{"id":4522,"date":"2012-09-17T10:06:33","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T14:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=4522"},"modified":"2013-08-29T13:49:42","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T17:49:42","slug":"hagerstownlow-a-pitching-staff-year-in-review-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=4522","title":{"rendered":"Hagerstown\/Low-A Pitching Staff Year in Review; 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Click here for the 2011 version of this post<\/a>, for a look at how things were last year.<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

Here’s the Low-A version of the 2012 season pitching staff review.\u00a0 I’m going down the line from top to bottom; AAA is here<\/a>, AA is here<\/a>, High-A is here<\/a>. As with the other reviews, we’ll look at the main rotation, the substitute and spot starters, then focus on key relievers.\u00a0 Rehab appearances are generally not mentioned.\u00a0 The lower you get in the minors, the harder it is to really pass judgement on a player’s real capabilities or career outlook, so take some of these evaluations with a grain of salt.<\/p>\n

The rotations in the lower minor leagues are also not nearly as clean as in the upper-levels.\u00a0 Lots of times the “starter” is slated to go as many innings as the “reliever,” a way to get two starter candidates longer stretches of innings.\u00a0 We’ll try to take that into consideration as we move forward.<\/p>\n

Hagerstown starters<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 The rotation started the season with Estevez, Dupra\/Karns, Meyer, Turnbull\/Hill, and McKenzie. \u00a0 No less than 18 different guys started a game for Hagerstown this year (two of them on rehab assignments).\u00a0 Lets see how the original rotation and other primary starters fared.<\/p>\n