Just for fun, today lets just look at all the starters strikeout-to-walk ratios. Here are the 26 players who have started at least one game for the four minor league teams so far this season. I included everyone, even guys who have made spot starts like Heath Rollins and Alex Koronis, and the recently released Jeff Bennett (guess where he finished?). I also included ERA, just to show any correlation.
Rk Lev ERA G GS IP BB SO BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB 1 Shane Dyer A 1.71 7 7 42.0 4 34 0.9 7.3 8.50 2 Nick Barnese A+ 3.64 7 7 42.0 5 41 1.1 8.8 8.20 3 Jeremy Hellickson AAA 3.38 7 7 40.0 9 38 2.0 8.6 4.22 4 Darin Downs* AA 1.57 8 2 28.2 7 28 2.2 8.8 4.00 5 Alexander Colome A 2.27 7 7 39.2 12 41 2.7 9.3 3.42 6 Wilking Rodriguez A 3.71 6 6 34.0 9 30 2.4 7.9 3.33 7 Kyle Lobstein* A 5.79 6 6 28.0 7 20 2.2 6.4 2.86 8 Alexander Torres* AA 3.41 6 6 29.0 13 35 4.0 10.9 2.69 9 Virgil Vasquez AAA 5.28 3 3 15.1 3 8 1.8 4.7 2.67 10 Alex Cobb AA 0.00 2 1 6.1 3 8 4.3 11.4 2.67 11 Richard De Los SantosAA/AAA 4.35 8 3 31.0 8 21 2.3 6.1 2.63 12 Alex Koronis A 5.49 10 1 19.2 10 26 4.6 11.9 2.60 13 Matthew Moore* A+ 5.85 7 7 32.1 21 47 5.8 13.1 2.24 14 Aneury RodriguezAA/AAA 2.76 7 6 32.2 13 28 3.6 7.7 2.15 15 Frank De Los Santos* A+ 3.68 5 5 29.1 11 23 3.4 7.1 2.09 16 Jason McEachern A 5.65 6 6 28.2 9 18 2.8 5.7 2.00 17 Jeremy Hall AA 2.90 6 6 31.0 12 23 3.5 6.7 1.92 18 Jake McGee* AA 4.00 5 5 18.0 9 17 4.5 8.5 1.89 19 Carlos Hernandez* AAA 2.73 6 6 33.0 14 26 3.8 7.1 1.86 20 Heath Phillips* AAA 4.68 7 7 42.1 13 24 2.8 5.1 1.85 21 Joseph Cruz A+ 3.60 6 6 30.0 14 25 4.2 7.5 1.79 22 David Newmann* AA 3.03 6 6 32.2 13 17 3.6 4.7 1.31 23 Rayner Oliveros AA 9.15 7 4 19.2 5 6 2.3 2.7 1.20 24 Chris Andujar A+ 3.38 6 6 29.1 11 13 3.4 4.0 1.18 25 Heath Rollins AAA 6.52 10 1 19.1 12 14 5.6 6.5 1.17 26 Jeff Bennett AAA 10.97 3 3 10.2 10 7 8.4 5.9 0.70Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 5/13/2010.
Note: Carlos Hernandez and Richard De Los Santos each have one intentional walk included in their totals.
To get an idea what an average ratio is, here are the overall numbers for the Rays teams and the leagues they play in. I couldn't find info for just starters, so these include both starters and relievers.
Team/League ERA BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB International Leaque 4.28 3.5 7.2 2.07 Durham Bulls 3.80 3.2 7.1 2.23 Southern League 3.99 3.7 7.4 2.02 Montgomery Biscuits 3.98 3.5 7.1 2.06 Florida State League 3.57 3.1 7.9 2.54 Charlotte Stone Crabs 3.25 3.1 9.8 3.15 Midwest League 3.84 3.6 8.2 2.31 Bowling Green Hot Rods 4.19 3.0 8.3 2.78Just eye-balling it, it looks like average is a little over 2, or about where Matt Moore and Aneury Rodriguez are, which conveniently is exactly the middle of the Rays 26 starters.
Looking at the four teams, the Stone Crabs really stand out (almost 10 SO/9?). Other than Barnese, their great numbers come primarily from the bullpen of Quate, Schenk, Satow, Fleming and Jarman.
Shane Dyer has been very impressive. I saw him pitch yesterday and after giving up three runs in the first, settled down and pitched effectively.
ReplyDeleteAlexander Colome continues to impress. He has a big league heater that he can blow by most hitters at this level. It will be shock if he is not pitching in the big leagues and sooner rather than later.
Zach Quate appears to have a very bright future.
Daniel,
ReplyDeleteDo you have access to velocity readings at the game? I'm curious at to the offerings of the staff.
Hi Daniel, nice to see you around. Did you stay for both games? I was going to go but it was in the 40's, cloudy, and wet in the morning. Didn't want to drive an hour to sit in a delay or have them postponed. When I heard McEachern wasn't pitching, that sealed it. We're supposed to get some nasty storms this evening, so tonight's game may not happen.
ReplyDeleteDoug - yes, we stayed for both games as Lake County is only about 10 minutes from our home. I visit this site every day, but have not had much to offer thus far. Thanks for your good works!
ReplyDeleteI think Bowling Green is starting to hit a wee bit better but a lack of extra base hits including homeruns have hurt us. We still need lots of base hits to score one run. Morrison has impressive speed/athleticism. Murrill has been steady and hopefully Nomenson will find his way back from a knee injury. Also, Mark Thomas was hitting well before going on the DL with a concussion. Hopefully, that "Bortnick" kid will start to hit :-)
Bowling Green has played pretty good defense. Weigand, Thomas, and Murrill have probably been our most consistent hitters but I have seen glimpses from other guys including Spraker, Beill, and Estrada. If I forgot to mention someone that does not mean I hold a low opinion of them - I know how difficult and fickle the game can be.
As an FYI, here is an article and video clip from our local paper regarding Bortnick's return home to Lake County. Ironically, Tyler last played at Captain's Stadium in 2005 as he had a single and a double leading his team to the state championships. Yesterday, on his first return trip to the area, he followed up with a single and double. Funny how that stuff works some times!
http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2010/05/11/sports/nh2486187.txt
FreeZo - Lake County did not have radar guns. I am guessing Colome was mid 90's and above. Yates can wing it pretty good and I believe Dyer is a low 90's guy. In Dayton a week ago, McEachern was in the mid-80's but that may be normal for this time of year. I also believe Lobstein is in the range of 85-87. As both of them are very young, I expect their velocity to increase over time and as the weather improves.
Is Sonoqui hurt? He hasn't played in quite awhile at either 1st base or DH. Still can't figure out why Aaron Dott, pitcher, is being wasted at Extended.
ReplyDeleteMicheal Compton of the BGDN has this update on in the injured Hot Rods:
ReplyDeleteHot Rods outfielder Brett Nommensen (knee) and catcher Mark Thomas (concussion) are both on the disabled list, while first baseman Eli Sonoqui (leg) has not played in a week.
“Sonoqui is starting to heal a little bit,” Williams said. “Mark Thomas is getting better and Nommensen is getting better."
Thomas returned last night in a DH capacity. I'm curious who replaces Dyer in Bowling Green. Charlotte appears to be: Moore, Barnese, Cruz, De Los Santos, Dyer. Is Andjuar more likely to move down or to the pen?
ReplyDeleteYep, Thomas is back, which is good for the Hot Rods offense and defense.
ReplyDeleteThe Dyer move creates problems for both rotations. I just finished today's probable pitchers post and speculated that Andujar would move to the pen. But, someone (Barnese?) could get promoted to Montgomery. And the Hot Rods need a new starter by Wednesday. Koronis could make another spot start or else someone new. The next time they will need a fillin is a week from Saturday for Game 2 of the doubleheader.
Gosh, with Darin Downs already out of the pen, there is hardly room in Montgomery. Andujar to the pen seems like the logical move. I'm excited to see who fills the Bowling Green spot.
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