2014 Minor League Roster thread

skillet said:
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?
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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.
 
nsacpi said:
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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Agreed. I was impressed with what he did both as a reliever and starter last season.
 
nsacpi said:
Good pickup. He or Buchter will probably be our second lefty in the pen until Venters returns.
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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.
 
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).
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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).
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
Just saw where the Braves released Thomas Keeling, the LHP they got from Milwaukee for Francisco.
 
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.
 
50PoundHead said:
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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Could be, but coaching staffs were updated and free agent pickups were included (some, not all, to be sure). I will replace as available.
 
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.
 
Jay212033 said:
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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Not to mention LaStella, he was supposed to make AAA, no?
 
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