New Arms of the Week: Last of August

by Harry Pavlidis on Sep 1, 2009 8:59 PM EDT in Pitch f/x Goodies

Closing out August, and adding a day to the "week", we have four rookie pitchers who debuted in the final week of August.

Armando Gabino - ~~threw some long relief~~ made a brief start and was sent back down*
Daniel McCutchen - snuck in on the 31st with a start
Pedro Strop - hard thrower with two relief appearances
Wilton Lopez - three home runs in a four inning relief debut

Here's what they've thrown so far, with the best pitch classifications I can muster with limited samples.

Rookie	Pitch	#	vs LHH	vs RHH	MPH	PFX_X	PFX_Z
Armando Gabino	Change	9	8	1	83.6	-7.6	6.7
Armando Gabino	Sinker	14	11	3	92.1	-8.4	5.4
Armando Gabino	Fastball	23	18	5	92.1	-6.3	8.4
Armando Gabino	Slider	11	3	8	85.3	1.3	3.4
Daniel McCutchen	Change	32	10	22	82.7	-5.6	4.7
Daniel McCutchen	Curveball	4	0	4	75.5	3.0	-0.8
Daniel McCutchen	Fastball	59	15	44	91.9	-5.5	10.6
Daniel McCutchen	Slider	6	0	6	82.6	1.8	2.9
Pedro Strop	Fastball	38	15	23	95.0	-3.0	10.5
Pedro Strop	Splitter	6	3	3	85.4	-3.2	1.2
Pedro Strop	Slider	9	5	4	84.2	0.6	1.0
Wilton Lopez	Sinker	39	30	9	91.2	-7.8	3.5
Wilton Lopez	Fastball	23	4	19	92.6	-3.9	7.6
Wilton Lopez	Splitter	10	9	1	82.1	-5.0	2.4
Wilton Lopez	Slider	20	5	15	82.6	2.6	0.9

September should be busy, with lots of call-ups. Once the season is over, I'll recap all the rookies and even the position players.

*corrected thanks to a reader comment

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Armando Gabino – threw some long relief and was sent back down

he actually started one game, went 2.2 innings, then was sent down

by DedicatedFollowerOfFashion on Sep 2, 2009 12:57 AM EDT reply actions

Ack, brain cramp

Thanks, I"ll fix that.

by Harry Pavlidis on Sep 2, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh Pedro Strop

I kind of miss you sort of even though there’s no room for you

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by Andrew Martin on Sep 4, 2009 12:47 AM EDT reply actions

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