not in the cards

Pulled a Tyler Pastornicky rookie from a pack of cards today. A little late, don’t you know. The former Mississippi Brave’s tenure as the Atlanta Braves’ starting shortstop is very much over. Barring some major injury to Andrelton Simmons, Pastornicky’s future with the Braves, if he has one at all, is as a utility infielder. Pastornicky didn’t play poorly in the big leagues: .248 with a homer and 12 RBIs in 47 games. But Simmons has been better, certainly on the defensive side, since he was called up from Mississippi. To his credit, Pastornicky has gone down to Triple-A Gwinnett and kept on plugging away. At last look he was batting .260 with eight doubles and 10 RBIs in 18 games. P.S. Just for the record, here is the list of M-Braves to advance to The Show: (Year is year of debut; *jumped from Double-A) 2005 (1) Brian McCann* Blaine Boyer* Jorge Vasquez* Jeff Francoeur* Macay McBride Jay Powell* Joey Devine* Anthony Lerew Chuck James (10) Roman Colon (w/ Tigers); 2006 Zach Miner (Tigers) Martin Prado* Kevin Barry Phil Stockman Scott Thorman; 2007 Sean White (Mariners) Jarrod Saltalamacchia* Yunel Escobar Jo-Jo Reyes (20) Luis Hernandez (Orioles) Jose Ascanio* Manny Acosta Clint Sammons* Brandon Jones Jeff Bennett; 2008 Gregor Blanco T.J. Bohn (Phillies) Brent Lillibridge Charlie Morton (30) Jason Perry Matt Harrison (Rangers) Chris Waters (Orioles) Francisely Bueno James Parr; 2009 Jordan Schafer* Kris Medlen Tommy Hanson Diory Hernandez Barbaro Canizares (40) Luis Valdez (Jairo Asencio) Reid Gorecki; 2010 Jason Heyward Jonny Venters Craig Kimbrel Brandon Hicks Mike Minor Freddie Freeman J.C. Boscan Brandon Beachy; 2011 (50) Tim Collins (Royals) Matt Young Cory Gearrin Julio Teheran Randall Delgado* Scott Diamond (Twins) Arodys Vizcaino Juan Abreu (Astros) Antoan Richardson Tyler Pastornicky; 2012 (60) J.J. Hoover (Reds) Mauro Gomez (Red Sox) Gorkys Hernandez (Pirates) Andrelton Simmons* Todd Redmond