Oct
21
Dunn struggles to throw strikes in Surprise loss
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Baseball America posted this year’s minor league pitching leaderboard. Zach McAllister and David Phelps finished 7th and 10th in ERA, respectively. Andrew Brackman issued the 14th most walks.
AzFL Surprise (7-3 loss to Scottsdale)
Brandon Laird: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Colin Curtis: 1 for 4, 1 R
Mike Dunn: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 2-1 GB/FB – just 14 of 28 pitches were strikes … it’ll be tough to keep a big league bullpen job if he can’t throw strikes more consistently … he’d just be a lefty Brian Bruney
Zach Kroenke: 1 IP, zeroes, 1-2 GB/FB – 7 of 11 pitches were strikes (63.6%)
Still no Puerto Rican League rosters.
Righty Brian Bruney has managed to hang on for several years and make several million dollars. Add in the requisite extra couple chances that teams would give him for being a lefty, and it sounds like “Lefty Brian Bruney” could actually carve out a decent little career for himself, and be a multi-millionaire before he’s 30.
We should all be so unlucky
This comment made me very sad…
Z-Mac deserves more prospect helium. The successes are piling up , and McAllister is gonna join a strong Triple A staff mixed with vets + Igawa + Kennedy. McAllister will continue to improve. Hopefully he sneaks into a couple notable Top 100 MLB prospects sheets.
I’m fine with the lack of helium….there’s still a chance of Jeff Marquez v2
13 other pitchers issued more walks than Brackman? Whoa.
that Surprise gets me every time.