{"id":11832,"date":"2016-01-14T11:31:43","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T16:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=11832"},"modified":"2016-01-14T11:31:43","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T16:31:43","slug":"auburnshort-a-pitching-staff-year-in-review-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=11832","title":{"rendered":"Auburn\/Short-A Pitching Staff Year in Review; 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9263\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/FeddeErickUnlv-via-chicagonow.com_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9263\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9263\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/FeddeErickUnlv-via-chicagonow.com_-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"Fedde was probably the &quot;pitcher of the year&quot; for Auburn in 2015. Photo via chicagonow.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/FeddeErickUnlv-via-chicagonow.com_-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/FeddeErickUnlv-via-chicagonow.com_.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fedde was probably the &#8220;pitcher of the year&#8221; for Auburn in 2015. Photo via chicagonow.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is the 6th in the 2015 Pitching staff review series, here&#8217;s a review of Auburn\/Short-A&#8217;s pitching staff for 2015. \u00a0Other parts of the 2015 series:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=11649\">Washington\/MLB 2015 review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=11235\">Syracuse\/AAA 2015 review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=11737\">Harrisburg\/AA 2015 review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=11747\">Potomac\/High-A 2015 review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=11806\">Hagerstown\/Low-A 2015 review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For some historical perspective, here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=8303\">2013&#8217;s version<\/a> (featuring\u00a0<strong>Jake Johanssen<\/strong>),\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=4551\">2012&#8217;s version<\/a>\u00a0(<strong>Brett Mooneyham<\/strong>\u00a0was\u00a0the feature pitcher)\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=2436\">2011&#8217;s version<\/a>\u00a0(<strong>Nathan Karns<\/strong>\u00a0the feature pitcher)\u00a0of this post specifically for Auburn\/Short-A.\u00a0 Had we done this series in 2014, we likely would have featured <strong>Reynaldo Lopez<\/strong>, who had a 0.75 ERA in 7 starts and 36 innings.<\/p>\n<p>All stats are courtesy of either milb.com&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milb.com\/milb\/stats\/stats.jsp?t=t_ibp&amp;cid=458&amp;stn=true&amp;sid=t458&amp;y=2013\">Auburn&#8217;s\u00a02015 Stats page<\/a>\u00a0or via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/minorleaders.aspx?pos=all&amp;stats=pit&amp;lg=all&amp;qual=0&amp;type=0&amp;season=2013&amp;team=148&amp;players=0\">Fangraph&#8217;s\u00a0Auburn 2015 page<\/a>.\u00a0 Also useful here are the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/ccc?key=0AmkEIm1TLiXQdHExYldZVUZJZk9uckFjeEVCSmR5Umc&amp;hl=en#gid=26\">Big Board<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/ccc?key=0AmkEIm1TLiXQdGhVRjRfNW81SG8xRlROQ1ZxZzNfbUE&amp;hl=en#gid=0\">Nats Draft Tracker<\/a>\u00a0since so many of these lower-minors guys are recent draftees.<\/p>\n<p>A caveat before starting this post (and we&#8217;ll say this same thing in the GCL post): this is short-season ball, so nobody&#8217;s got more than a few dozen innings.\u00a0 So yes this is absolutely going to be some &#8220;Small Sample Size&#8221; analysis. \u00a0Which in some cases is unfair to the player (to the good or to the bad). \u00a0It is what it is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Auburn Pitching Staff<\/strong> <\/em>movement throughout the year (* == lefty)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Opening Day Rotation: Dickey\/LTorres, JRodriguez, Fedde, Crownover*, Baez, Mills<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">End-of-Season Rotation: Gilbeau*, Borne*, Baez, DeRosier, Hearn*, Crownover*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">End-of-Season spot starts\/swingman: Valerio<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">End-of-Season bullpen: Mooney, Pirro, Overton, Boghosian,\u00a0 MRivera, Johns, LTorres, Van Vossen<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mid-Season promotions: LReyes,\u00a0 Bach*, KPerez, DWilliams, Glover, JMorales, Lee, Brinley,Fedde, Peterson, JRodriguez<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">up-and-back: Johns, LTorres<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">down-and-back: Feliz, Dickey<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">demotions: Reynoso*, Mills*, Baez, Gunter<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">dl\/restricted: Bourque, AMartinez, McDowell, Sylvestri<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">cut\/released\/FAs: Ullman, Webb*, Plouck*<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Auburn starters<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 The rotation started the season with <span style=\"color: #000000;\">several &#8220;tandem&#8221; starter pairs, not quite going to a full A\/B starter set but getting relatively close.