Midseason report released today.

29. Carlos Carrasco – RHP Phillies – DOB: 03/21/87 – ETA: June 2008
Previous rankings: 2007 #93

6-2, 2.84 ERA, 49 H, 53/22 K/BB in 69 2/3 IP for Single-A Clearwater
3-0, 3.48 ERA, 15 H, 14/12 K/BB in 20 2/3 IP for Double-A Reading

The lack of a strikeout breaking ball hasn’t prevented Carrasco from holding hitters to a .199 average this season. That’s because he has nice movement on his 91-94 mph fastball and one of the top changeups in the minors. An improved curveball would give him top-of-the-rotation potential, and he still looks plenty good enough to succeed as is. The Phillies could choose to hurry him to the majors next month if they’re still in contention.

Pitchers ranked ahead of Carrasco

4. Clay Buchholz (BOS)
12. Max Scherzer (ARI)
14. Adam Miller (CLE)
16. Eric Hurley (TEX)
19. Joba Chamberlain (NYY)
21. Gio Gonzalez (CHW)
22. Nick Adenhart (ANA)
24. Wade Davis (TBD)
27. Jacob McGee (TBD)

That would make double C the 10th best pitching prospect in baseball. Not bad.

Adrian Cardenas checks in at #93 which is low, considering the names above him. Mathieson was ranked #125, and Josh Outman #130.

Starting Pitching: Thirteen different pitchers started games for Ottawa in the first half of the 2007 season. Injuries and ineffectiveness were the main culprits as manager John Russell was forced at times to use anyone he could find who was available to pitch in any capacity. The Lynx best starter left in May, ( Brian Mazone), the second best starter was out from mid May to early July, ( Matt Childers), and the promising J.A. Happ couldn’t go deep into games, was injured and then ineffective upon his return. By the All-Star break, two inexperienced and recently promoted to Triple A pitchers were becoming the most reliable members of a patchwork rotation.

Continue reading Ottawa Lynx Pitching First Half, (Starters) →

Yesterday I linked up an article on William Harris written by Donald Leypoldt, and he was kind enough to share an article he wrote on Matt Rizzotti as well that hasn’t made it’s way online yet. If you missed the Harris article, you can find it here. Below is Donald’s article on Rizzotti…enjoy.

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