No-No for Porcello

by demondeaconsbaseball on Jul 19, 2008 11:30 PM EDT Comment 16 comments

A bit misleading of a title, I will admit. Rick Porcello contributed to a seven inning no hitter against the St. Lucie Mets.

His line:

5.0	0	1	1	2	1	0	2.91

5.0

2.91

Contributing to the no hitter were 2008 draftees Rob Weinhardt (10th rd) with 2 strikeouts and Cody Satterwhite (2nd round) with 1 strikeout. Both Weinhardt and Satterwhite pitched a scoreless inning.

Here's the box if anyone's interested.

Is this a sign that the Tigers are doing well in the quest to rebuild their farm system?

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only one k? wow i have not been following him but i expected more

"If you were a hot dog, would you eat yourself?"

by Trobone on Jul 20, 2008 12:36 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yea ..

not striking out a ton,
its kind of disappointing,
but every time i complain to my friend – he tells me porcello isnt even allowed to throw one of his better pitches.

by god allah star on Jul 20, 2008 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What pitch?

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Jul 20, 2008 3:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

his fastball…

by yondaime4 on Jul 20, 2008 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Curveball

His hammer curve was his out pitch in HS.

by Kazmir2657 on Jul 20, 2008 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i think i would take the Lefty Hollands line tonight instead in High A

8ip 2h 1r 0er 9ks in his 2nd carreer start in Bakersfeild

by laxtonto on Jul 20, 2008 1:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

But Porcello can’t throw his strikeout pitch.

Just something to consider.

by demondeaconsbaseball on Jul 20, 2008 7:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Porcello

Didn’t someone post an article on this site a month or two ago where Porcello admitted he is not a strikeout pitcher, but more of a groundball inducing pitcher? I didn’t read the article itself, but I thought someone posted that he had said that.

"My mom always taught me it's better to laugh at yourself than to laugh at others. She was so wrong. ;)" -Pedrophile

by Boxkutter on Jul 20, 2008 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Porcello

Porcello told Jon Matlack the Tigers pitching instructor that he is more of a 92-94 sinker pitcher than a 95-96 flamethrower. I think what he really meant is that he realizes hes a better pitcher by taking a little off and adding some sink to it, hes got the 95-96 ready if he needs it.

Lack of strikeouts dont really worry me because his hammer curve (which is his best pitch) has been shelved and he is still young for Hi-A. I think it actually says a lot about his stuff that batters are able to make contact against him but still arent able to do anything with it (.235 BAA).

by Kazmir2657 on Jul 20, 2008 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah

it seems like he has already made the move that many young flamethrowers don’t learn til they are in the bigs. You can’t blow the ball by everyone in MLB, not only are the hitters often too good to strikeout you wouldn’t pitch many innings if you tried to do that. Too much work, too many pitches. You do have to make sure when they make contact it is weak.

by nms on Jul 21, 2008 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs