7/28 THURSDAY MINORS FINAL: Riley, Davidson hit 10th HRs

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rico43

<B>Director of Minor League Reports</B>
THURSDAY'S MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS

CLASS AAA

Indianapolis 4, Gwinnett 0

LP: Whalen (0-1) 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K

Weber 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Roney 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Wooten 1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2 HR

Ruiz 2-3, BB

Olivera 1-4, 2B

Infante 1-2

CLASS AA

Mississippi 6, Birmingham 4

SP: Banuelos 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 K

Morris 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

WP: Phillips (3-1) 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Younginer (Save, 14) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Peterson 2-3, 2 2B, RBI, BB

Lein 2-4, 2B, HR (2nd), 2 RBI

Hyams 2-4, 2B, 2 R

Swanson 1-4, R, RBI

Camargo 1-3, RBI

ADVANCED CLASS A

Potomac 10, Carolina 2

LP: Navarro (4-3) 3.1 IP, 10 H, 7 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

O'Neal 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K

Portuondo 2.2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

Mendez 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Davidson 1-3, HR (10th), RBI, HBP

Obregon 1-4, SB

Valenzuela 2-5, 2B, R

CLASS A

Greenville 5, Rome 4

LP: Allard (0-3) 6 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 5 K

Custred 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K

Caicedo 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Riley 2-5, 2B, HR (10th), RBI

Ellison 2-4, 2B, HR (4th), RBI

Castro 2-4

Baez 2-4, 3B

Dykstra 0-5, 2 RBI (1st game since July 7)

SHORT-SEASON

Danville 2, Princeton 2 (4th, suspended)

SP: Mora 3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K

Moss 2-2, 2B, HR (1st), RBI

James 1-2

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GCL Yankees 8, GCL Braves 7

BLOWN SAVE (3 runs in 9th)

SP: Javier 4.1 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

Davidson 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K (1.33)

LP: B.T. White (BS, 1-3) 0.1 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

Danciu (BS) 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Michel 2-4, R, RBI

Concepcion 2-4, 3B, R, RBI

Cruz 1-4, RBI

Contreras 1-3, RBI

(Yelich Danville to GCL debut, 0-1)

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DSL Rockies 2, DSL Braves 1

SP: Rodriguez 4.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

LP: Volquez 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Diaz 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Adrianza 2-4, RBI

Salazar 1-4, R

J.C. Encarnacion 1-4
 
With Michel moving up to the GCL that OF is pretty crowded. Wonder if Concepcion or someone else gets moved up to Danville soon so Ventura, Pache, and Michel can play everyday.
 
msstate7 said:
Whalen so far...

3.0 ip 1 h 0 er 1 bb 5 k (1.72 current era at Gwinnett)
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Bring him up and send crappy Wisler down. Of course Whalen will probably stink it up too since all the Braves top pitching prospects have been garbage in the big leagues.
 
Since June 1st, Braxton has hit 8 home runs.

Austin Riley has also homered tonight for his 10th HR. He has hit 7 since June 1st.

Travis Demeritte has hit 12 HR since June 1st.
 
KB21 said:
Braxton Davidson with his 10th home run.
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Unfortunately he's been worse than ever over the past month in terms of contact and K rate. Hitting .228 and striking out in over a third of his ABs over the past month. All the power in the world is going to mean nothing if he can't make consistent contact. I'd rather see zero homers and a .275 avg from Braxton at the moment, would give me much more hope for him as a prospect.
 
auyushu said:
Unfortunately he's been worse than ever over the past month in terms of contact and K rate. Hitting .228 and striking out in over a third of his ABs over the past month. All the power in the world is going to mean nothing if he can't make consistent contact. I'd rather see zero homers and a .275 avg from Braxton at the moment, would give me much more hope for him as a prospect.
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Yeah, he's a garbage prospect. Stevie Wonder would have better contact rates at the plate.
 
auyushu said:
Unfortunately he's been worse than ever over the past month in terms of contact and K rate. Hitting .228 and striking out in over a third of his ABs over the past month. All the power in the world is going to mean nothing if he can't make consistent contact. I'd rather see zero homers and a .275 avg from Braxton at the moment, would give me much more hope for him as a prospect.
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I would not. If he's hitting .275 with no power, I have little hope in him. If he's at least hitting for power and showing good walk rates, I have hopes he can get the Ks down and the average up eventually.

Next year is a big year for him. He still has time, but not a ton of it.
 
I definitely never thought we would be talking this much about Rob Whalen. Again, this is what's so exciting about our system right now. We have a bunch of guys we all identify as high-ceiling, exciting talents...and we still have a bunch of guys in the category with Whalen (Gant, Povse, Weigel, etc.) who could still turn out to be good major leaguers.
 
smootness said:
I would not. If he's hitting .275 with no power, I have little hope in him. If he's at least hitting for power and showing good walk rates, I have hopes he can get the Ks down and the average up eventually.

Next year is a big year for him. He still has time, but not a ton of it.
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The problem there is that it's fairly common for players to develop more power as they move up levels, it's extremely rare to go from having crappy contact rates to having good ones.

I would much rather see Davidson posting Dustin Peterson type numbers than 25 HR power for example. Even though Peterson has profiled more as an average corner OF with the numbers he's putting up right now, if Peterson has a few more of those doubles he's hitting turn into HRs as he gets older he has a chance to be far more than that.

I'd agree about next year though, if he can't show contact skills next year, it's unlikely he ever does.
 
nsacpi said:
Whalen has really pushed up his stock.
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Anybody know if he worked on a new pitch or improved something significantly once he got traded to us? Because his K rates jumped like crazy since he got traded to us. Just curious what might have caused the change. He's been a very pleasant surprise along with Gant.
 
auyushu said:
The problem there is that it's fairly common for players to develop more power as they move up levels, it's extremely rare to go from having crappy contact rates to having good ones.

I would much rather see Davidson posting Dustin Peterson type numbers than 25 HR power for example. Even though Peterson has profiled more as an average corner OF with the numbers he's putting up right now, if Peterson has a few more of those doubles he's hitting turn into HRs as he gets older he has a chance to be far more than that.

I'd agree about next year though, if he can't show contact skills next year, it's unlikely he ever does.
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I have heard this, but is there some evidence to support it or just a perception? Honest question!
 
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