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Hursh, Peraza earn top minor-league honors

By Chris Vivlamore
Sept 19, 2014

The Braves will honor their Minor League Pitcher and Player of the Year in a pregame ceremony Saturday.

Those who will be honored on each level (pitcher and player respectively) are:

Organization: Jason Hursh and Jose Peraza

Gwinnett (Triple-A): Juan Jaime and Phil Gosselin

Mississippi (Double-A): Williams Perez and Kyle Kubitza

Lynchburg (High-A): Nate Hyatt and Kyle Wren

Rome (A): Yean Carlos Gil and Jake Schrader

Danville (Rookie): Alec Grosser and Ozhaino Albies

Gulf Coast (Rookie): Jorge Zavala and Ray-Patrick Didder

Dominican Summer League: Dilmer Mejia and Alejandro Salazar

Several of the players will be available to sign autographs from 5:20-6:20 p.m. on the fan plaza.

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Chris Vivlamore is the sports editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has served as reporter and editor at the AJC since 2003.

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