I assume Sobotka will repeat Rome as well, along with Ricardo Sanchez and possibly Touki to start the year depending on what his injury status is. The Rome Braves might be more fun to follow than the Atlanta version next year.
8/29/2015 MINORS THREAD SATURDAY ... Gant now 4-0 as Brave
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I assume Sobotka will repeat Rome as well, along with Ricardo Sanchez and possibly Touki to start the year depending on what his injury status is. The Rome Braves might be more fun to follow than the Atlanta version next year.
Deester11
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There were a lot of people high on Tanner just as much for his defense. I've watched that Rome team all year and he's just been....MEH. Not unlike any other catcher with potential but far from a sure thing. That being said, he needs to repeat Rome.
Additionally, got to see Sims against Biloxi. He's really not that different with regards to stuff, but one difference i've noted was that he didn't seem like he knew the inning was getting away from him. He didn't let any walks bother him and stayed even keel. Truly different. He still needs to develop that bulldog, but I see signs of it.
zbhargrove
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Also excited about Riley... I just want to be cautiously optimistic since its still only Rookie ball... still, he's at an advanced age for Danville and after his tough start to the season, he's just absolutely been on fire... currently working on a .347 average with a 1.026 OPS at Danville.... .427 BABIP but when you're hitting .347 you'd expect a high number.
Oh... and a nice little .248 ISO
Oh... and a nice little .248 ISO
zbhargrove
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And to think... we haven't even seen Pache or Cruz yet... I think those guys are going to be really fun to watch. And then if we get the Maitan kid plus a few other big ticket international signings next year... geez. Soroka, Allard, and Sims are starting to look like legit TOR prospects if they can stay healthy and keep progressing (and no... I'm not saying they will all be TOR starters... I'm saying they all have potential). And that's not even including the raw talent guys like Touki and Sanchez. Gant is starting to look like a real find and could make the Mets trade brilliant. And then you add prospects like Riley, Acuna, Yepez (who I am REALLY excited about), Wilson, Morales, etc... to the equation and we have some major potential. Its been a tough year and it may even be a tough one or two more years, but man this system is looking huge right now.
KB21
Where's My Cup of Coffee?
I was thinking about this last night. In addition to what has been added this year, we are looking at adding Kevin Maitan along with 3-4 other top international prospects along with what will be a top 5 pick and a competitive balance round pick that we received from Florida. So, we are looking at what will be three picks in the top 45 picks again.
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nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
fortunately it sounds like you were smart enough not to believe the prognosticators
msstate7
Well-known member
I hope it was.
Cautiously optimistic... Cody Martin has a career milb era of 3.24 and has struck out 535 in 521.2 ip, but he's garbage at the mlb level. I'm not saying that Whalen and gant are Martin, but they were lower ranked for some reason I would think. Hopefully we just straight up robbed the mets
ball4life32
Danville Rookie
Yep we got a hand shake deal with Abraham Guiterrez catcher from what I heard and he's rated #2 behind Maitan and they're comparing him to Mike Piazza. We are going to be LOADED,
Where did you read that?
Not many people are talking about him but this kid has been impressive this season and he's only 17 y.o. This kids has 5 tool potential!
sturg33
I
Everyone told you that, huh?
zbhargrove
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Actually... yes, that was the overwhelming sentiment from the board.