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Kilpatrick has 4 straight muti-hit games in Rome. He is 23+. There is nothing in Mississippi to block his path. He k's a good bit, but he also appears to get deep into counts and draw walks. It also appears he plays a decent CF. If he hits in AA, he might have some trade value by the...

We have a few non-prospects off to decent to good starts this season. Augusta: Drew Compton (UDFA from GA Tech) and Mitch Farris (14th round in 2023). Rome: Kevin Kilpatrick (17th round in 2022) and Samuel Strickland (19th round in 2021). Mississippi: Justin Dean (17th round in 2018) and JJ...

Not that it matters, but I don't think he did. I remember him playing a bunch of 2b and 3b and being told to disregard him as a prospect because he didn't hit enough to be an everyday guy at 2b or 3b.

Nitram Odarp that can play some SS? Kid has a better future than I thought.

The discussion of Alvarez's defense kind of reminds me of Riley when he was in the minors. The initial take was he would never be fluid enough/have enough range to stick at 3B and LF was his future. Then as he kept getting better at 3B, some never reconsidered the initial take. Despite being...

Without a doubt the Braves advance their prospects to provide them with challenges and to cover needs of the big club. We've seen plenty of prospects make the majors without being a finished product. Most, like AJSS, get a taste and then head back down. AJSS needs to log some innings before...

The Braves are not going to win a WS based upon big name SP. This team is set up to win by the lineup being hot at the right time and the bullpen being lights out. Look at 2021. The "big three" were Fried, Morton and 22 year old Ian Anderson. In the WS, Morton breaks his leg in Game One...

There is an old joke within the industry: "Do you know the secret to becoming a millionaire in the thoroughbred industry? Begin as a billionaire." The 80s saw an end to most of the tax breaks that made the thoroughbred industry a wise investment. In the last decade there have been a handful...

The Braves have had a miraculous % of the position player prospects hit and have seen a ludicrous % of the SP prospects flame out following some really good early results. I'm hoping AJ and Hurston make that second % look a little better for the Braves. I think the Braves brass really likes...

Does this deal signal Ozuna is on the way out?

Seems to me AA's contract extensions were premised upon being able to keep the rotation stocked with kids and one affordable vet presence. We pretty much saw the pipeline of the kids implode this season when Wright, Anderson and Soroka all fell out of the 2024 plan due to injury. Unless the...

Its not the Phillies, its the entire town. I guess if I lived there I'd probably have a complex as well.

Grissom gets a bunch of flack for what he can't do. But he is 22 years old in AAA with an OPS of .928 and 50 BB against 60K. He could easily be someone's 2B, but not ours because of Ozzie. If you look at his defensive assignment in AAA this year, he has played twice as much at SS as he has...

I know it is way to early to discuss, but for a team with a farm system near the bottom of the rankings, the Braves will have some significant starting pitching depth options to sort through this offseason. Strider and Elder can pretty much be penciled in barring injury. One would think Soroka...

In order for Urias to win 300 he needs to win 15 a year for the next 16 years.