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Baseball America named him the best pitching prospect in the New York Penn League in 2008. It was hard not to notice Adam Reifer, the then 22-year old right handed relief pitcher, as he struck out over a batter an inning with a fastball that touched the high 90s. In 2010, he was listed as the Cardinals 16th best prospect by Baseball America who noted his fastball velocity and “a slider that grades as a plus-plus pitch at times”.
The 2007 draftee was poised to have a big season in 2011 for the Memphis Redbirds. In competition for the closer’s role, Reifer would suffer a season ending injury on a cold April night against the Chicago Cubs AAA affiliate in Des Moines, Iowa. Surgery would follow and the history books of baseball will note a season that totaled five appearances — the last of which was on April 17th, 2011.
A healthy Reifer, just arrived in Florida for Spring Training, took the time to talk with me last week. The weather is beautiful and Reifer is ready to fight for a job; to fight for what that unfortunate moment in 2011 delayed but, hopefully, didn’t take away from him. He’s “100% go” and eager to be back in competition. Our conversation follows.
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Posted on January 18th, 2012 by azruavatar in Prospect rankings, tags: Adam Reifer, boone whiting, Brandon Dickson, Carlos Martinez, Charlie Tilson, Eduardo Sanchez, joe kelly, Jordan Swagerty, Kolten Wong, Lance Lynn, Maikel Cleto, Matt Adams, Matt Carpenter, Oscar Taveas, Ryan Jackson, shelby miller, St. Louis Cardinals, Tommy Pham, Top 20 Prospects, Trevor Rosenthal, tyrell jenkins, zack cox
This is the consolidated top 20 list rolled out last week.
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Hooray. We’re moving along to more meaningful stats. Well, sort of. As I mentioned before, Roger Dean is a hitter’s graveyard. Therefore, it makes pitchers look a little better than they actually are. Moving from Palm Beach to Springfield can be one of the toughest transitions for any pitcher; it separates the men from the boys.
Before we dive in, here’s the league averages: The pitcher’s average age is 23. League average ERA is 3.56 (!). Hits per nine is 8.6, HR/9 is .5, BB/9 3.2, K/9 – 7.3, SO/BB 2.31, WHIP is 1.3.
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Age |
ERA |
IP |
H |
R |
SO |
HBP |
BF |
H/9 |
HR/9 |
BB/9 |
SO/9 |
SO/BB ▾ |
| Eduardo Sanchez |
20 |
1.44 |
25.0 |
12 |
4 |
26 |
3 |
93 |
4.3 |
0.7 |
1.8 |
9.4 |
5.20 |
| Brian Broderick |
22 |
4.61 |
109.1 |
136 |
62 |
64 |
6 |
473 |
11.2 |
0.3 |
1.4 |
5.3 |
3.76 |
| Chuckie Fick |
23 |
4.92 |
56.2 |
67 |
33 |
26 |
2 |
239 |
10.6 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
4.1 |
3.25 |
| Arquimedes Nieto |
20 |
4.28 |
33.2 |
32 |
20 |
27 |
3 |
146 |
8.6 |
0.3 |
2.4 |
7.2 |
3.00 |
| Casey Mulligan |
21 |
1.61 |
28.0 |
20 |
9 |
34 |
1 |
114 |
6.4 |
0.3 |
3.9 |
10.9 |
2.83 |
| George Brown |
23 |
4.26 |
63.1 |
63 |
32 |
47 |
7 |
273 |
9.0 |
0.3 |
2.7 |
6.7 |
2.47 |
| Samuel Freeman |
22 |
1.64 |
33.0 |
18 |
7 |
30 |
0 |
133 |
4.9 |
0.0 |
3.5 |
8.2 |
2.31 |
| Scott Gorgen |
22 |
2.92 |
74.0 |
50 |
28 |
73 |
3 |
302 |
6.1 |
0.9 |
3.9 |
8.9 |
2.28 |
| David Kopp |
23 |
3.12 |
69.1 |
67 |
25 |
58 |
3 |
289 |
