Thursday, May 13, 2010

Strikeouts To Walks

Yesterday I tweeted about the incredible strikeout-to-walk ratios Nick Barnese and Shane Dyer have posted so far this season. For all Rays minor leaguers, the best ratio is Zach Quate at 12.0, followed by Dane De La Rosa at 11.0, then Dyer third and Barnese fourth.

Just for fun, today lets just look at all the starters strikeout-to-walk ratios. Here are the 26 players who have started at least one game for the four minor league teams so far this season. I included everyone, even guys who have made spot starts like Heath Rollins and Alex Koronis, and the recently released Jeff Bennett (guess where he finished?). I also included ERA, just to show any correlation.
Rk                           Lev   ERA  G GS   IP BB SO BB/9 SO/9   SO/BB
1               Shane Dyer     A  1.71  7  7 42.0  4 34  0.9  7.3    8.50
2             Nick Barnese    A+  3.64  7  7 42.0  5 41  1.1  8.8    8.20
3        Jeremy Hellickson   AAA  3.38  7  7 40.0  9 38  2.0  8.6    4.22
4             Darin Downs*    AA  1.57  8  2 28.2  7 28  2.2  8.8    4.00
5         Alexander Colome     A  2.27  7  7 39.2 12 41  2.7  9.3    3.42
6        Wilking Rodriguez     A  3.71  6  6 34.0  9 30  2.4  7.9    3.33
7           Kyle Lobstein*     A  5.79  6  6 28.0  7 20  2.2  6.4    2.86
8        Alexander Torres*    AA  3.41  6  6 29.0 13 35  4.0 10.9    2.69
9           Virgil Vasquez   AAA  5.28  3  3 15.1  3  8  1.8  4.7    2.67
10               Alex Cobb    AA  0.00  2  1  6.1  3  8  4.3 11.4    2.67
11   Richard De Los SantosAA/AAA  4.35  8  3 31.0  8 21  2.3  6.1    2.63
12            Alex Koronis     A  5.49 10  1 19.2 10 26  4.6 11.9    2.60
13          Matthew Moore*    A+  5.85  7  7 32.1 21 47  5.8 13.1    2.24
14        Aneury RodriguezAA/AAA  2.76  7  6 32.2 13 28  3.6  7.7    2.15
15    Frank De Los Santos*    A+  3.68  5  5 29.1 11 23  3.4  7.1    2.09
16         Jason McEachern     A  5.65  6  6 28.2  9 18  2.8  5.7    2.00
17             Jeremy Hall    AA  2.90  6  6 31.0 12 23  3.5  6.7    1.92
18             Jake McGee*    AA  4.00  5  5 18.0  9 17  4.5  8.5    1.89
19       Carlos Hernandez*   AAA  2.73  6  6 33.0 14 26  3.8  7.1    1.86
20         Heath Phillips*   AAA  4.68  7  7 42.1 13 24  2.8  5.1    1.85
21             Joseph Cruz    A+  3.60  6  6 30.0 14 25  4.2  7.5    1.79
22          David Newmann*    AA  3.03  6  6 32.2 13 17  3.6  4.7    1.31
23         Rayner Oliveros    AA  9.15  7  4 19.2  5  6  2.3  2.7    1.20
24           Chris Andujar    A+  3.38  6  6 29.1 11 13  3.4  4.0    1.18
25           Heath Rollins   AAA  6.52 10  1 19.1 12 14  5.6  6.5    1.17
26            Jeff Bennett   AAA 10.97  3  3 10.2 10  7  8.4  5.9    0.70
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 5/13/2010.

Note: Carlos Hernandez and Richard De Los Santos each have one intentional walk included in their totals.

To get an idea what an average ratio is, here are the overall numbers for the Rays teams and the leagues they play in. I couldn't find info for just starters, so these include both starters and relievers.
Team/League             ERA  BB/9  SO/9  SO/BB
International Leaque   4.28   3.5   7.2   2.07
Durham Bulls           3.80   3.2   7.1   2.23
Southern League        3.99   3.7   7.4   2.02
Montgomery Biscuits    3.98   3.5   7.1   2.06
Florida State League   3.57   3.1   7.9   2.54
Charlotte Stone Crabs  3.25   3.1   9.8   3.15
Midwest League         3.84   3.6   8.2   2.31
Bowling Green Hot Rods 4.19   3.0   8.3   2.78
Just eye-balling it, it looks like average is a little over 2, or about where Matt Moore and Aneury Rodriguez are, which conveniently is exactly the middle of the Rays 26 starters.

