The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

MINOR league baseball heads into the postseason and Anfernee Seymour’s Rome Braves are in the hunt for a spot in the playoffs.

Just one half game separated the Braves and the Augusta Green Jackets for the coveted spot in the Class A (Full) South Atlantic League headed into this week.

The two teams faced off last night in the final game of the series. However, results were unavailable up to press time.

If Rome advances to the postseason, the first game of the Southern Division playoff series versus Charleston (best of three) will be held in Rome on September 7. The first two games of the Championship Series (best of five) will be played September 12 and 13 at State Mutual Stadium.

The Rome Braves are the hottest team in the South Atlantic League, having won eight of their last 10 games and the last four in a row.

In 20 games with the Braves thus far, Seymour is hitting .243 with four RBI, an OBP of .278, an OPS of .535 with six stolen bases.

Seymour was traded from the Miami Marlins to the Atlanta Braves in a three-player deal which also saw the Braves acquire pitcher Michael Mader in exchange for relief pitcher Hunter Cervenka.

He entered the Braves’ lists of prospects ranked at No.19, according to MLB.com’s 2016 Prospect Watch. He is ranked fourth among shortstops after No.1 overall prospect Dansby Swanson, No.2 Ozzie Albies and No.8 Kevin Maitan.

Seymour was ranked No.8 in the Marlins farm system but goes to a Braves organisation known for its deep talent pool in the minors.

In 124 games this year, Seymour hit .253 with 70 runs scored, 43 stolen bases and 30 RBI. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .300, an OBP of .293 and an OPS of .593 and 146 total bases.

The 5’11” 165-pound Seymour was taken by the Marlins with the 197th pick in round seven of the 2014 MLB Draft.

Seymour, who starred for the rookie Batavia Muckdogs in the Gulf Coast League last season where he played in 64 games at shortstop with a batting average of .273, was called up in April to the Grasshoppers.