AFL Pitching

by MetfanBren on Sep 27, 2006 2:29 PM EDT Comment 10 comments

I was just looking over the AFL rosters, and I noticed that the Mesa team has a pretty dam good set of Pitchers. I can't claim to know a whole lot about the other arms since I'm a Met fan, but obviously Slowey's name stands out. The Mets are sending Pelfrey, Humber, Mulvey, and Joe Smith. To put that in perspective, last year Evan Maclane was the cream of the crop in the dessert...

So does this mean that organizations are finally starting to send their better pitching prospects, which would obviously give more credence to offensive numbers throughout the league? What other pitchers should we pay attention to out there? Obviously a great game against a Slowey or Pelfrey is more significant that one against a fringe prospect...

Here's a link to the rosters for the entire league. I'm interested in how someone like Fernando Martinez does against the better arms. Any input from fans of other teams would be greatly appreciated...

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/about/page.jsp?ymd=20060821&content_id=121035&vkey=ab out_l119&fext=.jsp&sid=l119

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looking at the saguaros roster,

the names that stick out are gio gonzalez, ja happ, zack segovia, and stu pomeranz. gavin floyd is also an interesting name, but isn't really a prospect, and is really on the fringe of being a AAAA pitcher.

it's a bad strategy to base your lineup on the relative beauty of a man's outs rather than the rate at which he makes them.

by overlord on Sep 27, 2006 2:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

top pitching prospects

Grand Canyon - Hochevar

Mesa - Elbert, Humber, Slowey, Troy Patton

Phoenix - Jurrjens, Niemann, Tata

Peoria - Lerew, Devine

Other Peoria - Gio Gonzalez, Floyd

Scottsdale - Broadway

by eazyb81 on Sep 27, 2006 3:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Speaking of the AFL

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/news/262521.html

by nms on Sep 27, 2006 5:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks!

I'm glad to see that Carp will be playing over the Winter..

by MetfanBren on Sep 28, 2006 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is there a specific reason...

why they're rushing Martinez? His numbers in A ball were excellent even before you consider his age (17), but he didnt even get 200 ABs before they pushed him to high A where he tanked. Now hes going to be in the AFL with guys 4-5 years older than him and pitchers who can spot their breaking stuff. It's not like the Mets should be in any rush to get an outfielder up to the big league level.

I didnt understand the Guerra move either but at least it was just 2 starts at the end of the year to reward him

by PooNani on Sep 27, 2006 5:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

he didnt

play a full year so it'd be nice to get him some extra ABs and i really dont see how some AFL ABs would hurt him-its not like theyre taking away devel time he could have at a lower level. Theyre giving him bonus ABs he could really use to make up for time missed

by nms on Sep 27, 2006 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

martinez

would be better served by playing in the domincan or venezuela because the competition is better an he would be around some major leaguers (possibly) and other players, plus he would get to spend some time in a spanish speaking coutry, which would be good for him since he would likley be more comfortable.

by bmxstreetrider86 on Sep 27, 2006 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

it would also

be harder for him to get PT. Also winter league and AFL do notoverlap

by nms on Sep 27, 2006 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here's BA's take...

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/news/262254.html

Hampered by various injuries this season, the Mets want to send Martinez to Arizona because of the controlled environment of the AFL provides, rather than sending the 17-year-old home to the Dominican to play winter ball. Martinez, who's played exclusively center field this season at low Class A Hagerstown and high Class A St. Lucie, is also likely to get looks at all three outfield spots while playing for Mesa. After hitting .333/.389/.505 at Hagerstown, Martinez has scuffled since his promotion to the Florida State League, hitting just .197/.235/.421 in 76 at-bats.

by MetfanBren on Sep 29, 2006 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs