Braves AFL Update: David McCabe reaches base three times
David McCabe continued his strong AFL performance this week, reaching base three times in four plate appearances.
Salt River has only played two games since our last update—two losses—between a Wednesday off day. Braves prospects didn’t see a ton of time in those two games overall, though we did get to witness yet another good game at the plate for David McCabe.
Alec Barger
Cumulative stats: 9.1 IP, 0.96 ERA, 2 BB, 13 K
Barger came out of the pen for the seventh inning on Tuesday. He allowed a hit, but did get strikeouts for all three outs he recorded. This appearance brought his ERA below 1.00 and has a matching 0.96 WHIP to go with his 0.96 ERA in addition to 13 strikeouts to just two walks.
Dylan Dodd
Cumulative stats: 4 starts, 19 IP, 6.16 ERA, 6 BB, 20 K
Since our previous update, Dodd has not been seen.
Patrick Halligan
Cumulative stats: 7.1 IP, 11 H, 8 K, 5 BB, 10 ER, 12.27 ERA
Halligan came in during the middle of the third inning on Thursday and got Salt River out of the inning without any further damage, then came back out for the fourth and allowed a pair of runs on three hits while recording just one more out.
David McCabe
Cumulative stats: 20-72, 14 R, 6 2B, 8 RBI, .809 OPS
McCabe was back at first on Tuesday and had a productive game, going one for two with a pair of walks and scoring a run. Both hits were singles, but he reached base three times in four trips to the plate. In the AFL, this was sufficient to raise his OPS above.800.
Jake McSteen
Cumulative stats: 10.1 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, BB, 12 K, 4.35 ERA
Since our last update, McSteen has not been seen.
Keshawn Ogans
Cumulative stats: 20-67, 2B, 2 HR, 16 RBI, .750 OPS
Ogans got the start at second on Thursday and moved up to fifth in the lineup. Along with two strikeouts, a stolen base, and a run scored, he was one for five.
Tyler Tolve
Cumulative stats: 13-59, 8 R, 3 2B, 3B, HR, 8 RBI, .637 OPS
Tuesday was Tolve’s first start behind the plate; in four at-bats, he was hitless and had struck out twice.
Darius Vines
Cumulative stats: 16.1 IP, 15 H, 10 ER, 6 BB, 23 K, 5.51 ERA
Vines was the Tuesday starting pitcher and went four innings, allowing five runs (four earned). He gave up five hits, including a homer, and a walk while striking out six batters. He also picked off former Braves farmhand Caleb Durbin at second base.
Brooks Wilson
Cumulative stats: 6.2 IP, 6 H, 7 ER, 9 BB, 11 K, 9.45 ERA
Since our last update, Wilson has not been seen.