Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Today's Starting Pitchers

Durham Bulls (8-4) host Charlotte Knights (5-5, Chicago White Sox)
RHP Alex Cobb (2-0, 0.82 ERA) vs. RHP Gaby Hernandez (0-1, 9.00 ERA)

Montgomery Biscuits (3-8) host Jackson Generals (5-6, Seattle Mariners)
LHP Matt Moore (0-1, 6.75 ERA) vs. LHP Anthony Vasquez (0-2, 3.97 ERA)

Charlotte Stone Crabs (5-7) host Palm Beach Cardinals (4-8, St. Louis Cardinals)
RHP Chris Andujar (0-1, 2.89 ERA) vs. RHP Shelby Miller (0-1, 1.69 ERA)

Bowling Green Hot Rods (7-5) at Dayton Dragons (4-8, Cincinnati Reds)
RHP Victor Mateo (0-1, 5.62 ERA) vs. LHP Tanner Robles (0-1, 11.81 ERA)


Here are the Rays minor league strikeout leaders by percentage of batters faced (entering today's games, minimum 10 strikeouts):

Pitcher               Age  Team   SO  BF  SO/BF%
Scott Shuman           23   POE   11  25   44.0%
Alexander Torres*      23   DHM   17  39   43.6%
Brandon Gomes          26   DHM   10  23   43.5%
Chris Rearick*         23   BWG   10  23   43.5%
Alex Cobb              23   DHM   17  40   42.5%
Marquis Fleming        24   MTG   15  38   39.5%
Alex Koronis           23   POE   15  41   36.6%
Enny Romero*           20   BWG   19  53   35.8%
Jimmy Patterson*       22   BWG   12  37   32.4%
Matthew Stabelfeld*    24   BWG   12  37   32.4%
Mike Ekstrom           27   DHM   10  32   31.3%
Matthew Moore*         22   MTG   12  40   30.0%
Nick Barnese           22   MTG   10  37   27.0%
Jeremy Hall            27   MTG   10  37   27.0%
Dirk Hayhurst          30   DHM   16  65   24.6%
C.J. Riefenhauser*     21   BWG   10  41   24.4%
Alexander Colome       22   POE   12  56   21.4%

For some context, here are the overall SO/BF% for each team:
Durham          26.2%
Montgomery      21.2%
Charlotte       22.1%
Bowling Green   24.4%

5 comments:

  1. Moore struck out 6 of 18 batters today, raising his rate to 31.0%, but remaining in the same place on the list.

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  2. Cobb struck out 8 of 21, which lowers his rate to 41.0%.

    Rearick struck out 1 of 6, lowering his rate to 37.9%.

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  3. What should I know about V Mateo?

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  4. Tall, thin, Dominican righty. I was high on him prior to 2010, when he struggled at Princeton. I projected him as a reliever/spot starter in Bowling Green this year, not that he earned it but because they had so many lefties. Really shouldn't be in their rotation and probably won't be much longer as other pitchers come off the DL. Still could develop, but needs to do it out of the bullpen for now.

    Here's what Kevin had to say about him in the RP Guide, basically sums up why I was wrong about him:

    Mateo's 2010 season is a good example of why Gulf Coast League stats should be taken
    with a grain of salt. In his stateside debut two seasons ago, he put up an ERA under 2
    with a strikeout-to-walk ratio better than 4-to-1. Things didn't as smoothly last year in
    the Appalachian League. His ERA jumped nearly three runs while opponents his .050
    points higher off him and his strikeout-to-walk ratio was below 2-to-1. Mateo's 2010
    season and two mediocre years in the Dominican Summer League are more like his true
    talent level than his 2009. Mateo will be back in short-season ball, but where he lands
    and in what role will depend on what kind of pitching is there post-draft.

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  5. Great post, Doug! Cobb and Torres are crousing!

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