It's a pitchers week. The farm affiliates split four games on Thursday
Thursday's boxscores and highlights
Syracuse 2 @ Pawtucket 3 J. Thomson 6IP, 2ER, 7H, 3W, 6K, 1HR, H. Clark HR
Reading 6 @ New Hampshire 7 V. Zambrano 6.1IP, 4ER, 10H, 0W, 4K, 1HR, S. Santos 2-4, HR, log for thrilling 9th inning
St. Lucie 0 @ Dunedin 12 Trias 5IP, 3H, 0W, 4K, C. Cota 3-3, 5TB, 1W, 3R, 3RBI, Garibaldi G.S. HR
Lansing 4 @ Peoria 5 Godfrey 3.1IP, 5H, 3ER, 0W, 3K, 1HR, A. Martin 3.2IP, 2H, 0W, 7K, 0HR, Keng BS, Shoffit 2-3, 1W
Pitching Prospect summary
With Jesse Litsch and Dustin McGowan now in the majors, we have room to add Nathan Starner and Graham Godfrey to our chart. All statistics are through Wednesday's games.
| Pitcher | Age | Level | BB |
IP | H | HR | W | K | GO/AO | ERA | Comments |
| R. Romero | 22 | AA | #4 | 18.1 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 1.24 | 4.42 |
In rehab after arm injury |
| D. Purcey | 25 | AA | #7 | 46.2 | 38 |
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45 | 1.04 | 3.66 | Still excellent FIP |
| C. Cheng | 21 | HiA | #8 | |
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Torn labrum, surgery, out for season |
| T. Taubenheim | 24 | AAA | #11 | 43.1 | 50 | 6 |
16 | 38 | 1.10 | 5.82 | |
| K. Yates | 24 | AA | #12 | 36.1 | 37 | 5 | 16 | 26 |
1.14 | 4.71 | |
| I. Ramirez | 26 | AAA | #13 | 34.0 | 44 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 0.75 | 4.50 | |
| J. Banks | 24 | AAA | #14 | 53.1 | 50 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 1.05 | 3.88 | Josh Towers v.2? |
| E. Fowler | 24 | HiA | #18 | |
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| P. Keng | 22 | LoA | #23 | 9.2 |
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1.38 |
5.59 |
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| T. Thorpe | 26 | AA | #24 | 25.0 | 17 |
1 | 11 | 25 |
0.65 | 3.60 | Lots of pop-ups. |
| P. Phillips | 23 | LoA | #26 | 20.1 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 1.11 | 3.10 |
Classic ace reliever! |
| B. Carnline | 23 | |
#28 | |
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| K. Ginley | 20 | LoA | #29 | 32 | 42 | 3 | 12 | 42 | 1.55 | 6.47 | Good ratios. What's going on? |
| S. Benson | 20 | |
#30 | |
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| Z. Dials |
21 | LoA | |
36.2 | 43 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 1.50 | 4.42 | |
| M. MacDonald | 25 | AAA | |
52.2 | 58 | 1 | 17 | 24 | 2.49 | 3.72 | Classic sinkerballer- AA/AAA nos. |
| B. Magee | 23 | HiA | |
43 | 53 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 1.71 | 5.65 | |
| C. Lirette | 21 | LoA | |
47.1 | 45 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 1.49 | 4.18 | |
| N. Starner | 22 | LoA | |
47 | 48 | 2 | 13 | 54 | 1.39 | 4.60 | Gorgeous ratios for a lefty. |
| G. Godfrey | 22 | LoA | |
12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1.60 | 2.25 | |
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