{"id":4551,"date":"2012-09-18T11:54:42","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T15:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=4551"},"modified":"2013-08-29T13:49:25","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T17:49:25","slug":"auburnshort-a-pitching-staff-year-in-review-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=4551","title":{"rendered":"Auburn\/Short-A Pitching Staff Year in Review; 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brett Mooneyham was probably the biggest name in Auburn this year. Photo unknown via mlbdraftcountdown.wordpress.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Click here for the 2011 version of this post<\/a>, for a look at how things were last year.<\/p>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

Here’s the Short-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>, and Low-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.\u00a0 They say not to depend on small sample sizes and I agree; we’re doing after-the-fact analysis on a small sample size of a half a pro season in most cases.\u00a0 This is especially true with Short-A and the GCL, where most of the roster are 2012 draftees.\u00a0\u00a0 So “outlook for next season” is almost entirely a guess for these players.\u00a0 A ton of them will be left in extended spring to compete for next year’s Auburn team, while a ton more will be released without much fanfare.<\/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

Auburn starters<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 The rotation started the season with Jordan\/Medina, Baez, Monar, Encarnation, and Smith. \u00a0 Lets see how the original rotation and other primary starters fared.<\/p>\n