jaybud wrote:I'm not convinced he's the closer of the future in Oakland. While it's likely Dotel moves on, remember the name Jairo Garcia. While Street has gotten most of the pub, Garcia lit up 3 levels - A, AA, and AAA - on his way to a brief cup of coffee in September. Although he didn't fare well in his brief stint with the A's, his minor league numbers from this year are staggering:
Total over all three levels:
4-2 record 19 saves 61.2 IP 10 ER 1.44 ERA 36 H allowed 1 HR allowed 102 K 30 BB
Reports say he's a Dotel clone with a lightening fastball and a dirty slider. I tend to think Garcia will actually be the eventual closer as Street doesn't have the velocity. Regardless though, he and Street will be a very good 1-2 punch at the end of games in Oakland's near future.
Wow, 1 HR over 61 innings? Pedro could use a mentor.
jaybud wrote:I'm not convinced he's the closer of the future in Oakland. While it's likely Dotel moves on, remember the name Jairo Garcia. While Street has gotten most of the pub, Garcia lit up 3 levels - A, AA, and AAA - on his way to a brief cup of coffee in September. Although he didn't fare well in his brief stint with the A's, his minor league numbers from this year are staggering:
Total over all three levels:
4-2 record 19 saves 61.2 IP 10 ER 1.44 ERA 36 H allowed 1 HR allowed 102 K 30 BB
Reports say he's a Dotel clone with a lightening fastball and a dirty slider. I tend to think Garcia will actually be the eventual closer as Street doesn't have the velocity. Regardless though, he and Street will be a very good 1-2 punch at the end of games in Oakland's near future.
Wow, 1 HR over 61 innings? Pedro could use a mentor.
jaybud wrote:I'm not convinced he's the closer of the future in Oakland. While it's likely Dotel moves on, remember the name Jairo Garcia. While Street has gotten most of the pub, Garcia lit up 3 levels - A, AA, and AAA - on his way to a brief cup of coffee in September. Although he didn't fare well in his brief stint with the A's, his minor league numbers from this year are staggering:
Total over all three levels:
4-2 record 19 saves 61.2 IP 10 ER 1.44 ERA 36 H allowed 1 HR allowed 102 K 30 BB
Reports say he's a Dotel clone with a lightening fastball and a dirty slider. I tend to think Garcia will actually be the eventual closer as Street doesn't have the velocity. Regardless though, he and Street will be a very good 1-2 punch at the end of games in Oakland's near future.
Wow, 1 HR over 61 innings? Pedro could use a mentor.
He could use a midget now too.
Maybe that's why Pedro was giving up HRs. Midgets dig the long ball.
Just a thought... but Oakland will probably keep those 2 in the minors for 2005 so that their arbitration will last another year. I only say this because these 2 are so young and not ready yet IMO, so throwing them to the wolves makes even less sense.
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Woah, you guys see that K ratio? 102/61.2 IP! That's something else. And on top of that he only allowed 1 hr? That's insane...Jairo Garcia is now on my radar.
Even though this is a Huston Street/the future A's closer thread, since the unbelievable stats I threw out for Garcia impressed so many that were unaware of him, I'll throw out another reliever prospect that maybe no one has heard much of. Chad Orvella, a 24 year old converted SS in the Tampa Bay organization put up numbers arguably better than Garcia. He bettered Garcia's rise through the minors by pitching at all 4 levels this last year - A, A+, AA, AAA. Here are his compiled numbers for all 4 levels:
1-1
12 SV
73.2 IP
14 ER
42 H allowed
7 HR allowed (4 in A, only 3 combined in A+, AA, and AAA)
116 K/10 BB
0.71 WHIP
1.71 ERA
Those are some pretty sick numbers, especially considering a couple years ago he was fielding grounders at SS! He's said to be the heir to the closers throne after Baez in TB. Probably next year (2006) is his year! Yet another name to watch for!!!
Street and Garcia are not ready for the bigs. OAK has a ton of good potential relievers already. Two thing will need to happen: 1.the Dotel and the pen suck it and 2. Street and Garcia show that they can take over. My guess is they will join some time in September for the stretch run but any time before is a serious long shot IMO.
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Single A level
1-0
16 Saves
0.30 ERA
0.73 WHIP
49 K's
6 BB
30 Innings Pitched
Double A Level
2-0
2 Saves
1.50 ERA
32 K's
15 BB
18 Innings Pitched
Triple A Level
1-2
3.95 ERA
1 Save
21 K's
9 BB
14 Innings Pitched
Jario was lights out, got called up to the a's and stuggled in his bried time with the big league club, he got sent back down to AAA where he finished the year solid. He absolutely dominated in A and AA last season and was very good in AAA and the guy is not even 23 years old yet.
Closer of the future no doubt. He is compared to a young Dotel but he has a 4 to 5 pitch arsenal.
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