I'm not surprised to see this guy give up homers. Besides generating a lot of walks, poor control also implies fat pitches within the strike zone, even for a groundball pitcher.

As far as 0 power hitters, I usually see fewer than 10 doubles from these guys and no homers. Still, I guess an occasional inside-the-parker would be possible in a high doubles-triples park against an outfield populated with low-range weak-arm guys. Also, he might pop one out of the park if facing a tired flyball pitcher in a +4 HR park, but I wouldn't bet on seeing more than one per career.

P.S. He's not much of a prospect, but could be worth using if your ML pitching is thin and you need an inning eating Long-B. Give him a year in AAA. If he can't get guys out at that level, he won't have a chance in the Bigs.

In spite of the above, I have seen guys like this have an occasional good ML year as SPs, but usually only one and certainly wouldn't bet on it.

I'd use him.

Quote: Originally Posted By GrandWiz on 1/05/2010
P.S. He's not much of a prospect, but could be worth using if your ML pitching is thin and you need an inning eating Long-B. Give him a year in AAA. If he can't get guys out at that level, he won't have a chance in the Bigs.
In spite of the above, I have seen guys like this have an occasional good ML year as SPs, but usually only one and certainly wouldn't bet on it.

Yup. If he does have a good season or even part of a season, it might be an opportunity to trade him while his stock is at its highest.