Mark Bowman ?@mlbbowman 11h11 hours ago
Manny Banuelos has posted a 1.59 ERA over his past 11 starts for the @GwinnettBraves. He will likely make his Major League debut on Thursday
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Mark Bowman ?@mlbbowman 11h11 hours ago
Manny Banuelos has posted a 1.59 ERA over his past 11 starts for the @GwinnettBraves. He will likely make his Major League debut on Thursday
Nice to see folty bounce back tonight.
7.0 ip 5 h 1 er 3 bb 6 k
OK. I wonder what the market is going to be for Jason Grilli, Jim Johnson, Kelly Johnson, and perhaps Cameron Maybin? The Braves are to the point where, if they get a strong offer of players who will contribute in the future, they will be sellers. John Coppolella recently stated that the Braves weren't going to just move everyone on a free agent contract or everyone who is 30+ unless it makes sense to do it.
Grilli is going to be very attractive, IMO. There will be a few teams in the playoff mix that need bullpen help. Cameron Maybin is the guy the team doesn't have to trade. His playing well, is 28 years old, and has a manageable deal. He may be more valuable in a year than he is now. It would take a pretty significant offer to get him.
Much like the Phil Gosselin for Bronson Arroyo and Touki Toussaint trade, the Braves could be in a position to tell someone they will take on their bad contract if they give them a top prospect with that contract.
I think the mets could use AJ and uribe. Even if they don't want em, surely someone does.Quote:
Originally Posted by KB21
Jim Johnson and grilli should certainly be traded. Both should have nice value.
Chris Johnson is the player i most want to move bc of his bad contract. Perhaps if we package him with grilli or Johnson, we can move CJ.
I wouldn't trade Maybin unless we get a really good offer. We don't have a clear cut replacement yet. I think Mallex could be our cf, but he's struggling to hit since being promoted to AAA.
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Braxton Davidson (@B_Davidson06) had the best month of his pro career, and it was really good.
.295/.431/.455 22K:18BB
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Ozhaino Albies (@albiesozhaino) has 9 multi-hit games in his last 13 games. Hit an astounding .388/.407/.485 in June
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#Braves won?t announce tomorrow?s starter until after tonight?s game. Expect Manny Banuelos to make his MLB debut
I think Uribe got all of that one.
Uribe has 3 homers in his last 5 games. Got to think the mets would have interest with David wright out.Quote:
Originally Posted by starkvegasdawg
Wisler gets pulled in the 6th with 1 out and 1 on. He gave up 1 hit and only has 84 pitches. Fredi pulls him in favor of avilan bc Harper is up. Think fredi has any idea that avilan gives up a better BA to lefties? No way fredi looks at that
Not that I disagree with you, Ida liked to have seen wisler finish the inning...but the last 4 batters he's faced have been walk, deep fly, walk, really deep fly.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Harper with a single.
Prior to that hit...
Avilan vs rh = .179
Avilan vs lh = .309
Fredi is the dumbest manager in mlb
It worked. I'll shut up, but I still don't like the move. Thank God the next hitter was RH. Avilan owns them
Hats off to wisler. Facing the same team that destroyed him last week, he bounced back strong. Gotta get the walks down, but I don't think that will be a problem.
Now we need another rookie (banuelos) to give us a chance to win this series. Not gonna be easy... He's facing the best pitcher in baseball right now
per MLB Pipeline
The Braves have an agreement in place with Cristian Pach?, OF ($1,400,000) and Derian Cruz, SS ($2,000,000)
Pache is their number 10 prospect and Cruz is their 24, do not know why the 24th got more money than the 10th
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I've seen Cruz as high as 5. We reportedly already have a deal in place with Kevin Maitan for next year, which would be incredible. He's the best international prospect to come along in the last 6+ years, perhaps going back to Miguel Cabrera.
Wow. Position?Quote:
Originally Posted by smootness
SS now but will likely move to 3B or another position, a la Cabrera.
3rd is definitely needed. Get a great 3rd baseman and we have a pretty good infield. Is Bethancourt going to work out or do they have someone else lined up? AJ is a good bridge to someone else. Purely the MSU homer in me but I wish they had picked up Ed Easley.
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@Braves and @OaklandAs completed a trade today, as ATL acquired International Bonus Pool Slot No. 53 in exchange for RHP Cody Martin.