\u00a0 H<\/span>ere&#8217;s an overview of the 12 starters used in 2015, starting with the original starters, going all the way to the rehab spot starts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Robbie Dickey<\/strong> <\/span>had two bad starts in Hagerstown before getting dumped back to Auburn in time to get the ball on opening day.\u00a0 From there the jury is kind of out: for the entire year: 6.65 ERA, 16\/17 k\/bb in 23ip (6 starts).\u00a0 He was incredibly wild and then didn&#8217;t pitch after 7\/25\/15, accumulating just 23 IP on the year.\u00a0 Was he hurt?\u00a0 There was no record of a D\/L trip, just an assignment back to XST after a while.\u00a0 All in all, a pretty disappointing season for our 2014 4th round pick.\u00a0 Where does he go from here?\u00a0 Is the team just being too impatient with him, yanking him from Hagerstown after just a few innings?\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Outlook for Next Season<\/strong><\/em>: attempting the Low-A rotation again.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Jefry Rodriguez<\/strong> <\/span>bounced between Short-A and Low-A again this season, starting in Hagerstown but pitching most of the year in Auburn.\u00a0 At the end of the season, he led Auburn in both IP and starts.\u00a0 All told; 4-10 with a 5.42 ERA between the two levels.\u00a0 While he maintained a 2-1 K\/BB ratio in Short-A, he was nearly 1\/1 in Low-A (27\/25 K\/BB in 42.2 low-A innings).\u00a0 The team likes him as a starter &#8230; but this is the 2nd year in a row he&#8217;s posted a 6+ ERA in low-A.\u00a0 He&#8217;s still young though (he turned 22 mid-season) so I can see him repeating his 2015 season; in the Low-A rotation.\u00a0 If he struggles again though, I think it may be time to move him to the bullpen and look at converting him to a late-innings reliever.\u00a0 He can definitely strike guys out (67 Ks in 68 Short-A innings against college competition), so perhaps there&#8217;s a new stage in his career if he can&#8217;t figure out starting.\u00a0 <em><strong>Outlook for Next season<\/strong><\/em>: Low-A rotation.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Erick Fedde<\/span> <\/strong>threw 8 effective starts in Auburn, going 4-1, 2.57 ERA in Short-A Auburn with 36\/8 in 35ip (8 starts), 2.60 fip, .346 babip.\u00a0 He then got bumped up to Hagerstown where he finished out the season.\u00a0 See Low-A write-up for more.\u00a0 <em><strong>Outlook for Next season<\/strong><\/em>: Low-A rotation to start.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Matt Crownover<\/strong> <\/span>went 1-4, 3.81 ERA in Short-A with 34\/9 K\/BB in 49.2 ip (13 app, 10 starts), 3.40 fip, .301 babip.\u00a0 His whip was decent on the year (1.17), mostly due to his great K\/BB ratio (4\/1).\u00a0 Nothing bad but nothing mind blowing out of Crownover&#8217;s numbers in Short-A.\u00a0 Not a bad return for an under-slot ACC lefty starter.\u00a0 I see him competing for the Low-A rotation; there&#8217;s no reason not to keep him moving up as a college draftee from the ACC.\u00a0 <em><strong>Outlook for Next season<\/strong><\/em>: Low-A rotation competition, likely in the pen.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Joan Baez<\/strong> <\/span>bounced around the system a bit in 2015, getting 5 starts in Auburn to the tune of a 7.13 ERA.\u00a0 See GCL write-up for more.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>McKenzie Mills<\/strong> <\/span>got hit hard in 4 appearances in Auburn before spending the rest of the season int the GCL.\u00a0\u00a0See GCL write-up for more.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Taylor Guilbeau<\/span> <\/strong>went 3-3, 3.54 mostly in Short-A after starting briefly in the GCL with 31\/9 K\/BB in 51 ip (11\/10 starts) .2.89 fip, .356 babip.\u00a0 His FIP looks solid based on his competition but he may get bumped to the bullpen to focus on being a lefty reliever thanks to the large number of arms in the system.\u00a0 I put him behind his fellow 2015 draftees Crownover and\u00a0 Hearn in this regard thanks to his senior sign status and low club investment (fairly or otherwise; it is what it is).