The draft was last week so how are the 2013 draftees doing?
IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
Clinton Hollon 20.1 5.82 1.34 18.3% 6.9%
Evan Smith 36.2 3.48 1.24 19.5% 6.5%
Daniel Lietz 38.0 2.84 1.13 19.1% 7.6%
Connor Greene 21.2 2.97 1.27 23.2% 8.8%
Jake Brentz 32.1 2.80 1.62 14.2% 16.9%
The Jays third round pick, Patrick Murphy, had TJ surgery and has not pitched yet. Clinton Hollon was hit around a bit before he had to have his TJ. Jake Brentz has had some issues with throwing strikes. The other three are somewhat comparable.
How about pitchers drafted before 2013?
IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
Mark Biggs 17.0 5.82 1.76 12.4% 11.1%
Ryan Borucki 27.0 0.67 0.93 30.2% 5.7%
Tyler Gonzales 21.1 8.53 2.37 18.5% 31.8%
Matt Smoral 17.0 6.35 2.00 21.2% 21.2%
Zak Wasilewski 39.1 1.84 1.18 14.7% 12.9%
Four of these pitchers are having trouble with strikes and walks. Wasilewski will have a chance to pitch in Vancouver given that he was in Bluefield last season. Ryan Borucki was a 15th round pick in 2012 because he was injured and needed TJ surgery. He appears to have come back well from the surgery and has the best stats of these starters. Matt Smoral's numbers are disappointing given the high hopes for him this season.
There are a couple of Canadian pitchers in extended. Andrew Case was signed out of the Blue Jay tournament at the RC last fall. He has pitched 34.1 innings with a 3.43 ERA and a 0.82 WHIP. He has only walked two hitters and has 32 K's. Sean Ratcliffe from Ajax, Ontario has pitched 15.1 innings with a 1.79 ERA and a 1.79 WHIP. He has walked 18 and K'd 12, but he has only given up 9 hits.
And here are the pitchers from Latin America.
IP ERA WHIP K% BB% Birth M/Y
Miguel Burgos 22.0 4.91 1.68 18.5% 11.7% 06-1995
Oscar Cabrera 37.0 2.68 1.30 17.6% 8.8% 05-1994
Miguel Castro 18.3 1.48 0.99 38.6% 8.2% 12-1994
Francisco Diaz 28.0 5.14 1.75 9.8% 15.0% 02-1993
Francis Eduardo 33.0 3.27 1.52 17.5% 12.8% 05-1994
Jairo Labourt 26.0 1.73 0.85 26.0% 9.0% 03-1994
Angel Perdomo 24.1 1.12 1.45 26.1% 16.8% 05-1994
Francisco Rios 28.0 1.29 1.07 25.4% 8.8% 05-1995
Alejan. Solarte 27.1 2.99 1.25 13.9% 15.6% 09-1994
Starlyn Suriel 40.1 3.14 0.92 23.5% 4.5% 11-1993
Jesus Tinoco 43.0 2.51 1.14 16.3% 7.9% 04-1995
Miguel Castro has a great strikeout rate and a good walk rate. His WHIP and ERA are good too. Jairo Labourt and Starlyn Suriel also have good numbers and they are headed to Vancouver with Castro showing that the best WHIP pitchers got the highest assignments. Those three look like the best of the latin pitchers in extended, from a stats perspective. It should be noted that Suriel has a 50 game drug suspension in his past.
Oscar Cabrera, Francisco Rios and Jesus Tinoco also have good numbers. Cabrera and Tinoco's strikeout rate is lower than the guys headed to Vancouver. Francisco Diaz, Alejandro Solarte, Miguel Burgos, Francis Eduardo and Angel Perdomo have had walk problems. Perdomo at least kept his K rate up.