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The first of the moves the Braves will make to gain the $1M needed to add to their bonus pool to avoid penalty
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$600K to go
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Cody Martin was available in the Rule 5 draft and went unpicked. Now he's landed international slot money, not bad.
So we have a 5* commitment?**Quote:
Originally Posted by smootness
As far as 3B prospects go, keep an eye on 17 year old Venezuelan Juan Yepez who is currently in Orlando. He was their big international signing last year. Much like Ozhaino Albies, they had Yepez skip the DSL and go straight to the GCL.
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by KB21
And Ruiz is still there. He'll still only be 22 next year; if he comes back to AA and plays well, he'll be in Atlanta soon after.
Stolen from Braves' board...
Albies got his 100th hit of the season tonight which makes him the 1st player in MiLB to get to 100 hits on the year & he has 10 more hits than his nearest competitor.
SAL Rankings:
2nd in runs
5th in triples
1st in at bats
7th in stolen bases
Excellent debut by banuelos tonight...
5.2 ip 2 h 0 er 0 bb 7 k
I really like banuelos and wisler. Oh and I don't think we've seen the last of folty and Perez. Spring training next year is gonna be very interesting with all the above and Jenkins could be in the mix too
He's only 5th in the SAL in triples?! Good grief, he has 8 of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
But yes, he's having a phenomenal year and could move up 2 or more levels next year.
And Banuelos looked great tonight. If he can consistently bring that changeup, he has a chance to be very good. He was efficient tonight, too; needs to keep that up.
It's a good problem to have. This is much better than running Harang and Garcia out there like we have done the past two years.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Think about this: Shelby Miller, Alex Wood, Julio Teheran, Manny Banuelos, and Williams Perez are all 24. Michael Foltynewicz is 23. Matt Wisler is 22. Tyrell Jenkins is 22. Wes Parsons is 22. Lucas Sims is 21. Max Povse is 21.
Also, Austin Riley broke out tonight going 3 for 4 with 2 doubles.
Some of those guys are moving to the pen. Don't know who, but it's inevitable. That, or we'll trade a few for bats. And you can't forget Touki Touissant who's just 19.Quote:
Originally Posted by KB21
Finally getting some depth back. Cross your fingers we don't run into the whole staff going down to injury like before.
Where is he?Quote:
Originally Posted by KB21
I check Gwinnett, Mississippi, Carolina, and rome's box score every day. Gonna have to add 1 more
I think it's a pretty safe guess that more than 1 will be traded.Quote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
Touki, Ricardo Sanchez, and Kolby Allard are a ways away. The team finally has depth on the pitching front, and they did not have this before John Hart and John Coppolella took over.Quote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
GCL BravesQuote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Also, the Braves have gone heavily into the international market this year. They have agreed to deals with SS Derian Cruz and OF Cristian Pache out of the Dominican. They also reportedly will sign SS Juan Morales from Venezuela. They made some moves yesterday to get some international signing slots, dealing Cody Martin to Oakland for some slot money, Garrett Fulenchek to Tampa Bay for some slot money, and Caleb Dirks/Jordan Paroubek to the Dodgers for slot money. The Braves also reportedly have already made a "wink wink" agreement with Kevin Maitan, who is drawing comparisons to Miguel Cabrerra and is the top international prospect for the 2016 signing period.
Don't we still have to make another trade to not be over money on international signing this year? God, I hate trying to keep up with the business side of baseballQuote:
Originally Posted by KB21
11:37 AM
The Braves are looking to upgrade their offense and have let other clubs know that they?re willing to trade from their recently bolstered stable of pitching prospects in order to acquire a bat, reports Jayson Stark of ESPN (via Twitter). According to Stark, Atlanta has asked other clubs about the availability of their young catchers.
In other words, we're giving up on Bethancourt. Trading Gattis was the worst move of the offseason, even if we did get Folty for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
No one here has really mentioned it, but our bullpen has really stepped it up lately. Mckirahan and vizcaino will be available soon so hopefully they can help even more
I don't believe the Braves are giving up on a 23 year old catcher that is currently hitting .327 at Gwinnett. The Braves are likely anticipating a market for AJ Pierzinski though, and may move him. I feel they want a young catcher to go with Bethancourt and have a competition between the two. There were rumors earlier that the Braves might be interested in someone like Gary Sanchez from the Yankees.