6-27-23 – By Justin Verno – @JV_PITT on Twitter
There was a lot of movement in the system this week, but most of it took place after Monday, so we will not see it reflected here. Sorry about that. But hey, it does give us something to look forward to in next week’s updates! In the meantime…
1–Endy Rodriguez-
| BA/OBP/SLG | OPS | ISO | wOBA | wRC+ | BB% | K% | |
| AAA | .258/.342/.395 | .737 | .137 | .333 | 85 | 11.2% | 15.3% |
| Week | .364/.423/.455 | .878 | .091 | .395 | 124 | 11.5% | 11.5% |
2-Henry Davis-
| BA/OBP/SLG | OPS | ISO | wOBA | wRC+ | BB% | k% | |
| AA | .284/.433/.547 | .980 | .264 | .441 | 166 | 17.1% | 18.7% |
| AAA | .286/.432/.514 | .946 | .150 | .422 | 142 | 10.2% | 24.2% |
| MLB | .296/.367/.389 | .756 | .093 | .338 | 111 | 6.7% | 23.3% |
| Week | .364/.391/.364 | .755 | .000 | .338 | 111 | 4.3% | 30.4% |
3-Termarr Johnson–
| BA/OBP/SLG | OPS | ISO | wOBA | wRC+ | BB% | K% | |
| A | .234/.393/.402 | .795 | .168 | .384 | 126 | 19.7% | 31.2% |
| Week | .158/.158/.158 | .158 | .000 | .151 | -16 | 0% | 42.1% |
4-Quinn Priester-
| IP | ERA | FIP | XFIP | WHIP | BB% | K% | |
| AAA | 79.1 | 4.54 | 3.93 | 4.25 | 1.42 | 10.1% | 23.5% |
| Week | 5 | 7.20 | 5.98 | 1.60 | 13.6% | 22.7% |
5-Liover Peguero–
| BA/OBP/SLG | OPS | ISO | wOBA | wRC+ | BB% | K% | |
| AA | .260/.333/.453 | .786 | .193 | .326 | 113 | 10.1% | 18.2% |
| Week | .227/.261/.545 | .806 | .318 | .347 | 109 | 4.3% | 17.4% |
6-Mike Burrow-(season over)
| IP | ERA | FIP | xFIP | WHIP | BB% | K% | |
| AAA | 6.2 | 2.70 | 7.39 | 6.22 | 0.90 | 8% | 12% |
7-Bubba Chandler–
| IP | ERA | FIP | xFIP | WHIP | BB% | K% | |
| A | 57 | 6.63 | 5.27 | 1.89 | 12.6% | 25.6% | |
| Week | 3 | 12.00 | 9.06 | 3.00 | 0% | 29.4% |
8-Jared Triolo–
| BA/OBP/SLG | OPS | ISO | wOBA | wWRC+ | BB% | K% | |
| A | .293/.403/.436 | .839 | .143 | .382 | 116 | 15.7% | 27.7% |
| MLB | .292/.393/.333 | .726 | .042 | .335 | 109 | 10.7% | 32.1% |
| Week | .235/.316/.294 | .610 | .059 | .281 | 73 | 5.3% | 31.6% |
9-Jared Jones–
| IP | ERA | FIP | xFIP | WHIP | BB% | K% | |
| AA | 44.1 | 2.23 | 3.42 | 4.15 | 1.08 | 8.9% | 26.3% |
| AAA | 15.1 | 5.87 | 2.54 | 4.67 | 1.431 | 9% | 25.4% |
| Week | 4.2 | 7.71 | 1.44 | 1.71 | 9.5% | 38.1% |
10-Yordany De Los Santos–
| BA/OBP/SLG | OPS | ISO | wOBP | wRC+ | BB% | K% | |
| CPX | .328/.397/.463 | .860 | .134 | .408 | 125 | 9% | 14.1% |
