Julio Teheran News

It was only a couple months ago that the Atlanta Braves were nearing the end of spring training and questioning a struggling offense that had seemingly carried over from the previous season.

Julio Teheran pitched seven strong innings, leading the Gwinnett Braves to a 3-1 win over the Rochester Red Wings in the finale of the four-game series Tuesday afternoon.

The Rochester Red Wings banged out a season-high 10 runs and 18 hits in a 10-1 rout of the Gwinnett Braves on Monday night at Frontier Field in Rochester, NY.

Each Monday, after a week of play and of scouring the major leagues for the best information, Jon Heyman passes along tips on whose stock up and whose is on the decline.

After winning 5-3 against Tampa Bay on Friday, the Braves completed their 40th game of the season, which puts them a quarter of the way through.

For the second straight game, the Gwinnett Braves' starting pitcher was hit hard in a loss.

The Braves' minor league affiliates all lost tonight, wasting several strong pitching performances.

"They give us a different dimension than we had at the start of the year. We have more speed at the top of the order," Bisons manager Wally Backman said.

Minor lasted only 4 2-3 innings in the fourth straight start he has allowed six or more runs.

It has been an exciting time, perhaps even unprecedented, for fans who like to follow the fortunes of prospects.

Julio Teheran had another great start and Luis Durango extended his hitting streak for Gwinnett, Edward Salcedo drove in the tying run for Lynchburg in the bottom of the eighth, and Felix Marte had solid day in a losing effort for Rome.

Some of the time has been spent in what fans like to think of as baseball's romantic spots: the small towns such as Yakima, Wash.; Lancaster, Pa.; Macon and Greenville, where major-league dreams are furthered one single or strikeout at a time in front of small but enthusiastic crowds.

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Evan Gattis and Stefan Gartrell each homered again, Julio Teheran had a solid start, and Jose Constanza reached base 4 times.

Rob Johnson's two-run single with two outs in the top of the eighth inning gave the Bisons a 4-3 victory Monday night in the opening game of a four-game series against Gwinnett at Coolray Field.

Elmer Reyes homered for the second straight day, Jair Jurrjens and JR Graham both had great starts, and Keenan Wiley had a 3 hit day that included a homer to send the game into extra innings.

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Following a rain out on Monday against the Toledo Mud Hens, the Gwinnett Braves had their game Tuesday with the Columbus Clippers suspended due to rain with the G-Braves at-bat in the fourth inning with the clubs tied at 1-1. The game will resume on Wednesday at 5:35 at Huntington Park with Gwinnet at-bat with two outs and two runners on base.

With the arrival of outfielders Bryce Harper and Mike Trout this week, five of Baseball America 's six pre-season prospects are in the majors .

Many fans of the Atlanta Braves might wonder why the organization's top prospect, one of the top prospects in all of baseball, and a pitcher who posted a 15-and-3 record with a 2.55 ERA at age 20 in triple-A last year is back at triple-A this year and not in the Majors.