\u00a0 <em><strong>Outlook for Next season<\/strong><\/em>: Low-A rotation competition, likely in the pen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Taylor Hearn<\/strong> <\/span>went 1-5, 3.56 in <del><\/del>Short-A with a 38\/13 K\/BB in 43ip (10\/10 starts), 3.40 fip, .346 babip.\u00a0 Hearn joined his fellow lefty first 10 round starters in the Auburn rotation a couple of weeks into the short season and was completely effective, averaging nearly a K\/inning with decent control.\u00a0 He&#8217;s done nothing to jeopardize his advancement for 2016 and should compete for a low-A rotation gig.\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Outlook for Next season<\/strong><\/em>: Low-A rotation competition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Grant Borne<\/strong> <\/span>went 1-4, 3.59 in Short-A with 32\/7 K\/BB in 47.2 ip (15 apps, 5 starts), 2.99 fip, .321 babip.\u00a0 Its amazing how similar Hearn, Crownover, Guilbeau and Borne&#8217;s numbers were, each profiling as a command\/control lefty starter in Short-A. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Outlook for Next season<\/strong><\/em>: Low-A rotation competition with the rest of his fellow lefty 2015 draftees.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Mariano Rivera Jr<\/strong><\/span>. got 3 starts before it was clear he needed to be pushed to relief; see the reliever&#8217;s section.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Matthew DeRosier<\/strong> <\/span>had two bad starts in Auburn before getting dumped back to the GCL; see the Rookie league write-up for more.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Maximo Valero<\/strong> <\/span>had 4 appearances and one start in Auburn after a late season promotion: see the GCL write-up for more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Auburn Relievers<\/strong><\/em>: taking a look at the relief corps. \u00a0We&#8217;ll organize relievers by going by IP from most to least.\u00a0 Anyone with less than 10 IP will get cursory analysis at the end.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Luis Torres<\/strong> <\/span>was Dickey&#8217;s &#8220;tandem&#8221; starter for a while, getting zero &#8220;starts&#8221; but pitching mostly longer stints usually on the same schedule as Dickey.\u00a0 We saw this with several others and will treat them as &#8220;relievers&#8221; for the purposes of this post.\u00a0 Season stats: 5-1, 5.66 ERA, 4.54 fip, 1.37 whip, 22\/17 K\/BB in 35 innings.\u00a0 Torres got bumped up at season&#8217;s end to provide a bit of cover in Low-A but didn&#8217;t merit the promotion based on his production.\u00a0 In his age 21 season he showed he still has some work to do and regressed badly from his 2014 production in Short-A.\u00a0 Where does he go from here?\u00a0 I think he&#8217;s destined to miss out on the Hagerstown bullpen, spend more time in XST and try Short-A again in 2016.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Outlook for Next Season<\/strong><\/em>: short-A bullpen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Mariano Rivera Jr<\/strong><\/span>, went 1-2, 5.45 ERA in Short-A with 26\/3 K\/BB in 33IP (19 app, 3 starts).\u00a0 2.70 FIP, .388 babip.\u00a0 Rivera was tried as a starter and quickly failed, getting moved to the pen, where he was much better.\u00a0 Starter ERA: 13.00.\u00a0 Reliever ERA: 2.63.\u00a0 His seasonal ERA isn&#8217;t nearly as bad as it looks thanks to some bad luck; his FIP is good and his K\/BB rate looks good as well.\u00a0 He profiles like his father; slight, live arm, good stuff as a reliever.\u00a0 I can see him moving up the ladder as a back-of-the-bullpen reliever.\u00a0\u00a0 Perhaps a disappointment that a 4th round pick was relegated to the bullpen after just three starts &#8230; but could be a quick moving arm on a team that clearly needs them.\u00a0\u00a0<em><strong>Outlook for Next Season<\/strong><\/em>: low-A bullpen\/closer.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Adam Boghosian<\/strong> <\/span>went 3-0, 4.28 era across 2 levels with 16\/18 k\/bb in 27ip, 5.59 fip, .162 babip in short-A.\u00a0 Anytime you have more walks than strike-outs, its a bad thing.\u00a0 And he posted a mediocre ERA despite an unbelievably low babip; his numbers are likely even worse with a longer sample size.\u00a0 Another senior sign that may get the axe once full-season rosters get set next spring.\u00a0\u00a0<em><strong>Outlook for Next Season<\/strong><\/em>: low-A bullpen\/release candidate.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Cody Gunter<\/span> <\/strong>went 1-0 4.15 ERA, 23\/8 K\/BB in 21.2 IP for Short-A Auburn, 3.84 fip, .259 babip.\u00a0 Gunter was drafted as a 3B and after two non-descript seasons in Auburn converted to the mound.