2009 Palm Beach Pitching Stats
Posted by erik in Season Wraps, tags: Adam Reifer, Blake King, David Kopp, Richard Castillo, Scott GorgenHooray. 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.
| 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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