Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 6/07
Talking Chop — ... Cody Johnson finally gets a chance to hit a baseball after being off for the last 3 days and of course he hits it far. Also note that he did not strike out in the game either. Sweet. Eric Cordier pitched a decent game though he walked 4 in 3.1 innings and only struck out 1. But he has been one of the (if not the) best starter for the Pelicans this season. ...

Braves select Vanderbuilt left-handed pitcher Mike Minor with their first pick
Sports Page Atlanta — ... and scouting director Roy Clark, have their own agenda when it comes to draft day. They haven't been afraid to take risks on guys like Cody Johnson or Beau Jones, and today was no different. The Braves, with the number-7 overall pick in the first round of the draft, selected a player that most experts didn't list in their top-20 prospects -- Mike Minor, a collegiate left-handed pitcher from Vanderbuilt. ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 6/09
Sports Page Atlanta — ... Cody Johnson walked 2 more times and but also struck out twice. He actually has more walks than strike outs this month though. His power is a little off though only slugging .300 so far. Freddie Freeman is quietly putting together a solid season in Myrtle Beach this year. He hasn't homered since April but he got on base at a .440 clip last month and has kept his strike outs under control and is hitting over .360 RISP. If he can get Heyward back in the lineup protecting him maybe he will get some pitches to drive out of the ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 6/10
Talking Chop — ... Well Ortegano pitched great in this one only to have the bullpen blow it. MIchael Broadway might be the only bad reliever in the system now as he sports an 0-5 record (as a reliever mind you) and a 7 something ERA. An odd occurence in the last few games is Cody Johnson has 10 walks in his last 5 games but only 1 home run this month. Currently Myrtle Beach is 21-36 and 10 games out of first place in the division. ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 6/12
Sports Page Atlanta — ... Somehow Stephen Shults sneaked onto the MB roster without me noticing. Which is sad, cause he has been there for about a week. Whatever. Sullivan didn't have a great game and he has been mostly average in Myrtle Beach but he hasn't been horrible in any game there. And he did have that one game where he was pretty freaking awesome. Still no Heyward in the game and no word on when he will get back outside of internet hearsay. Cody Johnson also had the day off. ...

Braves baseball from the Beach to Baltimore
Sports Page Atlanta — ... , Freddie Freeman, and Cody Johnson.  Oddly, I'm sure someone here knows, but Jason Heyward was not only not there, but his name was not even mentioned in the program anywhere.  I knew he was nursing a sore oblique, but was that reason enough to striken his existence?  Freeman was nowhere to be seen, but Cody Johnson was still on the field, and he was cool enough to autograph a baseball for me.  I asked him how he felt about people comparing him to ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 6/20
Talking Chop — ... was 0-5 on the night and made a fielding error in CF. Cody Johnson finally broke out of his power slump hitting only his 2nd and 3rd homers of the month. ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 6/22
Talking Chop — ... and Cody Johnson. I am a little surprised that Freeman didn't get on, but he just recently turned it on and his power hasn't come on quite yet. ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 6/25
Sports Page Atlanta — ... There were some big offensive days from Braves farmhands. Oderman apparently hates baseballs as much as Cody Johnson. He flashed power last year too so it might be fun watching him this summer. Also, as you can see, ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 6/27
Talking Chop — ... and Cody Johnson ancoring the lineup. The problem is the back half of the lineup is a vacuum. The hit like 3 consecutive FYF's. Actually they are much worse. A bullpen implosion lost the game for Eric Cordier in this one. ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 6/27
Sports Page Atlanta — ... and Cody Johnson ancoring the lineup. The problem is the back half of the lineup is a vacuum. The hit like 3 consecutive FYF's. Actually they are much worse. A bullpen implosion lost the game for Eric Cordier in this one. ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 6/29
Talking Chop — ... hasn't been bad in his last few games either. Cody Johnson on the other hand cut his strike outs for the month of June in half from the previous two months but his OPS dropped by nearly 200 points. So what do you do? Find a happy middle ground. He did this last year in the second half and put up great numbers, so lets hope that is what we are seeing here. ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 7/2
Talking Chop — ... today. What he has to say is not anything new, but Heywards power has been down since he returned, even though he is on a 9 game hitting streak currently. Hopefully Cody Johnson's power is returning a little bit with his new tempered approach. He has been hitting .361 over his last 10 games and this was his first homer since June 20 when he hit 2. Jacob Thompson actually pitched 7 innings out of the bullpen in relief of Jose Otegano. I don't know why, but Thompson has looked really good in Myrtle Beach after he posted a 5.20 ERA in Rome. ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 7/2
Sports Page Atlanta — ... today. What he has to say is not anything new, but Heywards power has been down since he returned, even though he is on a 9 game hitting streak currently. Hopefully Cody Johnson's power is returning a little bit with his new tempered approach. He has been hitting .361 over his last 10 games and this was his first homer since June 20 when he hit 2. Jacob Thompson actually pitched 7 innings out of the bullpen in relief of Jose Otegano. I don't know why, but Thompson has looked really good in Myrtle Beach after he posted a 5.20 ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 7/7
Sports Page Atlanta — ... Cody Johnson is only hitting .190 in July but still has an .870 OPS for the month. Thats kinda crazy. There has to be something wrong with Cole Rohrbough, that or he was ridiculously overhyped. Craig Kimbrel appears to have finally calmed down in Myrtle Beach. He posted his third straight scoreless outing tonight and his first inning in A+ where he didn't allow a baserunner. ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 7/10
Sports Page Atlanta — ... Cody Johnson got a little love today from the chat wrap on Baseball America where the chatter was relaying a scouts opinion that Johnson has certainly made a lot of progress on the holes in his swing. His strike outs have dropped from 40% earlier in the season down to about 30% or so in the last month and a half. The strange thing though is that his batting avg. has dropped with his strike out totals. From .293 in May down to .219 in July as of tonight. Also his power has dropped significantly. His OPS is still over .800 for ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 7/10
Talking Chop — ... Cody Johnson got a little love today from the chat wrap on Baseball America where the chatter was relaying a scouts opinion that Johnson has certainly made a lot of progress on the holes in his swing. His strike outs have dropped from 40% earlier in the season down to about 30% or so in the last month and a half. The strange thing though is that his batting avg. has dropped with his strike out totals. From .293 in May down to .219 in July as of tonight. Also his power has dropped significantly. His OPS is still over .800 for the past couple of months but ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 7/14
Sports Page Atlanta — ... Benji Johnson has hit as many home runs in July as Cody Johnson has. To be fair, Cody has obviously been working on some stuff with his swing lately, and hopefully he is going to make the same kind of progress in the second half this year that he did last year. Mejia appears to be getting his swing back. I love that guy. ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 7/15
Talking Chop — ... Cody Johnson does have an OBP that is 100 points higher than his batting average which is generally what I consider a good indicator of solid plate discipline. I know he strikes out a lot, but that is more a contact issue. The kid has really come a long way in his approach. Donell Linares might sneak up on us. He is old for a prospect but he might progress quickly a la fellow Cuban ...

The Braves like to trade first round draft picks
Sports Page Atlanta — Are you a big fan of Jason Heyward? How about Cody Johnson? Do you think they'll be in an Atlanta Braves uniform one day? And for how long? Since 2000, how many first round picks would you say the Braves still have in their organization? Counting first rounders and supplemental first rounders here is a list: 2000 - 2 first rounders, 2 supplemental - Adam Wainwright traded to the Cardinals 2001 - 2 first rounders, 1 supplemental - Macay McBride traded to the ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 7/19
Sports Page Atlanta — ... ? He is saying already that he is feeling better throwing  than he has in years, which is impressive to me considering how well he pitched the last couple of seasons. I know I shouldn't expect anything from him this season simply because I know it usually takes a guy a full season to knock the rust off and air it all out after an injury like this. Cody Johnson may finally be finding some sort of equilibrium with his approach as he already has 4 homers this month vs just 3 all of last month. His OPS is pretty much the same ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 7/24 (Heyward is a Freak)
Sports Page Atlanta — ... Well Cody Johnson did not want to be completely bested by Jason Heyward tonight. His contact rate is still way down this month with his batting average sitting at a cool .206 for July. Gerry Rodriguez is still hitting the ball well in the Carolina league and has posted an OPS that is equal to the one he had in Rome (.776). ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 7/25 (Someone threw a No Hitter)
Sports Page Atlanta — ... Well it appears that Cody Johnson has found his power stroke again as he has hit 4 homers in his last 10 games and doubled his homer total from June. The one run that Craig Kimbrel allowed was unearned but through his own doing. In the 9th inning struck out the lead off hitter, then allowed a bunt single on which he threw the ball away allowing the runner to get to third and then promptly threw a wild pitch to the next batter allowing the walk off run to score. But he didn't get an earned run. ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 7/26
Sports Page Atlanta — ... Nothing much going on in this one. Cody Johnson has 6 XBH in his last 10 games but he also has 16K in that span. He appears to be reverting back to his early season form now that Heyward and Freeman are gone. Maybe he is pressing too much. ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 7/31
Sports Page Atlanta — ... The first game of a double header goes the way of the Pelicans - but without Cody Johnson in the lineup. Chris Shehan stepped up with a big game while filling in as the LF. Some of you may remember that Chris Shehan was my breakout pick for this season. I was very wrong. Myrtle Beach was horrible in the first half of the season this year but finds itself only 2.5 games out of the race in the second half. They are still 16-18 but are in the weaker of the two Carolina League divisions. Whoever gets hot last probably wins this ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 8/4
Sports Page Atlanta — ... I don't know where Cody Johnson has been lately. He has not played in a game since July 29 and he isn't on the DL currently. I wonder if they pulled him to help him straighten out his swing a little. I think they did that with him last season in the second half and it really paid dividends. Also, Randy Gress is a monster. ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 8/22
Sports Page Atlanta — ... Well that was a nice start by Richard Sullivan that was ruined by the bullpen. Also, I don't know if Cody Johnson has struck out 4 times in a game this season, and that is saying something. Also, Donell Linares continues to be the best hitter on the team for the month. ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 8/25
Sports Page Atlanta — ... Congratulations to Cody Johnson for being the first Brave at any level to hit 30 homers this season. In fact, the only other person in the organization with 20 HRs this year is Gerry Rodriguez.. He really does have prodigious power. Unfortunately for Cody he also has 160 Ks. Also Cole Rohrbough got hammered again. ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 8/29
Sports Page Atlanta — ... Cody Johnson has rediscovred his power stroke this month but he is still having his worst offensive month of the season, by far. He only has 12 hits for the whole month with 6 of them being homers. In 77 ABs he has struck out 38 times. That just can't happen. Jake Thompson, on the other hand, put together a solid start and has had a great month of August for the Pelicans. He is a guy going forward that could be useful. ...

Ripple Effect Minor League Promotions
Sports Page Atlanta — ... OF Cody Johnson will join AA Misssissippi, hoping to insert some power into their lineup for the final week of the season. Though an oblique injury has slowed him during the month of August, the slugger managed to hit .242 with a .861 OPS for Myrtle Beach this year, becoming the first player in the Carolina League to hit more than 30 home runs since 1997, as he slugged out a team record 32. ...

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 9/5
Sports Page Atlanta — ... Wow, I can't believe I missed a Cody Johnson promotion too! This is definitely a reward for the season he has put up so far. I know we have all had things to say about him, but in the end he did post an .861 OPS in the Carolina League. ...

Braves Top-5 First Base Prospects
Sports Page Atlanta — ...                Rodriguez finished the spent time between Rome and Myrtle Beach this season and actually improved a bit upon his move up. His calling card is power as he finished second in the organization in HRs with 23 on the season (behind only Cody Johnson). His ISOP for both levels was just under .220 which is pretty solid. Like most young power hitters Rodriguez suffers from high strike out rates (29.8% in MB) and low walk rates (6.2% in MB). One thing ...

Atlanta Braves Top 20 Prospects for 2010
Minor League Ball — ... , SS; Cody Johnson, OF; Jeff Lyman, RHP; Chris Masters, LHP, Brett Oberholtzer, LHP; Angelo Paulino, RHP; Cory Rasmus, RHP; Gerardo Rodriguez, 1B; Cole Rohrbaugh, LHP; Riann Spanjer-Furstenberg, 1B; Tyler Stovall, LHP; Richard Sullivan, LHP; Jacob Thompson, RHP; ...

Talking Chop Round Table: Braves Left Fielders
Sports Page Atlanta — ... MG:  Does anyone think that Cody Johnson can develop enough plate discipline to be a major league starter? He's young, so we have some time, but it seems like he's got a long way to go. ...

Talking Chop Round Table: Braves Right Fielders
Sports Page Atlanta — ... CBW: But really, after Heyward, what else do you need? When you've got a guy who could be a once in a generation star it's hard to expect the team to have much else at the same position. The fact that we have Cody Johnson and Adam Milligan in left field (as well as Robby Hefflinger, who I think is goig to be right with those two this time next year) and lesser, but still interesting prospects like Cory Harrilchak and Kyle Rose in center field, makes me think Atlanta's minor league outfield situation is pretty great. I ...

Baseball America releases their top-10 Braves prospects
Sports Page Atlanta — We get the second list this off-season of Atlanta Braves prospects, this one from Baseball America: Jason Heyward, of Freddie Freeman, 1b Julio Teheran, rhp Mike Minor, lhp Craig Kimbrel, rhp Christian Bethancourt, c Randall Delgado, rhp Zeke Spruill, rhp Cody Johnson, of Adam Milligan, of Nice list. Unlike John Sickels, who gave us our first list this ...

Brian McCann Charity Softball Game; Andruw Jones wants his job back
Talking Chop — ... Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, but the biggest surprise for me was that our minor-league hulk, Cody Johnson also appeared at this event.  Now fans like us all know who he is, and are not the least bit surprised when he was smashing some absolute moon shots out of Georgia Tech's Chandler Stadium, but if people present didn't know who he was previously, they've all got a new name to pretend like they're savvy about baseball with their co-workers now. ...

Brian McCann Charity Softball Game; Andruw Jones wants his job back
Sports Page Atlanta — ... Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, but the biggest surprise for me was that our minor-league hulk, Cody Johnson also appeared at this event.  Now fans like us all know who he is, and are not the least bit surprised when he was smashing some absolute moon shots out of Georgia Tech's Chandler Stadium, but if people present didn't know who he was previously, they've all got a new name to pretend like they're savvy about baseball with their co-workers now. ...