\u00a0 So far, results look promising; he maintained a K\/inning ratio with good control and could be better based on the ERA-FIP delta.\u00a0\u00a0 I see him getting pushed to the Low-A bullpen in 2016.\u00a0\u00a0<em><strong>Outlook for Next Season<\/strong><\/em>: low-A bullpen.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Kevin Mooney<\/strong><\/span>, was 1-0, 5.40 ERA in Short-A with a 15\/13 K\/bb in 21.2 innings, 4.95 fip, .333 babip.\u00a0 Not a great debut for the local kid Mooney, who was last seen blowing both super-regional games that enabled UVA to surprisingly make its way to the CWS (where even more surprisingly they ended up winning).\u00a0 Far, far too many walks given how many punch-outs he had, his FIP was still way up there even given a BABIP not really that out of line.\u00a0 Needs to step it up if he wants a full-season job.\u00a0\u00a0<em><strong>Outlook for Next Season<\/strong><\/em>: low-A bullpen competition\/release candidate.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Tommy Peterson<\/strong> <\/span>was 0-0, 2.66 in Auburn with 13\/4 K\/BB in 20 relief innings, 2.83 fip, .318 babip as part time closer.\u00a0\u00a0 Not too many innings to judge on here; looks like a good option for the Hagerstown 2016 bullpen.\u00a0 He was one of the few Auburn hurlers from the 2015 class to get the bump up to low-A in 2015.\u00a0 <em><strong>Outlook for Next Season<\/strong><\/em>: low-A bullpen competition.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Connor Overton<\/strong> <\/span>went 1-1 with a 3.72 ERA (13\/5 K\/BB in 19.1 IP) after getting cut loose from Miami&#8217;s short-A squad and quickly getting snapped up last July.\u00a0 He&#8217;s an oddity; a 22-yr old MLFA already making the rounds of the lower minors.\u00a0 He briefly got called up to AAA at season&#8217;s end but is currently un-attached.\u00a0 With Washington&#8217;s glut of arms, i&#8217;m not sure he did enough to make the team think he was worth keeping on for a full-season spot and I think the Richmond product goes elsewhere (Atlee HS in Mechanicsburg and then ODU in Norfolk).\u00a0 <em><strong>Outlook for Next Season<\/strong><\/em>: in another organization.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Sam Johns<\/strong> <\/span>blitzed short-A (1.42 ERA in 19 innings) after struggling in Hagerstown.\u00a0 See Low-A write-up for more.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Matt Pirro<\/span> <\/strong>was 0-0 3.71 ERA\u00a0 across two levels, ending in Short-A.\u00a0 14\/11 k\/bb in 17ip, 4.52 fip, .372 babip in short-A.\u00a0 Not great numbers; too many walks, but his ERA\/FIP likely the result of a bit of unlucky babip.\u00a0 In a battle to stay employed though going into next year by virtue of his senior sign status.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em><strong>Outlook for Next Season<\/strong><\/em>: low-A bullpen\/release candidate.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>John Feliz<\/strong> <\/span>didn&#8217;t get a ton of innings in 2015: throwing just 17.1 across both short-season squads.\u00a0 In Auburn he had a 4.38 ERA in 12 innings and didn&#8217;t pitch after July 28th (but didn&#8217;t go on the D\/L).\u00a0 He may have been hurt and just not officially gone on a D\/L.\u00a0 More or less a lost season for Feliz, who just turned 22, was an old IFA and has yet to perform outside of complex ball.\u00a0 He may not get too many more chances; I see him getting one more shot at Short-A before getting cut loose.\u00a0 <em><strong>Outlook for Next Season<\/strong><\/em>: short-A bullpen\/release candidate.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Ryan Brinley<\/strong> <\/span>was unhittable in 10 innings in the NY Penn league and was bumped up; see the Low-A write-up for more.<\/li>\n<li>Other Relievers who had less than 10 IP in 2015\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Jose Morales<\/strong> <\/span>got blasted in two Low-A starts after three quick relief appearances (8ip total) in Auburn, then spent the rest of the year on the D\/L.\u00a0 See Low-A write-up for more.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Andrew Lee<\/strong> <\/span>struck out 12 guys in 8 innings in the NY Penn and was bumped up.\u00a0 See Low-A write-up for more.<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Koda Glover<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">struck out 11 guys in 6 innings in the NY Penn and was bumped up.\u00a0 See Low-A write-up for more.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Mick VanVossen<\/span> <\/strong>spent most of the season in the GCL; see rookie league write-up for more.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Cole Plouck<\/strong> <\/span>got sent to Auburn, had two appearances in 10 days, gave up just 2 hits and one run in 5 innings &#8230; and then was released.