A Look at Brewers MILB Pitching

[Jenkins5]

Here's a trend to discuss Brewers minor league pitching and look at some advance stats. I focused on Biloxi's Big 4 tonight then give a look a Kodi and rising prospect Cy Sneed. I use minorleaguecentral.com for my stats. They are slightly different than fangraphs traditionally

 

Biloxi Rotation

Brooks Hall

7G--37IP –7.30 K/9 – 3.33 K/BB – 20.3K%-- .216BA

2.19ERA – 2.66FIP—3.70 SIERA

.267 /.326 /.593 Slash

43GB% - 13%LD –8.3% IFB

14.2%KS—5.4%KL – 17.6 wiffs/swing

 

 

 

Tyler Wagner

7G--42IP --6.86 K/9—2.67 K/BB – 19.5K%-- .219BA –

1.93ERA—2.91FIP—3.31 SIERA

.298/.287/.569 Slash

62%GB—13% LD—2.5% IFB

18.3%KS—1.2%KL/ 26.5% wiffs/swing

 

Guys are missing ball a lot swinging but not really translating into K's, when they do make contact, it goes right to one of the great defenders in the IF. He gives almost not line drives.

 

Jorge Lopez

6G--30IP--8.10 K/9—4.2 K/BB—21.6K% -- .193BA—

2.70ERA-- 3.64FIP—3.97 SIERA

.298/ .278/ .576 Slash

51%GB -- 15%LD—6% IFB

15.2%KS/ 5.6%KL /26.4 wiff/swing

 

Hobbs Johnson

6G--26IP --6.84 K/9—4.44 K/BB—18.4K% --.192BA

2.39ERA—3.59FIP –4.66 SIERA

.308/ .278/.578 Slash

42% GB – 9.5%LD – 4.1%IFB

13.8%KS—4.6% KL / 22.9% wiffs/per swing

 

Beyond the ERA

Kodi Medeiros ---The Great

23.3ip –2.95FIP—3.30 SIERA—

.196BA/.315OBP /.228 SLG/ .543 OPS SLASH

10.27 K/9 – 24.8K% with 18.3KS% KRATES

62% GB --.277BABIP

 

The Bad

6.08 ERA-- 5.32 BB/9 –12.8BB%

 

Biggest issue is walks. When you are on a young, raw, defensive team...You can't be walking 13% of your batters. He is a K machine and actually is hit much, when he is hit, it is a ground ball. You give him a infield like Biloxi, his ERA would not be over 6.

 

Hidden Star Thus Far

Cy Sneed

32.2IP—1.38ERA—2.13FIP –3.34 SIERA –23.7K% WITH 16.8KS%

Solid .275 BABIP and a .207/.260/.256/.516 Slash

8.54 k/9 to 2.48 bb/9 ---40.7gb% The Bad:18.7%LD

 

Sneed's ranking amongst Brewers pitchers over 20IP this season A-AAA

1st in Starts (7) – ERA (1.32)--FIP (2.13) --

3rd in K%--

4th in lowest BB/9 (2.84)

5TH in SIERA (3.34) – Lowerst BB% (6.9) – KS% (16.8)

6TH k/9 (8.54)

[Kelbysdaddy]

Definitely some bright futures among the pitchers. Hopefully most of them work out, it'd be nice to have some home grown impact arms. I haven't heard much about magnifico, looks like he is having a nice start to coming out of the pen. Is he still hitting 100+ with that fastball?

[JohnBriggs12]

Brewers should consider having the very top guys bypass Colorado Springs. It can't be good for a young guy's development to pitch in that hitter's paradise. Same might hold for hitters too. Look how hitting in Coors affects the Rockies. They may be great at home but struggle on the road.

[FVBrewerFan]

I agree. I lost track, when do they expect to find a new for the AAA team? In the meantime, I would just keep a similar roster to what they have now in AAA. Has beens, never will bes, AAAA guys, etc. Mix in guys that are not top prospects, give them a chance in AAA.

 

Also, I'm not overly excited about the AA pitchers. Numbers look good, but it's very early in the season.

[JohnBriggs12]

I think it's ok to be somewhat excited about Wagner and Hall. Wagner's coming off a full season of 150 IP with a sub 2 ERA and Hall's shown signs before that he could have a big league future. Maybe neither projects as top of rotation types, but having cheap controllable arms filling out the back end of rotations means more money to spend on the front end and in the lineup. Both were 4th rounders, so it's not like they came out of nowhere.

[Outlander]

Also, I'm not overly excited about the AA pitchers. Numbers look good, but it's very early in the season.

I am, potential MLB starting options in Johnson, Lopez, Wagner and Hall plus relievers in Strong, Magnifico, Ross. Lots better than previous years. Guys they could use for cheap if they go with a rebuild. Couple of them will pan out.

[dacbrewers]

I don't agree with any of them bypassing AAA. Let's see who can get out more experienced hitters and how they learn to pitch in adversity. Their numbers are great but the league is down as far as prospect hitters this year and they possibly have the best defensive team ever in terms of a Brewers affiliate. Brewers are signed through next year at Colorado Springs.

[FVBrewerFan]

Then there may be no need to bypass AAA. They can repeat at AA next year, then go to AAA the following year wherever that may be. Or, they may want to take a shot at Wagner and add him to the MLB rotation next year. A lot of that has to do with what happens to Lohse/Garza, and if Thornburg is healthy and effective enough to join the rotation.

 

As far as why I'm not overly excited, well, let's just say I've seen this movie before. For those of you who have followed the minors for many years, you know we've been here before. AA loaded with pitching talent then there are injuries, guys who crash and burn, others who become mediocre, etc.

 

The Brewers have a long history of proving they can't get their pitchers to reach and maintain their ceiling, and until I start seeing it I will remain cautiously optimistic about the AA guys, Wang, Medeiros, or anyone else.

[dacbrewers]

Has anyone heard the latest? The Brewers are going to have relievers start some games and then the starters will come in at the start of the third inning. This is at the AAA level only. Strange?

[TheCrew07]

No it's pretty much the same theory as piggy backing, allowing starters to pitch late into the game, apparently the 7-9th innings are significantly different than the 1-3.

[DHonks]

Melvin's mentioned this for years. He'd like to see his pitchers learn how to get through the late innings, and this is a way to do it. Many starters don't learn how to finish games. It's like a marathon they only start.