Top 15 Plus 5 More Update

5-26-23 – By Justin Verno – @JV_PITT on Twitter

Another solid week for this edition’s write up. Without making specific predictions I think we could be seeing some movement with a few of the guys here. And before you get too excited I’m not talking about Gonzo or Endy or Davis. Not yet anyway. Ok, enough stalling let’s get to it.

1–Termarr Johnson-

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
A	.250/.400/.344	.744	.094	.373	122	17.5%	37.5%
Week	.294/.500/.529	1.029	.235	.487	191	25%	29.2%

2-Endy Rodriguez-

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	k%
AAA	.239/.341/.413	.754	.174	.339	91	12.4%	12.4%
Week	.211/.286/.526	.812	.316	.342	92	9.5%	9.5%

3-Henry Davis–

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
AA	.297/.447/.631	1.077	.333	.474	189	17.7%	18.4%
Week	.250/.423/.550	.973	.300	.438	166	23.1%	15.4%

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	8	5.63	9.38	5.79	2.38	11.4%	9.1%
MLB	3	9.00	5.29		3.67	20%	15%

5-Quinn Priester-

	IP	ERA	FIP	XFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
AAA	43.2	4.12	3.12	3.55	1.28	7.7%	24%
Week	12	0.75	2.36		1.08	6.7%	24.4%

6-Liover Peguero–

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
AA	.273/.348/.446	.794	.173	.363	119	10.3%	18.1%
Week	.462/.500/.885	1.385	.423	.601	270	7.1%	21.4%

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	29.1	7.36	6.08	5.77	1.94	18.2%	22.4%
Week	2.1	15.43	15.00		3.43	33.3%	6.7%

9-Jared Triolo–

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBP	wWRC+	BB%	K%
A	.206/.270/.294	.564	.088	262	41	8.1%	24.3%
Week	.118/.211/.176	.387	.059	.193	-3	10.5%	36.8%

10-Jared Jones–

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
AA	24	3.00	3.09	3.42	1.13	7.1%	28.6%
Week	8	3.38	1.97		0.88	3.2%	41.9%

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	33	3.27	3.95	3.91	1.21	8.5%	28.5%
Week	5.1	3.38	2.23		1.31	13.6%	40.9%

13-Kyle Nicolas–

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIPP	BB%	K%
AA	35.2	5.30	5.10	4.36	1.71	10.1%	25%
Week	4	6.75	4.22		1.50	5.6%	33.3%

14-Colin Selby–

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
AAA	15.1	4.11	3.38	4.47	1.30	16.2%	29.4%
Week	.1	54.00	24.44		9.00	40%	20%

15-Carlos Jimenz-(NO STATS)

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	BB%	K%

MY FIVE

16-Anthony Solometo

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
A+	36.2	3.68	3.78	4.14	1.28	10.1%	37.1%
Week	7	2.57	2.15		0.43	0%	25%

17-Nick Gonzales

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
AAA	.268/.352/.447	.799	.179	.355	101	9.9%	33.1%
Week	.211/.318/.421	.739	.211	.331	85	13.6%	22.7%

18-Hudson Head

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
A+	.240/.303/.421	.725	.182	.328	93	6.8%	28%
Week	.143/.143/.143	.266	.000	.133	-27	0%	23.8%

19-Tsung -Che Cheng

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
A+	.282/.386/.556	.943	.274	.417	148	14.2%	18.2%
Week	.381/.409/.714	1.123	.3333	.489	192	4.2%	16.7%

20-Enmanuel Terrero

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
A	.294/.416/.429	.844	.135	.405	141	16.2%	20.1%
Week	.211/.400/.211	.611	.000	.335	99	24%	28%

A Few quick thoughts-

Gotta get ahead in life..

Last few weeks Hudson Head has been a guy we’ve followed along with (I imagine this will be something that I mention a good deal this year) and that doesn’t change this week. Kid really cooled off. But something worth mentioning- his K rate was well below what we’ve come to expect. Coming in at 23.8%. Not saying having a week that bad has a positive, but if it does? Well for Head that’d be the thing I’d highlight.

I will turn this car around!

The gem of the Pirates system finally let his boom stick do the talking! Hitting his first bomb of the season while slashing .294/.400/.529 with an OPS of 1.029. His K rate on the week was under the dreaded 30%. Nice week for the young man.

Liover Pegeuro. Warning- Standing too close to the Peggy could cause serious burns, please stand back!

Man what a week for Peggy! Racking up 12 hits in 28 trips to the plate including 2 HR and 5 2B. The kid was simply fantastic. I’m not sure I’ve seen anyone turn their season around so quickly. Hopefully it’s clicking again and if it is I really wouldn’t be surprised to see him in Pittsburgh before Endy and Davis. Worth talking about considering the situation with the 40 man and that he’s been to the show already?

Well, for starters…

Aside from Bubba Chandler(no reason to panic there, by the way) the top of the system had a fantastic week.

Quinn Priester seems to be putting it together. He was excellent in both starts. Kept the bags empty, 0.84 WHIP. His K rate on the year is up to 24.4% and he seems to be setting guys up and challenging them. Really encouraging stuff here. For the first time he seems to be fast tracking himself a little? After a slow start, this has been fun to watch.

Jared freaking Jones Am I right? Jones also had 2 starts this week, due to that the Bucs kept his pitch count to the mid 50’s in both. And frankly, that sucked as he was fantastic. Striking out 41% over 8 innings was worth the price of admission. He struggled in the 1st inning on Sunday, then just took over. Join me on the Jone’s bandwagon while there’s still room.

Thomas Harrington. Jones isn’t the only that was mowing ’em down. Harrington also K’d 40%. Sending 9 guys packing over 5.1 innings. It’s been easy to see why so many scouts liked Harrington last year.

Solometo went 7 with 6 strike outs and no walks. Kid is so fun to watch.

We’re moving on up…

I think we are at the point where we can start chatting about who could be putting themselves in line for an early promotion. Harrington, Tsung-Che Cheng and Enmanuel Tererro are a few names I’ll throw into the hat? Hit me up on Twitter, who do you think could be in line for an early season promo? @JV_PITT