Minor League Thread Part Deux

Carp said:
Eric Hartman had 2 more hits and 2 more steals last night for Augusta in a loss. He had 2 of the 3 hits for Augusta and a run scored. Southisene had the other lone hit.

In Rome, Sinnard pitched an absolute gem: 5 IP, 8 K's, 1 BB, 2 H, 0 ER. Braunschweig stayed hot with another hit, SB, and 2 runs scored. Lodise 0-4, 2 Ks. Drake 0-3

Columbus was shutout last night. Now that McCabe has been promoted to AAA, the large dearth of talent in AA has been reduced even more. Currently the only position prospect worth even semi-monitoring in Columbus is 2024 11th round pick Pat Clohisy. He's been hot since his promotion to AA at the start of the month, but I wouldn't let this hot stretch fool you. It's mostly BA fueled as he has only 5 XBHs. But he's always had decent on base skills.

Gwinnett wins 7-1. Burkhalter with a short, but effective night. 3 IP, 4 Ks, 1 H, 1BB. As previously stated, McCabe homered in his final at bat and finished 1-4 with 2 RBIs. Bastidas also homered and finished 2-5 to raise his OPS in 8 games with the Braves to 1.118. Some impressive EVs as well. Is there a read on his defense? I see Waddell is back at SS which leads me to believe Bastidas likely isn't an option to replace Allen at any point this season, even if the bat can carry him to the majors.
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Clohisy is worth watching. Big SB numbers when in Rome. Still the South Atlantic League leader with 60 even though he hasn't been there for two weeks. Depending on how rosters are constructed in Atlanta or elsewhere, he's the kind of player who could find himself contributing provided he continues to develop. I remember that the area scout who got him signed was ecastatic (but we've heard that talk from area scouts before regarding the player they found and got drafted).
 
jpx7 said:
McCabe with a nice two-run homer in his AAA début.
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Really interested to see how he does at AAA. Our AA is notoriously pitcher friendly. I look at all the teams with crappy 1B and DH situations and I know he will find a MLB roster spot for 6+ years.
 
Carp said:
Ryan Mountcastle seems like a decent comp for McCabe. Maybe Ryan O'Hearn. Maybe even Ryan Sweeney.

Really any of the Ryan's
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We won't know until we see more of McCabe at the AAA level, but there are several teams that are really scuffling at the position. With Olson in tow for the next few seasons, there probably isn't a place for McCabe in Atlanta, but (depending on performance) he should at least earn a look at the major league level.
 
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