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I am unsure how heavily to weigh contact rate in an overall comparison of pitchers, but I will have an open mind. What was Gomber’s contact rate in April and how does it compare to others? Fangraphs does not have any data in its pitcher contact columns – soft, medium and hard – as of course, not all contact is equal.
The Cardinal Nation’s top May award for #stlcards minor league position players goes to Memphis 3B Patrick Wisdom, currently working on a 16-game hitting streak. I also review other candidates considered and check on April's winner. (free) https://t.co/S5FwWMWOgE pic.twitter.com/7hiZqqefH7
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) June 1, 2018
As you are settling in for today's #stlcards game, read about The Cardinal Nation's choice for the June Pitcher of the Month, but don't get mad at me about why he isn't yet in St. Louis! https://t.co/3y2ykffmRl pic.twitter.com/nP2E1s9sQO
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) July 1, 2018
Late this afternoon, the Cardinals made their June announcements, with both Ravelo and Hudson their winners.
Adolis Garcia may not surprise you as TCN's #stlcards minors Player of the Month, but what may are the gaudy offensive numbers being posted across the system. The winner and 14 honorable mentions covered here. (free) https://t.co/OJXC4awKT4 pic.twitter.com/G9usFw62zv
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) August 4, 2018
Wow! It is September already! Palm Beach’s Jake Walsh is The Cardinal Nation’s selection as the top pitcher in the #stlcards system during August, with a 1.38 ERA and 6.25 K/BB ratio. (free) https://t.co/DFJsoqmo8w pic.twitter.com/3UDcXWVJ4J
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) September 1, 2018
GCL-Bird’s DellaValle and Coward should have at least been included in the comparisons.
DellaValle’s GSs in Aug = 77-65-56-65 and 75 in a play-off game.
Coward’s GSs in Aug = 65-68-66-68 and 79 in a play-off game.One of these two deserved the PotM. I was waiting to see which one would get it.
Walsh is an exciting prospect. He should be at Springfield next year. Also can’t wait to see some of the young DSL guns pitch in the States next year. Not sure if those kids were part of the spending spree, but if not, those lottery tickets might pay off.
My criteria for pitchers is always 20 innings minimum. Neither made that cut. The idea is to narrow them down, not include everyone.
DellaValle’s ERA was 2.16 in 16 1/3 innings, which would not have won anyway. Coward’s 0.00 was superb, but only over 15 innings. On the other hand, their teammate Brian Pirela threw 24 innings and qualified as he went considerably deeper into his starts. Also, playoff results are never included in stats downloads and trying to track all the pitchers’ and hitters’ post-season stats manually to add them in would be a fool’s errand.
Patrick Dayton (15 innings) and Kodi Whitley (10 innings), both of Peoria, and Leonardo Taveras (10 IP) of DSL Blue are among the others who also had zero ERAs, so had I lowered the bar, Coward would not necessarily have been the winner.
P.S. I just looked at MiLB’s player page, not MLB, and it shows Coward with 20 IP, not 15, and with a 0.45 ERA, not 0.00. That suggests my data pull ignored his August 1 start for some reason.
So, I am adding Coward to the article with a footnote.
I guess you don’t include the very important play-off games.
On the 26th DellaValle pitched 6.0 inn GS=75 to get the G-Cards into the final round. It was a 4-1 win. In August he pitched 22.2 inn with only 4ER and 39 Ks. That’s not a good month??? 39Ks in 22.2 inn.
On the 27th in the opener of the final series Coward pitched 7.0 inn with a 79 GS in a 1-0 loss. For the month he pitched 27 inn 25Ks and 1ER. That’s even a better month.
For those that follow the GCL Cards…. those are two excellent performances in the month of August.
They are both 22 at GCL, but does that matter in the competition for the award?
Ny, like I said above, “playoff results are never included in stats downloads”. Like it or not, minor league playoff stats pretty much disappear after those games. As far as I can tell, there is no permanent record of them. The time it would take to manually compile stats from playoff box scores for a potential 70 players (DSL Blue and GCL rosters) for each game and add them into the monthly data pull would be a huge effort.
I commented on their ages and levels in my update to the article, so I won’t repeat it all here. It matters, but is not the most important criteria.
Bottom line, yes, both pitchers you cited – DellaValle and Coward – had solid Augusts. I remain comfortable with Walsh as the POM selection, but Coward had a good case as well.
The Cardinal Nation's August Player of the Month is a new name for many. The #STLCards big July 2nd signing this year, 17 y/o Cuban 3B Malcom Nunez, tore up the DSL in his 1st full month in pro ball. @D_Shore23 highlights the winner and honorable mentions. https://t.co/4b15rNiotp
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) September 2, 2018
No argument here…
#STLCards name INF Malcom Nunez (DSL Cardinals Blue) & RHP Jake Walsh (Palm Beach-A) Minor League Pitcher and Player of the Month for August.
Nunez hit 5 HR in final 7 games to win the Dominican Summer Lg Triple Crown (.415, 13 HR, 59 RBI).
Walsh was 2-2, 1.38 ERA in 26.0 IP.
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) September 4, 2018
Two #stlcards minor leaguers recently added to The Cardinal Nation's top 50 prospect list have won their leagues Player of the Month award for August – Leandro Cedeno in the Appy League and Jhon Torres in the Gulf Coast League. https://t.co/4wyy86IYZM pic.twitter.com/Ywn2jqhtDF
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) September 6, 2018
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