The #MiLBDailyThread - 8/12

[Jaypers]

Today's notables include:

Kodi Medeiros
Forrest Whitley (Greeneville debut)
Conner Greene^
Touki Toussaint
Tony Santillan^
Roniel Raudes^
Mitch Keller
Ben Lively^
Rookie Davis vs. Chris Ellis^
Rob Kaminsky^
Lucas Giolito^
Jen-Ho Tseng^
Andrew Moore^
Jose De Leon^
Ariel Jurado vs. Chase De Jong^
Chih-Wei Hu^
Daniel Mengden^

Matchup of the Day
Luis Castillo vs. Sandy Alcantara

 

[Jaypers]

Teoscar Hernandez called up to the Astros.

Gotta admit I thought Gurriel would be next, not him.

 

[Jaypers]

Yoan Moncada is starting at 3B tonight for the first time in his career.

 

[Jaypers]

Austin Riley HR (13)

Donnie Dewees HR (5)

 

[Jaypers]

Travis Demeritte HR (26) - 1st for Braves' org

 

[Jaypers]

Bobby Bradley HR (23)

 

[Jaypers]

Aristides Aquino HR (17)

Jose Pujols HR (22)

Adam Walker HR (23)

 

[Jaypers]

Austin Riley HR (13)

Now (14).

 

[death2redemptions]

Austin Riley is the bomb maker of ATL!

 

[Jaypers]

Forrest Whitley's line - 2.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

Amed Rosario HR (4)

Vladimir Guerrero Jr HR (6)

 

[Jaypers]

Derian Gonzalez's FSL debut - 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K

Desmond Lindsay HR (3)

Dermis Garcia HR (12)

 

[Jaypers]

Travis Demeritte HR (26) - 1st for Braves' org

Make that (27).

 

[death2redemptions]

Bombs are dropping in the ATL system right now!

 

[Jaypers]

Francisco Mejia extends his hitting streak to 49 games.

 

[AnthonyCorona]

Francisco Mejia extends his hitting streak to 49 games.

Amazing. I saw on Twitter Joe D had a 61 streak in the minors, what a freaking hitter

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[Jaypers]

Luis Castillo's line - 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K

Jordan Sheffield's line - 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K

Touki Toussaint's line - 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 K

 

[death2redemptions]

Touki - 5 IP 1 ER 3 H 1 BB 5 SO

haha, I beat Jaypers to it!

EDIT: YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!

 

[Jaypers]

Corey Ray HR (3)

Thomas Szapucki's line - 5.1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 10 K

 

[Jaypers]

Touki - 5 IP 1 ER 3 H 1 BB 5 SO

haha, I beat Jaypers to it!

EDIT: YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!

You're so adorable. I just wanna pinch your cheeks.

 

[Jaypers]

Keury Mella's line - 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 7 K

Ben Lively's line - 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 6 K

Lucas Giolito's line - 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 K