[情報] Young Guns: NL West
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National League West
Arizona Diamondbacks
Unlike recent years, the Diamondbacks do not appear to have any impact hitters
coming up to the majors this season, after graduating players like Conor
Jackson, Justin Upton, Mark Reynolds , Chris Young and Carlos Quentin, who is
now with the White Sox. The D-Backs also did not do the minor league system a
favor by purging a number of promising prospects for the talented Dan Haren.
The club did, however, pick up a few interesting arms in the off-season trades
of Jose Valverde and Alberto Callaspo. Juan Gutierrez and Billy Buckner are not
All-Star arms, but they should be serviceable, middle-of-the-road arms.
Juan Gutierrez
Born: 7/84
Signed: 2000 non-drafted free agent (Houston)
2007 MLB: 5.91 ERA | 21.1 IP | 10.55 H/9 | 2.53 BB/9 | 6.75 K/9
Gutierrez has a nice arm and a solid sinking fastball. But his secondary
pitches still need work, although his change-up is plus at times. The lack of a
consistent breaking ball keeps him from getting the most out of his stuff,
though, as he could stand to change batters’ eye levels more often. Gutierrez
did not have a great 2007 in Triple-A. He struck out only 6.75 batters per game
and his walks were high at 3.63 BB/9. Regardless, the pitching-starved Astros
gave him a look and, in 21.1 innings, he was just OK and showed there is work
to be done. He allowed line drives at 26.1 percent and induced grounders only
33.3 percent of the time despite the good sink on his fastball. One thing to
consider is that Gutierrez pitched in 2007 at a park that favors hitters. At
home in Round Rock, Gutierrez allowed a line of .286/.346/.439 compared to
.237/.320/.358 on the road.
Billy Buckner
Born: 8/83
Drafted: 2004 2nd round (Kansas City)
2007 MLB: 5.29 ERA | 34 IP | 9.79 H/9 | 4.24 BB/9 | 4.50 K/9
Buckner has always allowed a lot of hits – more than one per inning (9.57 H/9)
in his minor league career. But his biggest problem, until 2007, was walks. He
allowed more than four walks per game while pitching in High-A ball and
Double-A. Admittedly, both of those parks were hitters’ parks (especially High
Desert). However, does that suggest he shied away from being aggressive against
strong hitting? If so, that does not bode well for facing the likes of Albert
Pujols and Matt Holliday. In his major league debut, Buckner did a solid job of
keeping the ball on the ground (40.4 percent) but allowed line drives at a rate
of 26.6 percent. He needs to improve against left-handed batters as they raked
him to the tune of .310/.347/.503 at Triple-A and .314/.402/.600 at the Major
League level.
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