Mack - Some 'Minor' Observations: The Starters

Good morning.

Las Vegas –

Corey Oswalt -      

           

           Wednesday:                        6-IP, 3-H, 1-ER, 6-K, 0-BB, WIN (3-3), 6.18

Now, this is the kind of Oswalt outing we all got used to last year in upstate New York. It was thrown in Sacramento, where the air is pretty normal, but a great win is a great win and we will take it.  

P.J. Conlon   –

Tuesday:                   3-IP, 6-H, 5-ER, 2-K, 2-BB, 6.58

                                    Conlon has now given up six runs or more in every game since the first he pitched this year on April 8^th.

                                    This isn’t a pitcher suffering from jet lag caused by a trip to and from the parent club. No, this is a pitcher not having a prospect year, so we will drop him from this weekly report.           

                       

Binghamton -         

            Nabil Crismatt –

                        Wednesday:      5-IP, 5-H, 3-ER, 7-K, 4-BB, LOSS (5-2), 3.06

Crismatt’s first loss since April 14^th, it all blew up for him in the fourth inning. Too many pitches out of the zone.      

One concern note watching: 11 walks in the last 16 innings pitched.

              Christian James:         ***Helium Alert***    

                       Sunday:              4-IP, 3-H, 1-ER, 4-K, 1-BB, LOSS (0-1), 2.25

                                                   The 20/yr. old James started 11 games for Kingsport                                                        last season (4.18) so it came as quite the surprise                                                            when he was promoted this week to... no, not                                                                  Columbia... and no, not St. Lucie. He gets  a call to                                                        Binghamton for a sweet first start. Is this the                                                                  beginning of a youth movement from this                                                                        organization. Yeah. Go dream.
                 

St. Lucie:

            Justin Dunn –  

                   

                        Tuesday:                   4.1-IP, 6-H, 5-ER, 3-K, 3-BB, 3.21

Dunn hadn’t given up more than two earned runs in any of his previous six outings. I’m going to write this one of to all the rain outs there this past week that pushed back his start for five days.

Harol Gonzalez –

            Saturday:                 4-IP, 7-H, 3-ER, 5-K, 1-BB, 3.52

The game was suspended after four innings and, with all the rains that are falling in Florida, it may never get finished. SAtill, if that happens, the stats will hold and will add another minor outing for Harol.

***Helium Alert***

Yeizo Campos -                   4.1-IP, 2-H, 0-ER, 5-K, 2-BB, 0.00

Campos was called up recently to help stabilize the Columbia pitching staff. The 22/yr old is a starter, but is starting off as a long man when one of Columbia’s rotation pitchers get in trouble early, So far, in four outings, he has not given up an earned run in 10.1-IP. He also has struck out 12. Keep an eye on this guy.

                       

           

Columbia:   

Anthony Kay –

            Saturday:                 7-IP, 5-H, 1-ER, 8-K, 1-BB, WIN (2-2)

Two professional career highs here… most innings pitched per game and most strikeouts per game. These are the kind of starts we dreamed of when Kay was drafted. His last two games: 12-IP, 1-ER, 13-K. Let’s hope this is a sign of things to come.

            David Peterson –

                        Sunday:         6.2-IP, 7-H, 2-ER, 7-K, 0-BB, LOSS (1-3), 2.03

His two previous outings were better, but this is still three outstanding outings in a row, especially for a system that is as depleted as this one is.                                              

Current rankings…

            Outstanding outings…     Oswalt, Kay, Peterson

            Work Needed…                  Dunn