Lucas Sims, a graduate of Brookwood High School, will make his Triple-A debut Saturday night for the Gwinnett Braves.
The G-Braves play host to Biloxi at 6 p.m., and Sims will start on the day he was promoted from Double-A Mississippi.
Sims, a first-round draft choice of the Braves in 2012, made three starts this season for Mississippi. His teammates gave him little support at the plate or in the field, and he was 0-2 with a 1.84 ERA.
In 14 2/3 innings, Sims struck out 26 and walked 10. He gave up seven hits and eight runs, but only three of the runs were earned.
Sims was 8-1 as a senior at Brookwood, and the only loss was to Parkview in the first game of the championship doubleheader in Class AAAAA, then the state’s highest classification.
Entering that game Sims had recorded a 1.09 ERA for the season and was the consensus choice for the top pitching prospect in Georgia.
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