8.7 |
0.4 |
3.4 |
7.5 |
2.23 |
| Adam Reifer |
23 |
4.47 |
48.1 |
51 |
28 |
50 |
6 |
226 |
9.5 |
0.4 |
4.5 |
9.3 |
2.08 |
| Nicholas Additon |
21 |
3.06 |
79.1 |
69 |
40 |
66 |
5 |
347 |
7.8 |
0.1 |
4.2 |
7.5 |
1.78 |
| Kristhiam Linares |
23 |
4.62 |
25.1 |
21 |
14 |
26 |
2 |
113 |
7.5 |
0.4 |
5.3 |
9.2 |
1.73 |
| Yonathan Gonzalez |
21 |
3.79 |
19.0 |
26 |
19 |
10 |
3 |
97 |
12.3 |
1.4 |
2.8 |
4.7 |
1.67 |
| Blake King |
22 |
2.84 |
76.0 |
41 |
29 |
96 |
2 |
322 |
4.9 |
0.0 |
6.9 |
11.4 |
1.66 |
| Thomas Eager |
23 |
5.25 |
70.1 |
66 |
51 |
75 |
6 |
316 |
8.4 |
0.3 |
5.9 |
9.6 |
1.63 |
| Richard Castillo |
19 |
3.87 |
148.2 |
155 |
77 |
105 |
8 |
661 |
9.4 |
0.2 |
4.0 |
6.4 |
1.59 |
| Thomas Furnish |
24 |
3.55 |
33.0 |
34 |
13 |
22 |
2 |
145 |
9.3 |
0.5 |
4.4 |
6.0 |
1.38 |
| Jason Buursma |
23 |
4.62 |
37.0 |
52 |
22 |
20 |
3 |
179 |
12.6 |
0.2 |
3.6 |
4.9 |
1.33 |
| Jorge Rondon |
20 |
7.71 |
16.1 |
24 |
17 |
11 |
0 |
82 |
13.2 |
0.6 |
5.5 |
6.1 |
1.10 |
| Mark Diapoules |
21 |
5.72 |
39.1 |
41 |
33 |
30 |
4 |
191 |
9.4 |
0.7 |
6.4 |
6.9 |
1.07 |
| Shaun Garceau |
21 |
6.23 |
30.1 |
30 |
22 |
16 |
4 |
141 |
8.9 |
0.6 |
5.6 |
4.7 |
0.84 |
| 28 Players |
21.8 |
3.92 |
1194.2 |
1152 |
622 |
988 |
75 |
5221 |
8.7 |
0.4 |
3.9 |
7.4 |
1.93 |
Gorgen, Kopp and Castillo probably would rate as the best starting pitching prospects on this team. I wouldn’t say any of their performances really stood out this past season.
Blake King put the K in King, but was still way too wild. My personal man-cruch Adam Reifer proved to be more hittable than I thought he would be this past season, but he settled down a bit as the season went on.
Other than Sanchez, who pitched more innings in Springfield, I wouldn’t give any of these prospects better than a C, C+ grade.
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Posted on February 16th, 2009 by erik in Interviews, tags: Adam Reifer, Beau Riportella, Brett Wallace, Daryl Jones, George Kissell, Ian Oslund, Jaime Garcia, Jess Todd, Joe Thurston, John Vuch, Jon Edwards, Jon Jay, Lance Lynn, Luis Perdomo, Roberto De La Cruz, Sam Freeman, Tommy Pham, Tony Cruz, Tyler Greene
John Vuch has been with the Cardinals ever since he was a teenager, and has has played a vital role in several departments before settling into the role of being the Director of Minor League Operations. Few, if any, know more about the Cardinals and the inner workings the farm system. After settling down in Jupiter for spring training, John was kind enough to answer questions from myself and the other writers at FR. Good stuff, as always. Enjoy.
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Posted on October 20th, 2008 by erik in Interviews, tags: Adam Reifer, Brett Wallace, Colby Rasmus, Daryl Jones, David Freese, Jaime Garcia, Jeff Luhnow, Jess Todd, Jon Jay, Pete Kozma, Roberto Pina, Santo Franco
Ben Badler is one of the many talented writers at Baseball America, the standard bearer for all things prospects. Recently I asked him if he’d be up for some Q and A and he very graciously agreed to rap with us. I thoroughly enjoyed his answers and I’m sure you will as well. Thanks to Ben for taking the time out of his busy schedule to give us his insights on the Cardinal farm system.
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