Atlanta Braves announce MiLB Pitchers and Players of the Year

Braves announce MiLB organizational Pitchers and Players of the Year

The Atlanta Braves are having a fantastic 2018, sitting atop the NL East with a record of 83-66.  The Braves hold a 6.5 game lead with 13 games remaining in the season.

To be in this position after those gah-awful years of struggling so bad and how no one predicted this out of the Braves, is just so thrilling.  If the season ended today, the Braves would be heading to the playoffs to play the Colorado Rockies.  But so much more can happen by the conclusion of the season.

In 2018, we’ve seen so many young players wear the Atlanta Braves uniform.  From Ronald Acuña Jr to Kyle Wright.  With all the young kids coming up to the bigs, you’d think the minor league system would take a hit.  Well, that would be true for many other teams; not really the Braves.

Our minors are still stacked and we still have plenty to look forward to.

This weekend, the Braves announced their 2018 pitchers and players of the year awards.  Let’s go through the names as well as their 2018 stats.

Gwinnett Stripers

Pitcher

• Kolby Allard: LHP, 6-1, 190lb, 21-years-old
• GWN: 19 games started, 112.1 innings pitched, 6-4 record, 2.72 ERA, 89k’s, 34BB’s

**ATL: 3 appearances, 1 game started, 8 innings pitched 12.38 ERA, 3k’s, 4BB’s

Player

• Austin Riley: RH third base, 6-3, 200lb, 21-years-old
• GWN: 75 games, 324 PA’s,  .282 batting average
• 82 H’s, 17 2B’s, 12 HR’s, 41 R’s, 47 RBI’s

Mississippi Braves

Pitcher

• Touki Toussaint: RHP, 6-3, 185lb, 22-years-old
• MIS: 16 games started, 86 innings pitched, 4-6 record, 2.93 ERA, 107k’s, 36 BB’s

**ATL: 3 appearances, 3 games started, 16.1 innings pitched, 3.31 ERA, 15k’s, 9BB’s

**GWN: 8 appearances, 8 games started, 50.1 innings pitched, 1.43 ERA, 56k’s, 17BB’s

Player

• Travis Demeritte: RH second base, LF, third base, 6-0, 180lb, 23-years-old
• MIS: 128 games, 494 PA’s, .222 batting average
• 95 H’s, 22 2B’s, 5 3B’s, 17 HR’s, 69 R’s, 63 RBI’s

Florida Fire Frogs

Pitcher

• Ian Anderson: RHP, 6-2, 170lb, 20-years-old
• FLOR: 20 games started, 100 innings pitched, 2-6 record, 2.52 ERA, 118k’s, 40BB’s

**MIS: 4 appearances, 4 games started, 19.1 innings pitched, 2.33 ERA, 24k’s, 9BB’s

Player

• Cristian Pache: Centerfielder, 6-2, 185lb, 19-years-old
• FLOR: 93 games, 387 PA’s, .285 batting average
• 105 H’s, 20 2B’s, 5 3B’s, 8 HR’s, 46 R’s, 40 RBI’s,

**MIS: 22 games, 109 PA’s, 27 H’s, 3 2B’s, 1 3B’s, 1 HR, 10 R’s, 7 RBI’s, .260 batting average

Rome Braves

Pitcher

• Hayden Deal: LHP, 6-4, 210lb, 23-years-old
• ROM: 27 appearances, 5 games started, 78.2 innings pitched, 9-1 record, 2.17 ERA, 82k’s, 17BB’s

Player

• Drew Waters: Centerfielder, 6-2, 183lb, 19-years-old
• ROM: 84 games, 365 PA’s, .303 BA
• 102 H’s, 32 2B’s, 6 3B’s, 9 HR’s, 58 R’s, 36 RBI’s, 20 SB’s,

**FLOR: played in 30 games, 133 PA’s, 33 H’s, 7 2B’s, 3 3B’s, 14 R’s, 3 RBI’s, 3 SB’s, .268 BA

Danville Braves

Pitcher

• Dilmer Mejia: LHP, 5-11, 160lb, 21-years-old
• DAN: 13 games started, 69 innings pitched, 5-4 record, 2.87 ERA, 53k’s, 24BB’s

Player

• Greg Cullen: Second Baseman, 5-10, 190lb, 21-years-old
• DAN: 55 games, 241 PA’s,  .280 batting average
• 58 H’s, 12 2B’s, 3 3B’s, 2 HR’s, 30 R’s, 33 RBI’s

Gulf Coast League Braves

Pitcher

• Miguel Jerez: LHP, 5-11, 180lb, 20-years-old
• GULF: 12 appearances, 10 starts, 57.2 innings pitched, 5-4 record, 3.90 ERA, 50k’s, 8 BB’s

**FLOR: started one game here, 3 innings pitched, 5 runs given up, 15.00 ERA, 2’s, 2 BB’s

Player

• Jeremy Fernandez: Second Baseman, outfielder, shortstop, 6-1, 185lb, 21-years-old
• GULF: 47 games, 199 PA’s, .281 batting average
• 52 H’s, 9 2B’s, 3 3B’s, 8 HR’s, 28 R’s, 29 RBI’s,

DSL (Dominican Summer League) Braves

Pitcher

• Jose Olague: RHP, 6-0, 207lb, 19-years-old
• DSL: 14 games started, 66.2 innings pitched, 3-4 record, 2.43 ERA, 57k’s, 11 BB’s

Player

Carlos Paraguate: shortstop, 5-10, 170lb, 17-years-old

DSL: 62 games, 246 PA’s, 47 H’s, 7 2B’s, 2 3B’s, 27 R’s, 25 RBIs, 20 SB’s, .226 batting average

Spoiler for 2019:  Watch out for Pache and Waters next year… both could break out in a big way.