Bronx Bound- Winding Up the Pitchers

by jscape2000 on Aug 17, 2008 10:11 AM EDT in Minors

With the minor league seasons nearly over, and roster expansion a couple weeks away, I thought it would be a good idea to look at each player's season to date rather than just the week. This week I'll look at the pitchers, next week I'll look at the hitters, and the final week I'll give out awards.

When we break down the season, we'll indubitably talk about the loss of Posada, Matsui and Wang, and to lesser extents the injuries to Arod, Jeter, Damon, Joba, Hughes, and IPK. But we can't forget Jonathan Albaladejo and Brian Bruney. Those two came to camp ready to be major players.
And in the ready to be major players department: Veras, Edwar, and Dave Robertson really showed me something this season. But that doesn't mean the major league bullpen is set because Bruney and Albaladejo will be back, while two-thirds of the Tommy John trio, Melancon and Cox, deserve good long looks in the spring. Even better, Veras is the old man of the group, turning 28 in October.
Chris Britton deserves a look too, but Joe Girardi saw him in the shower once and the image is forever burned into Joe's retinas- Joe is afraid a second look might kill him.
In a season when he was poised to be the first arm called up from AAA, Alan Horne had his season spoiled by a cascade of injuries.
Get on the bandwagon now! Zach McAllister should start the season in AA next year and could be poised to shoulder a big league workload very soon. He doesn't turn 21 until December.

Pitcher	Age	Level	G	IP	H	BB	ERA	K	WHIP
Jonathan Albaladejo	25	AAA-MLB	11	20.2	10	8	3.19	18	0.87
Dellin Betances	20	Rk-A	23	110.2	87	61	3.74	132	1.34
Chris Britton	25	Rk	28	41.1	38	11	2.40	32	1.19
JB Cox	24	A-AA-AAA	39	48.2	41	21	4.07	24	1.28
Alan Horne	25	A-AAA	9	34.1	41	24	6.82	27	1.91
Jeff Marquez	23	A-AA-AAA	17	91.1	107	27	4.73	42	1.47
Daniel McCutchen traded	25	AA-AAA	20	123.1	116	29	3.14	110	1.18
Zach McAllister	20	A-A+	23	142.0	129	19	2.22	108	1.04
Mark Melancon	23	A-AA-AAA	39	86.2	64	21	2.18	78	0.98
Scott Patterson	28	AAA-MLB	37	39.2	40	13	3.21	44	1.34
Edwar Ramirez	27	AAA-MLB	51	54.0	33	18	3.00	66	0.94
David Robertson	22	AA-AAA-MLB	46	73.0	44	33	2.59	99	1.05
Humberto Sanchez	24	Rk	10	9.2	8	4	2.79	13	1.25
Jose Veras	27	AAA-MLB	55	56.0	41	21	2.41	66	1.11
Eric Wordekemper	24	AA	31	46.1	54	24	3.69	42	1.64

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looks a little less than golden doesn't it

For the farm system to look good we need Several of Joba, Rasner, Hughes, IPK and Giese to be solid big leaguers and make the kids become great in AAA and fight their way up. This year we’ve been throwing people to the wolves. Sink or swim is hard on young pitchers.

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)

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