Introducing a new feature that spotlights some of the minor leaguers deep in the Braves farm system
This will be a weekly segment to put the spotlight on Atlanta Braves minor league players who are either having a solid season or have had a good games the previous week. As the season moves along I am hoping to add an interview with a player or two so it will not just be me giving you stats which you could look up yourself.
After a full week of minor league baseball, 3 of 4 Braves affiliates are off to a slow start.
- Class A Rome is 6-4
- Triple A Gwinnett is 2-6
- Double A Mississippi 4-6
- Advanced A Florida Fire Frogs are 3-8.
ROME STANDOUTS
Despite the slow start there are several Braves who are off to good starts. Such as Rome‘€™s 3B Jean Carlos Encarnacion, his average is .394 going 13 for 33 at the plate.
Two other Rome hitters are above .300: SS Riley Delgado is hitting .323 with 6 RBI, and OF Jefrey Ramos .314 with 4 RBI.
IN FLORIDA
The Florida Fire Frogs are having a slow start of the season at the plate as C Brett Cumberland is the only one with solid hitting numbers, Cumberland has .286 average with 3 HR.
The starting pitching has been very good for the Fire Frogs, pitchers Bryse Wilson, Joey Wentz, and Ian Anderson have solid numbers after each of their first two starts.
- Wilson (RHP) 1-0, 8.2 IP, 6 Hits, 0 ER, 10 SO.
- Wentz (LHP) has 1.00 ERA, 9 IP, 5 Hits, and 9 SO.
- Anderson (RHP) 3.12 ERA, 8.2 IP, 3 Hits, 3 ER, 12 SO.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE ACTION
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Mississippi Braves bats have been off to a good start. OF Michael Reed has 4 SB and 8 walks to go along with his .393 average.
OF Tyler Neslony is hitting .361 with 5 RBI, 3B Austin Riley has 8 RBI & 2 HR to go along with his .294 average.
C Alex Jackson .320 with 1 HR and 5 RBI (Jackson was a 1st round pick by Seattle in the 2014 MLB Draft).
STRIPERS QUIET
You can see why Gwinnett has only won 2 games after a full week, Carlos Franco 1B is only hitter above .280 as he’€s hitting .303 to go along with his 8 RBI and 3 HR. The downside to Franco‒s start is the 14 SO in 33 AB.
The only Stripers’ starter having a solid start is Mike Soroka. Soroka is 1-0, 1.69 ERA, 10.2 IP, 8 Hits, 2 ER, and 13 SO.
Meanwhile, Aaron Blair injured his shoulder last week and is reportedly seeing Dr. James Andrews about that today… no definitive word about that just yet.
Hope you will like this weekly segment and if you have a player or players you would like to be interviewed please let us know. Send us a question or two you would like to have asked either in the comments below or to @BravesManSC on twitter.