Tim Hudson Prospect Retro
Tim Hudson Prospect Retro
Tim Hudson was drafted by
Insulted by my analysis, Hudson took matters in hand in 1999, going 3-0, 0.50 with a 18/3 K/BB in 18 innings for Double-A Midland, then 4-0, 2.20 with a 61/21 K/BB in 49 innings for Triple-A Vancouver, then 11-2, 3.23 with a 132/62 K/BB in 136 innings for Oakland. His K/IP and K/BB ratios took a huge step forward, and he ended up as one of the best young pitchers in baseball.
Aside from a rough 2006 season, the only year his ERA+ was worse than league average, he’s been remarkably consistent, now holding a career record of 146-77, 3.48 with a 1372/619 K/BB in 2017 innings. His Similar Pitchers list is solid: Andy Pettitte, Bartolo Colon, Dennis Leonard, Mike Mussina, Ramon Martinez, Jim Bunning, Jack McDowell, Don Newcombe, John Candelaria, Dizzy Dean. . .all very effective pitchers, though some of them burned out in their early 30s.
As a prospect,
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How could Hudson’s elite ground-ball tendencies be excluded from this report. Was it that scouts didn’t take this into account in the late 90’s? Or it was just omitted, but for what reason. To me, GB% is a key stat in evaluating a pitching prospect. I still think it’s undervalued and it seems like it was even more so in the past.
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late 90s
In the late 90s, ground ball tendencies were not quantified publically, to my knowledge anyway…..the data was very hard to find for minor leaguers. Things were a lot different then.

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