Saturday, June 25, 2011

Middle Game in KC - Danny Duffy Preview

Danny Duffy will face Carlos Zambrano in just a few minutes. The skinny on Duffy: high three-quarter delivery, left-handed, throws hard, rookie. He was a 3rd round pick in 2007, right out of High School.

Level       IP   G   GS
Rookie     46.1  15  13
Low-A      81.1  17  17
High-A    140.2  27  27
Double-A   39.2   7   7
Triple-A   36.0   7   7
Majors     34.0   7   7
Kinda green.

His Spring Training PITCHf/x data from 2009 and 2010 don't show a slider, but he is throwing one this year. This goes with his curveball and change-up, and of course his bread-and-butter four-seam fastball. I haven't ruled out (or in) two-seamers in the margins.






Although Duffy was a high-K low-BB pitcher in the minor leagues, he has struggled since his promotion. But his last outing was well in line with his minor league numbers.

Gcar Date Tm Opp Rslt IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP BF Pit GB PU GSc SB CS PO
1 May 18 KCR TEX L,4-5 4.0 4 2 2 6 4 0 0 21 94 6 1 44 4 0 0
2 May 24 KCR @ BAL L,3-5 5.1 5 2 2 3 6 0 0 23 97 5 0 53 2 0 0
3 May 29 KCR @ TEX L,6-7 6.0 5 3 3 1 4 2 0 23 95 7 0 53 0 1 0
June Tm Opp Rslt IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP BF Pit GB PU GSc SB CS PO
4 Jun 3 KCR MIN L,2-5 5.0 7 3 3 3 3 1 0 23 96 9 1 41 1 1 1
5 Jun 8 KCR TOR L,8-9 4.0 8 5 5 4 1 1 0 22 96 8 1 23 1 2 2
6 Jun 14 KCR @ OAK W,7-4 6.0 4 2 2 4 2 1 0 26 104 6 3 54 0 0 0
7 Jun 19 KCR @ STL L,4-5 3.2 6 2 2 1 9 0 0 18 90 3 0 49 0 0 0
KCR 34.0 39 19 19 22 29 5 0 156
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 6/25/2011.


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