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From Steven Goldman's Pinstriped Blog.... Sanchez, who went to high school in the Bronx, pitched at Double- and Triple-A this year. A hard thrower who can reach 95, Sa'nchez was dominant at the former level, posting a 1.76 ERA with 86 strikeouts in 71 2/3 innings. His ERA in 51.1 Triple-A innings was 3.86. Despite good stuff, Sa'nchez has some obvious downsides. "You're talking about a guy who always has weight problems, and has never made it through a whole season," said Kevin Goldstein, who writes about the minor leagues for Baseball Prospectus. "This year he pitched a career high 123 innings. He's been given four opportunities to make it through a whole minor league season and he's failed. He's still a very good prospect." Sa'nchez's minor league record is checkered. His career ERA is 4.16 and he has often fought his control. Whelan, a 2005 fourth-round draft pick out of Texas A&M, pitched in the Florida State League. Another hard thrower, Whelan put in his first full season this year and was especially remarkable in the second half. "He had some injury problems early in the season," Goldstein said, "but after June 1, he had a 1.42 ERA in with 50 strikeouts in 33 innings, with 22 hits and 12 walks." Whelan throws hard but in an unusual way. "He's a weird cat where it's hard to give him any kind of comps. He's short and stocky. He started out as a catcher and he's built like a catcher. He doesn't throw anything but fastballs, but he has four of them — a classic four-seam, a classic two-seam, a splitter, and a sinker. He's generally 91-93, but he touches 95." There is every possibility that Sa'nchez and Whelan will be seen in the Bronx next summer. Sa'nchez is probably as close to ready to pitch in the majors as he's going to get. Whelan is not far away. Whether the Yankees commit to them or sign a bunch of old men to get in their way is a different matter, as will be the major league staff's tolerance of their initial struggles. If he's not watched carefully, Joe Torre could turn Kevin Whelan into Todd Erdos. Claggett is a longer-range prospect, having not pitched above the Midwest League but for one inning at Toledo. "He has that weird combination of a very, very good slider but not a ton of velocity," said Goldstein. "He's not a soft-tosser, but he tops out at 88, 89. There are a lot of minor league closers who come up with that combination but never develop." Claggett pitched extremely well at West Michigan, posting a 0.91 ERA in 59 1/3 innings, allowing just 35 hits and 20 walks while striking out 58. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 61.62.94.186
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