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Atlanta Braves: how the minor league teams are doing

By Alan Carpenter

Braden Shewmake #83 and Michael Harris #92 of the Atlanta Braves sit in the stands during a 2020 exhibition game against the Miami Marlins. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Braden Shewmake #83 and Michael Harris #92 of the Atlanta Braves sit in the stands during a 2020 exhibition game against the Miami Marlins. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
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Atlanta Braves lower affiliate results

Of note:  Jake had a deeper look at some individual players recently, so this report will focus more on their teams in general.

AUGUSTA GREEN JACKETS

  • Low-A EAST
  • Columbia series:  3-3
  • Myrtle Beach series:  2-4
  • Fayetteville series:  3-2, game 6 just underway.
  • Overall:  8-9, third place (of 4) in the South Division of the Low-A league.  Columbia is 1st; Myrtle Beach is 4th.

The Jackets have been scoring a lot… and often giving up a lot of runs, too.  Games scores have ranged from 1-0 (a win) to 11-10 (a loss).  They lost one 12-2 and turned around to win 13-2 on the next day.

The team is 4-2 in 1-run games.

Leading hitters:  Willie Carter (.326) and Drew Campbell (1.030 OPS)

Leading pitchers:  skipping this category for now:  no one has enough innings to be ‘qualified’, and thus the ‘small sample size’ problem would be a real thing.

Speed man:  Braulio Vasquez leads the entire league (12 teams) with thirteen stolen bases (caught just once)!  That’s all the more remarkable given that he’s hitting just .214 with 9 hits and 10 walks.

If he can get past this Billy Hamilton problem of bad hitting (he does have a .400 OBP, but that can’t be sustained when moving up in levels without a bat), this speed could be a story.

ROME BRAVES

  • High-A EAST (12 Teams; member of 7-team South Division)
  • Winston-Salem series:  4-2
  • Greensboro series:  3-3
  • Bowling Green series:  3-2; finale in progress
  • Overall:  10-7, second place

Relatively low-scoring club, but still boasts a +10 run differential, which comes from a pitching staff surrendering the third-fewest runs in the league.  They are 3-3 in 1-run games.

Leading hitters:  Michael Harris (.359, .914 OPS).  That average is 2nd in the league while 1st in hits.  He’s only walked 3 times, but K’d 25% of his official AB’s (16 of 64).

Cody Milligan is hitting .357 — third in the league.

Leading pitchers:  same problem as above… will check on them more in a future edition of this report.

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