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OF Cristian Pache and RHP Josh Graham Promoted to Mississippi

August 1, 2018 - Southern League (SL1)
Mississippi Braves News Release


OF Cristian Pache with the Florida Fire Frogs
OF Cristian Pache with the Florida Fire Frogs
(Mississippi Braves)

PEARL, MS - The Atlanta Braves have made the following roster moves affecting the M-Braves roster before tonight's doubleheader against the Birmingham Barons at Trustmark Park. OF Cristian Pache and RHP Josh Graham have been transferred to Mississippi from High -A Florida. RHP Bryse Wilson and LHP Phil Pfeifer have been promoted to Triple-A Gwinnett. The M-Braves roster is currently at 23 active players, two below the league minimum.

Pache, 19, is the Atlanta Braves No. 5 prospect and the No. 58 overall prospect in Major League Baseball according to MLB Pipeline. Pache was batting .285 (105x369) with 46 runs, 20 doubles, five triples, eight home runs, 40 RBI and 7 stolen bases in 93 games for Florida this season. At the time of his promotion, Pache ranked among the Florida State League leaders in batting average (9th, .285), at-bats (3rd, 369), hits (2nd, 105), total bases (3rd, 159) and games (T-5th, 93).

Pache began his 2018 campaign by hitting two home runs and finishing 2-for-3 while leading off for the Atlanta Braves Future Stars vs. Atlanta Braves contest at Sun Trust Park on March 27. (2-run shot in the 3rd inning off of Sean Newcomb and a solo shot off Newcomb in the 5th).

The 19-year-old Pache will not turn 20 until November 19, making him the youngest player in the Southern League. In 2017, Pache played the full season with Single-A Rome and batted .281/.335/.343 over 119 games and paced the club in games (119), at-bats (469), runs, hits, triples, and stolen bases to earn Rome's Player of the Year distinction from the organization. Pache ended the season in the Top 10 among Braves farmhands (minimum 200 at-bats) in triples (T1st, 8), stolen bases (2nd, 32), hits (3rd, 132), runs (7th, 60) and batting average (10th, .281). He was named a South Atlantic League Mid-Season All-Star after batting .300 (74-for-247) with a .354 on-base percentage over 62 games in the season's first "half."

The Braves signed Pache as a non-drafted free agent on July 3, 2015.

Graham, 24, is the Atlanta Braves No. 29 prospect according to MLB Pipeline and has combined to go 3-7 with a 6.85 ERA (34 ER/44.2 IP), 28 walks, 49 strikeouts in 35 games between High-A Florida and Mississippi.

Graham began the season with the M-Braves, going 2-2 with a 10.13 ERA (24 ER/21.1 IP), 18 walks, 22 strikeouts and logged two saves. Graham was transferred to Florida on May 29.

The Roseburg, OR native was Atlanta's fourth-round selection in 2015 out of the University of Oregon.

Wilson, 20, previously the youngest player in the Southern League was 3-5 with a 3.97 ERA (34 ER/77 IP), 26 walks and 89 strikeouts in 15 starts for Mississippi. Overall in 2018, Wilson is 5-5 with a 3.04 ERA (35 ER/103.2 IP), 33 walks, 115 strikeouts and a 1.22 WHIP in 20 starts between Florida and Mississippi.

Wilson finished July with four quality starts (three shutout performances) in July. The Hillsborough, NC native was 2-0 with a 0.84 ERA (3 ER/32.1 IP), seven walks and is tied for the MiLB lead with 42 strikeouts, posting a minuscule 0.84 WHIP and .177 opponents batting average.

Pfeifer, 26, has pitched in 28 games this season between Gwinnett and Mississippi going 0-1 with a 6.15 ERA (28 ER/41 IP), 29 walks and 40 strikeouts.

The Mississippi Braves roster currently stands at 23 active players and four on the disabled list

SUMMARY:

ACTIVATE: OF Cristian Pache

ACTIVATE: RHP Josh Graham

DELETE: RHP Bryse Wilson

DELETE: LHP Phil Pfeifer

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OF Cristian Pache with the Florida Fire Frogs
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