Last time the list was ten names long. This week only five pitchers debuted. Five. Pitchers. Jon Van Every goes with Cody Ross in the novelty pile (located elsewhere, somewhere around the Nick Swisher region).

• Mark Melancon (NYY) - Welcome addition to the Bronx 'pen.
• Ken Takahashi (NYM) - Lefty veteran pitched 14 years for the Hiroshima Carp as a swing man.
• Fernando Rodriguez (LAA) - The pitching impoverished Angels got two outs and 34 pitches in this debut, against the Yankees.
• Robert Ray (TOR) - The Blue Jays have some young arms behind Doc, don't they? A little wild, but worked into the sixth inning in his first start.
• Arturo Lopez (SDP) - The Padres 422nd pitcher of 2009, the lefty got this call after 7pm so the Friars could use their anytime minutes.. He was an NRI and a late cut this Spring, now has a roster spot.
  

Lopez and Rodriguez (who is already back in Salt Lake) both stuck around through the Spring season and made exhibition appearances in their big league parks, so I've included the resulting PITCHf/x data for their profiles. Melancon has already made two appearances for the Yankees, so the data is piling up. Let's have at it.

Mark Melancon
Fastball        93mph
Sinker          93
Curveball       83

Ken Takahashi
Fastball        89
Change-up       82
Slider          77
Curveball       73

Robert Ray
Sinker          91
Splitter *      90
Fastball        92
Slider          81
Change-up       81
Cutter          89

Fernando Rodriguez
Fastball        92
Sinker           91
Curveball       76
Cutter          89
Change-up       87

Arturo Lopez
Fastball        92
Slider          83
Change-up       83
Sinker          94

*that ain't a splitter, it's a sinker thrown from a another arm angle. Maybe.

Flight paths, I'm splitting Ray into two so you can see it more easilty.  Notice the "splitter" has more sink but less tail than the sinker. 

I sure hope you can see the tail difference, look closely for the sink (click images to view a larger version).

Seahawks colors?

Moving on to Takahashi:

Lopez:

Rodriguez:

And Melancon to wrap it up: