in his 10th game, hit the outfield wall hard, broke his shoulder and collarbone and was done for the year.

    He was previously with the Cardinals, but was not considered a significant prospect.

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    Here's more on Vasquez and Batista, MLBTR reports:

    "The Braves may have found yet another diamond in the rough with minor league free agent signees Luis Vasquez and Lay Batista, writes Bill Ballew of Baseball America. "We identified Vasquez and Batista as potential high-octane arms who could contribute in Atlanta as soon as 2014," said assistant GM John Coppolella."

    The article at BA by Bill Ballew about Vasquez and Batista is very interesting, BA subscribers can check it out here. But for those that don't subscribe I'll share a few points of interest. Vasquez has a fastball that "sits in the mid-90s and touches 97 mph with plus movement and he complements it with a hard, sharp slider with good tilt in the mid-to-upper 80s." While Lay Batista has both a "plus fastball (90-95 mph) and a plus changeup." As I noted in another post, Batista's change-up rated the best among Angels prospects in 2012.
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    If y'all want to see Vasquez, Maya and other Braves (and also former Braves) in action. Licey just made the 2014 Liga Dominicana de Béisbol Final thanks to a long homerun by former Brave Juan Francisco. They were playing Gigantes in a tie breaker game, Francisco's homer in the 9th inning gave Licey a 9-8 win.

    The 2014 Liga Dominicana de Béisbol Final will be available via ESPN3 live starting Monday. It seems ESPN3 will show the entire series live this week (also replay is available if miss it live).
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    Chris Garcia, a first baseman who played 222 games in the Braves system in 2011-12 after winning batting titles in the indy leagues, has been signed by the Mets. Garcia was injured in 2013 and was released in July, but hit .295 with 27 homers in those two seasons.

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    Pat Egan, the 6-7 right who took Mississippi by storm last year (7-2, 2.10, 4 saves) and who finished the year in Gwinnett, has signed with the Reds as a minor league free agent. The Braves did not retain him following the year despite appearing in 54 games (8-3, seven saves) overall. Egan is 29 going into the season.

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    2014 GWINNETT BRAVES (as posted 3/29)


    Managers & Coaches
    # Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt
    Brian Snitker Manager R R 6' 1" 200
    Garey Ingram Batting Coach R R 5' 11" 180
    22 Marty Reed Pitching Coach
    13 Billy Nicholson Coach 5' 10" 180

    Pitchers
    # Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt
    Albert Campos P R R 6' 4" 220
    Juan Jaime P R R 6' 2" 250
    Ryan Kelly P R R 6' 2" 180
    43 Cody Martin P R R 6' 3" 230
    Wirfin Obispo P R R 6' 2" 215
    34 Daniel Rodriguez P L L 5' 11" 195
    56 Andrew Russell P R R 6' 0" 200
    Luis Vasquez P R R 6' 4" 200

    Catchers
    # Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt
    Chr. Bethancourt C R R 6' 2" 205
    Matt Kennelly C R R 6' 1" 200
    Steven Lerud C L R 6' 1" 220
    Jose Yepez C R R 6' 0" 210

    Infielders
    # Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt
    Kevin Ahrens 1B R R 6' 1" 195
    Philip Gosselin 2B R R 6' 1" 200
    34 Tyler Greene SS R R 6' 2" 200
    4 Sean Kazmar SS R R 5' 9" 180
    17 Joe Leonard 3B R R 6' 5" 220
    Seth Loman 1B L R 6' 4" 245
    Ernesto Mejia 1B R R 6' 5" 260
    Gustavo Nunez SS S R 5' 10" 170

    Outfielders
    # Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt ws
    58 Brandon Boggs OF S R 6' 0" 210
    Jose Constanza LF L L 5' 9" 185
    Todd Cunningham LF S R 6' 0" 205
    Derrick Mitchell OF R R 6' 3" 210
    Joey Terdoslavich LF S R 6' 2" 200
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    2014 MISSISSIPPI BRAVES Roster (as posted 3/29)

    Managers & Coaches
    # Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status
    13 Aaron Holbert Manager R R 6' 1" 180 01-09-1973 Active
    Jamie Dismuke Batting Coach L R 6' 1" 210 10-17-1969 Active
    50 Dennis Lewallyn Pitching Coach R R 6' 4" 200 08-11-1953 Active

    Pitchers
    # Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt
    Aaron Northcraft P R R 6' 4" 230
    43 Ronan Pacheco P L L 6' 6" 193
    Carlos Perez P L L 6' 3" 215
    Benino Pruneda P R R 5' 9" 170
    46 Shae Simmons P R R 5' 11" 175

    Catchers
    # Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt
    11 Braeden Schlehuber C R R 6' 2" 205

