Just wanted to get some discussion on this kid, of whom I know little about. He wasn't a top prospect coming up and was quite old for the levels he was at in the minors, but he's posted solid numbers in a small sample size thus far.
I'm not expecting big things, but I'm curious as to why are hitters so befuddled by him thus far. By all accounts he has a deceptive delivery http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lUBssBXVr4& but just average stuff. Obviously the book isn't out on him yet so once hitters see him a few times his numbers are bound to normalize. He's also got just a .155 BABIP so far, so his miniscule ratios will not continue. But will he post merely respectable numbers the rest of the way out? I grabbed him in my H2H mixed league last week.
He hasn't K'd a ton of guys in an outing yet but he showed good strikeout potential in the minors, despite a fastball that doesn't crack 90. He also has a very good 49.3% GB ratio which helps explain why he's been so good at getting guys out thus far. I'm wondering if he can be a Chris Young type in the future.
Regardless, I'm going to throw him out there in my H2H league until he blows up.
Interesting guy. My gut feeling is that he will eventually blow up when teams start facing him more often. He has had a good run so far though and I actually expect the K/9 to go up a little. If I remember it correctly, before his first start, he was striking people out at a good rate in relief. Very small sample size though.
I didn't see his start yesterday, but I saw his first start. In the first start, to my untrained eye, it seemed he had a good downward motion on pitches and for the most part left pitches down in the zone (which is what likely helped), though towards the end of the 4th, and after I noticed more pitches getting left up, and the curve started to hang. Was lucky not to get torched after the 4th that day imo.
"The deception plays a big part of it," Braves catcher Brian McCann said. "The first time facing a guy like that, it's always going to go in favor of the pitcher. I thought he pitched a great game. He kept the ball down, in the bottom of the zone, and elevated it when we had to."
Collmenter induced several foul-outs and pop-ups, for which he credited his tomahawk-like delivery. He started the game with back-to-back, pop-up fouls caught by catcher Miguel Montero.
"Watching from center field, honestly, I can count on one hand how many times he's missed a spot," Young said.
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by West » Fri May 20, 2011 6:39 am 
