Quick Bits: Roster, Karstens, Holliday, Halladay
November 21, 2009, 9:00 am by iYankees · 2 Comments
Here are a few quick items to kick off the day:
- The Yankees have added Noesi, Nova, Sanchez, Corona, Nunez, Russo and Jackson to their 40-man.
- After acquiring Jeff Karstens from the Yankees last July, the righty has been waived by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- A number of teams have already brushed off the idea of signing free agent left fielder, Matt Holliday. Could his market be weaker than he anticipated or will he receive the dollars he thinks he’s owed?
- The Blue Jays and the Dodgers are reportedly discussing Roy Halladay.
Back with more later. I’m in MA right now so I’m doing my best with regards to posting regularly.
Maybe the Red Sox are trying to handle Holliday like the Yankees did Tex last year and act like they aren’t interested and at the last minute sweep in and get him. By not openly making it known they want him they don’t drive up the price (by letting the Yankees in) and they can make sure that Bay is asking for to much before sweeping in for the Red Sox… I think they are trying to be very very sneaky.
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Here are some interesting progression stats on Noesi.
In 2009- 7.9 K/BB, 1.2 BB/9, 9.1 K/9
In 2008- 5.5 K/BB, 1.8 BB/9, 10.2 K/9
In 2007- 1.4 K/BB, 3.6 BB/9, 5.0 K/9
In 2009 Hector Noesi lead all of the Yankees farm system in WHIP at 0.95 and was 3rd in the system in batting average against with a .220 BAA.
I put Noesi in the Banuelos and Mitchell category as far as top ranking starters in our system. We have no real “ace” coming up through the system but Noesi, Mitchell and Banuelos are the top of what we got when you are talking about young and up and coming starters.
He has progressively gotten better in every category by leaps and bounds per year, now his K/9 went down from 2008-2009 but he is a sinker ball pitcher so as he rises levels you should expect his strikeouts to drop and by the time he reaches the majors he probably will be striking out 3-5 K/9. However the stats that are that every year his strikeout to walk ratio gets better and his walks per 9 innings go down which mean as he rises levels his control is actually getting better and any sinkerball pitcher who can get the ball on the ground and doesn’t walk people has a chance to be successful.
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