Braves 1st-round lefty Mike Minor will get the start for the West Division
Ben Badler Tweets us this note... ...about Mike Minor starting in the AFL Rising Stars game this Saturday. The game will be televised at 8pm on the MLB Network. For most of us this will be our first chance to watch our top draft pick pitch.Whoops! Nothing like cocky idiots. Yes, I realize this was from game 2, but always a good time to bash PHI, right?
1. Jason Heyward, of 2. Freddie Freeman, 1b 3. Julio Teheran, rhp 4. Mike Minor, lhp 5. Craig Kimbrel, rhp 6. Christian Bethancourt, c 7. Randall Delgado, rhp 8. Zeke Spruill, rhp 9. Cody Johnson, of 10. Adam Milligan, of
DOB has an interesting writeup in today's AJC, with individual commentary of each of our youngsters in the AZ Fall League. Worth a read. Teaser: Frank Wren on Mike Minor: "He's not Cole Hamels today, but he has that kind of ability."
Odds and ends: Former Braves, Mike Mordecai, who played in Atlanta from 1994-97, has been hired as Toronto's bench coach...GM Frank Wren, Bobby Cox and some of the club's other execs are currently holding meeting in Sea Island...Jon "Boog" Sciambi is handling some broadcast duties for his new full-time employer ESPN during this week's World Series...Checked with Fox Sports South this week and didn't gain any indication about who might replace Boog on next year's Braves broadcasts.
Mark Bowman passes along some interesting tid-bits I really hope they get someone good to replace Boog. He is a great play-by-play guy and he will be hard to replace. Let's hope this joke from Rowland's Office does not come true.Pretty interesting story about the origin of the rubbing mud required to be used on every baseball before it is put into play. Theres a quote from Tim Hudson included, as well as a braves assistant coach.