Apr
21
2011
Small Sample Size: Pitchers Edition
Posted by Jeff in Memphis Redbirds, Palm Beach Cardinals, Quad Cities River Bandits, Springfield CardinalsYesterday we looked at the small sample sizes and the minor league hitters, today let’s look at the pitchers after the jump.
Memphis:
- Fernando Salas’s 2 saves and zero ERA earned him a promotion to St. Louis
- Brandon Dickson has struck out 18 in 19 innings and so far is inducing more swinging strikes and that is reflected in his strikeout totals.
- Eduardo Sanchez did not allow a walk or a hit in two appearances and also earned himself a promotion to St. Louis.
Springfield:
- Casey Mulligan has 4 saves and a 1 run allowed in 5.2 innings and 6 Ks and no walks.
- Nick Greenwood hasn’t allowed a run in 5.1 innings.
- Nick Additon has a 2.75 ERA in 19 innings with 18 Ks and no walks.
Palm Beach:
- Some guy named Shelby Miller has 28 strikeouts and only 3 walks in 17.2 innings.
- John Gast leads the starters in ERA with 1.89. He has 13 strikeouts to 4 walks.
- Maikel Cleto has 12 strikeouts and 3 walks in 2 starts over 11 innings.
Quad Cities:
- Jordan Swagerty has struck out 14 batters and walked none in 13 innings without allowing a run.
- Trevor Rosenthal has 21 strikeouts in 16.2 innings.
- Boone Whiting has allowed no runs in 4 relief appearances and 7.1 innings.
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I’m envisioning an A’s like rotation in 3 years … and loving it.
Waino, S. Miller and Garcia will be formidable; hopefully 2 of the others pan out. The “big 3″ by themselves would be big-time and available at a relatively low cost (although Waino will get paid).
Don’t forget Kyle McClellan.
Any reports out of extended regarding Martinez and Jenkins?
Pitchers break. We all get that. Pitchers flame out at a very high rate. We all get that as well.
That said, with Waino/Garcia already established in the majors (is it fair to say Garcia is “established” yet?), and Miller/Rosenthal/Jenkins/Martinez developing nicely, I’d say the potential for one or two more above average starters is there.
Throw in Lynn/Dickson for decent depth at the upper levels, and Cleto/Swagerty/Gast/Blair for arms with a chance to develop into starters, or more likely fill out the bullpen with Boggs and Sanchez, and the Cards finally have an “arms race” building of their own.
The bad thing is this upcoming draft is an extremely pitching heavy draft, and the Cards need position players.
Wow—a 9:1 K:BB for Shelby…that’s decent
Dickson’s K totals are encouraging. Maybe like Lynn he is starting to throw more 4 seem fastballs.
Greenwood is starting to intrigue me. He continues to keep his GB rate above 60% and (its early) seems to be K’ing a few more this year.
Dont’ know much about him but Justin Wright has caught my attention with 20K’s and only giving up 6 hits in his first 13.1 innings. Smallish lefty (5-9) but anything you can get from a 47th round pick is gravy.