Atlanta Braves Trade Hunter Cervenka

The Return

John Heyman and others  Tweet that the Braves received to prospects in return.

Michael Mader

The Marlins selected the 6’2”, 195 pound lefty in the third round of the 2014 draft and assigned him to Batavia in the shirts season New York – Penn league. At Batavia he made 12 starts throwing 45 innings while posting a 2.00 ERA, 1.049 WHIP, striking out 28 and walking 15.

Last season he pitched at Greensboro in the low A South Atlantic League where he made 27 starts throwing 140 2/3 innings with a 4.73 ERA, 1.408 WHIP striking out 86 and walking 57. That production in a league where he was about a year younger than the average player convinced  Baseball America to rank Mader the Marlins’ #24 prospect.

This season with Jupiter in the A+ Florida league he’s made 21 starts and one relief appearance throwing 103 innings with a a 3.50 ERA, 1.272 WHIP striking out 81 and walking 34.

The BA scouting report ($) gives us a glimpse of what we will see from Mader.

". . .Mader physically resembles Patrick Corbin, the Diamondbacks lefty and 2009 second-round pick . . .(and) like Corbin, relies on a fastball that sits 90-93 mph. Unlike . . .Corbin, Mader’s best breaking pitching is an overhand curveball. . . Mader doesn’t possess Corbin’s athleticism or command of swing-and-miss stuff. . . uses a changeup to try to keep right handers off balance . . .(he) has fluid mechanics and profiles as a polished, back-end starter."

Here’s the prospect video from MLB.com prior to the 2015 season, unfortunately it’s a collections of stills.

Next: Mr Seymour I presume?