\u00a0 He had decent 2014 numbers in the GCL; this one is curious to me.\u00a0 I guess the team saw all they needed to see in XST.\u00a0 <em><strong>Outlook for Next Season<\/strong><\/em>: out of baseball.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Joey Webb<\/strong> <\/span>was r<span style=\"color: #000000;\">eleased 6\/25\/15, losin<\/span>g out in the numbers game when the 2015 short-season college draftees started flowing in.\u00a0 He, like Plouck, clearly were not impressive enough during XST to merit any further consideration after run-of-the-mill 2014 seasons.\u00a0 <em><strong>Outlook for Next Season<\/strong><\/em>: out of baseball.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Yorlin Reynoso<\/strong> <\/span>pitched one game in the first week of the season, walked 6 guys and got demoted to the GCL.\u00a0 See Rookie write-up for more.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Ryan Ullmann<\/strong> <\/span>got stuck in XST to start the season, hooked up with Hagerstown 5 weeks into the season, got hit hard, was dumped to Auburn, had one appearance and then was summarily released.\u00a0 Quite a quick downturn of events for Ullmann, who was always going to be a long shot (30th rounder out of a small school).\u00a0 <em><strong>Outlook for Next season<\/strong><\/em>: out of baseball.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>David Ramos<\/strong> <\/span>threw 2.1 innings of rehab ball for Auburn before returning to Hagerstown: see low-A write-up for more.<\/li>\n<li>Two guys (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>James <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Bourque, Anderson Martinez<\/strong><\/span>) both spent the whole season on the D\/L; both are starters who should compete for spots in 2016 after the lost season.\u00a0 <em><strong>Outlook for Next Season<\/strong><\/em>: Short-A rotation competition.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Another two guys (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Chase McDowell, Michael Sylvestri<\/strong><\/span>) were put on the &#8220;restricted list&#8221; at some point in 2015, usually indicating voluntary retirement.\u00a0 <em><strong>Outlook for Next season<\/strong><\/em>: out of baseball.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Auburn was not a good team this year; they were 35-58.\u00a0 And a lot of that was due to the &#8220;brain drain&#8221; of the pitching staff; inside of a short season 11 guys got bumped up and beyond.\u00a0 Some of them quickly dominated Short-A and earned their promotion, others trickled up as the season moved on.\u00a0 In the end, the staff was anchored by a quartet of college lefty 2015 draftees with strikingly similar numbers, and it should be interesting to see how this group performs moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the 6th in the 2015 Pitching staff review series, here&#8217;s a review of Auburn\/Short-A&#8217;s pitching staff for 2015. \u00a0Other parts of the 2015 series: Washington\/MLB 2015 review Syracuse\/AAA 2015 review Harrisburg\/AA 2015 review Potomac\/High-A 2015 review Hagerstown\/Low-A 2015 review For some historical perspective, here&#8217;s 2013&#8217;s version (featuring\u00a0Jake Johanssen),\u00a0 2012&#8217;s version\u00a0(Brett Mooneyham\u00a0was\u00a0the feature pitcher)\u00a0and\u00a02011&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,13],"tags":[2854,2997,2859,856,2932,1816,2925,3032,2137,2425,2826,3021,2924,1876,3028,1985,3034,3027,2807,2827,3029,2823,2825,2853,2568,3031,2926,2567,3035,196,1875,2569,2884,1987,3033,2829,2824,2860,3036],"class_list":["post-11832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minorspitching","category-minorleaguerotationreviews","tag-adam-boghosian","tag-anderson-martinez","tag-andrew-lee","tag-brett-mooneyham","tag-chase-mcdowell","tag-cody-gunter","tag-cole-plouck","tag-connor-overton","tag-david-ramos","tag-erick-fedde","tag-grant-borne","tag-jake-johanssen","tag-james-bourque","tag-jefry-rodriguez","tag-joan-baez","tag-joey-webb","tag-john-feliz","tag-jose-morales","tag-kevin-mooney","tag-koda-glover","tag-luis-torres","tag-mariano-rivera-jr","tag-matt-crownover","tag-matt-pirro","tag-matthew-derosier","tag-maximo-valero","tag-mckenzie-mills","tag-michael-sylvestri","tag-mick-vanvossen","tag-nathan-karns","tag-reynaldo-lopez","tag-robbie-dickey","tag-ryan-brinley","tag-ryan-ullmann","tag-sam-johns","tag-taylor-guilbeau","tag-taylor-hearn","tag-tommy-peterson","tag-yorlin-reynoso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11832"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11847,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11832\/revisions\/11847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}