{"id":2356,"date":"2011-09-19T10:03:19","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T14:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=2356"},"modified":"2013-12-16T10:36:08","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T15:36:08","slug":"syracuseaaa-pitching-staff-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=2356","title":{"rendered":"Syracuse\/AAA Pitching Staff Year in Review; 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tom Milone was your AAA pitching star of 2011. Photo Tom Priddy\/Four Seam Images via Milb.com<\/p><\/div>\n

(editors note before we begin; I’m sure my faithful readers noted that I abandoned the Minor League Rotation Review posts right after the 4th of July.\u00a0 That was right around the same date I put in notice and began the process of switching consulting engagements.\u00a0 Free time and post-work free time suddenly evaporated and something had to give.\u00a0 Paying gigs before volunteer ones unfortunately.)<\/p>\n

That being said, I did maintain the good\/soso\/bad all the way through the season, and did my best to keep up with the various reliever movements (my interest is mostly with the starters in the system).\u00a0 Now that the regular seasons are over, I’ll do a team-by-team review of the pitchers, the moves and where guys may\/should start in 2012.\u00a0 Ideally this set of reviews should start with the MLB roster, but since the minor leagues are done, I’ll hit them up first.<\/p>\n

Syracuse’s rotation started the year with two guys who some thought could have made the MLB roster, two guys who were closer to the “organizational guy” title than a spot on the 25-man, and a relatively young up and comer who had been cruising up the organization under the radar.\u00a0 By the end of the year it held three of our better starting pitcher prospects to go with two guys who are not long for the organization.<\/p>\n

Here’s the status of the Syracuse pitching staff at the end of the season (ages are as of 9\/30\/11)<\/p>\n