[農場] Checking In On Baseball Oddity Pat Venditte

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http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/checking-in-on-baseball-oddity-pat-
venditte/
http://ppt.cc/5-9S
by Jack Moore - 5/28/2010

In case you're not familiar, Pat Venditte is a pitcher in the New York
Yankees minor league system who has made some waves for his remakarkable
talent: he's a switch pitcher. Venditte pitches proficiently with both arms.
His story made some national waves last year when an at-bat against a switch
hitter led to a bit of a debacle (link includes video).
Video(s): Switch Pitcher vs Switch Hitter http://ppt.cc/_H7K

Not only was Venditte's season a point of interest for those into baseball
trivia and oddities, he actually performed quite well. Although his age (23)
was advanced for A and A+, it was only his second professional season, and so
his 2.07 cumulative FIP and 2.24 FIP at A+ Tampa certainly piqued the
interest of some, although others aren't exactly convinced yet.

#Pat Venditte Finally Considered a Prospect? http://ppt.cc/As8I

Venditte has remained at Tampa for the beginning of the 2010 season, and he's
picked up right where he left off. Venditte is currently running an FIP of
2.52 in 26.1 innings, thanks to a 30:7 K:BB ratio and a spectacular HR/9 rate
of only 0.34. His walk rate is actually slightly up from last season, when he
only walked only 12 batters in 76.3 innings. To compensate, Venditte has seen
a massive increase in his ground ball rate against both hands of hitters –
 his GB rate against both hitters has increased to 54.5%, up from only 34.2%
against lefties and 49.2% against righties.

Venditte's Minor League Splits Stats
http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?pl=519381

At the age of 24 – 25 in June – Venditte is about a year and a half older
than the average Florida State League player. Between this season and the end
of 2009, Venditte has put up about 70 innings of sub-3.00 FIP pitching in the
FSL. In the Eastern League, where the AA Trenton Thunder play, the average
age is 25. It seems that now (or at least soon) would be a good opportunity
to see Venditte perform against players closer to his age level.

Especially given Venditte's high K-rates and his increased ability to induce
the ground ball, I think Venditte warrants more than just a passing look as a
prospect. Having a reliever that has the platoon advantage in every situation
is very intriguing, as it could potentially reduce the amount of relievers
that a manager would need to carry. More importantly, Venditte has quite
simply produced at every opportunity. The jump to AA is a big one, and it's
not obvious that Venditte has what it takes to handle the increased talent
level, but after over 135 very successful innings in the lower minors, it may
be time to get that opportunity sooner rather than later.

The oddity of Venditte also inspired me to think about what other interesting
combinations of skills would be useful in a player. Personally, I would be
interested in seeing a high platoon split reliever who also had the ability
to play a strong (or even roughly average) defensive outfield. That way, that
reliever could pitch to a same handed batter, move into the outfield for an
opposite handed batter, and then return to the mound for any other same
handed batters. Given the way benches are constructed, especially in the
National League, the idea may be completely implausible, but given how
important platoon splits can be late in games, I still think the idea could
work. Feel free to post your concoctions in the comments section.

最後一段蠻有趣的  不知道有沒有可能:P

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