Top 15 Plus 5 More Update

5-17-23 – By Justin Verno – @JV_PITT on Twitter

A second Monday with no MiLB AND no Bucco games? What are they doing to us? A quick reminder if a player had a good week he is highlighted in red. Cold week in blue. Let’s get to it.

1–Termarr Johnson-

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
A	.234/.357/.277	.634	.043	.325	92	14.4%	41.1%
Week	.333/.301/.381	.772	.048	.376	123	4.3%	30.4%

2-Endy Rodriguez-

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	k%
AAA	.244/..352/.289	.771	.144	.339	91	13%	13%
Week	.167/.348/.278	.626	.1116	.312	74	17.4%	8.7%

3-Henry Davis–

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
AA	.308/.452/.648	1.101	.341	.485	199	16.5%	19.1%
Week	.368/.478/.789	1.268	.421	.451	236	13%	8.7%

4-Luis Ortiz-

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
AAA	32.1	2.23	3.62	4.41	0.96	8.7%	22.8%
MLB	5	3.60	6.10	4.41	1.60	4.2%	4.2%

5-Quinn Priester-

	IP	ERA	FIP	XFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
AAA	31.2	5.40	3.44	3.80	1.36	8%	23.9%
Week	6	3.00	5.31		1.33	8.3%	16.7%

6-Liover Peguero–

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
AA	.230/.315/.345	.660	.115	.311	88	11%	17.3%
Week	.185/.241/.370	.612	.185	.279	68	6.9%	13.8%

7-Mike Burrow-(season over)

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
AAA	6.2	2.70	7.39	6.22	0.90	8%	12%

8-Bubba Chandler–

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
A	27	6.67	5.31	5.25	1.81	16.4%	24.2%
Week	2.2	20.25	9.87		3.00	12.5%	18.8%

9-Jared Triolo–

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBP	wWRC+	BB%	K%
A	.438/.500/.688	1.188	.250	.543	223	11.1%	16.7%
Week	.294/.333/.412	.745	.118	.334	88	5.6%	11.1%

10-Jared Jones–

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
AA	16	2.91	3.56	4.51	1.25	9%	22.4%
Week	2.1	3.86	2.26		0.86	0%	12.5%

11-Yordany De Los Santos–No stats

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBP	wRC+	BB%	K%
Week

12-Thomas Harrington–

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
A	27.2	3.25	4.33	4.16	1.19	7.4%	25.9%
Week	3	0.00	1.31		0.33	o%	40%

13-Kyle Nicolas–

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIPP	BB%	K%
AA	31.2	5.12	5.11	4.43	1.74	10.7%	24%
Week	5	1.80	3.52		1,80	13%	21.7%

14-Colin Selby–

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
AAA	15	3.00	2.94	4.06	1.13	14.3%	30.2%
Week	2	0.00	-0.03		0.50	14.3%	71.4%

15-Carlos Jimenz-(NO STATS)

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	BB%	K%

MY FIVE

16-Anthony Solometo

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
A+	20.2	3.94	4.17	4.22	1.48	16.5%	31.5%
Week	4.2	3.86	5.15		2.14	30%	30%

17-Nick Gonzales

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
AAA	.278/.358/.452	.810	.173	.360	104	9.2%	35%
Week	.318/.400/.500	.900	.182	.401	130	8%	28%

18-Hudson Head

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
A+	.260/.333/.480	.813	.220	.364	115	8.1%	28.8%
Week	.278/.350/.500	.850	.222	.380	125	10%	25%

19-Tsung -Che Cheng

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
A+	.262/.382/.524	.906	.262	.404	140	16.1%	18.5%
Week	.188/.381/.438	.818	.250	.378	124	23.8%	33.3%

20-Enmanuel Terrero

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
A	.308/.419/.467	.886	.159	.420	140	14.7%	18.6%
Week	.263/.364/.421	.785	.158	.373	121	13.6%	22.7%

A Few quick thoughts-

It’s always more fun to do this when the red far out numbers the blue. A good week fo a few guys.

Upon further review

There’s a few slash lines up there that require more than a glance,

Enmanuel Terrero only hit .263 while Tsung-Che Cheng hit an anemic .188 and yet I have them in red? ‘Sup with that, you might ask? Both had good weeks despite the low BA. Something I actually love to see, it’s not typically something that happens by accident. It comes with a good approach, not expanding, having patience and hitting the ones you can. It leads to wRC+ of 121 and 124 respectively. Keep grinding young Bucs!

Short and sweet

3 pitchers had a good week that weren’t on the mound for a lot of innings.

Jared Jones was welcomed back from the 7 day IL(though he was out longer then the 7 days) He lasted 2.1 innings, but he pitched well in those 2.1 innings. Nice to see my dude Jones back in action.

Thomas Harrington’s outing lasted 3 innings due to a lengthy rain delay. Too bad too, kid looked sharp and continues to impress. Striking out 40% of the hitters he faced he was absolutely dealing.

The last one is Colin Selby. And this cat was dominant over 2 innings this week. I get it, he’s a reliever, and that should explain why only 2 innings. So why am I bringing him up? 71% of the hitters he faced, he struck out. That is what I call ‘dealing’. So much so that I’ve seen fans calling for him to get the call to Pittsburgh. He’s thrown 15 innings this year, and if he keeps this up he won’t have to throw many more. But let’s see how he does when hitters make an adjustment.

Nick the stick

Nice week for Nick Gonzales. His K rate for the week dropped bellow 30%. Slashed an excellent .318/.400/.500 with a nice OPS of .900 and a wRC+ of 130. Nick still has a lot of work to do with that K rate(35%) though.

Things that make ya go, hmmm…

Before the MiLB year started the Bucs FO had stated the plan for Henry Davis was to catch 5 times a week and play OF once. So when we got 4 weeks in and Davis only had one start in the OF it was a tad baffling. Then this past week happened, Tank was behind the dish for 2 games, played RF for 2 and DH’d for a 5th. I imagine this is the mix we see once he arrives at PNC so is it worth asking if they are now prepping him for his call up? I’d say it’s something we should have eyes on? Hhhmmmmmmmm?

Full speed ahead captain,

Hudson Head continues to be fun to watch. I’ll have to really go back and look at last years at bats, but his approach seems a lot quieter than last years due to dropping a double toe tap he had added to his routine. It’s been a while and I could be wrong(thinking of another hitter?) but this is an easier set up for him. The K rate remains under 30%, this is the thing I’m watching with Hudson. Is he making,…Headway? (I’ll see myself out)