Minor league thread

[zbhargrove]

Harris couldn't have started off any better. If the power increase sticks, he has all the talent in the world.

 

[msstate7]

When will waters return to Gwinnett? This could present problems with Harris to Gwinnett unless they plan on playing one in a corner spot

 

[Hudson2]

When will waters return to Gwinnett? This could present problems with Harris to Gwinnett unless they plan playing one in a corner spot

If Waters can keep hitting then I’d be fine with Waters and Harris both coming up before the deadline to see what they have but AA will have to get another OF bat before the deadline for sure.

 

[Enscheff]

Guys skip AAA all the time, and Harris can certainly do that as well. The goal for Harris should be MLB PAs by July 1 to get him ~100 PAs before the Aug 2 trade deadline, at which point AA can go shopping for OFers. To get Harris to MLB by July 1 he could spend the rest of May in AA, get ~100 PAs in AAA in June, then be called up.

I personally expect Harris to be in Atlanta well before July 1 though. This OF can't be filled with AAAA players much longer.

 

[CJ9]

Augusta just announced their rotation for this week, and Royber Salinas and his absurd K rate are not listed as one of the starters. I would imagine we’ll see an announcement tomorrow about him being promoted to Rome.

 

[CJ9]

Salinas officially promoted to Rome: https://twitter.com/SamDykstraMiLB/status/1521525502267297794?s=20&t=6s9F6xYsm4Ua5zfbCP2ZJA

 

[Bluedevilruss]

Waters leads off with a homer. Let’s see how he and Harris shake out this month.

 

[zbhargrove]

Waters needs to show quite a bit.

 

[bravesfanMatt]

Waters needs to show quite a bit.

I hope he can get into a good Flow and make a Rapid move to the show. I hear he can get a bit Salty in the clubhouse, but the veterans should be able to Bottle that.

 

[Enscheff]

Waters turning into a nice 4th OFer would be awesome. As we've all witnessed the last month, just having actual MLB OFers isn't always a given.

 

[msstate7]

Waters 2-2

 

[bravesfanMatt]

Waters 2-2

There is no greater destructive force than Hot Waters...

 

[msstate7]

There is no greater destructive force than Hot Waters...

Salty water

 

[Enscheff]

Don't bum yourselves out by looking, but Lango is hitting .316/.422/.711 in AAA over 90 PAs with a BABIP of .294, a BB rate of 14.4% and a K rate of 17.8%.

I said it the day of the trade, but I think we are going to miss him.

 

[Garmel]

Don't bum yourselves out by looking, but Lango is hitting .316/.422/.711 in AAA over 90 PAs with a BABIP of .294, a BB rate of 14.4% and a K rate of 17.8%.

I said it the day of the trade, but I think we are going to miss him.

No doubt we will miss him. However, his stats are somewhat bloated due to playing in a ballpark whose park factor that is nearly identical to Coors field (1.2).

 

[SJ24]

No doubt we will miss him. However, his stats are somewhat bloated due to playing in a ballpark whose park factor that is nearly identical to Coors field.

That entire league is like that.

 

[Garmel]

That entire league is like that.

Yeah, the PCL is crazy. I'm also not diminishing anything he's doing because Lango is going to be one of the best offensive and defensive catchers in baseball.

 

[UNCBlue012]

Waters is now 3-3. He's obliterating pitches.

 

[Garmel]

We saw this from Waters last summer and people were getting excited about him. Then the hole in his bat returned.

 

[msstate7]

Park doesn't really help bb/k rate though.