| Week | .400/.444/.533 | .978 | .133 | .456 | 152 | 0% | 11.1% |
11-Thomas Harrington–
| IP | ERA | FIP | xFIP | WHIP | BB% | K% | |
| A | 39 | 2.77 | 3.76 | 3.86 | 1.10 | 8% | 26.7% |
| A+ | 25.2 | 4.56 | 3.99 | 3.92 | 1.48 | 6.1% | 28.9% |
| week | 5 | 5.40 | 2.12 | 1.40 | 19.1% | 31.8% |
12-Kyle Nicolas–
| IP | ERA | FIP | xFIP | WHIPP | BB% | K% | |
| AA | 53.2 | 4.36 | 4.39 | 4.25 | 1.47 | 9.6% | 26.4% |
| AAA | 11 | 12.27 | 4.86 | 4.07 | 2.27 | 12.5% | 34.4% |
| Week | 4 | 11.25 | 6.08 | 2.00 | 13.6% | 40.9% |
13-Colin Selby–
| IP | ERA | FIP | xFIP | WHIP | BB% | K% | |
| AAA | 21.2 | 4.15 | 3.58 | 4.65 | 1.43 | 15.3% | 27.6% |
| Week | 1.1 | 20.25 | 8.83 | 6.75 | 8.3% | 25% |
14-Carlos Jimenz-(NO STATS)
| IP | ERA | FIP | xFIP | BB% | K% | |
15-Tony Blanco jr
| BA/OB/SLG | OPS | ISO | wOBA+ | wRC+ | BB% | K% | |
| DSL | .250/.379/.354 | .733 | .104 | .373 | 100 | 17.2% | 29.3% |
| Week | .222/.364/.222 | .586 | .000 | .327 | 74 | 18.2% | 27.3% |
MY FIVE
16-Anthony Solometo
| IP | ERA | FIP | xFIP | WHIP | BB% | K% | |
| A+ | 58.2 | 2.30 | 3.19 | 3.74 | 1.16 | 10.7% | 29.1% |
| AA | 15 | 1.20 | 2.33 | 3.52 | 0.80 | 5.3% | 31.6% |
| Week | 5 | 0.00 | 1.86 | 0.40 | 5.9% | 29.4% |
17-Nick Gonzales
| BA/OBP/SLG | OPS | ISO | wOBA | wRC+ | BB% | K% | |
| AAA | .257/.370/.450 | .820 | .193 | .366 | 106 | 11.1% | 28.6% |
| MLB | .314/.359/.629 | .988 | .314 | .408 | 158 | 5.1% | 23.1% |
| Week | .316/.333/.789 | 1.123 | .474 | .446 | 183 | 0% | 19% |
18-Jun-Seok Shim-No Stats
| IP | ERA | FIP | xFIP | WHIP | BB% | K% | |
| CPX | 5.1 | 1.69 | 3.32 | 1.49 | 0.56 | 5.3% | 52.6% |
| Week |
19-Tsung-Che Cheng
| BA/OBP/SLG | OPS | ISO | wOBA | wRC+ | BB% | K% | |
| A+ | .308/406/575 | .980 | .266 | .435 | 164 | 13.8% | 18.5% |
| AA | .146/.182/.146 | .328 | .000 | .159 | -12 | 4.5% | 29.5% |
| Week | .190/.190/190 | .381 | .000 | .175 | -1 | 0% | 28.6% |
20-Enmanuel Terrero
| BA/OBP/SLG | OPS | ISO | wOBA | wRC+ | BB% | K% | |
| A | .289/.387/.426 | .813 | .138 | .386 | 127 | 12.7% | 25.7% |
| Week | .214/.333/.429 | .762 | .214 | .347 | 103 | 16.7% | 33.3% |
A Few quick thoughts-
Blue wave?
A lot of ‘blue’ up there? But with some of the guys we can spot progression just as easily when a guy is having a down week. I know that makes me seem like a ‘homer” or that I am overly positive about the system. But it’s true. Don’t believe me? Let’s take a gander at an example or two.