Looking at the four teams, the Stone Crabs really stand out (almost 10 SO/9?). Other than Barnese, their great numbers come primarily from the bullpen of Quate, Schenk, Satow, Fleming and Jarman.

10 comments:

  1. Shane Dyer has been very impressive. I saw him pitch yesterday and after giving up three runs in the first, settled down and pitched effectively.

    Alexander Colome continues to impress. He has a big league heater that he can blow by most hitters at this level. It will be shock if he is not pitching in the big leagues and sooner rather than later.

    Zach Quate appears to have a very bright future.

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  2. Daniel,
    Do you have access to velocity readings at the game? I'm curious at to the offerings of the staff.

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  3. Hi Daniel, nice to see you around. Did you stay for both games? I was going to go but it was in the 40's, cloudy, and wet in the morning. Didn't want to drive an hour to sit in a delay or have them postponed. When I heard McEachern wasn't pitching, that sealed it. We're supposed to get some nasty storms this evening, so tonight's game may not happen.

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  4. Doug - yes, we stayed for both games as Lake County is only about 10 minutes from our home. I visit this site every day, but have not had much to offer thus far. Thanks for your good works!

    I think Bowling Green is starting to hit a wee bit better but a lack of extra base hits including homeruns have hurt us. We still need lots of base hits to score one run. Morrison has impressive speed/athleticism. Murrill has been steady and hopefully Nomenson will find his way back from a knee injury. Also, Mark Thomas was hitting well before going on the DL with a concussion. Hopefully, that "Bortnick" kid will start to hit :-)

    Bowling Green has played pretty good defense. Weigand, Thomas, and Murrill have probably been our most consistent hitters but I have seen glimpses from other guys including Spraker, Beill, and Estrada. If I forgot to mention someone that does not mean I hold a low opinion of them - I know how difficult and fickle the game can be.

    As an FYI, here is an article and video clip from our local paper regarding Bortnick's return home to Lake County. Ironically, Tyler last played at Captain's Stadium in 2005 as he had a single and a double leading his team to the state championships. Yesterday, on his first return trip to the area, he followed up with a single and double. Funny how that stuff works some times!

    http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2010/05/11/sports/nh2486187.txt

    FreeZo - Lake County did not have radar guns. I am guessing Colome was mid 90's and above. Yates can wing it pretty good and I believe Dyer is a low 90's guy. In Dayton a week ago, McEachern was in the mid-80's but that may be normal for this time of year. I also believe Lobstein is in the range of 85-87. As both of them are very young, I expect their velocity to increase over time and as the weather improves.

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  5. Is Sonoqui hurt? He hasn't played in quite awhile at either 1st base or DH. Still can't figure out why Aaron Dott, pitcher, is being wasted at Extended.

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  6. Micheal Compton of the BGDN has this update on in the injured Hot Rods:

    Hot Rods outfielder Brett Nommensen (knee) and catcher Mark Thomas (concussion) are both on the disabled list, while first baseman Eli Sonoqui (leg) has not played in a week.

    “Sonoqui is starting to heal a little bit,” Williams said. “Mark Thomas is getting better and Nommensen is getting better."

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  7. Thomas returned last night in a DH capacity. I'm curious who replaces Dyer in Bowling Green. Charlotte appears to be: Moore, Barnese, Cruz, De Los Santos, Dyer. Is Andjuar more likely to move down or to the pen?

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  8. Yep, Thomas is back, which is good for the Hot Rods offense and defense.

    The Dyer move creates problems for both rotations. I just finished today's probable pitchers post and speculated that Andujar would move to the pen. But, someone (Barnese?) could get promoted to Montgomery. And the Hot Rods need a new starter by Wednesday. Koronis could make another spot start or else someone new. The next time they will need a fillin is a week from Saturday for Game 2 of the doubleheader.

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  9. Gosh, with Darin Downs already out of the pen, there is hardly room in Montgomery. Andujar to the pen seems like the logical move. I'm excited to see who fills the Bowling Green spot.

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  10. Aaronn dott to bg

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