WEDNESDAY MINORS FINAL 7/19 ... Belatedly

SJ24 said:
We have something in William Contreras, brother of the Cubs' Willson Contreras.

He's now hitting .375 with 2 HR as a 19-year-old at Danville. 2-2 tonight.
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screw the hitting.. I hope he just has the cannon like his brother.. although, I didn't know that was his brother..
 
For those watching the game were the runs Soroka gave up tonight legitimate or was it because of Mississippi's poor defense?
 
msstate7 said:
Soroka...

7.0 ip 2 h 2 er 0 bb 12 k

Riley 2-3

Hitting .286 so far
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People have been sleeping on Riley for a long time. Impressive to be at AA at his age. Very hugh ceiling when you consider the reports of vastly improved defense.
 
rico43 said:
Saw late last night that Corbin Clouse headed to Miss. After poor start to season, he has gotten back on the fast track:

ERA in April: 9.72 (7 games, 8.1 innings)

ERA in May: 0.00 (7 games, 9.1 innings)

ERA in June: 0.00 (7 games, 10.2 innings, 19 K, 2 BB)

ERA in July: 0.00 (4 games, 6.2 innings)

Scoreless streak as he heads to AA is 29.2 innings (21 hits, 14 walks, 40 K)
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Add at least another inning to that total along with 2 more Ks.. He can more than 1 inning though..
 
Another late-rounder has emerged in Tucker Davidson (19th round 2016). Out of Midland JC, his ERA since turning pro now down to 2.10. Lefty with nasty slider was reliever last year, but went into Rome rotation and has been a beast of late:

Set aside a stumble July 12 (4 ER in 5 IP), he has not allowed an earned run in his other starts. Sturdy at 6-2, 215, could stay in rotation in long run.
 
bravesfanMatt said:
Add at least another inning to that total along with 2 more Ks.. He can more than 1 inning though..
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clouse did go 2 innings.. got the W.. 2ip/ 1bb/ 4K..

I am now 100% certain his April was him tinkering with something.. what I really want to know is if it clicked or he scraped it.
 
I know it matters little, but this year's DSL team might be the worst Braves farm club I've seen in the decade or so I've been tracking these things. Now 11-28 with two shutout losses Wednesday.
 
SJ24 said:
We have something in William Contreras, brother of the Cubs' Willson Contreras.

He's now hitting .375 with 2 HR as a 19-year-old at Danville. 2-2 tonight.
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He is becoming really interesting. The numbers were just alright last year in the GCL, but much better this season. Not striking out much, walking a lot, hitting for power. I'm intrigued.

Rome will be interesting next year at that spot. If Gutierrez starts there, you'd have him, Contreras, Owenby and Lugbauer splitting time behind the plate.
 
Garmel said:
For those watching the game were the runs Soroka gave up tonight legitimate or was it because of Mississippi's poor defense?
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I was at the game tonight. Soroka was dealing. The first runner to score was a lefty who got on base on a bloop single. I think the bloop was the result of bad pitch calling by the catcher/whoever. The first two pitches in the Ab were low and anyway strikes. He threw the same pitch for a Thrid time and it was a bloop hit. I'm not a fan of throwing to the same spot three pitches in a row. The next batter barreled the ball up for a triple. IMO a good RF would have held it to a double. The 3rd batter hit a pop fly to mid cf. runner scored on a tag. Ender would have gunned that runner down.

Soroka dominated early and was using all the corners and using 3 pitches. He seemed to get away from the fastball and went heavy with breaking / off speed pitches. Thats when he got in trouble. What I really liked tonight was after the first run scored he went back to the fastball and it had the best velocity of the night. He was hitting 93 to 94 after being around 90 earlier.

When he gets ahead of batter he has such an advantage because he has 3 legitimate pitches.
 
rico43 said:
Another late-rounder has emerged in Tucker Davidson (19th round 2016). Out of Midland JC, his ERA since turning pro now down to 2.10. Lefty with nasty slider was reliever last year, but went into Rome rotation and has been a beast of late:

Set aside a stumble July 12 (4 ER in 5 IP), he has not allowed an earned run in his other starts. Sturdy at 6-2, 215, could stay in rotation in long run.
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Blurb from Klaw:

Rome started lefty Tucker Davidson against Sanchez, and though Davidson couldn’t crack Atlanta's top 20 prospects, he has a good enough arm that I expect him to have some sort of major league role. Coming from a very high slot, nearly right over the top, Davidson was 91-94 mph with no movement, showing an average-ish curveball at 77-83 mph that he seemed to vary by design and a mid-80s changeup with good action. His fastball is too straight right now, which is pretty common in guys with super high arm slots. But he has the weapons to be a fifth starter even if he can't find a way to mitigate the lack of movement. Davidson was Atlanta's 19th-round pick last year out of two-year Midland College in Texas.
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rico43 said:
I know it matters little, but this year's DSL team might be the worst Braves farm club I've seen in the decade or so I've been tracking these things. Now 11-28 with two shutout losses Wednesday.
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Of all the heralded signings from last July, only Yenci Pena (who is still 16) is playing in the DSL. The Braves have put a lot of the July 2017 signings on the team (which is somewhat of a departure from their previous pattern). Do you have any information as to what happened to Juan Carlos Negret? He was having a nice season, but hasn't been in the line-up for a couple of weeks.

Thanks SJ24 for the mention of Contreras. I didn't know he was Wilson Contreras' brother, but he put up quietly impressive numbers in the DSL and GCL. Not eye-popping, but good enough for me to consider him an under-the-radar guy. It looks like he can hit some.
 
50PoundHead said:
Of all the heralded signings from last July, only Yenci Pena (who is still 16) is playing in the DSL. The Braves have put a lot of the July 2017 signings on the team (which is somewhat of a departure from their previous pattern). Do you have any information as to what happened to Juan Carlos Negret? He was having a nice season, but hasn't been in the line-up for a couple of weeks.

Thanks SJ24 for the mention of Contreras. I didn't know he was Wilson Contreras' brother, but he put up quietly impressive numbers in the DSL and GCL. Not eye-popping, but good enough for me to consider him an under-the-radar guy. It looks like he can hit some.
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Love that Contreras makes a lot of contact. I'm just not a big fan of guys who swing and miss a lot in the lower levels of the minors.
 
Have a day Corbin Clouse and Mike Soroka. Damn that's strong stuff.

Also like to see Riley at least hold his own early, as I expected a significant slow start to AA.
 
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