Saying he was a starter in college is a bit generous. He maxed out at 65 IP in a college season. That’s not a starter workload. He's already thrown 10 more innings this year than he has in a single season in his career and he’s 13 innings away this year from matching his total IP from 2020-2023.
Francisco Guevara having a rough start to his professional career. He's made 2 appearances and gotten 0 outs. He has given up 2 hits, 8 ER, 6 BB, 2 HBP in those 2 appearances. It can only go up from here right?
I think comparing someone to Paredes is the equivalent to comparing someone to Judge. It's just futile. Paredes ability to pull the ball at ideal launch angles is just as much of an outlier as Judge's 80 grade power. Tyler Black really isn't comparable to him at all.
Manuel Rodriguez has to be the most impressive pitcher in the system this year and that's saying a lot because there have been a lot of impressive pitchers. He's the 3rd youngest pitcher in Low A this season (minimum 20 IP) yet after tonight he will be top 15 in IP among all A ball pitchers. He's at 53.2 IP and no other 18 year old in Low A has 40 IP. His 2.8% BB-rate after tonight is 6th lowest in A ball. He deserves a lot more love than he's been getting.
Ortiz scratched due to hamstring soreness. I believe it was noticed here last night that he was grabbing at the hammy after his SB. Hopefully it's just day to day and won't need an IL stint.
This isn't just dating back 7 games. Contreras has an OPS under .600 since the start of the Astros series in mid-May over a now 98 PA sample size. Yelich has an ISO of about .110 in his last 125 PA.