Atlanta Braves Minor League October All Questions Answered
Atlanta Braves Minor League All Questions Answered, October Edition
October finished with the Atlanta Braves Top 100 prospect list coming out this month on Tomahawk Take. This was a labor of love for Ben, and it meant a week of no scouting reports, but those will start back up in November.
As we look ahead to the offseason once the World Series is finished, I will reference one of the best Braves-related Twitter follows, @BravesOptions, who puts this information together. I’ll print them here for easier formatting, but these are some guys that are minor league guys to consider that may have some action needed before 2017 opens:
Guys eligible for the Rule 5 Draft:
- Willians Astudillo
- Zachary Bird
- Johan Camargo
- Carlos Castro
- Carlos Franco
- Enderson Franco
- Max Fried
- Ryan Gebhardt
- Reed Harper
- Levi Hyams
- Steve Janas
- Steve Kent
- Kyle Kubitza
- Connor Lien
- Matt Marksberry
- Erison Mendez
- Joey Meneses
- Omar Obregon
- Joseph Odom
- Wes Parsons
- David Peterson
- Zach Quintana
- Jake Schrader
- Lucas Sims
- Luis Valenzuela
Per my calculations, these are the guys who will be minor league free agents:
- Willians Astudillo
- Daniel Castro (he’s my biggest question on status)
- Maikel Cleto
- Carlos Franco
- Sean Kazmar
- Steve Kent
- Emerson Landoni
- Victor Mateo
- Brian Moran
- Jordan Pacheco
- Braeden Schlehuber
- Rob Wooten
- Madison Younginer
Now, any of those free agents could return to the system by resigning with the Braves, as Carlos Franco and Victor Mateo did last offseason.
The “Rules”
Rules?! We don’t need no stinking rules!
Well, okay, a couple of suggested guidelines. This will primarily be answered by Benjamin Chase, the minor league coordinator around these parts, however any member of the Tomahawk Take team or any one of you can feel free to add your answer/comment to a question asked. Any question posted to this thread before Sunday at midnight eastern will be answered, so feel free to ask away, even if you don’t catch this on the exact day that it posted to the site! If the number gets to be too heavy, in the future I may set an earlier cut off time, but for right now, we’ll stick to keeping this open to new questions throughout the weekend.
Some Basic Info
More from Tomahawk Take
- Braves News: Reacting to Dansby’s departure, Michael Brantley, more
- Atlanta Braves: Best Option at Shortstop Now That Dansby Swanson is Gone
- Atlanta Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos’ views on the offseason so far
- Braves News: Dansby goes to the Cubs, prospect rankings, more
- The Paradox of Dansby Swanson
For those who are curious which players are on which rosters, here are the links to the pages for each of the Braves’ affiliates. There are always great tid bits of news on the team sites along with promotions and ballpark information if you get the opportunity to go to a game.
AAA Gwinnett Braves
AA Mississippi Braves
A+ Florida Fire Frogs
A Rome Braves
Advanced Rookie Danville Braves
Rookie GCL Braves
Foreign Rookie DSL Braves
Let It Rip!
So, feel free to ask anything and everything about prospects that you may want to know! All you need to do is post a question in the comments section below, and as I have time, I’ll answer questions I can get to, and any others reading the post can certainly provide their own insight as well!
Next: Braves Minor League Database
That link above is to the database of all Braves minor leaguers that I put together in early May. I’ve been updating that as I’ve been able, and I did a big update in October on the database, so any minor leaguer is there!