Loading ...Braves 2010 Top Prospects: 1-10
Friday, October 16th, 2009Number 10: Cole Rohrbough – LHP (23) 6’3″ 205 LB. Last Year’s Rank: 8. 2009 in review. For the second straight year, Cole Rohrbough failed to impress, regressing in almost every important category. He finished the season with a 5.77 ERA, a 1.513 WHIP, and a 100-to-48 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 117 innings for the Class [...]
Braves 2009 Top Prospects Year In Review: 1-10
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009Number 10: Brett DeVall – LHP (19) 6′3″ 215 LB Brett DeVall’s season was once again hampered by injury. He ended up making just 10 starts for the Class-A Rome Braves. In those 10 starts, the numbers were fairly good. He posted a 3.52 ERA, a 1.193 WHIP, and a 41-to-14 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 53 [...]
Another Mets Sweep?
Friday, September 25th, 2009Elias Rankings Update The new Elias Rankings are out courtesy of MLB Trade Rumors. Adam LaRoche remains a Type B and puts some distance between him and the “no-status” status. Garret Anderson, against all odds, remains a Type B by a fairly large margin. Mike Gonzalez and Rafael Soriano remain in no jeopardy of falling [...]
The Cartagena Kid Now Resides In My Backyard
Thursday, August 6th, 2009If you didn’t hear, The Cartagena Kid was promoted to Rome after his last performance and made his South Atlantic League debut tonight. I had the pleasure of being able to attend. Teheran made a few mistakes, but the stuff was incredible and though he gave up a few XBH, I felt like he was [...]
The Cartagena Kid Has Officially Arrived
Thursday, July 30th, 2009When a prospect pitches 8.0 innings allowing 2 hits, a walk, and striking out 11, it’s hard to not get excited. I know it’s only Class Rookie-Advanced Danville, but when the prospect is eighteen years old, it’s even harder to not get excited. I’m talking about Julio Teheran, last years big international signing. The right-hander [...]
That’s a 10.
Thursday, June 4th, 2009Most of the time when you hear about a trade you’ve already heard that it’s likely to happen. You’ll hear that “x player is being shopped” or “x team has had discussions with y team about z player”. You hear rumors anywhere from a month in advance to a day in advance, and most educated [...]
Braves Top 40 Prospects: 1-10
Friday, April 24th, 2009Number 10: Brett DeVall – LHP (19) 6′3″ 215 LB Last year’s compensatory pick was taken out of high school. He’s a big, high-upside lefty that already has 3 good pitches. He’s crafty and controls his pitches really well. His fastball, though it rarely tops 91 MPH, has great movement on it and he can [...]