Enmanuel Terrero. It seems like ages ago so some on this thread might not remember, but this kid got off to a brutal start in Bradenton before taking off. He’s had an off week or two here and there since but as a general rule the kid has just raked. This weeks he’s in the blue. Striking out at a 33.3% clip leading to a BA of just .214 in 4 games. So where are my positives? He maintained a walk rate of 16.7% leading to an OBP of .333, one of his lowest on the season but still a solid OBP. There’s more. His OPS was a solid .762 and his wRC+ of 103 isn’t too shabby for a bad week.
Kyle Nicolas. Kyle is struggling since his promotion to AA, no doubt. But I think he is seeing that his stuff plays. As bad as the week was for Kyle he K’d 40% of the hitters he faced and 34% since the promotion. Thing is control continues to be an issue and has gotten worse since the promotion.
Throw me the way
Pitching continues to be the bright spot of the system. I get some guys didn’t “shove” this week but some threw better than the ERA suggest.
Jared Jones. His ERA looks bad there, for sure. 7.71 over 4 1/3 innings isn’t going to get you the spotlight. But he struck out 38.1% and his FIP came in at 1.44. His stuff plays, no doubt about it.
Thomas Harrington . The same thing applies to Harrington here. A bloated ERA(5.40) but a 2.12 FIP. Harrington’s K rate continues to be impressive.
HanSolo! The 20 continues to impress. If Anthony continues to shove I think we could see a monster jump in rankings for the kid and his funky cool delivery. (see note at bottom the about jumps in rankings) The thing with Solometo is how he’s doing it is impressive. With that delivery I figured he could have some control issues. Not that the whole season has been sparkling in the walk department, he walked 10.7% in A+ ball. 10.7% isn’t awful but it’s not ideal. So far so good in AA as it dropped to 5.3%(but this is far too small a sample size to get geeked about). But the thing that impresses me is the K rate. 27.1% in A ball. 29.1% in A+. And in AA? I have to stress again: this is an extremely small sample size-31.6% If he is able to hold the current 31.6%, or even close to it, he could really leap frog a lot of names on a lot of lists.
I did not see that coming!
NickyG! If you had told me Nicky G would have more HR with less AB then Henry Davis I would have called you bonkers. But here we are. And that’s not to say Davis has been bad, he’s been terrific in the early goings. (as has Triolo) But Gonzo has looked better than I would have predicted. One thing he’s doing well is working pitchers into fastball counts. This is a must for his overall success, so let’s keep an eye on his ability to keep doing that.
Endy Rodriguez. Enough said? #FreeEndy
Jump! Jump! Jump!
In general this hasn’t been the year a lot of people were hoping for. Sure, we are starting to see some signs. Sure, there are some shining spots, but as a system? Well the half way point doesn’t have us jumping for joy.
But there are some candidates that could really jump up the boards. In the spirit of Ned Isakoff, it’s time to “name names”!
HanSolo- Already on a few lists Solometo should see a hefty jump, could be massive if he continues to shove.
Sean Sullivan- Currently not in the top 15(or 20) he’s a guy that has caught some eyes. Despite being a little cold as of late I can see him enter the Bucs top 30.
Enmanuel Terrero- We’ve followed Tererro all year, and a few more weeks of playing like he has will have him high in the Bucs top 30. Maybe even on top lists in general
Yodarny De Los Santos- 18 and in A ball is aggressive. Kid looks good.
Michael Kennedy- Kennedy hasn’t pitched much so I don’t expect a jump onto top lists, but into the Bucs top 30? I think that could be realistic. I’m excited to see if he experienced a velo bump? But the slider and change up are highly regarded. Keep an eye out here!
Axiel Plaz- Kid is 17 and in the CPX. After dominating the DSL last year the Bucs got aggressive with the young hitters placement. And while he isn’t repeating what he did last year, it’s unfair to even consider that by the way, he’s still showing some positive signs. Including an OBP of .381 and a solid enough walk rate of 9.5%. Excited to see if he makes some fast adjustments. With only 9 games under his belt I can see him entering the Bucs top list, we aren’t at national notoriety just yet.
Let me know if you think there’s a guy I missed at @JV_PITT
#FreeEndy
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