Braves will have three representatives in the AFL All-Star game
The Atlanta Braves will send three players to the Arizona Fall League All-Star game. Why just three? Well because that’s the max any team can send. Why those three? The Braves officials decided on them.
Ronald Acuna, Austin Riley and Touki Toussaint will be going to the Arizona Fall League All-Star game which is played on Saturday November 4th.
Alex Jackson and Max Fried didn’t “miss the cut”, the Braves decided to not send them to the ASG. Instead they’re looking to see what Touki can do in big situations. I think that goes along with Acuna and Riley.
Yes, we’ve seen amazing things from Acuna, but let’s continue to put him in the spotlight in hopes he’s ready for 2018 with the Atlanta Braves.
The players representing each All-Star teams…
AZ Fall Stars roster: pic.twitter.com/oV4e4foeh4
— Jessica Kleinschmidt (@KleinschmidtJD) October 30, 2017
The Braves players will be playing with the West Division. The other teams that are mixed in with this All-Star team is the Dodgers, Indians, Phillies, Pirates, White Sox, Mariners, Red Sox, Padres, Blue Jays, Cardinals, Rangers, Rays, Royals and Twins.
DOB said on twitter about the absence of Fried and Jackson from the ASG…”Teams have input into choosing limited number of reps their team has on team”
Braves players are absolutely crushing the AFL in 2017. They’ve been under the spotlight since the season started on October 10th.
Stats from this year? Yeah, pretty impressive…
Ronald Acuna – .378/.455/.667 4 doubles, 3 homers, 9 RBIs, 17 runs scored, 2 stolen bases
Alex Jackson – .348/.400/.739 3 doubles, 5 homers, 13 RBIs, 13 runs scored
Austin Riley – .345/.424/.793 2 doubles, 1 triple, 3 homers, 13 RBIs, 6 runs scored, 1 stolen base
Jared James – .273/393/.364 2 doubles, 2 RBIs, 3 runs scored, 5 walks
Max Fried – 0.47 ERA, 19 IP, 9 hits, 1 run, 23 strikeouts, 5 walks
Touki Toussaint – 9.95 ERA, 6.1 IP, 6 hits, 7 runs, 10 strikeouts, 4 walks
Corbin Clouse – 5.14 ERA, 7 IP, 7 hits, 5 runs, 12 strikeouts, 3 walks
Josh Graham – 9.00 ERA, 5 IP, 9 hits, 5 runs, 6 strikeouts, 1 walk
Next: John Hart not involved, raise your hand if you believe that
The 2017 season runs through November 18th. This league is in place to give younger guys more experience and to showcase the talents of the player to their organization.