MONDAY MINORS 4/10 ... A.M. Baseball in Mississippi; Touki awesome

[CJ9]

So our four minor league starters are three first rounders and a competitive balance pick (Wentz). Not bad.

 

[bravesfanMatt]

Good grief. Touki doesn't feel comfortable until he is down 2-0 in the count.

 

[CJ9]

Alex Jackson just hit his second homer is less than five games. He's hitting .333

 

[bravesfanMatt]

Alex Jackson crushed that 2 run bomb.

 

[CJ9]

Wentz is getting hit hard. Six hits in 1+ inning so far.

 

[bravesfanMatt]

Touki through 5 now. 6k. 2 walks. Really good. Just runs deep counts. I imagine that is it for him since he is at 79 pitches. Jackson has been great behind plate. Threw behind runners all night keeping them honest.

 

[thethe]

This Alex Jackson man....could be an answer to the long term power shortage on the farm.

 

[bravesfanMatt]

Wentz is getting hit hard. Six hits in 1+ inning so far.

I am switching between Florida and Gwinnett. Hate that he hit a rough start.

 

[devilsbballfan]

On Wentz, 6 hits and 4 runs but 5ks in 2 innings, be interesting to hear whether he's getting beat on mistakes or just getting hit

 

[TheBravos]

Well three guys are killing it, seems only fair one lays an egg. He's young...he'll come around.

 

[Oklahomabrave]

Wentz got into a lot of trouble after he struck a guy out for the third out of the first inning and the guy reached first.

 

[Pachoo]

Wentz is getting hit hard. Six hits in 1+ inning so far.

I hope Wentz isn't still experiencing the dead arm and lack of velocity he had the last month of last season. I hope everything is ok with him health wise. Anyone know how his velocity was?

 

[Pachoo]

This Alex Jackson man....could be an answer to the long term power shortage on the farm.

Alex Jackson and Gohara could make the Mariners look really stupid a couple of years down the road.

 

[Oklahomabrave]

Alex Jackson and Gohara could make the Mariners look really stupid a couple of years down the road.

Mallex and Smyly might do it for them this year.

 

[Pachoo]

Mallex and Smyly might do it for them this year.

Good point. Saw the fangraph article today about how Mallex could be the new king of bunting and that he works hard at bunting every day. Talk about focusing on a pretty inefficient way of hitting. I find it hard to believe a player can become a very useful hitter by focusing on slapping grounders or bunts and beating out a hit to first. If Mallex wants to become a singles only hitter with a low average, that is one good way of accomplishing that.

Complete opposite approach to the main trend in the majors which is trying to hit balls in the air, avoiding grounders at all costs.

 

[Tapate50]

Mcreery is another electric arm that hasn't pitched for us yet I don't believe. Nice line

 

[bravesfanMatt]

Mcreery is another electric arm that hasn't pitched for us yet I don't believe. Nice line

I was listening to the broadcast last night and heard his name. I was like who. They said he is 6'8. And he came in throwing gas. Nothing but strikes.

 

[TheBravos]

So I liked Mallex and Povse, and wasn't too happy about either trade. It's very early of course, but it sure looks like we took advantage of Seattle's willingness to move guys that were not the new regime's players...kinda like LA did with us on the HO trade.

 

[Tapate50]

I was listening to the broadcast last night and heard his name. I was like who. They said he is 6'8. And he came in throwing gas. Nothing but strikes.

From the left side...

 

[Tapate50]

Alex Jackson and Gohara could make the Mariners look really stupid a couple of years down the road.

Jackson I'm more skeptical about ... he needs to prove it in a big big way.

Gohara seemed like a lot to give up per the more plugged in daily scouts that weighed in on the trade. Some of the pundits that weren't up on his AFL stint etc didn't think he was all too special. I hope we found something there though. He has the toolbox.