    Infielders
    # Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt
    5 Barrett Kleinknecht 1B R R 6' 0" 200
    8 Tommy La Stella 2B L R 5' 11" 185
    Elmer Reyes SS R R 5' 11" 175
    16 Edward Salcedo 3B R R 6' 3" 210
    Outfielders
    # Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt
    32 Robby Hefflinger LF R R 6' 5" 235
    1 Mycal Jones CF R R 5' 10" 190
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    2014 LYNCHBURG HILLCATS Roster (as posted 3/29)

    Managers & Coaches
    # Name Pos
    4 Luis Salazar Manager
    25 John Moses Batting Coach
    Derrick Lewis Pitching Coach

    Pitchers (click column headers to sort)
    # Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt
    17 John Cornely P R R 6' 1" 195
    8 Brandon Cunniff P R R 6' 0" 185
    48 Ryan Hinson P L L 6' 3" 220
    15 A.J. Holland P R R 6' 5" 225
    11 Nate Hyatt P R R 6' 0" 185
    18 Jarrett Miller P R R 6' 1" 195
    54 Williams Perez P R R 6' 0" 185
    39 Greg Ross P R R 6' 3" 200
    40 Chasen Shreve P L L 6' 3" 180
    46 Ryan Weber P R R 6' 0" 170

    Catchers
    # Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt
    30 Cory Brownsten C R R 6' 0" 210
    43 Anthony Nunez C R R 6' 3" 205

    Infielders
    # Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt
    32 Daniel Castro 2B R R 5' 11" 170
    45 Eric Garcia 2B L R 5' 11" 175
    5 Levi Hyams 2B L R 6' 2" 205
    20 Kyle Kubitza 3B L R 6' 3" 190
    12 Emerson Landoni 2B R R 5' 11" 180
    9 Trenton Moses 1B R R 6' 3" 235
    23 Matt Weaver 1B R R 6' 0" 175

    Outfielders
    # Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt
    24 Josh Elander LF R R 6' 1" 215
    2 Matt Lipka CF R R 6' 1" 205
    34 David Rohm OF R R 6' 3" 215
    33 Will Skinner OF R R 6' 0" 210
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    2014 ROME BRAVES Roster (as posted 3/29)

    Manager & Coaches
    # Name Pos
    Jonathan Schuerholz Manager
    1 Bobby Moore Batting Coach
    Gabriel Luckert Pitching Coach
    20 Jose Mota Coach
    51 Tim Straus Coach

    Pitchers
    # Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt
    48 Rafael Briceno P R R 6' 2" 175
    40 Tyler Brosius P R R 6' 4" 230
    22 Mauricio Cabrera P R R 6' 2" 180
    24 Matt Chaffee P L L 6' 0" 185
    Chris Costantino P R R 6' 3" 220
    19 Jeremy Fitzgerald P R R 6' 0" 175
    27 Zach Jadofsky P R R 6' 3" 210
    18 Francois Lafreniere P R R 6' 5" 185
    30 Wes Parsons P R R 6' 5" 190
    52 Eric Pfisterer P L L 6' 2" 225
    23 Patrick Scoggin P R R 6' 4" 230
    26 Lucas Sims P R R 6' 2" 195
    David Starn P L L 6' 0" 190
    49 Richie Tate P R R 6' 6" 225
    38 Alex Wilson P R R 6' 5" 225

    Catchers
    # Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt
    37 Chase Anselment C L R 6' 1" 208
    9 Tyler Tewell C L R 5' 11" 185

    Infielders
    # Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt
    11 Carlos Franco 3B S R 6' 2" 170
    32 Casey Kalenkosky 1B R R 6' 0" 204
    15 Ronald Luna 2B R R 6' 0" 145
    4 Jose Peraza SS R R 6' 0" 165
    2 Edison Sanchez 1B R R 6' 4" 195

    Outfielders
    # Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt
    39 Daniel Carroll OF R R 6' 1" 180
    28 Felix Marte OF R R 6' 1" 180
    34 Joey Meneses OF R R 6' 3" 190
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    Just saw where the Braves released Thomas Keeling, the LHP they got from Milwaukee for Francisco.

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    rico, those rosters look a lot like 2013's end-of-season rosters that milb page. They usually let them sit over the winter and then update them when the next season starts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 50PoundHead View Post
    rico, those rosters look a lot like 2013's end-of-season rosters that milb page. They usually let them sit over the winter and then update them when the next season starts.
    Could be, but coaching staffs were updated and free agent pickups were included (some, not all, to be sure). I will replace as available.

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    Those are not the updated rosters Rico. Sims and Cabrera will both be in Lynchburg so will Peraza. Reyes is starting in Rome. There are too many changes for me to name but those are just a couple key names.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jay212033 View Post
    Those are not the updated rosters Rico. Sims and Cabrera will both be in Lynchburg so will Peraza. Reyes is starting in Rome. There are too many changes for me to name but those are just a couple key names.
    Not to mention LaStella, he was supposed to make AAA, no?

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