MINORS FINAL 4/21/15 Sobotka 1st pro win

rico43

rico43

<B>Director of Minor League Reports</B>
Perhaps we should draft some hitting this June?

GWINNETT team batting average (11 games): .235 with one home run

MISSISSIPPI team batting average (10 games): .271 with 3 home runs

CAROLINA team batting average (10 games): .246 withn 6 home runs

ROME team batting average (9 games): .196 with 1 home run

TUESDAY GAMES

ALL TIMES EDT

CLASS AAA

Gwinnett 5, Norfolk 4

WP: Banuelos (1-0) 5.2 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 7 K .

Kurcz (Save, 2) 1 IP, 1 H,` BB, 0 K.

Kleinknecht 1-3, 2 RBI; Peraza 3-4, R, BB, 2 SB.

CLASS AA

Mississippi 4, Chattanooga 1

WP: Jenkins (1-1) 5.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 4 K.

R. Kelly (Save, 4) 1 IP, 0 H, 2 K.

Lipka 2-3, RBI; Castro 2-4, 2B, 2 R; Ruiz 1-4, RBI; Ahrens 2-4, RBI.

ADVANCED CLASS A



Winston-Salem 5, Carolina 1

LP: Gil (0-3) 5 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K.

Walters 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K.

Camargo 1-4, RBI; Hyams 2-4, 2B; D. Peterson 1-2, 2B, 2 BB..

CLASS A

Rome 2, Savannah 1

WP: Sobotka (1-1) 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K.

Dirks (Save, 1) 2 IP, 3 H, 0 K.

Curcio 1-4, 2B, R, RBI; Esdgerton 1-4, RBI, SB.
 
In regards to the 2015 club, it would be really nice to see Banuelos continue to do good work. We could really use him in the big leagues.
 
rico43 said:
GWINNETT team batting average (11 games): .235 with one home run
MISSISSIPPI team batting average (10 games): .271 with 3 home runs
CAROLINA team batting average (10 games): .246 withn 6 home runs
ROME team batting average (9 games): .196 with 1 home run
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What's wrong with the Carolina team? Didn't they get the memo that baseball has evolved so that power is no longer part of the game?
 
MadduxFanII said:
Nice to see the K/BB ratio from Banuelos, even with the four runs.
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I caught part of the game and I couldn't believe a few calls that cost Man-Ban at least two strikeouts tonight. He would've had at least 7 K's otherwise. One was right down the middle and should've been strike three and ended the inning, Man-Ban was headed off the field.
 
Great to see Peraza hitting in Gwinnett, and he tripled his SB total tonight.

Albies went 2-4 with a 3B as well, now up to .282.
 
This was GOOD day for the farm systerm. Banuelos wins, Jenkins and Sobotka zwere dominant; Jenkins allowing only one hit.
Best sign: Lipka looked like a No 1 pick. Went up on the wall (LF) to take homer away midway through game, other good catches, bunt single to break ice, and two hits giving him .413 average.
 
rico43 said:
Best sign: Lipka looked like a No 1 pick. Went up on the wall (LF) to take homer away midway through game, other good catches, bunt single to break ice, and two hits giving him .413 average.
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I missed that catch, I'll have to catch it on replay. But I have always liked Lipka personally, even after all the injuries and others wrote him off. I still think he has the skills to make the Majors and hope he does so. The key for him might be more staying healthy than anything else.
 
rico43 said:
WP: Sobotka (1-1) 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K.
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Braves1976 said:
I missed that catch, I'll have to catch it on replay. But I have always liked Lipka personally, even after all the injuries and others wrote him off. I still think he has the skills to make the Majors and hope he does so. The key for him might be more staying healthy than anything else.
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The book on Lipka when he was drafted is that he was a football player who would have translate his physical tools (especially speed) to baseball skills. The injuries put him behind the curve a bit and likely stunted some necessary development. It's a small sample size, but if he builds on the guy he looked like he was becoming before he got injured in 2012, there's still hope. I'm curious to see if they move him around the infield at all during the season like they did in spring training in 2014.

Some nice pitching again last night.
 
All 2015 data involve small samples, but it is interesting to look at Mallex Smith and Lipka so far this season:

Smith: .419 BABIP, .150 ISO, 6.8% walk rate, 20.5% strikeout rate

Lipka: .458 BABIP, .143 ISO, 9.1% walk rate, 15.2% strikeout rate

I like Lipka's numbers better so far. But Smith is a year younger, which tilts things in his favor. His strikeout rate in past years has been in the high teens, so this year's 20.5% is probably a small sample artifact and should be moving down.

Lipka has never had a walk rate over 9%, so that might be a small sample thing too. It would be nice if he could sustain it.
 
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