roster surfing
Mississippians are all over the place in the Atlanta Braves’ organization. Austin Riley, the DeSoto Central High product, will start the 2016 campaign at low Class A Rome, Murrah alum Zack Bird is at high-A Carolina, Ole Miss’ Chris Ellis and Southern Miss’ Bradley Roney are with the Mississippi Braves and ex-Mississippi State standout Tyler Moore will play at Triple-A Gwinnett. … Add Cedric Hunter to the list of former M-Braves to rise to the majors; the outfielder, who had a big year in Pearl in 2014, started on opening day for Philadelphia. John Gant is on the Braves’ roster but didn’t pitch in their opener. … Petal’s Anthony Alford and former Stone County High star D.J. Davis will begin the season at high-A Dunedin in the Toronto system; Alford, the Blue Jays’ top prospect, probably won’t stay there long. … Cleveland has placed former Harrison Central High standout Bobby Bradley at high-A Lynchburg. … Itawamba Community College product Tim Dillard, ex-Ole Miss standouts David Goforth and Alex Presley and former Biloxi Shuckers stars Orlando Arcia and Jorge Lopez are on the roster of the Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox in the Milwaukee system. Rick Sweet, the first manager of the Jackson Generals in 1991, is the Sky Sox skipper. … Ex-Mississippi State star Brandon Woodruff will start with the Brewers’ high-A Brevard County team. … Madison Central product Spencer Turnbull and Southwest Mississippi CC alum Kade Scivicque are at high-A Lakeland in the Detroit system. Richton’s JaCoby Jones is on the Tigers’ Double-A Erie roster but is under suspension until late May. … The Los Angeles Angels have placed former Ole Miss stars Alex Yarbrough and Cody Satterwhite at Triple-A Salt Lake and Alcorn State product Angel Rosa and Meridian CC alum Wade Wass at Double-A Arkansas. … Columbia’s Ti’Quan Forbes and East Mississippi CC product LeDarious Clark are teammates on Texas’ low-A Hickory club. … Former Ole Miss star Auston Bousfield, who made milb.com’s list of top under-the-radar prospects for 2016, will play at Double-A San Antonio in the San Diego system. He is described as “a solid contact hitter with exceptional throwing and running abilities.” The manager at San Antonio is ex-M-Braves skipper Phillip Wellman.