Escogido's Pitching

The Rotation:

Escogido's rotation for the beginning of the DWL looks very good. Initially it will be a 7 pitcher rotation but at least 3 of them will be sent to the bullpen as the season goes along and other players, like Rafael Soriano, join the team. Starting the season opener will be Odalis Pérez, the best MLB starter Escogido has had in long time. The rest of the rotation is rounded out by career minor leaguers, a young pitching prospect (Jorge de Paula), and a recent Cuban defector (Francisley Bueno). Four of the pitchers (Odalis, Jesús Sánchez, Micah Bowie and Bueno) are left handers.

Their career minor league numbers (Strikeouts per inning, Walks per inning and HR's per inning) are the following:

Odalis Pérez LHP 0.720*/0.276*/0.118*
Nerio Rodríguez RHP 0.813/0.308/0.134
Jesús Sánchez LHP 0.926/0.399/0.041
Pascual Coco RHP 0.782/0.404/0.033
Jorge de Paula RHP 0.778/0.337/0.180
Micah Bowie LHP 0.965/0.419/0.072
Francisley Bueno LHP Cuban League Stats Unavailable

*Career MLB Stats

All the starters have good strikeout numbers, and a couple (Bowie and Sanchez) have really good numbers. Although I couldnt get Bueno's Cuban league stats, he seems to be a strikeout pitcher and was apparently very successful in Cuba. Sánchez, Coco and Bowie have below average walk rates. For Sánchez and Bowie this could be due to wildness as they seem to be hard throwers. Coco, though, looks like he just walks too many hitters for no reason. Home Run rates also look good, except for Nerio Rodríguez and Jorge de Paula, who allow far too many homers. De Paula is really young and doesn't have that many innings under his belt so his homer rate could be due to inexperience.

The Bullpen:

The relievers will be:

José Veras RHP 0.912/0.461/0.092
Jairo García RHP 1.258/0.409/0.054
Jonathan Beltré LHP 1.051/0.548/0.121
Reynaldo García RHP 0.819/0.394/0.053

All have very good strikeout rates, and all except Beltré have great home run rates. Walk rates are high but, given their low home run rates and high strikeout rates, shouldn't give the team too many headaches.