Ryan Anderson Relief Squad
The Cult Of Scott Savastano
Last year, I did a write up on some of the under appreciated prospects in the Mariners system. I called it the Ryan Anderson Relief Squad. Despite being the one that picked the name, it bothered me. Most of the prospects I chose were guys that were under appreciated and though not all didn’t have very successful seasons, others did just fine and even one had a gigantic breakout season.
This year, I’m changing the name but am going to continue the tradition. The idea behind it is of course a dash of being an under appreciated prospect (in my mind) but even more than that these guys have a cult following for one reason or another. Most of them have a specific trait that is easily recognizable and could even get them to the big leagues. George Mieses throws hard, Jonathan Arias misses bats, Johan Limonta gets on base, Jamal Austin is electric on the base paths. The majority that make this list will probably go on to be AAAA fodder or even won’t even make it above AA. But then again they could be potentially be pretty successful ball players.
Ryan Anderson was a top prospect from the day he was drafted. He showed amazing physical abilities and proved them statistically. These guys… well this is the other side of the coin. This is the cult of Scott Savastano.
Tags: Andrew Carraway, Bobby LaFromboise, Cameron Hobson, Cult Of Scott Savastano, Efrain Nunez, gabriel noriega, George Mieses, Jabari Blash, Jamal Austin, Johan Limonta, Jonathan Arias, julio morban, Kyle Hunter, Luke Guarnaccia, Matthew Bischoff, mauricio robles, Reynaldo Sabala, Ryan Anderson Relief Squad, Scott Savastano, Stefan Romero, Willy Kesler
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Ryan Anderson Relief Squad:THE RETURN
I kind of fell away from completing this with all my traveling. But, I have sometime and wanted to finish it up.
You can see the previous posts here and here and actually if you haven’t noticed I’ve also created a tab for referencing all of the “Ryan Anderson Relief Squad” articles under the “The Minors” tab. The tab name itself is stupid … I just really couldn’t think of anything better and was just trying to make some thing useful for the site.
As a reminder the purpose of this team is to point out individuals within the Mariners organization that have posted impressive numbers that have gone unnoticed. They have achieved some cool little thing that I noticed and though “Hey, if X, X, X and X all went well for them they could be a major league player”.
Not all of these guys are prospects and in a few cases there is a 90% chance are future organization guys. But hey, you never know and they have produced something useful in the past to be here. Now again instead of just going with the obvious prospects I have my own little choices.
Anyways, without further ado here is the Bullpen Members for the epic “Ryan Anderson Relief Squad”
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LHRP – Edward Paredes
| Year | Age | Tm | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | BF | ||||||
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| 2010 | 23 | 2 Teams | 4.75 | 55.0 | 59 | 29 | 31 | 47 | 256 | 1.636 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 7.7 | 1.52 |
| 2010 | 23 | West Tenn | 3.63 | 34.2 | 35 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 155 | 1.471 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 9.1 | 2.19 |
| 2010 | 23 | Tacoma | 6.64 | 20.1 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 101 | 1.918 | 0.4 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 0.80 |
| AA (3 seasons) | 4.98 | 47.0 | 49 | 26 | 28 | 47 | 217 | 1.638 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 9.0 | 1.68 | ||
| AAA (3 seasons) | 6.32 | 31.1 | 33 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 153 | 1.755 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 1.00 | ||
Edward Parades is a dirty engima that might confuse a few people on why he’s here. Paredes is a master against left handed hitters. His slider has nasty two plane break coming from the left side but from what is most commonly written about him he has no real change-up that can effectively get hitters out from the right side.
Last year in AA he pitched in 34 IP and struck out 35. His splits at West Tennessee last year made it obvious that he could potentially help the club. FIP 1.21 vLHB and a 14/1 K/BB ratio. However his 15/21 K/BB ratio a long with his 4.01 FIP suggest that he really needs that change-up to work for him to be an effective reliever.
After his promotion to Tacoma Paredes showed signs of struggling against all hitters, right and left, but he can down right dominate lefties and even with some of his bad appearances early this spring I suspect once he gets settled in and make adjustments he’ll be just fine…. against left handers.
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RHRP – Willy Kesler
| Year | Age | Tm | Lev | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | BF | ||||||
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| 2010 | 22 | Everett | A- | 1.47 | 30.2 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 122 | 1.076 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 9.7 | 3.30 |
| 2011 | 23 | Clinton | A | 2.00 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 33 | 0.667 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | |
| 2 Seasons | 1.59 | 39.2 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 155 | 0.983 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 10.0 | 4.40 | |||
I always feel bad for willy. He was one of the first of the 2010 draftees to really embrace the Seattle Mariner blogsphere and fans via social media. Ironically if you do a search for Willy Kesler on twitter the only options that come up are Willy Kesler or Charlie Sheen. True Story.
But, despite his fixture within twitter Willy seems often to be forgotten for his on the field accomplishments. He made a speedy recovery from Tommy John surgery that happened in 2008 and was back pitching within 10 month for 2009 but experienced more injury delays that side tracked him in his Junior year. Back for his senior year in 2010 at New Mexico he struck out 97 and walked 25 in 100 1/3 innings as a starter.
After the draft it seems the Mariners wanted to protect his arm a bit as Willy was converted to a relief/closer for everett where pitched another 30 innings and struck out 33 while walking only 10.
Obviously he has some swing-and-miss stuff. From what I understand he can touch 94-95 but sits in the low 90′s. A 23 year-old in Low-A he has a bit of an advantage on some of the younger hitters. Which has already displayed this year with 9 strike outs and 0 walks in 7 innings of relief. I don’t know if he’ll spend much time in Clinton but I’d like to see the Mariners give him an opportunity at High Desert this year.
Take a look at Boydwonder’s blog to see his written interview from last year. There is also the youtube video of him while with the Everett Aquasox.
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LHRP – Brian Moran