The test of a Cardinal pitching prospect’s mettle is Double-A. The Texas League. Hammons Field. If you can just avoid getting beat up here, you have a good chance.
League average K/9 6.4, BB/9 3.6, HR/9 0.7, H/9 9.2, ERA 4.22.
| Age | ERA | IP | HR | BB | SO | HBP | BF | WHIP | H/9 | HR/9 | BB/9 | SO/9 ▾ | SO/BB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casey Mulligan | 21 | 2.21 | 20.1 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 87 | 1.328 | 6.6 | 0.4 | 5.3 | 12.0 | 2.25 |
| Floyd Norrick | 25 | 4.12 | 59.0 | 4 | 44 | 78 | 3 | 269 | 1.559 | 7.3 | 0.6 | 6.7 | 11.9 | 1.77 |
| Francisco Samuel | 22 | 5.66 | 47.2 | 2 | 46 | 59 | 7 | 227 | 1.720 | 6.8 | 0.4 | 8.7 | 11.1 | 1.28 |
| Eduardo Sanchez | 20 | 2.70 | 50.0 | 4 | 20 | 56 | 4 | 197 | 1.040 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 10.1 | 2.80 |
| Justin Fiske | 24 | 5.06 | 26.2 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 125 | 1.650 | 10.1 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 7.8 | 1.64 |
| Scott Gorgen | 22 | 5.20 | 55.1 | 8 | 36 | 46 | 3 | 249 | 1.590 | 8.5 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 7.5 | 1.28 |
| Tyler Herron | 22 | 4.34 | 45.2 | 2 | 22 | 37 | 3 | 207 | 1.533 | 9.5 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 7.3 | 1.68 |
| Lance Lynn | – | 2.92 | 126.1 | 5 | 51 | 98 | 4 | 532 | 1.330 | 8.3 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 7.0 | 1.92 |
| Brandon Dickson | 24 | 3.78 | 147.2 | 12 | 50 | 112 | 7 | 637 | 1.422 | 9.8 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 6.8 | 2.24 |
| Edward Degerman | 25 | 7.42 | 30.1 | 2 | 40 | 23 | 1 | 150 | 2.275 | 8.6 | 0.6 | 11.9 | 6.8 | 0.58 |
| Samuel Freeman | 22 | 3.52 | 23.0 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 97 | 1.435 | 7.4 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 1.21 |
| Pete Parise | 24 | 2.88 | 40.2 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 156 | 1.057 | 6.9 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 2.42 |
| Thomas Furnish | 24 | 9.14 | 42.1 | 5 | 40 | 29 | 4 | 219 | 2.291 | 12.1 | 1.1 | 8.5 | 6.2 | 0.73 |
| Trey Hearne | 25 | 2.82 | 127.2 | 7 | 43 | 81 | 1 | 526 | 1.222 | 8.0 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 1.88 |
| Fernando Salas | 24 | 3.18 | 11.1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 1.059 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 5.6 | 3.50 |
| Gary Daley | 23 | 4.76 | 11.1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 50 | 1.412 | 7.1 | 0.8 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 1.00 |
| Kyle Mura | 24 | 7.88 | 16.0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 78 | 2.062 | 15.8 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 5.1 | 1.80 |
| Elvis Hernandez | 24 | 4.91 | 14.2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 68 | 1.841 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 8.6 | 4.9 | 0.57 |
| Nicholas Additon | 21 | 3.19 | 48.0 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 199 | 1.188 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 1.24 |
| Chuckie Fick | 23 | 1.50 | 24.0 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 100 | 1.208 | 7.1 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 1.20 |
| Ryan Kulik | – | 5.40 | 125.0 | 17 | 43 | 54 | 4 | 562 | 1.592 | 11.2 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 1.26 |
| Brian Broderick | 22 | 5.90 | 29.0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 135 | 1.759 | 13.3 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 1.50 |
| Marco Gonzalez | 25 | 4.84 | 57.2 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 252 | 1.578 | 10.3 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 0.80 |
| David Kopp | 23 | 6.43 | 21.0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 97 | 1.905 | 12.4 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 0.55 |
| 30 Players | 23.3 | 4.34 | 1231.0 | 105 | 630 | 897 | 58 | 5432 | 1.512 | 9.0 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 1.42 |
- Eduardo Sanchez. Who saw this coming?
- Lance Lynn, King of Ordinary. Nice ERA, but league average peripherals other than that he did a great job keeping the ball in the yard. I mean King of Ordinary in a nice way.
- Unless Francisco Samuel is the second coming of Mitch Williams, I wouldn’t get too worked up about his chances. We knew about his spotty control, but wow. 23.3% of the batters he faced were put on by Samuel beating himself, either by the BB or the HPB.
- Eddie Degerman, King of Weird. Great college stats, quirky delivery, didn’t work out.
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Some feasted: Sanchez, Mulligan, Parise, Hearne, Lynn, Additon, Dickson.
For others, famine: Degerman, Kopp, Broderick, Furnish, Fiske, Elvis Hernandez, Gorgen, Kulik.
One of the few in-between, Norrick.
The Cards sort them out at this level, like Herron.
Injuries to Fiske, Freeman, Mura, Kopp, Dew.
If Samuel gains command, he could be a good one.
I am not so sure it’s fair to judge Kopp, a rare condition found only in some (cortacoid inpingement), has been found and corrected and the tendinitous/bursitis thing hopefully will be a thing of the past.It was not major surgery, and prognosis is good.
Despite past reports, he never has had anything wrong with the upper parts of the shoulder, never showed anything that would cause such discomfort (no tears, rips, nothing) in numerous MRI, or when they looked inside last year. Essentially the shaving of the bone now allows more room for movement, which before was causing impingement.
Josh Dew’s issue was a stress fracture, he is fine and good to go, so I hear. If he has the stuff he had before this happened, some middle relievers better watch out.
Let’s get it straight, they did not release Herron because of lack of performance.
“The tendinitis/bursitis thing hopefully will be a thing of the past.” I hope so too, but I’ve suffered from this combination for years, and I’m not convinced it ever fully goes away. Of course, mine hasn’t been treated as aggressively as Kopp’s. One thing I wish our medical system could do: take these procedures that are reassembling busted athletes, and make them both available and affordable for the busted rest of us. Anyway, I share your hope for Kopp.
Casey Mulligan’s WHIP went up when he moved up a level, but this continues to be a pretty durn interesting looking reliever, at least to me.
Gruntosaurus,
Tendinitous and bursitis are conditions usually caused by some impingment (look up impingement syndrome) or overuse and if not treated (especially those in sports such as swimming, tennis, baseball) can result in a tear. Swimmers usually have the bursa removed, to make room, as do some pitchers, but my understanding the whole thing is quite hard to diagnose.
Thanks for the info on Dew – first I´d heard of his condition all year. Was the stress fracture in the arm or one of his legs? Any good inof on McCormack?
McCormick, McCormick, McCormick, McCormick. Rhymes with quick, not quack.
I do beleive it was his throwing arm.
I am not going to get into what’s up with McCormick at this time, perhaps you all will know more by springtime.
I stand by my original thoughts that he was the best prospect in the system.